La llengua i la literatura catalanes en els llibres de text de l'època franquista

L'objectiu d'aquest article és fer conéixer els resultats d'un estudi sobre la visió que els llibres de text de I'época franquista donaven de la llengua i la literatura catalanes. S'han estudiat molts aspectes de la política educativa del régim franquista i de l'acció repressora contra la llengua i la cultura catalanes; en aquests estudis, pero, no s'ha utilitzat gaire una font importantíssima per a conéixer la ideologia que s'intentava de transmetre a través del sistema escolar: els llibres de text. És per aixo que m'ha semblat oportú de realitzar una analisi deis llibres de text de literatura per veure fins a quin punt aquests llibres reflectien la política anihiladora de la llengua i de la cultura catalanes empresa pel régim franquista.

Concepciones de los alumnos sobre la historia

El artículo tiene como objetivo el análisis de los resultados obtenidos en la investigación titulada «Concepción de la historia» como materia escolar: interés y utilidad entre el alumnado de ESO. De esta forma, partiendo de las reflexiones sobre el marco teórico, se procede a la descripción detallada del instrumento metodológico, de la muestra escolar analizada y de la forma en la que se procesó la información obtenida en el trabajo de campo. Finalmente, partiendo de estas reflexiones, se resuelven las preguntas iniciales y se validan las hipótesis de partida, permitiendo al lector dibujar las percepciones que los alumnos tienen de la historia como campo de conocimiento y como materia escolar.

El conflicto armado en el aula de secundaria. Dos experiencias.

El artículo presenta dos experiencias realizadas en el aula de Secundaria que trataron el tema del conflicto armado contemporáneo desde un punto de vista crítico y con un enfoque empático.

Homenatge a Teresa

Biografia de Teresa Solà, esposa de l’artista Josep Aragay, que va ser mestra de l’escola de nenes de Breda fins que fou empresonada i depurada pel franquisme

El Fons documental de Jordi Verrié i Faget, una aportació a la història de l'educació catalana

El febrer de 2001 moria a Santa Cristina d’Aro Jordi Verrié i Faget, personatge polifacètic que al llarg de la seva vida s’havia dedicat a diferents tasques sempre en defensa i reconeixement de la cultura i la pedagogia catalanes. Investigador incansable, ens deixava un important llegat fruit de la seva passió pels llibres i del seu interès per la nostra història educativa, una part del qual era donat a la Universitat de Girona. Aquest fons documental és el punt de partida d’aquest estudi, que vol aprofundir en la figura de Verrié, contextualitzar el seu fons i valorar què significa per la nostra pedagogia. Aquest és un reconeixement a Jordi Verrié i a la seva tasca, que representa una important aportació a la història de l’educació catalana

El mestre ignorant: la filosofia de l'educació de Joseph Jacotot

El mestre ignorant és, per definició, la condició d"impossibilitat de la pedagogia. Potser no de tota, però sí de la pedagogia, almenys tal com l"hem entès fins ara (suposant que es pugui entendre absolutament d"una altra manera sense estar parlant ja d"una altra cosa). És per això que, com a màxim, només en els seus marges hi podria tenir lloc una proposta com la que glossaré aquí. Una proposta que, bo i partint de les idees de Joseph Jacotot (1770-1840), planteja la contingència del mestre, és a dir, que a l"hora d"aprendre uns continguts fa prescindible la figura d"algú que els expliqui. En altres paraules, fa que aquells que volen aprendre alguna cosa no hagin de dependre d"un mestre que ho hagi après abans, ni del mestre que va ensenyar aquell mestre, i així successivament, trencant d"aquesta manera el cercle de la transmissió pedagògica - almenys pel que fa al procés instructiu. Tanmateix, això és només la punta de l"iceberg i més avall hi aprofundirem. Però fem ara una mirada enrere, tot just quan se li van presentar a Jacotot els seus primers deixebles belgues per estudiar francès.

Higher education as formation of the self and citizenship: an ethnography of the University Students from Amman, Jordan

My interest in higher education and citizenship in the Middle East at large and in Jordan in particular is fostered by some of the reflections Eickelman proposed (1992). Being a quite recent phenomenon, intimately linked with the more general topic of state formation it seemed to me more suitable to study it in a little country with a recent history (a field study left almost unexplored until now as far as Jordan is concerned, to the best of my knowledge, since Antoun 1994 focuses on the migration as a quest for higher education). The process of state formation in Jordan is quite studied. I thus intended to study the higher education policies as an attempt both to create a national citizenry and more recently as a way of controlling the more problematic part of the population (youth, which constitutes more than the double of the population. See UNDP and Ministry of Planning 2000). How do the young students enter the university system, and in which way does this system work? How is this system designed, in order to retain social control of the students (since they are usually perceived to be a factor of social and political instability, as in Iran or in Egypt)? Is there any significant difference between different faculties? And if so, why? My conclusions at this stage are that the university system is an integral part of the survival of the regime. The system works quite well, and Jordan has one of the best educational position in the region. Yet there are important distinctions to be made: the access to the better faculties is socially selective while the less valued faculties are left to the poorer and less wealthy youth. This results in a different treatment of the students and of the courses that I analysed. In the better faculties the teaching standards are quite high, and the relationship between professors and students is almost on a same-level base, while in the less privileged faculties the opposite is true. Thus we can observe a concrete politics of divide et impera intended to split the youth in two. For the more privileged there are some freedoms, both within and outside classes, designed I guess at forging them as autonomous individuals. On the opposite the less privileged are kept under tight control, even if also these students are a privileged category among youth at large.

TwHistory : Sharing History Using Twitter

In light of the fact that several studies indicate that students can benefit from deeper understandings of the processes by which historical accounts are constructed, history educators have increasingly been focused on finding ways to teach students how to read and reason about events in the same manner as professional historians (Wineburg, 2001; Spoehr & Spoehr, 1994; Hynd, Holschuh, & Hubbard, 2004; Wiley & Voss, 1996). One possible resource for supporting this development may come out of emerging web-based technologies. New technologies and increased access to historical records and artifacts posted the Internet may be precisely the tools that can help students (Bass, Rosenzweig, & Mason, 1999). Given the right context, we believe it is possible to combine such resources and tools to create an environment for students that could strengthen their abilities to read and reason about historical events. Moreover, we believe that social media, specifically, microblogging (Nardi, Schiano, Gumbrecht, & Swartz, 2004) could play a key role.

Women's work histories in Italy: education as investment in reconciliation and legitimacy?

Within pre-enlargement Europe, Italy records one of the widest employment rate gaps between highly and poorly educated women, as well one of the largest differences in the share, among working women, of public sector employment. Building on these stylized facts and using the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households (ILFI), we investigate the working trajectories of three cohorts of Italian women born between 1935 and 1964 and observed from their first job until they are in their forties. We use mainly, but not exclusively, event history analysis in order to identify the main factors that influence entry into and exit from paid work over the life course. Our results suggest that in the Italian context, where employment protection policies have also been used as surrogate measures to favour reconciliation between family and work, and where traditional gender norms still persist, education is so important for women's employment decisions because it represents an investment in 'reconciliation' and 'work legitimacy' over and above investment in human capital.

Joint determinants of education enrolment and first birth timing in France and West Germany

We examined the reciprocal influence between educational decisions and the timing of first births, using the Family and Fertility Surveys of France and West Germany. Since these two processes are potentially endogenous, we modelled them jointly, using event history models. We hypothesise that the reciprocal impact of educational and fertility careers, as well as the impact of the common determinants of both processes, are gender specific and context specific.The results show a significant endogeneity for women and men in both countries. This endogeneity is stronger for women than for men, while no substantial differences are found between the two countries. Removing this shared and unobserved heterogeneity, the results show a stronger reciprocal impact between the processes for women than for men. A similar impact of being enrolled in education on first birth in both countries is found, while the effect of the birth (and especially of the pregnancy) of the first child on terminating one’s education appeared to be more marked in West Gernany than in France.

The impact of investment in education on economic development: Spain in comparative perspective (1860-2000)

Throughout the 19th century and until the mid-20th century, in terms of long-terminvestment in human capital and, above all, in education, Spain lagged far behind theinternational standards and, more specifically, the levels attained by its neighbours inEurope. In 1900, only 55% of the population could read; in 1950, the figure was 93%.This no doubt contributed to a pattern of slower economic growth in which thephysical strength required for agricultural work, measured here through height, had alarger impact than education on economic growth. It was not until the 1970s, with thearrival of democracy, that the Spanish education system was modernized and theinfluence of education on economic growth increased.

Documentalist and librarian education in Catalonia

From its foundation in 1915, the Escola Universitaria de Biblioteconomia i Documentació (University School of Librarianship and Documentation) in Barcelona has been playing an important role in the training of professionals responsible for libraries. This paper describes the history, the situation in our days, and the trends for the future of the professional training of the librarians in Catalonia, with references to the rest of Spain.

Non-native English-speaking English language teachers: history and research

Although the majority of English language teachers worldwide are non-native English speakers, no research was conducted on these teachers until recently. After the pioneering work of Robert Phillipson in 1992 and Peter Medgyes in 1994, nearly a decade had to elapse for more research to emerge on the issues relating to non-native English teachers. The publication in 1999 of George Braine's book Nonnative educators in English language teaching appears to have encouraged a number of graduate students and scholars to research this issue, with topics ranging from teachers' perceptions of their own identity to students' views and aspects of teacher education. This article compiles, classifies, and examines research conducted in the last two decades on this topic, placing a special emphasis on World Englishes concerns, methods of investigation, and areas in need of further attention.

Les normals: paradigma de l'educació femenina

El nombre reduït d'estudis sobre el naixement i el desenvolupament del magisteri femení, i l'anàlisi habitual que aborda l'educació de les dones des d'una perspectiva metodològica centrada en l'enfocament de l'educació deis homes com a model i referent, han configurat unes representacions carregades de connotacions negatives que afecten la interpretació de la historia de l'accés a la instrucció formal deis dos sexes. Malgrat que queda un llarg camí d'investigacions per recórrer, avui es poden qüestionar algunes d'aquestes generalitzacions i, sobretot, situar la historia de l'educació femenina allà on va estar, i no on ens hauria agradat que estigués.