La opinión pública sobre la educación en España: entre el catastrofismo y la satisfacción

Miguel Caínzos

Public opinion on education in Spain: between catastrophism and satisfaction

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Miguel Caínzos Departamento de Sociología Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Keywords:

Public opinion, attitudes, education, schools, Spain

Abstract

The article deals with citizen attitudes, opinions, and evaluations on the education system. Firstly, we review the main axes of the political and media debate on education, emphasizing both its negative bias and the rising relevance of the “quality” issue as frame from which other issues are interpreted. Secondly, we describe the image of education and the education system prevailing in public opinion. Finally, we contrast citizens’ general evaluations of the state of education and their evaluations of the educational institutions about which they have direct knowledge and use experience. The partial dissociation between (satisfactory) experience and (more negative) image reveals the influence of political and media “catastrophism” on public opinion.

Author Biography

Miguel Caínzos, Departamento de Sociología Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Doctor en Filosofía. Profesor titular de Sociología en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Pertenece al grupo de investigación ISOPOLIS de la USC y al equipo del proyecto CIEDES (“Ciclo económico, desigualdad y polarización”, CSO2011-30179-C02-01). Ha trabajado y publicado sobre teoría sociológica, desigualdad y clases sociales, comportamiento político y opinión pública.

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Published

2015-01-01

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Caínzos, M. (2015). Public opinion on education in Spain: between catastrophism and satisfaction. Spanish Journal of Sociology, (23). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/65377

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No. 23 (2015): Sumario Número 23

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