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Korczak'sPedagogicalLegacyintheTwentyFirstCentury
School:
nTheschoolcreatestherhythmofhours,daysandyears.Theschoolstafis
supposedtosatisfythecurrentneedsofyoungcitizens.Thechildisarational
being.Heappreciatestheneeds,difcultiesandimpedimentsinhislife.”9Korczak
wascriticaloftheschoolasitexistedinthatperiodoftime.Heaspiredtoaschool
ofdialogue,inwhichachildreceivesrecognition,inwhichhisneedsarerespected,
aschoolthatwillenablehimtopavehiswayintheworld.
Trips:
NaturewasanessentialpartofKorczak’seducationalapproach.Thetripwas
agoodopportunitytobreakawayfromschoolroutineandtoexpandtherangeof
activities.Thetripisinactualfact,„ameetingwithobjectsandsights,ameetingof
apersonwithhimselfandhisG-d.”10
SocietyanditsLaws:
nIfsomeonedoessomethingwrong,itisbesttoforgive(ś)butthecourtmust
protecttheweak,sothatthestrongdonotannoythem(ś)disorderafectsmostly
thegood,thequietandtheconscientious”11.
Thesubjectofsustainingademocraticsocietyinwhicheveryoneisequalandin
whicheveryonehasanopportunitytoselfexpressionwasoneofthecornerstones
oftheeducationalvaluesofKorczak.Theframeworkofthechild’sgrowing-up
shouldallowforincreasedpersonaldevelopmentbutnolesstothis,itshouldenable
thechild’ssocialdevelopment.Mankindisnotanislandinhissurroundingsbutan
integralpartofsocietyinwhichhelives,thereforesocietyshouldalloweachand
everyonetobeapartofit.Itcanonlytranspireifweproducethetoolsforeach
one,theweakandthestrongtoexpressthemselves,developandbecomeintegrated.
Korczak’sapproachisinfavoroftheweak,thiscanbeseenthroughouthislife.
FromaveryyoungageKorczakwishestoabolishmoneyinordertobeable
toplaywiththegatekeeper’sson.Moneybringsaboutstatusdiferences,forming
barriersbetweenpeople.Asayoungchildhealreadyfeelsthatsocialequalityisthe
basisforsocialandpersonalgrowth.Hisentirelifecomprisesofmakingchoicesin
thisdirection.
Hechoosestobeadoctor-aprofessionthatisentirelyforservingmankind.
Unconditionally.Hethenchoosestobeapediatricianseeingchildrenaspowerless
humanbeingswithinasociety.Whilstheisstillayoungdoctor,Korczakopens
9Korczak,J.TheRighttoRespect(J.Bachrach,Trans.).InM.Wolins(Ed.),Selectedworksof
JanuszKorczakWashington,DC:NationalScienceFoundation,1967,p.484(Originalworkpubli-
shed191.
10CohenA.,DialoguesofLove,p.157,inEmpoweringDialoguesinHumanisticEducation,Nim-
rodAloni,ed.,HakibbutzHameuchad,2008,Hebrewedition.
11KorczakJ.,Writings,vol.1:HowtoLoveaChild,EducationalMoments,TheRightoftheChild
toRespect,TelAviv,HakibbutzHameuchad,1996,pp.225-224,Hebrewedition.
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