The Escola Magazine: The Valencian Freinet Platform (1965-1969)

Authors

  • Alfred Ramos Càtedra Enric Soler i Godes, Universitat Jaume i (Espanya)

Keywords:

pedagogical renewal movements, Freinet Pedagogy, Escola Magazine, Pedagogy Section of Lo Rat Penat, Valencia.

Abstract

The Pedagogy Section of «Lo Rat Penat» was set up in 1964 in response to the problems suffered by Valencian schools, which had been strongly «Hispanicised» with a conservative ideology. The teachers aimed to introduce the Valencian language into schools to underline the idea that education is an independent learning process and about integrating into the community, stressing that children must be the starting and end focus of pedagogy. The Grup de Mestres (Group of Teachers), influenced by Freinet’s pedagogy, found the legal framework in LRP to roll out a series of activities that kick-started pedagogical renewal in Valencian teaching. The actions included training periods, conferences, workshops or short courses to promote and introduce Freinet techniques, and the publication of the Escola magazine with a short but decisive

Key words: pedagogical renewal movements; Freinet Pedagogy; Escola Magazine; Pedagogy Section of Lo Rat Penat; Valencia.

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Issue

No. 29 (2017): gener-juny

Section

Monographic theme

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