Amanda Labarca (1886-1975) and her Psychological References in the Educational Context in Chile

Amanda Labarca was a renowned teacher that was born in 1886 and died in 1975. She was the first female university teacher in Chile. Her contribution and influence in psychology have been recently recognised. The objective of the present work is to show her personal and academic history by means of a...

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Autor Principal: Salas, Gonzalo; Universidad Católica del Maule
Otros Autores: Mardones, Rodolfo; Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile, Gallegos, Miguel; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ponce, Fernando P; Universidad de Talca
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2014
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/7085
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Sumario: Amanda Labarca was a renowned teacher that was born in 1886 and died in 1975. She was the first female university teacher in Chile. Her contribution and influence in psychology have been recently recognised. The objective of the present work is to show her personal and academic history by means of an evidence review, to provide a context for the socio-political period. Finally, her main psychological references, regarding the educational area, are described. Due to her frequent visits to USA, she was steeped in William James and John Dewey’s work, her main masters, to whom she admired and tried to spread their theories.