Education in and for Democracy in Spain: Teacher Testimonies

The aim of this paper is to document the difficulties faced by teachers in Spain, since the General Education Law of 1970, in implementing education in and for democracy under the conceptual paradigm of the common good. This issue is explored from three perspectives: legislation, the relationship be...

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Autores: Rico Gómez, María Luisa, Ponce Gea, Ana Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Revista Electrónica de Investigacion Educativa
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.redie.uabc.mx:article/5341
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/5341
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:citizenship education
democracy
teaching testimonies
educación cívica
democracia
testimonio docente
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to document the difficulties faced by teachers in Spain, since the General Education Law of 1970, in implementing education in and for democracy under the conceptual paradigm of the common good. This issue is explored from three perspectives: legislation, the relationship between school and society, and classroom methodologies. A qualitative approach was employed, based on interviews from which testimonies were collected from nine teachers in basic education. The results show the teachers’ interest in providing education in democratic values and the obstacles they face in achieving this objective, a result of a separation between the political and sociocultural purposes of education, the influence of each ideological context, and a failure to understand education as a common good.