| dc.description.abstract | It might seem that – using the terminology of a psychologist and philosopher Howard
Gardner – mainly two intelligences (skills) are/should be developed during the Polish
language lessons: linguistic and interpersonal (emphasis is put on self-development, inner
enrichment). Yet, according to Gardner, multiple intelligences are like tools that one should
use for self-development i.e. the development of his or her minds on whose potential depend
the condition of the 21st century humanism and the ability to protect against dehumanizing
processes. The Polish language competence goes beyond the operations of the discipline mind
and draws from the whole mental potential of the human mind – i.e. the synthesis, creativity,
respect, ethics minds – which shows the deep humanistic perception of the subject’s essence,
his maturity and responsibility.
Conventionalized perception of knowledge used by the teachers of the Polish language often
activates in students mechanisms that lead to axiological dualism manifesting itself through
conformism and hypocrisy. The article is an expression of a reflection not on how to understand
the Polish language competence but how to show the way of conducting lessons of the Polish
language so that they satisfy students’ individual needs as well as social expectations. An allencompassing
examination of the didactic situation may become an incentive for divagations
on the need of referring to hermeneutics (e.g. in the context of text perception), cognitivism
(in language examination), the method of projects and drama (in order to give up convergence
and take up divergent thinking and acting instead). Qualitative changes in the course of
a Polish language lesson encouraging the development of the Polish language competence are
guaranteed by the dialogue evaluation: an invitation to the development of the beneficiaries of
the Polish language lesson on every stage of education as well as all actors of the educational
stage i.e. ministers of education, authors of new core curricula, parents, head masters and all
teachers (not only Polish language teachers). | en |
