Relaciones políticas entre la metáfora filogenia-ontogenia y el “ser adulto” como télos escolar

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04/2022
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Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
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Sophia
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1390-3861
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Hay ocasiones en que, en lugar de un lenguaje referencialmente riguroso, formalizado, estructurado y controlado, las ciencias apelan a recursos explicativos que no provienen de la actividad disciplinar misma. Este fenómeno va creando metáforas que se vuelven paulatinamente parte del léxico científico corriente al ser eficaces para aumentar nuestra comprensión. Pero si se quitaran del todo las metáforas, muchas explicaciones científicas no se sostendrían, puesto que su significación propia no depende de otras expresiones ?más literales?. La metáfora filogenia-ontogenia marcó fuertemente el modo en que, por ejemplo, las incipientes antropología y sociología, pero también la pedagogía, pensarían al ser humano y a la sociedad. Mediante el análisis de fuentes bibliográficas y artículos especializados, este trabajo busca hacer un modesto análisis de su lógica interna para revisar algunos efectos de esta metáfora en el campo educativo. No aboga por dejar de usar metáforas, antes bien pretende lograr mayor conciencia de cómo obstaculizan modos de pensar divergentes. En especial interesa destacar que la mencionada metáfora ha sustentado la construcción de un cuerpo de saberes acerca de la infancia y la educación que operan antes de la concreta realización de cualquier situación educativa. El problema es que esos saberes apriori, al modo de obstáculos epistemológicos, restringen la emergencia de nuevas ideas y/o soluciones para las dificultades que enfrenta la escolaridad hoy.
There are occasions in which, instead of a referentially rigorous, formalized, structured and controlled language, sciences appeal to explanatory resources that do not come from the disciplinary activity itself. In time, this phenomenon creates metaphors that eventually become part of the common scientific lexicon, as they are effective in increasing our understanding. However, should the metaphors be removed, very many scientific explanations would not sustain, given that their own meaning does not depend on other ‘more literal’ expressions. The phylogeny-ontogeny metaphor had a very strong influence in the way that, for example, the emerging anthropology and sociology, but also pedagogy, would think about human being and society. Through the analysis of bibliographical sources and specialized papers, this paper seeks to carry out a modest analysis of its internal logic in order to examine some of the effects this metaphor has in the educational field. It does not stand for getting rid of all metaphors, but rather for gaining awareness of how they hinder divergent ways of thinking. It is especially interesting to stand out that the aforementioned metaphor has sustained the construction of a body of knowledge about childhood and education which works before the concrete realization of any educational situation. The problem is that this a priori knowledge, in the manner of epistemological obstacles, restricts the emergency of new ideas and/or solutions for the difficulties schooling is facing today.
There are occasions in which, instead of a referentially rigorous, formalized, structured and controlled language, sciences appeal to explanatory resources that do not come from the disciplinary activity itself. In time, this phenomenon creates metaphors that eventually become part of the common scientific lexicon, as they are effective in increasing our understanding. However, should the metaphors be removed, very many scientific explanations would not sustain, given that their own meaning does not depend on other ‘more literal’ expressions. The phylogeny-ontogeny metaphor had a very strong influence in the way that, for example, the emerging anthropology and sociology, but also pedagogy, would think about human being and society. Through the analysis of bibliographical sources and specialized papers, this paper seeks to carry out a modest analysis of its internal logic in order to examine some of the effects this metaphor has in the educational field. It does not stand for getting rid of all metaphors, but rather for gaining awareness of how they hinder divergent ways of thinking. It is especially interesting to stand out that the aforementioned metaphor has sustained the construction of a body of knowledge about childhood and education which works before the concrete realization of any educational situation. The problem is that this a priori knowledge, in the manner of epistemological obstacles, restricts the emergency of new ideas and/or solutions for the difficulties schooling is facing today.
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