Education – to which ends, for which goals? Comenius answers: self-command, irenism (ecumenism), world peace
Education – to which ends, for which goals? Comenius answers: self-command, irenism (ecumenism), world peace
Author(s): Manfred RICHTERSubject(s): History of Church(es), History of Education, Other Christian Denominations
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe ChAT
Keywords: education; Comenius; educational goals
Summary/Abstract: This paper stresses the demand for the universality of education of every person (as an image of God) according to the humanistic and reformational traditions. Comenius is considered the first one to have conceived an institution world-wide to guarantee realisation of the basic right of education for everybody, in any country and culture. The root as well as the goal of education lies in God Himself. Individual learning, aimed at the autonomous understanding of the Word of God, goes side by side with the responsibility for the “emendation” of human affairs in culture, politics and religion. This is exemplified in the wonderful little booklet Regulae vitae he wrote for his pupil Jan Kochlewski in Elbląg.
Journal: Rocznik Teologiczny
- Issue Year: 61/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 565-578
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English