Pedagogická koncepcia Mateja Bela (1684 – 1749)
Teaching conception of Matej Bel (1684 – 1749)

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the importance of teaching work of Matej Bel in terms of current educational sciences. The first part analyzes the bases of Bel’s pedagogy, particularly the influence of Pietist education and its application of pedagogical realism. Out of historical documents recording Bel’s reform achievements in schools in Banska Bystrica and Bratislava, it is possible to construct an idea of Bel’s educational conception. The largest section on Bel’s concept of teaching analyzes the teleological dimension – his structure of objectives, the socio-institutional dimension – the relationship between education entities, as well as the content dimension and the didactic methodical dimention. The author briefly indicates Bel’s basic principles of affective education and educational counseling. In conclusion she assesses the significance of the impact of Bel’s reforms as well as their limitations.

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