Cent vint-i-cinc anys de les colònies per a infants a Catalunya: la diversificació d’una vivència extraordinària = Ciento veinticinco años de las colonias para niños y niñas en Cataluña: la diversificación de una vivencia extraordinaria
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The text that follows is an overview of one of the
initiatives that has characterized and identified in
a special way what we understand today as freetime education: organized residential breaks or
summer camps for children. In Catalonia, many
thousands of children have lived and learned in
these types of outdoor school, from the end of the
nineteenth century right up to the present day, a
journey that has recently marked its one hundred
and twenty-fifth anniversary. The following article offers a brief commentary on ten milestones
or key moments in this story, with the aim of helping us form an idea of how it has evolved over
the past century and a quarter, and concludes
with a consideration of the achievements and
contributions made by these residential breaks,
while also noting some of the challenges that will
have to be faced if they are to remain true to their
educational purpose