Independence and education in Central America: José Cecilio del Valle’s Report on education (1829) Independencia y educación en Centroamérica: la «Memoria sobre la educación» de José Cecilio del Valle (1829)

The Honduran José Cecilio del Valle (1777-1834) is the most prominent thinker from the historical time of the Independence of Central America and one of its key political actors. Valle was one of the great promulgators of the Enlightenment in the Kingdom of Guatemala. His interests included rational...

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Main Author: Víctor Hugo ACUÑA ORTEGA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2011-07-01
Series:Historia de la Educación
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Online Access:http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/8171
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Summary:The Honduran José Cecilio del Valle (1777-1834) is the most prominent thinker from the historical time of the Independence of Central America and one of its key political actors. Valle was one of the great promulgators of the Enlightenment in the Kingdom of Guatemala. His interests included rationalist philosophy, experimental science, the doctrines of liberalism, and the theories of political economy. But what mostly stands out from his thought is his concern for education, which according to him was the foundation of human progress and good governance. His thoughts on this field are brought to light in the pamphlet entitled Report on education, published in Guatemala in 1829. An excerpt of the report, in which he proposes a plan for the organization of primary education, is herewith transcribed.<br>El hondureño José Cecilio de Valle (1777-1834) es el pensador más des- tacado en la época de la Independencia de Centroamérica y uno de sus actores polí- ticos clave. Valle fue uno de los grandes difusores de la Ilustración en el Reino de Guatemala. Sus intereses comprendían la filosofía racionalista, la ciencia experimen- tal, las doctrinas del liberalismo y las teorías de la economía política. Pero en su pen- samiento destaca su preocupación por la educación, fundamento, en su opinión, del progreso humano y del buen gobierno. Sus ideas al respecto aparecen en el opúsculo Memoria sobre la educación, publicado en Guatemala en 1829. Aquí se transcribe un fragmento de dicha memoria, en el cual propone un plan para la organización de la educación primaria.
ISSN:0212-0267