Paulo Freire's journeys to Spain (1984-1994) and the consolidation of the academic field of social pedagogy from the 90s

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.16.15143.005

Abstract

Paulo Freire's ideas came to Spain since the 1970s. The first reception spaces were the popular education projects that were being promoted by progressive sectors of the Church and also by the Pedagogical Renewal Movements. Later Freire's ideas were received in the academic field of pedagogy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Freire's trips to Spain between 1984 and 1994, four trips that are studied in detail in this article, are a key historical source for studying of the presence of the Brazilian pedagogue's thought in the Spanish Faculties of Education. The central hypothesis that we develop in this work is that taking Freire's work as a reference, social pedagogy managed to dig its own space in the academic field of pedagogy in Spain.

Keywords: Paulo Freire. Spain. Social Pedagogy. Popular Education.

Author Biography

  • Patricia Quiroga Uceda, Complutense University of Madrid

    Patricia Quiroga Uceda es Profesora Ayudante Doctora en el Departamento de Estudios Educativos. Es licenciada en Pedagogía y en Magisterio de Educación Primaria por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Para la realización de su tesis doctoral obtuvo una beca predoctoral de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ha realizado estancias de investigación en la Pädagogische Hoschschule Ludwigsburg (Alemania), Roehampton University (Inglaterra) y Queen’s University (Canadá). Obtuvo el Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado (2016). Durante un tiempo ejerció como maestra de educación primaria en la escuela Waldorf El Puente Azul (Valladolid). Ha sido Investigadora postdoctoral en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2017). En 2017 obtuvo un contrato de investigación postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva-Formación que desarrolló en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Es co-editora de la revista Espacio, Tiempo y Educación.

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2020-10-15

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Vol. 16 (2021): Publicação contínua

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Dossiê: Paulo Freire (1921-2021): 100 anos de história e esperança

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Paulo Freire’s journeys to Spain (1984-1994) and the consolidation of the academic field of social pedagogy from the 90s. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 16, p. 1–18, 2020. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.16.15143.005. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/15143. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.