Educational Policy on Rural Schools and Its Impact on Language Teaching: The Second Republic and the Beginning of Democracy
Monforte-García, Estefanía (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Castán-Esteban, José Luis
Resumen: This article analyses the impact of educational policies in rural areas from the Second Republic to the beginning of democracy, focusing on teacher training and its influence on language teaching. During the Second Republic, teacher training prioritised language teaching and solid pedagogical training with supervised internships, which favoured literacy, especially in rural areas. However, under the first Franco regime (1939–1959), the teaching profession was restructured under National Catholicism, prioritising ideology and patriotism over pedagogical preparation. This undermined language teaching and consolidated gender inequalities in teacher training. In the second stage, from the 1960s until Spanish democracy, the 1967 Curriculum promoted a real modernisation of the teaching profession, incorporating subjects such as ‘Didactics of language and literature’ and ‘English language and its didactics’. It was hoped that this would boost language learning, especially in rural areas, where teachers had to adapt their teaching to a student body with scarce resources. However, educational regulation continued to focus on the urban environment, which was detrimental to rural schools, encouraging their abandonment and the concentration of pupils in remote centres. The rural exodus deepened this crisis, further weakening education in these communities. It was not until the compensatory policies of the 1980s that funding for rural schools was resumed, recognising previous mistakes. Although these measures were an improvement, the accumulated inequalities continued to represent a challenge for educational equity in these areas.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.30564/fls.v7i12.9185
Año: 2025
Publicado en: Forum for linguistic studies 7, 12 (2025), 878-893
ISSN: 2705-0610
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2021-128182OB-I00
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
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Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.30564/fls.v7i12.9185
Año: 2025
Publicado en: Forum for linguistic studies 7, 12 (2025), 878-893
ISSN: 2705-0610
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2021-128182OB-I00
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Exportado de SIDERAL (2025-12-19-14:44:56)
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