Pedagogika neotomistyczna w Polsce w XX wieku. Od koncepcji wychowania do teorii wychowania
The Twentieth Century Revival of Neo-Thomistic Pedagogy in Poland. From the Upbringing Concepts towards the Education Theory

Summary/Abstract: The article’s objective is to present the specifics of the changes taking place in the twentieth century Neo-Thomistic pedagogy in Poland. The author argues that this trend was an evolutionary transition from reflections on specific for upbringing concepts towards theory-of-education specific concepts which include relations between particular educational factors. In order to demonstrate the argument’s validity, the article starts with the context of the Thomistic revival at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Then, Thomism appeared to be a tool to establish a dialogue between the results delivered by intensively developing natural sciences and the philosophical and theological speculations and thus a way to overcome the Catholics’ fideistic attitudes. Thomistic revival was therefore not only of a theoretical but also of practical character. This was reflected in educational ideas developed in the first half of the twentieth century when the principles of Catholic education were developed. Therefore Jacek Woroniecki’s works not only include a reference to the philosophy, sociology and psychology but also to theology. Pedagogical ideas are also found in Karol Wojtyła’s and Mieczysław Gogacz’s philosophical works from the second half of the twentieth century. Given the philosophical nature, the authors do not make references to of Christian revelation. Wojtyła and Gogacz examine the interdependences between the various factors of the educational process and therefore their works make a valuable contribution to the theory of education.

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