European legislation and its national implementation in Spain and Italy with regard to social and civic competences in 0-6 education

Abstract

The European recommendations on education and training outline an educational approach focused on the development of key competences, which has been taken up by the majority of the national legislations of member
states. As part of transnational research on the training of educators, coordinators and heads of 0-6 services in Spain and Italy, this contribution sets up a comparison between the indications from the European legislation
and their effective national implementation through the legislative system, studying in depth and in particular the topic of social and civic competences. This comparison is developed at European level from the analysis of the
Recommendation (2006, 2018) and of the New priorities (2015). In the case of Italy, the study examines the Indicazioni nazionali (2012) and Nuovi scenari (2017), Law 107 (2015) and the Implementing Decrees (2017), while for Spain the LOMCE (2013), the Real Decreto 1630/2006 relating to the minimum teaching of the second cycle of early childhood education and the Implementing Decrees are taken into consideration.