“Millions of illiterates”: An approach to the history of quantification of education in Mexico (1895-1921)
Medeles, Ana
“Millions of illiterates”: An approach to the history of quantification of education in Mexico (1895-1921) - 2024.
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This article investigates how the first national censuses may have played a crucial role in strengthening the influence of official state statistics in Mexico. It reflects on how census statistics influenced the measurement of literacy in the first decades of the twentieth century. It reviews pedagogical and political debates that contextualize the reception of census statistics on education. It analyzes how illiteracy was first classified and shows how, in the specific case of the Instrucción Rudimentaria, the figures were understood as an advance towards progress in education, gradually becoming a reference for the educational projects of the twentieth century.
“Millions of illiterates”: An approach to the history of quantification of education in Mexico (1895-1921) - 2024.
93
This article investigates how the first national censuses may have played a crucial role in strengthening the influence of official state statistics in Mexico. It reflects on how census statistics influenced the measurement of literacy in the first decades of the twentieth century. It reviews pedagogical and political debates that contextualize the reception of census statistics on education. It analyzes how illiteracy was first classified and shows how, in the specific case of the Instrucción Rudimentaria, the figures were understood as an advance towards progress in education, gradually becoming a reference for the educational projects of the twentieth century.
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