Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: An important Argentinian teacher
A short biography about Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born in 1811 in San Juan, Argentina. His parents were José Quiroga Sarmiento and Paula Sarmiento. His father and his uncle taught him to read. Also from 1816 until 1821 he studied in "Escuelas de la patria" or school of nation founded by the governments of the revolution. After that period of time, he was trying to get an scholarship in the college of moral sciences in Buenos aires, Argentina but unfortunately, he didn't get the scholarship. From that moment, he was self taught and his relatives helped him with those studies, a friend taught him maths and his uncle José de Oro helped him with Latin and theology. Domingo started his work as a teacher in a school in San Francisco del Monte de Oro. This school was founded by José de Oro and Faustino Sarmiento, after his uncle was banished to Francisco del monte.
Since 1842, he had been fully engaged in cultural activities in Chile. In that year he was appointed by Manuel Torres to direct the "escuela normal de preceptores". The first latin American institution specialized in preparing teachers. In 1845 the president Manuel Torres entrusted him the task of studying educational systems of Europe and United States.After his trips he had been writing about those experiences and the educational systems of different countries.
Cover of one of the books written by Domingo Faustino)
In 1868 Faustino Sarmiento won the presidency of Argentina. He was president from 1868 to 1874. During that period of time he improve the education of the country with the creation of "escuelas normales" and libraries. Also he helped to improve the country in terms of infrastructure,industry and culture.
In 1888 he died in Sarmiento Uruguay. His big contributions to the improvements in terms of education in Argentina and Latin America had taken importance in the development of the pedagogy. The books he had written not only helped to learn about the pedagogies of other countries, but also the development and recognition of literature in Argentina.
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