The Higher Normal Schools (ENS) are identified by their pedagogical training of teachers. In which knowledge and pedagogy enable the evolution of learning, since they have been “dedicated to teacher training in Colombia since the early 19th century” (Orozco, 2023), establishing themselves as one of the first Educational Institutions (IE) tasked with constructing knowledge through the reason of being. In which pedagogical experience allows for advances in teaching and learning methods.

This paper conducts a literature review of articles and theses published over the past six years, using the keywords “pedagogical knowledge,” “Normal Schools,” and “vocation,” and employing specialized databases such as Google Scholar. Once the present documents have been read, it can be verified that all of them were conducted using qualitative methodology, which poses new challenges that will allow progress on the proposed topic.