Quo vadis polish education ?

Abstract EN

Democracy is one of heterogeneous and, at the same time, ambiguous beings which make up a set of phenomena that can be observed in many modern societies.

Since the dawn of time pedagogy has been dealing with public matters and interests connected with people or institutions which wielded power or authority over students or those who are involved in socialization and education processes.

Thus, particularly now – after so many years of social and political transformation of the Third Republic of Poland, it must define its contribution to those transformations and express its opinion on democracy and its relationships with teaching sciences and art of education.

Studies on relationships among pedagogy, social and political processes should have a crucial meaning not only for scientists but also for those exercising power so that they can answer the question: Where is Polish education going to ? Is there in Polish education any place for democracy as a value, so for: participation, justice, equality, making joint decisions, working in teams, cooperation, division of authority, enhancement of social roles, mutual respect, diversity and variety ?.

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