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Introduction
Thebookthatweherebypresenttothereadercomprisespaperswriten
bytheemployeesoftheDepartmentofFoundationsofEducationand
HistoryofEducation,UniversityofSilesiainKatowice,Poland.Thetexts
addressthecurrentissuesoftheimportanceofdrawingfromthehistorical
heritageinpedagogicaldiscourse.Thecontemporary,widespreadtendency
toomitordisregardthehistoryofthedisciplineisadisconcertingphenom-
enonthreateningtoleaveuswithanarrowperspectiveofmereapplicability
andpracticality,withinwhichpedagogyisperceivedchieflyasasocial
science.
Pedagogydoubtlessisasocialscience.Havingdefineditassuchone
mightevenconsiderdrawingfromitspastheritageashardlyuseful,bearing
inmindthatvariouseducationalinstitutionsandpedagogicaltheorieshave
beenstronglyrootedinthetime-and-placecircumstancesoftheircreation.
Despitethat,alsowithinthisopticsaknowledgeofthepastmightprove
inspirationalastothereflectionontheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthe
existingeducationalsystems.
Andyetpedagogystillundoubtedlyisalsooneoftheliberalarts.
Fromthishumanisticperspectiveinturnitisalmostmandatorytorelate
tothepastasitisonlyfromadistancethatonecanundertakearisk-free
analysisofhumaneducationalexperiencesorvaluescherishedbothin
educationandintheeverydaylifeofpastepochs.Thisverydistance
enablesonetheinsightintothecurrentissuesatstakeinpedagogyand
education,andhelpsoneaddressthemandseekanswers.Theworksoflate
pedagoguesandphilosophersofenturnouttobemoreapplicablewhen
employedfromahistoricaldistancethantheywereinthedaystheywere
firstcreated.
Lastbutnotleast,pedagogyhasalsobecomeaninterdisciplinaryscience
which,withoutlosingitsspecificity,transgressesitspastgenericlimitations
toundertaketheanalysesofeducationalphenomenaacrosstraditionally
separateacademicscientificdisciplines.Despitetheexistenceofaplethora