Madrid, España
Oviedo, España
Logroño, España
The chapter is part of a broader research associated with the R&D&I project “Teacher Professionalization:Discourses, Policies, and Practices. New Approaches and Proposals”. Specifically, it presents ahistorical study on the process of institutionalizing teacher education during the 19th century in Spain, framedwithin the historical events that gave rise to the nation-state. The objective of this work is to discuss, based onempirical evidence from historical documents and statistics, the processes that historically defined the educationof teachers through normal schools. Methodologically, it is a historical study that follows the followingstages: a) heuristic, b) critical analysis, c) hermeneutics, and d) exposition. The results highlight the disputesover control and legitimation of knowledge, expertise, and practices within the teaching profession that occurredamong actors and institutions during the transition from the so-called Old Regime to the nation-state.The conclusions of this work demonstrate that the institutionalization of teacher education through normalschools did not initially possess the necessary characteristics to contribute to the definition of a professioncharacterized by its prominence, autonomy, and critical capacity, but rather sought normalization, order, discipline,and obedience to the State.
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