The role of international congresses in the process of formation of the disciplinary field of education in Argentina (1910-1937)

Abstract

Since the nineteenth century emerged in Argentina and Europe
an education field oriented to the study of educational
phenomena, closely linked to the emergence of national
education systems, and to the demands of professional
qualification. This field was institutionalized in the early
twentieth century, both inside and outside the university but
closely related to the field of professional knowledge. This
process of shaping education as a disciplinary field involves
networking and communication circuits (mainly, specialized
journals and conferences) and generating mechanisms of internal
regulation of the production of knowledge and hierarchies
among agents. International Congresses on Education in Europe
start focusing different themes (child, education, psychology and
philosophy) and nucleating different audiences (teachers, civil
servants, doctors and intellectuals) where numerous Argentine
specialists participate. This work is a first exploration of the role
of International Congresses not only in the emergence of this
field of discipline, but also in the circuits of dissemination and
reception forms of pedagogical knowledge.