The representation of school on NO-DO : visions of school practice on Francoist newsreels

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze educational practice as presented on the images of NO-DO newsreels concerning schools. NO-DO was the official newsreel of the Franco regime, unique and obligatory, which spread the work of the government in propagandistic fashion. Educational practice itself is a secondary element on the NO-DOs analyzed; their objective was to make believe that education was an actual concern for the government and that it endowed the country with a significant number of schools, along with teaching material and adequate spaces. In the last stage of Franco’s regime, NO-DOs used a revamped pedagogical discourse, but far removed from the reality of most Spanish schools. NO-DO was propagandistic in nature and therefore raises doubts about the actual scope of material improvements in schools and the implementation of an innovative educational practice.