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Korczak'sPedagogicalLegacyintheTwentyFirstCentury
approachtoavarietyofselectedtopicsinaspecialway.Eachposteronitsownand
thesetasawholebringthechildandhisneedstotheforefrontsoastoenablehim
toexpresshimselfinvariousways.
ThekitofpostersisentitlednEducationalMoments”.
InwritingEducationalMoments,JanuszKorczakstrovetoexplaintheworldof
childrentoadults,parentsandeducationalprofessionals.3
Itisaboutaccountsoftrueexperiences,analyzingparticularlyproductive
momentsinchildren’seducation.So,ifthecontextinfluencestheefectivenessof
theteaching-ifitiscoldintheclassroom,ifthechildishungry,ifthenoiseor
theteacher’sremarkspreventthechildfromconcentrating,theremustbemoments
ofaparticularqualitywhicharemoreefective,morefruitful,moreusefulinthe
pedagogicalprocess.Systematicnote-taking,theadoptionoftheroleofobserver
andtheexperienceacquiredovertimemakeitpossibletopickoutthevalueofthese
momentsandtoincludethemintheprocessofeducation.
nRespectforthepresentmoment,fortoday.Howwillhemanagetomorrow,if
wedonotallowhimaconscious,responsiblelifetoday.Respectforeverysingle
instant,foritpassesnevertoreturn,andalwaystakeitseriously;śLethimeagerly
drinkinthejoyofthemorningandlookaheadwithconfidence.Thatisjusthow
thechildwantsittobe.Afable,achatwiththedog,catchingaball,anintense
studyofapicture,thecopyingofasingleletter-nothingisforachildawasteof
time.Aninstantisbutthedurationofasmileorasigh.Unintelligentlywedivide
yearsintolessormorematureones.Thereisnosuchthingaspresentimmatu-
rity,nohierarchyofage,nohigherorlowergradesofpainandjoy,hopesand
disappointments”4.
ForKorczak,eachmomentoftheyoungsterisaneducationalone.Athome,at
schoolandinthecourtyard.Eachoftheenvironmentshasanefectonthechild,
onhisfeelings,andonhisabilitytoconnecttosociety,toabsorbvaluesandgrow.
Ourkitofposters,EducationalMoments,isacombinationwhichcombines
visualandwrittentexts.
ThetextsarechosenfromKorczak’swritingsandthevisualpartsarebased
ontheworkoftwooftheorphanagegraduateswhothankstothesensitivityof
theireducators(KorczakandStefa)andanawarenessoftheirtalent,succeededin
enablingthemtoreachoutstandingresults.
ItzchakBelfer,anartistandsculptor,residentoftheorphanageintheyears1930
-1938andShlomoNadel,photographer,residentoftheorphanagefrom1928-
1936.
3KorczakJ.,Writings,vol.1:HowtoLoveaChild,EducationalMoments,TheRightoftheChild
toRespect.TelAviv,TheKibbutzHameuchad,1996,pp.113-350(Hebrewedition).
4KorczakJ.TheChild’sRighttoRespect,(E.P.Kulawiec,Trans.).Washington,DC:University
PressofAmerica1992,p.178(Originalworkpublished1929).
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