Rousseau and popular education ; Rousseau y la educación popular ; Rousseau e a educação popular

The aim of this article is to present the principles of popular education based on the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, especially the Emile or the Education and Considerations of the Government of Poland. Althought Rousseau did not use the expression popular education this principle appears in the work Considerations when he observes that everyone should have access to school, poor or rich. Both works are conceptually united even though they have different purposes. About of the question of the relationship between nature and culture, for Rousseau, it is observe that the education of nature, based on Emilio, does not mean letting nature educate the child by itself, but it proposes an education that is in conformity and not against nature. Therefore, Rousseau is not a critic of culture, but of a certain type of culture, that violates human beings in favour of appearance of order and civilization. ; Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es presentar los principios de la educación popular basados en la obra de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, especialmente El Emilio o de la Educación y Consideraciones sobre el gobierno de Polonia. Aunque Rousseau no utilizó el término educación popular, este principio aparece en la obra Consideraciones, cuando observa que todos deben tener acceso a la escuela, pobres o ricos. Ambas obras están unidas conceptualmente aun que tienen propósitos diferentes. En cuanto a la cuestión de la relación entre naturaleza y cultura, para Rousseau se observa que la educación de la naturaleza, basada en Emile, no significa dejar que la naturaleza eduque al niño por sí misma, sino que propone una educación conforme y no contra la naturaleza. Por tanto, Rousseau no es un crítico de la cultura, sino de un cierto tipo de cultura que viola al ser humano en favor de una apariencia de orden y civilización. ; Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar os princípios de uma educação popular a partir das obras de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, especialmente O Emílio ou da Educação e Considerações sobre o governo ...