History of Education: different eras, cultures and schools
Course description
This course explores the emergence of the school as a historical institution and its transformations over time in different regions of the world. It begins by presenting humanity's oldest educational practices. It deals with the relationship between religion and education, humanism, the feeling of childhood, the New School, colonialism and the socialist school created by the Russian Revolution. It also analyzes the contrasts between countries with universal access to school and regions where the absence of educational institutions is still a reality.
Objectives
- Understand in a panoramic and comparative way the history of education from an international perspective.
- Develop the ability to reflect critically on the historical and philosophical bases of education, expanding their understanding and training.
- Expand the understanding of the school as a historical and culturally diverse institution, contextualizing it in different eras and societies.
- Reflect on the future of the school, considering the impacts of the technological revolution, the 2020 pandemic and the transformations this institution has faced since the beginning of this century.
Study units
- Education and school among ancient peoples
- Education, culture and religion in the Middle Ages
- The modern school: expansion of literacy and birth of the feeling of childhood
- The 20th century: a school for democracy?
- The school of the Russian Revolution (1917-1991)
- Education and school in the 21st century: achievements, inequalities and challenges
Dedication
- Theoretical study (80%)
- Activities (20%)
Student commitment
- Access
- Study
- Perform activity
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