Education as a discipline and as an object of study: contributions to the debate

• Autor: Mora-Olate, María Loreto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Científica del Sur
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Científica del Sur
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.cientifica.edu.pe:article/626
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/desdeelsur/article/view/626
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Educación; Ciencias de la educación; Disciplina; Education; Educational sciences; Discipline

The aim of this essay is to give an account of a debate that still seems to be very much alive, concerning the science of education and if it is more correct to speak of "science" or "educational sciences". Through a bibliographic review, this study attempts to provide an answer to the question: how is education seen? It is concluded that, given the complexity of the educational phenomenon, to speak of "educational sciences" would not constitute subsidiarity, but rather a rational and necessary interdependence with other disciplines, enabling the study of education in its true social, historical, biological and psychological dimensions.