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Gonzalo Salas Contreras, Rodolfo Mardones Barrera, Miguel Gallegos, Fernando P. Ponce
Amanda Labarca fue una connotada educadora chilena que vivió entre los años 1886 y 1975, cuya contribución e influencia a la psicología ha sido recientemente reconocida en Chile. El presente trabajo se propone dar a conocer sus antecedentes biográficos y académicos, por medio de una revisión documental, para luego contextualizar el entramado sociopolítico de la época. Finalmente, se describen sus principales referencias psicológicas en el ámbito educativo. En su transitar, viajó constantemente a Estados Unidos empapándose del trabajo de William James y John Dewey, dos de sus principales maestros, a quienes admiró y dio a conocer sus teorías.
Amanda Labarca was a renowned teacher that was born in 1886 and died in 1975. She was the first female university teacher in Chile. Her contribution and influence in psychology have been recently recognised. The objective of the present work is to show her personal and academic history by means of an evidence review, to provide a context for the socio-political period. Finally, her main psychological references, regarding the educational area, are described. Due to her frequent visits to USA, she was steeped in William James and John Dewey’s work, her main masters, to whom she admired and tried to spread their theories.
