The contribution of educational work of the Martín Rodríguez Vivanco to development Cuban education

Abstract

Martín Rodríguez Vivanco was a valuable exponent of the Cuban education during the republican period (1902-1958). He developed their work in a complex historical context, conditioned by the politics of North American dominance. In the article it is demonstrated that it was continuator of the line of the most representative Cuban educators’ in the xix century thought. The staging steps carried out revealed the contribution of the educational work from this professor to the development of the Cuban education, which is related fundamentally with the sociology of the education, the school inspection and the history of the education. Their conceptions about the three areas constitute a starting point for their study in Cuba. Those related with the school inspection serve of with respect to the address educational scientist and to the educational-methodological work at the present time and to sustain the roots of the Cuban pedagogy.

Keywords

• contribución
• obra educativa
• sociología pedagógica
• sociología de la educación
• inspección escolar
• producción intelectual.