Actualidad del pensamiento pedagógico de Rousseau en el contexto educativo ecuatoriano

Abstract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a reference in the constitution of the educational movement. That is why in the following article the contributions of Rousseau's work regarding the current situation of Ecuadorian education are presented. For this, the hermeneutic method has been used, in order to interpret the author's postulates, and the deductive method, to explain his concepts and obtain conclusions. The problem lies in the return of the conceptions of society, education, and childhood, foundations of pedagogical thought, which originate the forms of care for children and adolescents in this century. For this reason, the pedagogical philosophy of the Genevan is highlighted as the theoretical basis to be adopted in educational development to improve and strengthen the progress of education in Ecuadorian formal institutions. The importance of this article focuses on understanding the pedagogical ideas and solutions found by the author, and thus understand his thinking on education, for application in the country. Rousseau mentions that skipping stages would generate the absence of necessary and very important experiences for development, since it is connatural for human beings to overcome different situations that arise at each stage, and that will help them to cope with the next one. In short, the philosopher proposes a new look at the educational process, portraying it as something natural with an evolutionary development, where society must put into practice an education that favors children, giving them the appropriate and necessary tools so that they can live.