The mutual teaching: Its spreading in the Spanish colonial América

Abstract

At the begining of the XIX century, the countries that were part of the Spanish colonial America fighted for their independence. After obtaining this, one of the main problems that raised was the one of education, specially the primary education spreading. The mutual teaching method is receiveal in many of these countries as a solution to this problem. The following comunication is about the trip of Lancaster to America, the autorities interest and the Patriotic Societies work. This comunication is about the characteristics of this sistem and of ist area in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, México, Argentina, Chile, Perú, Uruguay y la Gran Colombia: (Colombia, Venezuela y Ecuador).