La educación

Autores/as

  • Ethel Escudero Universidad de Chile

Resumen

The author outlines a set uf complex matters that have a bearing on the theory and practice of educational task, after which she presents sorne critica! reflexions on the aims of education, in relatiun with humanism in the widest sense of the term. She alludes to the most important positions of the present concerning the process of education, expressing, together with the German thinker Jaeger, that it is one that should lead man to the attainment of the "true goal of his life", a statement that leads to the formulation of difflerent criteria conceming the objectives of education , and which is dealt with as a science in the last part of this paper.

Biografía del autor/a

Ethel Escudero, Universidad de Chile

Profesora del Departamento de Educación de la Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Educación de la Universidad de Chile. Sus mayores esfuerzos los ha dado a la Metodología de la Investigación de las Ciencias Sociales. Es autora de Algunos antecedentes sobre la investigación educacional en Chile durante los dos ultimo decenios y Prueba de lectura silenciosa para primer año de enseñanza básica.