Study of teacher training institutions: The case of the School of Magisterium of Madrid “Maria Diaz Jimenez” (1939-1975)

Abstract

The study of teacher training has aroused considerable interest in Spain from a few decades to the present day. The teacher education colleges, and later the teacher training colleges, were the institutions responsible for teacher training in Spain from 1839 to 1983. This study focuses on the case of these training centres and, more specifically, outlines an investigation into the women's teacher training college called "María Díaz Jiménez" in Madrid during the period of the Franco regime (1939-1975). The proposed objective is to present the design of a qualitative research project currently underway, specifically framed in the field of the history of education. In terms of methodology, we start with an approach to the historical-educational method, sequencing the phases that comprise it and applying it to the case of the design of this project. Specifically, it focuses on the case of the bibliographical review of the research, with the aim of outlining a state of the question on the academic literature developed to date in this line of study. The results of this work are presented through this review, which began in the 1980s - when interest in this field began - and is carried out according to categories or criteria such as geographical scope or the historical period in which they are framed. Finally, the article concludes by highlighting the need to expand studies on teacher training institutions in Spain in the context of the Franco dictatorship, as well as case studies on institutions whose relevance does not correspond to the case studies developed to date.