The pedagogical renewal in the Spain of the transition. A case study

Abstract

This work presents the testimony of a Segovian renovating teacher who developed her initial training during the Spanish transition, through which we intend to make known and analyze her initial training and her teaching career, marked by the relationship and commitment to pedagogical renewal. With all this, we intend to contribute to educational historiography the specific case of a teacher who, thanks to her pedagogical commitment, managed to carry out different educational transformations in the different centers where she worked – many of which are still in force – . To do this, we use the biographical-narrative method and the case study and, more specifically, the life story research technique, formed from eight semi-structured interviews. Through this method we came to the conclusion that there was a group of teachers who were suspicious of novelty and who continued to develop antagonistic methodologies, something that Consuelo encountered in her initial training and in various periods of her teaching career. On the other hand, we have also come to the reflection that the Canary Islands was a primary factor in Consuelo’s training, since it is where she really learned and was committed to the pedagogical renovating that she carried out until the end of her days as teacher.