Valores y propuestas en torno a la radio como medio educativo en Brasil y España en la década de 1930. Un estudio comparativo

Abstract

This text studies the values ​​promoted around radio, as well as the use of this technology as an educational medium, analyzing and comparing the pedagogical proposals of Brazil and Spain in the 1930s, a period of development and advancement in radio broadcasting. The sources used come, one the one hand, from articles published in specialized journals and broadcasting organs, such as Ondas (1925-1936) and Catalunya Ràdio (1931-1934), which accepted contributions from engineers, educators, and journalists, and, on the other hand, from highly representative manuals, such as Radio e Educación (1934) written by Ariosto Espinheira. Different discourses about radio have been identified in these documents, such as those related to interclassism, the universalization of culture, democratization, globalization, neutrality, and its civilizing mission, as well as projects based on modern pedagogical theories, which were to be applied to the teaching of disciplines such as natural sciences, geography, etc. Based on ideas concerning the use of radio as a mass media medium, possibilist discourses were formulated regarding its educational use, a goal that would be achieved through a specific format that employed pleasant language and playful teaching methods, as well as diversified content appropriate to a modern curriculum.