Francisco González Cuesta: Contribution to Cuban pedagogical thought in the first half of the twentieth century

Abstract

Given the challenge posed by strengthening the cultural identity present in the current context of Cuban society, historical-pedagogical research is pertinent. Its purpose is to rescue and highlight the work and legacy of Cuban teachers as an important part of the intangible heritage that sustains the nation. This work is a partial result of the lead author's ongoing doctoral thesis. It seeks to systematize the pedagogical work of a teacher from a town in the central region of Cuba in order to recover the historical roots of Cuban pedagogy. Its objective is to reveal significant aspects of the pedagogical work of Francisco González Cuesta (Paco Cuesta) during the period 1903-1953. The research is biographical in nature, for which theoretical methods were applied such as: historical-logical, inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic, systematization and techniques of working with written documentary sources, in-depth interviews and testimonies, necessary to obtain a characterization of the most significant aspects of the pedagogical work of the teacher in question, with the purpose of recognizing and incorporating his work into the History of Education of the locality as a reference in the training work of the new generations of teachers today.