[Resumo] O modelo da historia social está sendo cuestionado nas últimas décadas, coin-
cidindo coa crise que experimentaron algúns dos seus referentes ideolóxicos e coa emer-
xencia do denominado pensamento posmoderno. Fronte a este modelo, que algúns consi-
deran esgotado, proponse outro caracterizado como cultural. Este mesmo cambio —ou pro-
posta de cambio— tamén se observa no campo educativo: a “vella” historia social da edu-
cacion debe deixar paso a unha “nova” historia cultural da educación.[Abstract] The social history model has been questioned in recent decades and this coin-
cides with the crisis being experienced by some of its ideological references as well as with
the emergence of what has been termed post-modern thought. As an alternative to this
model, which some consider to have run its course, this article proposes another model,
which may be characterised as cultural. This very change -or rather proposal for change-
has also been seen in the field of education: the “old” social history of education must get
out of the way and make room for a “new” cultural history of education
