Pedro Rosselló (Educator)

Pedro Rossello (center) with the IBE Director Jean Piaget

Pedro Rosselló (Calonge, Spain 1897-1970) was a Catalonian lecturer and educator. He served as the deputy director of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) from 1928-1969, a position which he took over from Elisabeth Rotten. Working alongside director Jean Piaget, he played an integral role in shaping the IBE during its inception as an international organization until its merger with UNESCO in 1969.[1]

Career

A photograph from the Seventh International Conference on Public Education in 1938. Rossello was the IBE's main organizer of the International Conference on Public Education from 1934-1969.

Rosselló was a graduate of the Madrid Teacher's College, the Geneva Institute of Sciences of Education, and University of Lausanne, completing his doctorate in social sciences at the latter.[1] In 1927, he became a lecturer at the Rousseau Institute in Geneva. He collaborated with fellow Rousseau Institute colleagues Edouard Claparède and Adolphe Ferrière in turning the IBE into an intergovernmental organization, a status it achieved in 1929. During that time, he was appointed deputy director, serving under director Jean Piaget. Rosselló held this position until 1969.[1] He taught in comparative education at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Geneva in the mid-1940s, and at the Institute of Educational Sciences from 1948 to 1967.[2]

Main areas of focus

During his tenure with the IBE, Rosselló promoted the comparative approach to the international debate on education, notably through overseeing the majority of IBE's publications on the subject, including the International Yearbook of Education.[2] He was the chief organizer of the International Conference on Public Education, a renowned global forum dedicated to creating dialogues around educational themes and subjects, which he and Piaget were responsible for creating in 1934.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Avanzini, Guy; Darcy de Oliviera, Rosiska; Egger, Eugen; Roller, Samuel; Stock, Rodney; Suchodolski, Bogdan (1979). The International Bureau of Education in the service of educational development. UNESCO. p. 65. ISBN 92-3-101733-0.
  2. 1 2 University of Geneva. "Personnalités marquantes". University of Geneva.
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