Consequences of the 1873 economic crisis for the Argentinian State educational design

DUARTE, OSCAR DANIEL

PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA

Taylor & Francis

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2016 vol. 52 p. 704 - 717

0030-9230

This paper aims to explain the ultimate organization of the Argentinian educational system during the 1870 decade, as a result of the 1873 world economic crisis, which lead, among other measures, to budget cuts. These had serious consequences in both in the curriculum design and the general structure of the different educational levels. Such a system fostered a cheaper and lower-skilled labor force, according to the needs of the modern Argentinian State as primary goods exporter