CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AS A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING THE SPANISH TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY: A PRACTICAL APLICATION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

Abstract

As a result of an intervention in two Spanish schools as part of the HISREDUC project, this study aims to examine a series of interviews conducted by fourth-grade Social Sciences, Geography and History secondary students with their relatives. With the objective of identifying the topics that these students find more interesting regarding the Spanish transition to democracy, as well as inspecting their preconceptions about this historical period and the way they work with information, the study makes use of a qualitative research design, identifying and distinguishing between a series of categories. The results show some interest on the part of the students regarding topics such as entertainment and the daily life in the period, as well as a series of key political processes. In the latter case, an implicit link can be detected in the students’ narratives between these key events and the relatives’ experiences and recollections, showing their importance in the eyes of the students when learning about this historical period.