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[La voluntad pedagógica de Cajal, presidente de la Jae]
1Instituto de Historia-CSIC
Abstract:
This article has two aims. On one hand, it tries to point out the role of the Santiago Ramón y Cajal in the establishment and development of the "Junta para Ampiación de Estudios e Investigaciones Cientificas" (JAE). On the other hand, it links the leadership of Cajal in this Institution to his teaching authority of young scientifics. This pedagogical will was showed with various facts along his intellectual path. It is appropriate to underline among them his effort in spreading science, his enthusiasm and engagement in order to change the educational structures of Spanish Society and his 25 year long Presidency of JAE, from 1907 until 1932.
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