Resumen de Frank Simon: A personal story about everyday educational realities

Sjaak Braster, María del Mar del Pozo Andrés

• español

  Frank Simon (1944) es profesor emérito de Historia de la Educación en la Universidad de Gante desde 2009. Es conocido internacionalmente por un amplio grupo de académicos por su implicación en la revista Paedagogica Historica y por el papel que jugó en la International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE). En este artículo habla de algunos acontecimientos personales que han moldeado su vida y sobre la gente que le ha inspirado durante su carrera académica. También da sus puntos de vista sobre el futuro de la historia de la educación como disciplina y el trabajo histórico que todavía debe hacerse.

• English

  Frank Simon (1944) is an Emeritus professor of History of Education in Ghent University from the year 2009. Internationally he is known by a large group of scholars because of his involvement with the journal Paedagogica Historica and the role he played inside the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE). In this article he speaks about some personal events that have shaped his life, and about the people that have inspired him during his academic career. He also gives his views on the future of the history of education as a discipline, and the historical work that still must be done.