Janina Parafniuk-Soińska (1922–2012), Educator and Academic from Szczecin Cover Image

Janina Parafniuk-Soińska (1922–2012): szczecińska pedagog i uczona
Janina Parafniuk-Soińska (1922–2012), Educator and Academic from Szczecin

Author(s): Joanna Król
Subject(s): Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe GRADO
Keywords: education in Szczecin; teacher; humanities in Western Pomerania;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents professional and scientific activity of professor Janina Parafniuk-Soiński. The scientist was connected with Szczecin (family and professionally) already since 1949. She actively participated in the construction of the Szczecin academic education because worked at Wyższa Szkoła Nauczycielska and Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna. These institutions, as we remember, can be considered as a proforma of University of Szczecin, including Instytut Pedagogiki. Te professor also served as a director of the latter institutions in the most difficult period of its operation, which certainly required from the considerable amount of work and effort. Te paper also presents the directions of scientific work – research focusing on two fundamental: learning process in teaching and initial preparation of teachers at university level. Also invoked the image of Janina Parafniuk-Soińska in the memories of her colleagues and students at the same time pointing out its most important qualities as a man and scientist.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 143-158
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish