viernes, 1 de abril de 2016

PERSONALITIES - EDUCATORS - ENRIQUETA COMPTE Y RIQUÉ


Personalities - Educators

Enriqueta Compte y Riqué


Characteristics :

Birth Date : December 31st, 1866
Birth Place : Barcelona - Spain

Decease Date : October 31st, 1949
Decease Place : Montevideo - Uruguay

Occupation : Teacher


Description:

Enriqueta Compte y Riqué(Barcelona, December 31st, 1866 - Montevideo, October 18th, 1949), Uruguayan teacher born in Spain, founder of the first kindergarten of South America in 1892 and famous for having contributed decisively to teaching preschool in Uruguay and Latin America.


Biography :

Daughter of Catalan parents, Enriqueta Compte and Riqué emigrate to Uruguay with his family while still a child.

Despite his myopia, Compte manages to overcome his problem and is dedicated to studying teaching, graduating with only 19 years as a first grade teacher and in 1886 as Senior Master.

In 1887 he was appointed sub-director of the Normal Institute for Women, and during that same year he traveled to Europe on official mission, sent by the government Máximo Tajes to specialize in preschool education. He had entrusted internalize the teachings of Friedrich Froebel, that is why she visit Belgium, Germany, Holland, France and Suiza. She returns from this trip in September 1890. As a result of this trip produced a report which stated: "the hope of realizing in the Republic, the creation of these establishments, as close as possible to the ideal of Froebel, and incorporating public organization of Primary Education."

He published in magazines and books in children between 3 and 6 years old. With psychological and pedagogical methods, their work will be inclined to study children respecting their individuality and personal learning ability.

It was the forerunner of secular education based on social inequalities and overcoming prejudices and obstacles that, in its opinion, were detrimental to the student, but especially for the child as a human being who does not deserve to be marked by a world disparities full of goals and possibilities.


Philatelic Issues


2016 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 3, from Remarkable Women Series


Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: March 8th, 2016
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamps Series
Value:UYP 20

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 27 mm. x 39 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

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