The educational policy field origins in Argentina: the case of Buenos Aires and La Plata Federal Universities

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  • Julieta Susana Garcias Franco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.9i2.0008

Abstract

This paper presents partial results of an ongoing study whose objective is to map the approaches and theoretical trends in the educational policy theoretical field. More specifically, this study characterizes and describes the theoretical trends of the subject Educational Policy contents in the 50s of the last century in the Buenos Aires and La Plata Federal Universities. 46 programs were analyzed in the period 1917-1959, as well as the bibliography and theoretical background linked to the professors who were responsible for the subject. Surveying professors’ biographies, it was observed that in the period prior to the institutionalization of this field, the debate focused on the positivism or anti-positivism theoretical trends. Later on, the theoretical trends that permeated the programs from 1953 to 1954 had more distinct shades of positivism and anti-positivism than those of the beginning of the century, and three axes were observed: the national tradition, the pedagogical progressivism and the Spanish Krausism.

 

Keywords: Educational Policy. Field origin. Theoretical trends.

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Published

2014-05-23

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Estudos teóricos e epistemológicos sobre política educacional

How to Cite

The educational policy field origins in Argentina: the case of Buenos Aires and La Plata Federal Universities. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 2, p. 461–484, 2014. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.9i2.0008. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/6026. Acesso em: 14 may. 2026.