LA DIMENSIÓN EDUCATIVA DE LA VIDA DE RUFINO BLANCO Y SÁNCHEZ (1861-1936)

Abstract

Faced with the Krausist ideal of culture and education, Rufino Blanco developed an intense pedagogical activity and proposed a teaching program at the Escuela Superior de Magisterio in Madrid. Being a regenerationist author of Christian beliefs, he opposed the secularization of public life and religious neutrality at school. It could thus be situated in the Catholic stream, represented by Manjon, Ruiz Amado, Pedro Poveda and others. With a neo-scholastic foundation, he did not hesitate to dialogue with the pedagogical currents of the time (Pestalozzi, Dewey, Mercier). In these lines a pedagogical, intellectual and human portrait of this Spanish pedagogue is collected.