Abstract

GUERRA CARRASCO, José. Contributions of Mathew’s Gospel for the progressive pedagogy. Sophia [online]. 2018, n.24, pp.109-144. ISSN 1390-8626.  https://doi.org/10.17163/soph.n24.2018.03.

The Progressive Model is based on the pragmatic philosophical idea of ​​the New School; This proposal seeks that the student becomes the center of the school system, around whom the entire educational process revolves. From this perspective, education is for life, where the essential elements for the good performance of the adult are learned, that is to say, the society ensures its development. In order to seek new criteria that feed this pedagogical current, the article focuses on the Gospel of Matthew to find there some guidelines that help to emancipate the prejudices that affect the educational process. The Gospel of Matthew is a literary work destined for a community that honestly wishes to open itself to the newness of the Kingdom of God. However, it is difficult for him to leave behind the cultural and religious pre-judgments that have marked his life and that do not allow him to open up to the Good News. The author, with sharp writing, combines narrations of the activity of Jesus of Nazareth with speeches where the novelty of his message is specified. This article focuses on the five speeches seen as a pedagogical itinerary that helps overcome pre-judgments that block the opening to the novelty that life offers, leading to negative judgments a priori of new ways of seeing, understanding and living the novelty of the kingdom of justice, mercy and solidarity.

Keywords : Progressive pedagogy; Gospel of Matthew; speeches; Kingdom of God; Pedagogy; prejudices.

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