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Introduction13
oneselfandone)senvironment.Tatiswhyeducationprovidessupportin
developingcognitive,social,emotional,moralandtranscendentalcapabili-
ties.TefinalsectionofChapterIIpresentsthegeneralassumptionsofthe
modelofeducationoftheself-authoringperson.TeCivicCooperation
Model(Brzezińska,2000,2004)olersavisionofteachingthatmakespupils
capableofintentionalself-creationandself-teaching.TeCivicCooperation
Modelofeducationsetslearningactivitiesaimedatdevelopingself-awareness
inordertoenableapersontoharmonisetheirindividualinterestswiththe
goalsofothers.Tofocustheteachers)andstudents)actionsonthefuture,but
inthecontextofhereandnow,theobjectivesofeducationareformulated
withalong-termperspective.Tisisthefoundationforconstructingthelife
plansofaself-authoringperson.Teelementsofdidacticsystem,i.e.goals,
curricula,tasks,theorganisationofthelearningprocess,thenatureofstu-
dent-teacherinteractionsandtheprinciplesandmethodsofteaching,belong
tothecanonofpedagogy.However,theyareselectedtosupportthechild,
nottoimplementanexternalprogramme.Inturn,thecriticaldimensions
ofself-authors)educationandself-educationwerechosenandcharacterised.
AccordingtoWilhelmFlitner)sdefinition(ascitedinNowak,1999,p.459),
aneducationalactrepresentstheentiretyofthoseprocessestakingplaceinside
astudentwhichcausearealisationoftheirinnerdispositionsothattheycan
bedefinedaseducation.Itisassumedthatsearchingforthenecessaryvision
ofschoolingdoesnotdependuponarevolution,butreferstothemostsig-
nificantacademictraditions.
TethirdchapterisdevotedtoMontessori)sphilosophyandpedagogy.
Atthebeginning,aninterpretationofherconceptofthechildandchild
developmentispresented.Next,particularattentionisdevotedtoMontessori)s
perceptionofpersonalityanditsconvergencewiththeselectedpsychological
theories.Montessoriusedthenotionofdevelopmentpotential,amongother
things.Shepostulatedtheformulationofaphilosophyofmovement,thefull
characteristicsofhumanactivity,ofwhichthechild)sworkrepresentsthe
keyelement.TerelevanttermsinMontessori)stheoryareexplained,such
asthepolarisationofattention,normalisation,freedomandresponsibility.
Inturn,therelationshipbetweentheideaofpsychologicalgrowthandthe
conceptofeducationforlifearediscussed.Ten,themodelofeducationfor
lifeisconsidered.
Inthefourthchapter,theassumptionsoftheauthor)sresearchproject
arepresented.TeanalysisofthefunctioningofachildinaMontessoriclass