Fundamentación preliminar de la pedagogía como campo disciplinar y profesional.

Abstract

In this reflection article, derived from the research: Conceptions on the pedagogical in the national research groups classified by Minciencias in the area of pedagogy, we take some representatives of the pedagogy of the spiritual sciences to provide a preliminary basis for what is currently named as the disciplinary and professional field of Pedagogy in Colombia. Disciplinary, because it is composed of a set of theories and concepts that have education and training as issues, circulating through institutions, research groups and academic networks in which Pedagogy objectifies as a science. Professional because it refers to the formalization of educational practices within national education systems, which in Germany has given rise to the so-called “teaching professions”. In this way, the Pedagogy of the spiritual sciences has as its referents the pedagogical conceptions of Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Herbart, who laid the foundations of scientific pedagogy. Subsequently, authors such as Eduard Spranger, René Hubert, Wilhelm Flitner and Hubert Henz contributed to its consolidation. Even though modern pedagogy began to be founded in the 18th century, its scientific nature is still questioned in Colombia, and there is a persistent misconception that pedagogy refers to the teacher’s knowledge about teaching.