| dc.description.abstract | An important task of geographical education is thought to be the formulation of teaching
objectives, the selection of contents and development of teaching methods. The primary
task is then to define teaching objectives since the formulation of objectives is thought to
be a decisive factor in the selection of contents and methods. All these topics constitute
the subject matter of the special branch of geography distinguished by Nałkowski, namely
the „school geography”, which was seen as extremely important. The article contains
a comparison of contemporary geography teaching purposes according to Stanisław Zając,
and those promoted by Wacław Nałkowski. The author concludes that although the modern
geographical education goals are not significantly different from those formulated by
Nałkowski, school reality increasingly deviates from the standards fixed by him more than
a century ago. Therefore, Nałkowski is a scholar whose views are respected only officially and
occasionally, especially at theoretical level. In school practice, however, there are promoted
methods and manuals, which serve mainly to fill-in students’ brain with theory, and to break
their natural, instinctive resistance. | en |
