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Preface
Children’spedagogyhasaspecialplaceamongtheeducationalsciences.Itexaminesissues
relatedtothedeterminantsofchildren’sdevelopmentandlearningandofthecultureofchil-
dren’spedagogy.Childrenassuchdonotchangeintheirneedsbutthesocio-economicand
culturalrealityinwhichtheyhavetolive,learnandgrowdoeschange.Teachersbecomeguides
andauthoritiesforchildren.Theyhelpchildrentofindtheirwaythroughthethicketofthe
unfamiliarandcomplexpathsoflife.Thismonographwaswrittentohonourandexpress
appreciationfortheeducationalworkofBronisławaDymara,Ph.D.whogatheredaround
herselfagroupofenthusiastsandpeoplefullydedicatedtoeducationandtochildren’sup-
bringing.Childhood,asisnowwidelyrecognised,isthemostimportantbasisforthedevelop-
mentandtheemergingmaturityofayoungperson.
ThepublicationAchildintheworldofinnovativeeducation,cooperationandvalues.Vol.1
featuresanumberoftextswhich,toalesserorgreaterextent,refertotheissuesraisedinthe
seriesofeducationalbooksissuedsince1996undertheeditorshipofBronisławaDymara,
dealingwithchildreninmanyworlds.TheseriesentitledTeachersforTeachershasbeenpub-
lishedsince1996byOficynaWydawniczaImpuls(PublishingHouse)andincludes
21volumes.Sofar,ithasbroughttogetheraboutahundredauthorsfromvariousbackgrounds:
academic,schoolandkindergarten.
Manyoftheauthorswhocontributedtothepreviousvolumes,aswellasmanynewones
showedtheirwillingnesstocelebratetheseries’15
th
anniversarybywritingtextsforthispubli-
cation.Theauthorsofboththefirstandthesecondvolumeofthepublicationreferredtoinno-
vationsinthepedagogyofcoexistenceasanewvarietyofPersonalism.Theyshowedits
sourcesandcharacteristicsintheperspectiveofafriendlyschool-aschoolbasedontheequal
interactionbetweenchildrenandteachers,theco-subjectsofeducation.Theauthorsunveiled
theinnerlifeofachild,theworldofitsneeds,interests,dreams,hopesandanxieties.They
discussedvariousmanifestationsofthepeculiarencounterofateacherwiththeworldsof
achild,whichtakesplaceinthecourseofthecreativeandharmoniousacquisitionofthe
knowledgeofagivensubjectaswellasthestrategicandself-creativeknowledge,asaresultof
adiscoursebetweenpartners.
ThefirstvolumeofthepublicationThechildintheworldofinnovativeeducation,coopera-
tionandvaluesincludestextscentredmainlyontwobasicthemes:achildintheworldofinno-
vativeeducation,cooperationandvaluesandachildintheworldofarts,play,natureand
dreams.Thesecondvolumeofthepublicationoffersasupplementtosomeoftheissuesraised
inthefirstvolume.
UrszulaSzuścik,
BeataOelszlaeger-Kosturek
tłum.AndrzejPasterny