Professor Ida Idania Bárcena Gallardo, an exemplary educator

Authors

  • Kenia María Borrego Rodríguez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Zolio E. Marinello Vidaurreta". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas.
  • Manuela León Ramírez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas.

Keywords:

EDUCATION, SOCIAL VALUES.

Abstract

Background: education is undoubtedly one of the most valuable achievements of the Revolution. In medical education, the example of teachers should be a pillar for the teaching of values.

Objective: to socialize the life story of Professor Ida Idania Bárcena Gallardo, showing her ethical-humanist and patriotic values, in correspondence with the socialist society that is being built.

Methods: a qualitative research was developed using the individual interview and the historical method. In addition, unpublished documents were used related to her professional career, the fulfillment of different tasks entrusted, as well as photographs, testimonies, certificates and acknowledgments.

Results: the study describes different stages of her school life, her professional career, first as a teacher of Biology and then as a professor of Computer Science, and as an advisor of pedagogical researches. It also deals with her communist political affiliation and mass organizations activism. The paper includes her internationalist participation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, where she died. Parts of her family life and her dedication as a mother are also described.

Conclusions: the study describes the life story of an educator who, through her hardworking, revolutionary and internationalist attitudes, contributed to the formation of several generations of professionals.

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Author Biographies

Kenia María Borrego Rodríguez, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Zolio E. Marinello Vidaurreta". Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas.

Licenciada en Historia del Arte.

Profesora Auxiliar.

Manuela León Ramírez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas.

Licenciada en educación en la especialidad de Física. Investigadora Auxiliar.

Profesora Auxiliar.

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Valdés Galarraga R. Diccionario del Pensamiento Martiano. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales. La Habana. 2012. Pág. 145, 385, 450, 668.

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Martí Pérez JM. Ideario Pedagógico. La Habana. Cuba: Imprenta Nacional; 1961. p. 26.

Garófalo Fernández N, Gómez García AM. Pensamientos de Fidel sobre la Salud Pública. La Habana. Cuba: Editorial Ciencias Médicas; 2011. p. 50.

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Published

2016-12-01

How to Cite

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Borrego Rodríguez KM, León Ramírez M. Professor Ida Idania Bárcena Gallardo, an exemplary educator. Rev. electron. Zoilo [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Nov. 4];41(12). Available from: https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/957

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 12 (2016): December

Section

Historical articles

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