Research on the History of secondary education: Considerations from the cases of Colombia, Brazil and Argentina

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the research on the history of secondary education in three Latin American countries: Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. It seeks to analyse the circulation of research on the subject based on a review of the proceedings of the Ibero-American Congress on the History of Education (CIHELA). Other sources of relevance to the issue are considered depending on the case. Preliminary analysis indicates a general tendency towards institutional history when dealing with secondary education, marked differences between countries in the degree of consolidation of the object of study and research teams and an absence of a comparative perspective which would strengthen its development.