Dzieje szkolnictwa i myśli pedagogicznej w badaniach naukowych i publikacjach pracowników Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Krakowie w latach 1987–1995

Abstract

In years 1987-1995, in the Higher School of Pedagogy in Cracow, research was conducted into the history of education and pedagogical thought; the research was presented in numerous national and international publications. The greatest contribution to the research was made by the scientists from the Department of History of Education: Zygmunt Ruta, Czesław Majorek, Jan Krukowski, Wacław Marmon, Andrzej Kliś, Jan Ryś and Ryszard Ślęczka. Among the important publications that appeared in that period we should mention: a monograph by Z. Ruta Prywatne szkoły średnie ogólnokształcące w Krakowie i województwie krakowskim w latach 1932–39 (Private comprehensive secondary schools in Cracow and the Cracow voivodeship in years 1932–39) and Cz. Majorek’s book Historia utylitarna i erudycyjna. Szkolna edukacja historyczna Galicji 1772–1818 (Utilitarian and erudite history. School historical education in Galicia). Research results in the form of articles were most frequently published in Rocznik Komisji Nauk Pedagogicznych PAN (Yearly Journal of the Committee on Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences) of the Cracow branch, and in Rocznik Naukowo- Dydaktyczny WSP (Yearly Scientific-Didactic Journal of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Cracow), dedicated to works in the history of education and schools. Individual projects were supported by team research, realized in cooperation with University of Warsaw, University of Wrocław, and the Institute of the History of Science of PAN in Warsaw. In cooperation with the Biography Department of the Institute of History of WSP, research was conducted into the history of the Malopolska towns. Monographs on Bochnia, Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Jaworzno, Krynica, Nowy Sącz, Siewierz, Tarnow, Trzebinia, and Wierzchoslawice were created. Also, Szkolny słownik biograficzny (School biographical dictionary) and several volumes of Wielka Historia Polski (Great history of Poland) were written. Active scientific contacts were maintained with research centres in Europe, the USA and Canada. The researchers participated in prestigious international meetings of historians of education and history teaching specialists, e.g. the International Standing Conference for the History of Education. Historical-educational research of narrower range was also conducted by other researchers of WSP in Cracow, among others by Jacek Chrobaczyński and Henryka Kramarz.