ROMANA PACHUCKA AS A TEACHER AND SOCIAL WORKER – PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE 137TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH Cover Image

ROMANA PACHUCKA JAKO NAUCZYCIELKA I SPOŁECZNICZKA – REFLEKSJE PEDAGOGICZNE W 137. ROCZNICĘ URODZIN
ROMANA PACHUCKA AS A TEACHER AND SOCIAL WORKER – PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE 137TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH

Author(s): Paulina Dawid
Subject(s): Social history, History of Education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: educational biography; social activity; history of education; Dalton plan; women in science;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, I present Romana Pachucka (1886‒1964) ‒ a teacher and social activist. She wrote the most important events of her life in two volumes of diaries. In them, she outlined the educational reality of the Second Polish Republic. Romana Pachucka experimentally introduced the Dalton system to a Polish school, and in her pedagogical work, in addition to developing didactic skills, she tried to improve the life situation of her pupils. She was a supporter of New Upbringing, moreover, she was involved in editorial work on the school magazine in Gymnasium. She combined scientific research with physical journeys. She believed in youth and sincere passion. Pachucka was an extraordinary character. She gave her life to the Polish school and society, never starting a family.

  • Issue Year: 2/2023
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 275-294
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish