José María Queralt Vallvé: prominent figure of 20th century Physical Culture in Cuba

Abstract

The fundamental objective of the research is to socialize the most relevant aspects of the pedagogical work of Professor José María Salvador Quintín Queralt Vallvé (Papá Queralt), by revealing the significance of his contributions to the training of the Professional of Physical Culture in Cuba. A little researched part of the History of Pedagogy is the study of representative figures that transcend the sports teaching profession. The article highlights the contribution of the teacher José María Salvador Quintín Queralt Vallvé (Papá Queralt) in the training of children and young people in Cuba. The dialectical-materialist methodology was used as a general methodology, together with different theoretical methods such as: analysis-synthesis, historical-logical, holistic-dialectic and hermeneutic-dialectical, these allowed to build the various approaches and assumptions linked as theoretical foundations, for their generalization and concretion in a historical-pedagogical investigation. This responds to the shortcomings that are manifested in the systematization of personalities of Physical Culture and that transcend in the training of professionals; Some theoretical and methodological elements are exposed as a basis for socializing the most relevant aspects of their pedagogical work, from the perspective of the historical-logical analysis of their pedagogical thinking and their educational practice. Finally, his life and pedagogical work are periodized, and the pedagogical significance of his contributions in the training of professionals of Physical Culture in Cuba is valued.