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Subject programs of the Normal School of Teachers (women) of Lleida

Date
1891 - 1892
Archive
Office of the Historical Archives and Documentary Heritage of the University of Barcelona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ES CAT UB 855884
Link to the online document
Description

The ‘Ley Moyano’ (the name by which the Ley reguladora de la enseñanza was known), approved in Spain on September 9, 1857, was a crucial educational reform that established the foundations of public education and introduced compulsory schooling for boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 9. In addition to regulating education, this law emphasized the importance of training qualified teachers to ensure quality education. For this reason, the Normal Schools of Teachers were created, institutions dedicated specifically to the training of teaching staff.

The Normal Schools aimed to prepare both men and women for teaching in public schools. In these schools, future teachers learn both academic content and pedagogical techniques to teach effectively. The creation of these schools represented a remarkable advance in the professionalization of the figure of the teacher, who went from being a profession often practiced by people with little training, to a recognized and regulated career.

The creation of Normal Schools for women was an important step towards the inclusion of women in education, giving rise to a greater female presence in this field. Thus, the ‘Moyano Law’ contributed not only to the expansion of education at a general level, but also to the improvement of educational quality, the promotion of women beyond the family and domestic sphere and marked a milestone in the history of education in Spain.

The University of Barcelona, ​​as the head of the University District of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, centralized and coordinated the organization and management of these centers in the form of the rector, which is why it safeguards and preserves this valuable documentary heritage.