Valentín Letelier: the Influence of positivism on Chilean Educational Thought
This article examines the influence of Positivism on Latin American educational thought. It argues that while this influence is significant for the number of institutions that it inspired, little attention has been paid to perhaps the most elaborate presentation of positivist educational ideas: Vale...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2010-04-01
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| description | This article examines the influence of Positivism on Latin American educational thought. It argues that while this influence is significant for the number of institutions that it inspired, little attention has been paid to perhaps the most elaborate presentation of positivist educational ideas: Valentín Letelier’s Filosofía de la Educación (1892). Building on national experience concerning the development of education, Letelier used Positivism to reform the curriculum of secondary education and was a primary force behind the foundation of the Instituto Pedagógico (1889). His view of the school can be summarized as a philosophy based on a rational and systematic hierarchy of the sciences, which he applied to the educational field. As a result, the curriculum reflected a progression from the study of the most general to the most specific sciences. The training of professors at the Instituto was geared precisely to steer students to achieve a systematic and comprehensive view of society based on scientific criteria. Letelier’s work created a new sensitivity, and provided a significant link to subsequent efforts to reform national education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-882ec4a88bf24e1393ce5fd6846c12462023-10-31T02:48:20ZspaPontificia Universidad Católica de ChilePensamiento Educativo: Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoamericana0719-04092010-04-0146111713222741Valentín Letelier: the Influence of positivism on Chilean Educational ThoughtIván Jaksic0Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileThis article examines the influence of Positivism on Latin American educational thought. It argues that while this influence is significant for the number of institutions that it inspired, little attention has been paid to perhaps the most elaborate presentation of positivist educational ideas: Valentín Letelier’s Filosofía de la Educación (1892). Building on national experience concerning the development of education, Letelier used Positivism to reform the curriculum of secondary education and was a primary force behind the foundation of the Instituto Pedagógico (1889). His view of the school can be summarized as a philosophy based on a rational and systematic hierarchy of the sciences, which he applied to the educational field. As a result, the curriculum reflected a progression from the study of the most general to the most specific sciences. The training of professors at the Instituto was geared precisely to steer students to achieve a systematic and comprehensive view of society based on scientific criteria. Letelier’s work created a new sensitivity, and provided a significant link to subsequent efforts to reform national education.https://pensamientoeducativo.uc.cl/index.php/pel/article/view/25529valentín letelierinstituto pedagógicophilosophy of educationpositivismgerman influence |
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| title | Valentín Letelier: the Influence of positivism on Chilean Educational Thought |
| title_full | Valentín Letelier: the Influence of positivism on Chilean Educational Thought |
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| title_short | Valentín Letelier: the Influence of positivism on Chilean Educational Thought |
| title_sort | valentin letelier the influence of positivism on chilean educational thought |
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