This article seeks to reflect on the social history of educational institutions: theoretical and methodological aspects, the case of Colombia, Venezuela and Spain, articulated to the doctoral thesis entitled "The Normal Higher School and the attached institutes in Colombia, 1936- 1951"

According to the above, is there a need to see how the social history and educational institutions research line has been consolidated in each of the countries mentioned and in what way is it articulated to the doctoral thesis? In fact, it has its own characteristics and responds to a significant historical methodological reference to reveal its sense of globality.

As a consequence of the above, it is significant to show what happens with the academic communities of Spain, Venezuela and Colombia, to consolidate institutions and societies towards social change in the educational framework and towards an institutional development that frames a local, regional and national identity , in which correlations emerge between institutions, nations and academic communities, oriented to the understanding and analysis of social history and education.

To this end, the Historical Method and educational research were taken into account, with the support of archives, documents and master's and doctoral work in Colombia, Venezuela and Spain.