Escuela Normal de Oaxaca An approach to the history of teacher training in Southern Mexico, 1890-1937

Abstract

At the beginning of its evolution as an independent nation, Mexico made education one of its central objectives in the goal of integrating a heterogeneous society. In the state of Oaxaca, these intentions led to multiple initiatives and legislation that sought to train preceptors who would take illustration to all corners of its rugged geography; the plans almost always collided with the bankruptcy of the administration and with multiple political conflicts that impeded the crystallization of the effort. The present work analyzes the most stable period of this complex process, which begins in 1890 and ends in a turbulent period — under new arrangements brought about by the revolution —, in 1937, when the state ceded educational responsibilities to the federation.