De la educación popular a la educación biográfica

the present writing discusses the concept of popular education -developed by sarmiento in support of his thesis about the economic and social development of south american countries- and the notion of biographical education -closely linked to the emergence of "society of knowledge" and their associated processes-. the aim is modest and intents to draw attention to the reiteration of topics, as well as the changes in the contents and objectives of education.