Childhood, Disability and Vocational Training in Franco's Spain during the 1950s and Early 1960s

Autor/inn/en	Del Cura, Mercedes; Martínez-Pérez, José
Titel	Childhood, Disability and Vocational Training in Franco's Spain during the 1950s and Early 1960s
Quelle	In: History of Education Review, 50 (2021) 2, S.241-257 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-8691
DOI	10.1108/HER-07-2020-0041
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Authoritarianism; Students with Disabilities; Rehabilitation; Physical Disabilities; Personal Autonomy; Specialists; Medical Evaluation; Vocational Education; Educational History; Foreign Countries; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Autoritarismus; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Individuelle Autonomie; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	Purpose: This paper analyses the strategies designed by Franco's dictatorship to address the "problem" of children with physical disabilities, focusing on the relevance given to vocational training. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws mainly on official documents, reports from international organisations, and Spanish experts' papers. Findings: Francoism turned labour into one of the key pillars of its national project and included vocational training in the different stages of school life. From the mid-1950s, vocational training also became a key factor for the dictatorship's strategy towards disability. Following the recommendations issued by international agencies, Francoism began to adopt different measures towards the rehabilitation of children with disabilities. One of them was the creation, in 1959, of a special unit for adolescents within the National Institute for the Rehabilitation of Invalids. In addition to medical treatment, this unit provided children with education and vocational training. Originality/value: The value of this paper lies in the fact that the topic it analyses has been little studied. Until now no attention has been given to the special unit for adolescents, despite it being a very interesting example of the medical model of disability and its contradictions. During their stay at the unit children were promised greater autonomy and independence, but their lives also became medicalised and they were forced to collaborate with experts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01