Education Policy Reform and Professional Identities: The Case of Secondary Education in Spain

Authors

  • Antonio Bolívar Universidad de Granada
  • María Jesús Gallego Universidad de Granada
  • María José León Universidad de Granada
  • Purificación Pérez Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v13n45.2005

Abstract

The article analyses the effects of the large scale educational reform policies on teachers' professional identities, based on a review of the literature and data from a study we carried out. Professional identity crisis is placed within the broader framework of the modernity crisis. The story of this crisis (influences and causes) includes a description of the education reform of the 1990"s (LOGSE, Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo), the role played by teacher training in aggravating the problem, and the reasons secondary teachers have resisted educational change. In this framework, the different types of identity adopted by teachers faced with this change are studied, and the results of a qualitative study through the voices of the teachers are described. Finally, two exit plans are presented: a political use of nostalgia, employed by the conservative government to gain the support of a large number of teachers; and the exploration of new avenues for the reconstruction of professional identities. The idea is to re-examine alternative arguments about what schools should be in the "second modern society."

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Author Biography

Antonio Bolívar, Universidad de Granada

Antonio Bolívar, María Jesús Gallego, María José León y Purificación Pérez son profesores titulares de Didáctica y Organización Escolar en la Universidad de Granada, todos ellos doctores en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación. Forman parte del Grupo de Investigación “Force” (Formación del Profesorado centrada en la Escuela), que ha realizado varios Proyectos de Investigación y publica la revista “Profesorado. Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado”. Sus intereses versan sobre formación del profesorado y desarrollo profesional, innovación y desarrollo del currículum, educación especial, tecnología educativa, e investigación biográfico-narrativa, sobre los que han publicado una treintena de libros y más de un centenar de artículos. URL del grupo “Force”: http://www.ugr.es/~force/ Revista “Profesorado”: http://www.ugr.es/~recfpro/

Published

2005-11-23

How to Cite

Bolívar, A., Gallego, M. J., León, M. J., & Pérez, P. (2005). Education Policy Reform and Professional Identities: The Case of Secondary Education in Spain. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13, 45. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v13n45.2005

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