Działalność oświatowa Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego w dobie Komisji Edukacji Narodowej

Abstract

In the time of the reform implemented by Hugo Kołłątaj in Cracow Academy, professors of that university were obligated to popularize knowledge. From 1782, there were organized public sessions, during which professors of the University disseminated the information about their achievements in meetings with inhabitants of Cracow. From 1780 popular lectures on mechanics organized by Physics College, which were designed for craftsmen, proved an interesting form of cooperation with the community of Cracow. In 1780, the Medical Department, in order to provide a better professional preparation of midwives and barber surgeons, ran training courses designed for the two vocational groups on a systematic basis. However, those initiatives met with a very poor response from the local community. It was not until the 1820s that craftsmen themselves initiated launching training courses. They were the first attempts at developing an organized educational activity in the lands of Poland. That activity of the extra muros university character was addressed to adults.