Escuelas del medio rural español en proceso de hibridación: estudio multicasos.

Javier García-Prieto, Francisco; Álvarez-Álvarez, Carmen; Pozuelos Estrada, Francisco J.

We propose to carry out several case studies in educational centers that, although maintain elements of their rural nature, combine them with characteristics and models typical of urban contexts, i.e., centers immersed in processes of hybridization. We conducted a multicase study, selecting four schools in Spain (multigrade and graduate) undergoing strong transformations in their school settings, combining images of the past with urban trends of the present. For this purpose, we designed and administered varied instruments of a qualitative nature (collective and individual interviews, classroom observations, documentary analysis, and research journals). The results show how the different cases studied, despite being located in rural territories, have proposals close to the urban school in aspects such as relations with the environment, coexistence, organization, resources, innovative experiences, and the consequences derived from all that. The four cases make it possible to identify hybrid schools as a conceptual reality, far from conventional rural patterns. It is possible to conclude that the trend arising from the multi-casualty contrast shows a transformation of schools in rural areas toward processes of hybridization: the permanent relations between the rural and urban worlds are altering and reconfiguring their essence.

SPAIN; OBSERVATION (Educational method); RURAL schools; SCHOOL closings; URBAN schools; RURAL geography

Pensamiento Educativo, 2023, Vol 60, Issue 1, p1

0717-1013

Academic Journal

10.7764/PEL.60.1.2023.4