Tradition and Anti-Tradition in Catalan Schools at the Start of the Twentieth Century

Abstract

This article analyses what tradition meant for the promoters of the educational transformations taking place a hundred years ago in Catalonia. For some, tradition was a concept that impeded progress and therefore ought to be pushed aside. For others, tradition was a kind of guide on this same course of advancing society through schools. It is concluded that tradition, whether attacked or defended, is a cultural artefact that is used in projects aiming to transform and advance society

This research is part of the project El cuarto impulso de renovación pedagógica en España (The Fourth Impulse of Pedagogical Renewal in Spain) supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, R+D+i program. Ref. PID2019-108138RB-C21. This article also benefited from a grant from the Pedagogy Department of the University of Girona