Introducción y primeras aplicaciones del slöjd -trabajos manuales según el sistema de Nääs (Suecia)- en España

Abstract

The study and application of the Nads slôjd system of manual work with wood is known to have become a compulsory part of the syllabus in Spanish state schools in 1901, thanks to a Royal Decree signed by the then Minister of Education, the Honourable Romanones. However, written history is far less familiar with questions such as how this system came to be known in Spain, when it was introduced, who encouraged its use or where and how it was first applied. In this study, with the aid of a large number of hitherto unpublished documents (some of which were found in Nààs, Sweden), we shall try to answer these questions and, as a result, produce a detailed analysis of the introduction of Nads slojd to Spain at the end of the 19th century, strangely enough (or perhaps not) under the clear, but implicit influence of the Spanish movement for free-thinking methods of education.