Regional Geography Education in Poland
Regional Geography Education in Poland

Author(s): Agnieszka Świętek, Wiktor Osuch
Subject(s): Regional Geography, School education, State/Government and Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: regional education; regional geography; geography core curriculum; reform of Polish education system;
Summary/Abstract: Education in regional geography in Poland takes place at public schools from the earliest educational stages and is compulsory until young people reach the age of adulthood. Reforms of the Polish education system, resulting in changes in the core curriculum of general education, likewise resulted in concept of education in the field of regional geography. The subject of the authors’ article is education in geography in the Polish education system at various educational stages. The authors’ analysis has two research goals. The first concerns changes in the education of regional geography at Polish schools; here the analysis and evaluation of the current content of education in the field of regional geography are offered. The second one is the study of the model of regional geography education in geographical studies in Poland on the example of the geography at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. Although elements of education about one’s own region already appear in a kindergarten, they are most strongly implemented at a primary school in the form of educational paths, e.g. “Regional education – cultural heritage in the region”, and at a lower-secondary school (gymnasium) during geography classes.

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