Transition to secondary education in the spanish school system: teachers and educators’ perspective

Abstract

This project is a study submitted to an International Congress based in Glasgow: ECER 2023 – the European Conference on Educational Research. The conference takes place in Glasgow from 21 - 22 August 2023 and from 22 – 25 August 2023 (ECER). The project addresses one of the most representative situations of educational systems: School transitions of students from one level to another and specifically, the transition from primary to secondary school, this being a moment really important in school, personal and social trajectory of students We focus on identifying, comparing, and contrasting the most significant aspects to knowledge and understandings of how the transition to secondary school is perceived and experienced by teachers and school professionals in Spain, We consider these findings potentially relevant to researchers and educators interested in similar discussions on challenges and relevant positive educational transitions in other parts of the world.