Monday, May 27, 2013

Leopoldina Maluschka

Promoter of the right of children to a quality education for their development.
Born in Austria, on October 18, 1862. In 1878 he earned his Kindergarten teacher in the Royal and Imperial Normal School in Graz and a few years later, in 1894, at the Vienna Conservatory, complemented her training with the title of "Professor of Singing, Theory, Harmony and History Music ".
In 1899, his sister invited her to take part in educational projects was working to the Government of Chile. Leopoldina arrived in the country at the time that here was a extensive discussion of the national educational system and by her contribution, this was taking an increasing importance for the preschool education. In Chile began her long career as a teacher and teaching to others woman. She died in Santiago on March 8, 1954, at age 91.
Throughout her career as a teacher, Maluschka Leopoldina became one of the distinguished promoters of the right to preschool education in Chile. 
I choose her because besides her work as a teacher, she excelled for her work for the organization of the teachers as a "guild" to defend the importance of their profession and be able to carry out different tasks of disseminating knowledge and social support.

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