Notes on high school education from the colony until 1959. A comparative study Cuba-Brazil

Abstract

Secondary or secondary education, in any cultural context, deserves a deep analysis of its historical background. These antecedents allow a better appreciation of the different periods of its development and a more accurate understanding of its historical and sociological essence and of the educational policies that originated it and gave it permanence and continuity. The work deals with a comparative study on secondary education in Cuba and Brazil, from its beginnings in the colony until 1959, the year in which the Cuban Revolution triumphed. In this study, the stages through which this type of education went through, marked by context-cultural differences and the decrees that allowed its development, were taken into account. The philosophical-educational influence in both countries marked by the religious element that permeated education is analyzed, giving priority to the theological and emphasizing the study of the humanities.