Minute Books of Faculty Meetings As a Source of Information about Teaching Practice (As Exemplified by Teacher Training Colleges in the Years 1944–1970) Cover Image

Księgi protokołów rad pedagogicznych jako źródło do poznania praktyki nauczania (przykład liceów pedagogicznych 1944–1970)
Minute Books of Faculty Meetings As a Source of Information about Teaching Practice (As Exemplified by Teacher Training Colleges in the Years 1944–1970)

Author(s): Anita Młynarczyk-Tomczyk
Subject(s): History, Education, Local History / Microhistory, History of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history; sources; education

Summary/Abstract: Academic literature has not yet demonstrated the importance of minute books of faculty meetings as a source of information about the practice of teaching in the Polish People’s Republic. Therefore, this topic needs to be investigated in more detail. The 43 minute books of faculty meetings in teacher training colleges were used as research material. These schools produced more than 200,000 graduates—elementary school teachers who taught millions of Polish children. Among the diverse academic applications of the information contained in the minutes of faculty meetings, the author selected those which, from the point of view of the practice of teaching in the Polish People’s Republic, were most often discussed at faculty meetings: curricula and their content, teaching strategies (methods and techniques), and educational outcomes. An overview of the work of teacher training colleges from the perspective of the subject matter of faculty meetings shows that the material collected in the books is enormous and should be considered by any scholar researching the history of education in the Polish People’s Republic.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 241-263
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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