Juan De Ávila, reformador de la educación primaria en la época del concilio de Trento

Abstract

Considering the present estate of the searching and structure of the History of the Spanish Pedagogy, which issues from our strong Spanish tradition, it is consequent to point out those values which were almost forgotten. In his learned work, Janini says that Juan de Avila should not be known only as an ascetic but also as a pedagogue, since his works, which have been recently published show how great his preocupation was for Christian education and instruction, school organization, methods and teaching function. He ends his article by keenly projecting the pedagogical ideas of Juan de Avila on pedagogical ideas which are accepted at present and showing their great similarity.