Teachers and the Struggle for Democracy in Spain, 1970-1985

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-19

3. Representation Put to the Test: The Teachers’ Movements and the Creation of the Sindicato de los Trabajadores de la Enseñanza

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   Pages 20-53

4. Educational Revolution from within: The Movements for Pedagogical Innovation

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   Pages 54-92

5. Rehearsing for Democracy: Union Agitation in Madrid

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   Pages 93-123

6. Liberating the Classroom: Pedagogical Innovation in Madrid

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   Pages 124-158

7. Recovery of Civil Society at a Local Level: The Teachers’ Movements in the Province of Salamanca

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   Pages 159-189

8. Back to the Village: Teachers as Agents of an Alternative Culture

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   Pages 190-220

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 221-224

10. Back Matter

    Pages 225-267

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The book shows how teachers struggled to liberate their country's education system from the legacy of dictatorship, combining a general evaluation of the phenomenon with intimate glances at the people who drove it forward. By vindicating the importance of democratic professionals it illuminates the Spanish transition to democracy from a new angle.

• Spanish contemporary history
• education
• social movements
• democracy
• dictatorship
• evaluation
• revolution
• Spain

“Teachers and the Struggle for Democracy in Spain, 1970–1985, published as part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements, constitutes a notable, serious and rigorous contribution to the history of education. This work, when it was first published, was pioneering; today, it has become a fundamental reference work for the study of MPIs in Spain during its latest transition to democracy.” (José Luis Hernández Huerta, European History Quarterly, Vol. 47 (2), 2017)

• Institute of Science and Technology Studies, University of Salamanca, Spain

  Tamar Groves

Tamar Groves is a Researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Studies, Salamanca University, Spain. She obtained her PhD in 2010 from Tel Aviv University and the UNED, Madrid, Spain.

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