Traditional games and education in the Canary Islands: from 19th century proposals to autonomic legal texts

Abstract

One of the methodological keys of contemporary education, after the changes that occurred during the pedagogical renewal of the nineteenth century, is the incorporation of the game as the teaching ground, especially in the early ages of human development. One of the ludic modalities that has interested us for the present study are the so-called traditional games. Starting from a conceptual analysis that tries to delimit the characteristics of traditional games, we have made an approximation to them from the first general proposals raised by intellectuals, many of them linked to the regeneracionismo movement in the islands, up to the autonomic regulations that include these games within the educational curriculum. To achieve these objectives, we have used primary sources, both from the general press and the pedagogical press, especially from the 19th century, as well as legal texts, decrees and provisions that articulate traditional games in teaching in the 21st century in the Canary Islands.

Keywords

• juegos tradicionales
• prensa pedagógica
• canarias
• cultura
• historia de la educación