Childhood and Army. The Story of Army Cadet Children at the Eloy Alfaro Military School in Quito, Ecuador, 1969 – 1972

After five decades, the memory of fifty-five children is recovered. Once they entered the Eloy Alfaro Military School in 1969, they inaugurated the secondary education that was only offered from the fourth grade at the Military School, specifically intended for the training of Ecuadorian Army officers. Since a large extent of this work was built on interviews, we were able to reveal the experiences of three years of illusions, sacrifices, pranks, abuse, and new knowledge of those cadet children who started the first course under the mantle of a patriotism feeling, and other civic beliefs, that should be forged in them. This testimonial research was carried out in the city of Quito. The sample consisted of a group of six officers of the Ecuadorian Army who starred in this story. The financing was never an obstacle because the interview was one of the primary sources.

• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6542
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/14847
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_educacion_latinamerican/article/view/8582; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/14847
• Palabra clave: Revista de Historia de la Educación en Latino América; Niños-cadetes; Colegio Militar; vivencias; testimonios; Revista de História da Educação Latino-americana; Meninos-cadetes; cadetes; Colégio Militar; vivencias; testemunhos.; rnal History of Latin American Education; Army Cadet Children; Military school; Life experiences; testimonies.
• License: Copyright (c) 2018 JOURNAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATION