ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to analyse the origin and evolution of educational television in Francoist Spain and demonstrate how the curriculum models during the Francoist period can be interpreted as possible concrete actions of the transnational phenomenom. The Modernisation theory, therefore, began to manifest itself as one of the basic principles that would orchestrate the curriculum policy during Franco’s regime. In 1964 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided to publish, together with the Stanford University publishing house, Wilbur Schramm’s book, which delimited the clear relationship that could exist between mass media, education and economic. As Elsa Estrela has shown, international organisations try to create relevant networks with local actors to facilitate the implementation of their educational perspectives. This means that, in some cases, the import process unfolds as intended, while in others, it can suffer the mediations of the national context or modifications of the initial idea that was to be developed.
