"Escuela Nueva" in Spain: Origins and Implications in Teacher Professional Development for the 21st Century

Ivan M. Jorrin Abellan; Sara L. Villagra Sobrino; Sara Garcia Sastre

International Journal of Progressive Education Vol. 9, No. 3 (October 2013) pp. 14–33

During the Spanish Second Republican government (April 1931-July 1939), there was an institutional initiative in the country called "Misiones Pedagogicas", deeply based in the early Deweyan conception of Progressive Education. The aim of...