Sports and Education in Santiago del Estero: 19th century and early 20th century

Abstract

The present work investigates the origins of sport in Santiago del Estero (Argentina) and its relationship with the educational system, from its entry into the province, at the end of the 19th century, to its consolidation and massification, during the first decades of the XX, through a contextual analysis at the national and local level. The relationship between sport and education occurred, first ofall, through schools that introduced it as a subject of Physical Education, although first in an extracurricular form and only for secondary education; and, then, through the clubs —made up mostly of students, alumni and teachers—. Its definitive entry into the entire educational level allowed it not only its expansion, but mainly, its subsequent consolidation as a popular and cultural phenomenon,maintaining this link, although with less strength, to the present.