The educational work of the De la Salle Brothers and popular education in Gipuzkoa in the twentieth century.

GUIPUZCOA (Spain); SPAIN

1Many religious orders and congregations that were deported from France between 1904 and 1914 established themselves in neighbouring countries (Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Spain). One of the affected congregations was Los Hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas,2 which worked in the field of popular education. Many of its members found refuge in the Spanish province of Gipuzkoa, which neighbours France on the Atlantic coast, where it succeeded in establishing and maintaining itself for centuries. Today it is the second most important congregation in terms of the number of schools and teachers in the private school sector. An analysis of this congregation in Gipuzkoa during a 100-year period reveals a considerable increase in schools located in cities and villages with a large industrial sector; with institutions being dispersed throughout the entire province, and a dedication to popular education through vocational training. This training has been one of the most important characteristics of Lasallian pedagogy, and it paralleled the modernisation processes of Gipuzkoan society in the twentieth century. 1This article is the result of a research project financed by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Education, project number EDU-2010-15218. The authors are members of the Research Group for Historical and Comparative Studies in Education – Garaian of the University of the Basque Country, recognised by the Basque Government, registry number IT 298/10. 2The Brothers of Christian Schools [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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