Skills Among the Students of Barcelona

This chapter aims to contribute to the debate on social and emotional skills from the perspective of the policy and educational debates in Spain, and from the empirical perspective provided by the International Study of City Youth (ISCY)¹ project that has been carried out in the city of Barcelona in the period 2014–2017. First, we discuss the historical context of educational reforms in Spain, with a focus on the role of social and emotional skills in compulsory secondary education. Second, we outline the main features of the Spanish educational system, particularly relating to the transition point from compulsory to...