La orientación profesional en la prensa local: el papel divulgador de Jesús Revaque (1924-1936)

Abstract

The development of professional counselling in Santander and its province has Jesús Revaque Garea as an unquestionable point of reference. Teacher and person in charge of Psychotechnia in the Office-Laboratory of Professional Guidance and Selection in Santander, he answered for spreading, through weekly contributions in the local press, the key role this new activity should acquire in an increasingly industrialized society.
Particularly significant among the great variety of topics Revaque dealt with are those related to the aim of professional counselling, the role of organisms responsible for that implementation, the need to include pre-teaching institutions within the education system, the importance of teachers and families cooperation, and, lastly, the role of vocational training in rural areas.

This article gathers some of Revaque´s ideas on these issues, offering an overall view of the main concerns and challenges which professional counselling implementation faced during the early years.