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Apedagogicalhistoryofeducation:Ethicalandaestheticaspectsł
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ifitopensaperspectiveoftheintegrationofknowledge,ifitcanmoveand
enrichthesemiospherewithacontextualrelocationofsymbols(Łotman,
2008).Today,wespeaknotonlyoftheinterdisciplinaryresearch,butofthe
transdisciplinaryabilitytomoveacrossconventionalacademicdivisions
(cf.Witkowski,2009;Kubinowski,2010;Włodarczyk,&Żłobicki,2011).The
best(inthesenseofthemostperceptiveandinspiring)representativesof
givendisciplines,suchasClifordGeertz,MichaiłBakhtin,GeorgeSteiner,
ZygmuntBauman,MichelFoucault,etc.canmoveontheborders,meet-
ingpoints,problemconnectionsandthusarecapableofsaturatingtheir
owndisciplineswithothers’voices,uncommonperspectives,andenrichthe
entiretyofknowledgeofthehumanbeingwiththeirownoriginalinsights.
Neitherthehistory(ofeducation),norpedagogy(historical),northe
tendencytoautonomizethediscipline,northefocusofeducationalinstitu-
tions,northeexplorationofpedagogicalthoughtareanylongeradequate
underthethreatofwastingtheirownachievementsasseparate,safely
delineatedresearchactivities.Numerousculturalturnsinparticular,
thelinguisticandtheethicalmadeusrealizethateverydisciplinary,
thematic,ormethodologicalresearchengagementhasitsownstyleofthe
synthesisofexperience(aesthetics)anditsownlevelofaxiologicalrecep-
tion(ethics).Theresultoftheworkofahistorianofeducationalinstitutions
capableofdrawingfromavastpoolofculturalheritage(includingmodern
thought)willbeclosertotheachievementsofapedagogueinterestedin
culture(includingthechangesinthehumanities)whoresearchestheold
perspectivesoneducation,thantothecreationsoftherepresentativeofthe
samediscipline,whohasentrenchedhimselforherselfinthepreciselyde-
lineatedpositionofanHexpert”andcannotregardhisorherownfieldfrom
adiferentperspective,throughadiferentmedium,bytheuseofdiferent
symbolsandcontexts.Aestheticsandethicalsensitivityarethedimensions
thattrulydiferentiatethequalityofthediscourseofthehistoryofeducation
(cf.Maliszewski,2007;2009).
Thechangesinhistoriography
Inthe19thandthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,historylikeother
disciplinessuccumbedtoastrongtendencytofollowamethodological
unificationpaternedontheidealofscience.Detailedempiricalevidence,
thesearchforlaws,methodicalmeasuresasarepeatableschemeoftest-
ingrealityandbuildingcertainknowledgedefinedthecoreofhistorical
crafsmanship.Detailedcriticismofsourcesintendedtoestablishandcollect