Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Pam O'Malley have brought together a collection of the best recently published and specially commissioned articles which chart the rapid and extensive process of education reform in Spain over the last two decades. The articles cover in detail all the key measures of reform and the relevant changes in legislation and government policy since the 1970 "Ley General de Educacion." They also set these changes within the context of the contemporary historical background. The book shows that throughout, the process of reform in Spain has been characterized by both idealism and determination, and has been notable for its sheer pace. Topics covered include democratization and decentralization, curriculum reform, vocational and technical education and partners in education such as teacher unions and governors. This book is a significant contribution to the study of worldwide processes of education reform and will be of interest to comparative educationalists, those who have a professional interest in education in Spain and anyone with a more general interest in early modern Spain.

1 Structural change and curriculum reform in democratic Spain 2 Turning point: the 1970 Education Act 3 Education as resistance: the 'Alternativa' 4 The pre-history of educational reform in Spain 5 Preamble to LOGSE 6 Educational reform in Spain and in the UK: a comparative perspective 7 Problems of implementation in Spanish educational reform 8 Finding the evidence 9 Education in the State of Autonomous Communities 10 The process of pedagogic reform 11 The value of diversity and the diversity of value 12 The place of evaluation in educational reform 13 The Spanish Inspectorate in search of a modern model of inspection 14 Professionalism, unionism and educational reform 15 The teachers' centres 16 Church, State and educational reform 17 Education and the languages of Spain 18 Vocational education in LOGSE: a new model for the future? 19 Training and employment 20 University reform