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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 9:3 2004
© 2004 Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education vol. 9 no. 3 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved.

Legal Matters

Edited by McCay Vernon and Marc Marschark

Education of Deaf Students in Spain: Legal and Educational Politics Developments

María del Pilar Fernández-Viader and Mariana Fuentes

University of Barcelona

This article examines the legal instruments and educational politics affecting deaf persons' educational rights in Spain. We present a historical view of deaf education in Spain before and after the Congress of Milan (1880) and then introduce educational legislation and practices in recent decades. At present, Spanish legislation is moving toward recognition of sign languages and the suitability of bilingual education for deaf students at all educational levels. This is a consequence of taking into account the low academic achievement of two generations of deaf students educated in a monolingual model. Bilingual projects are now run throughout Spain. We emphasize that efforts must be made in the legal sphere to regulate the way in which professionals who know sign language and Deaf culture—teachers, interpreters, deaf adult models—are incorporated in bilingual deaf schools.

All correspondence should be sent to either María del Pilar Fernández-Viader or Mariana Fuentes, Departament de Psicologia Evolutiva i de l'Educació, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, Facultat de Psicología, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, España (e-mail: pfernandez{at}ub.edu or marianafuentes_6{at}hotmail.com).

Received October 30, 2003; revised January 24, 2004; accepted January 27, 2004


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