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Thekitcanbeofserviceintwoways.Asatheoreticalandpracticaldiscourse
supplementwithinateachingstafframeworkandasabasisforexperientialactivi-
tiesforstudents,especiallytheimplementationofmethodsthatcanmatchthe
educational,schoolandhomeframework.
Twopanelsaredevotedtopeoplewhoformulated,implementedandwereactive
intheeducationalapproach,JanuszKorczakandStefaWilczynska.AsKorczak
wroteaboutthem:nIamafather,withallthefaultsofone-constantlybusy,never
havinganytime,goodattellingstoriesbutrarelydoingso.Stefaisamother;there
aretimeswhenshetooiswrong-butoneislostwithouther”5.
ShewastherealpartnerofKorczak.
ThefinalpanelisdedicatedtothedarkdaysoftheSecondWorldWarwhen
humanvaluewassevered,theperiodinwhichKorczak,Stefaandthechildrenwere
forcedtoleavetheirhome,moveintotheGhettoandfightnotonlyforthechildren’s
spiritualandmoralexistencebutmostlyfortheirphysicalbeing.nWiththeclose
specterofdeathhangingallabout,lifecontinued:thechildren’sorganizations,the
newspaper,schoollife,thedailychores,therecordingandcollectingofdata”6.
Korczak,StefaandthechildrenweremadetoentertheGhettoinOctoberof
1940toChłodnaStreet.Aftersettlingintheirnewquarters,theywereonceagain
uprootedandhadtomoveonceagaintoanotherhomesituatedbetweenSienna
andSliskastreetswherethelivingconditionsbecameworse.OnAugust51942
theadultstaftogetherwiththe198childrenwereallsenttothedeathcampof
Treblinka.
nThespiritfeelsalonginginsidethenarrowcageofthebody.Manfeelsand
pondersdeathasthoughitweretheend,wheninfactdeathismerelythecontinu-
ationoflife,itisanotherlife.Youmaynotbelieveintheexistenceofthesoul,yet
youmustacknowledgethatyourbodywillliveonasgrass,asacloud.Foryouare,
afterall,wateranddust7”.
Theremainingeightpanelsdealwithselectededucationalissues:
TheImageoftheEducator:
nTheexceptionalchildrengiveusinactualfacttherichestmaterialforthought
andconsideration,teachingustoimproveandtosearch.”8
Korczakseestheimageoftheeducatorasonewhosedutyistobewiththechild
inhistimesofdistressandhappiness.Itisthedutyofeducatorstofindtheirown
befitting,personalstyleonwhichtobuildarelationshipwiththechild.
5ArnonJ.,TheeducationalsystemofJanuszKorczak,Israel1971,p.103.
6KorczakJ.TheChild’sRighttoRespect,(E.P.Kulawiec,Trans.).Washington,DC:University
PressofAmerica,1992,p.xi(Originalworkpublished1929).
7KorczakJ.,TheGhettoYears,BeitLohameiHagetaot,TheKibbutzHameuchad,1980,p.121.
8KorczakJ.ImHayeled,BeitLohameiHagetaot,TheKibbutzHameuchad,1984,p.389(Hebrew
Version).
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