Unha visión educativa a mediados do século XIX: o “Diccionario de educación y métodos de enseñanza”1 de Mariano Carderera

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[Resumo] O Diccionario de educación y métodos de enseñanza de Mariano Carderera resulta ser unha obra de temática educativa fundamental para coñecer a situación do ensino español, ou mesmo europeo, a mediados do século XIX. A ampla formación persoal e profesional do autor, bo coñecedor das experiencias pedagóxicas do momento e home ben documentado sobre a situación do sector docente, permitiulle elaborar unha obra básica para entender a situación do ensino no momento en que a describe, aínda que deban recoñecerse nela bastantes presupostos tradicionais, e mesmo reaccionarios nalgúns casos, como nas súas consideracións sobre as posibilidades educativas da muller. Preténdese aquí facer un percorrido polos contidos máis significativos dos catro volumes de que consta a obra, nos cales non faltan referencias a asuntos como diversos aspectos de historia da educación, a disciplina dos alumnos, a condición dos mestres, a distribución do tempo e do traballo na escola ou as estratexias pedagóxicas que cómpre desenvolver no ámbito educativo.

[Abstract] The Dictionary of Education and Teaching Methods by Mariano Carderera is a fundamental work on educational topics essential to the understanding of the situation of education in Spain as well as Europe in the 19th century. Thanks to the author’s broad personal and professional background and training –a man who was highly familiar with the pedagogical experiences of the time and an expert on the situation of the teaching sector– he developed a basic reference work to shed light on the situation of education in that time period. However, his work does include a many traditional suppositions, bordering on the reactionary in some cases, such as his considerations on the educational possibilities of women. This article reviews the most important contents of the four volumes comprising the work. There is no lack of references to a wide variety of subjects ranging from different aspects of the history of education, student discipline, the condition of teachers, the distribution of time and work in the school and the development of teaching strategies in the school environment