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Essay on a Course of Liberal Education (1764) de Priestley y Memoria sobre la Educación Pública (1802) de Jovellanos: un análisis comparativo

Publicated to:Historia y Memoria de la Educación. (10): 563-594 - 2019-01-01 (10), DOI: 10.5944/hme.10.2019.23590

Authors: Sell Maestro, Alejandro

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Universidad de Alcalá - Author

Abstract

The Enlightenment was a multidisciplinary movement which deposited its hopes in education as a means to enable society to advance in, or at least maintain, its progress. However, not all figures of the Enlightenment viewed education in the same way since each was the product of their own vital circumstances and training. This is the case of Joseph Priestley and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, who, though quite different in some respects, were similar in others. Born into a family of artisans in rural England and brought up in the strictest nonconformist tradition Priestley is, to all appearances, the complete opposite of Jovellanos, who belonged to the Asturian aristocracy and was raised in the tradition of Roman Catholic scholasticism. Yet, as this article aims to show, both were children of the Enlightenment who imbibed and disseminated its ideas; and both were writers with a broad range of interests who retained close links with their respective religious confessions and ended up being persecuted on account of their zeal for social reform. In consequence, their views on education, heavily influenced by their religious convictions, were at the same time very similar, above all in their opposition to the current scholastic systems, and yet different in sometimes surprising ways.

Keywords

Ciencias de la educaciónCiencias humanasCiencias socialesCultural studiesEducaçãoEducacióEducaciónEducationEducation & educational researchHistoriaHistoria general y especializadaHistoria y filosofía de la cienciaHistoryPedagogical & educational research

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Historia y Memoria de la Educación due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2019, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as D by the agency AGUAR.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-22:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 2.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.12.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 4 - Quality Education, with a probability of 51% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SELL MAESTRO, ALEJANDRO) and Last Author (SELL MAESTRO, ALEJANDRO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SELL MAESTRO, ALEJANDRO.