Wyzwania edukacji obywatelskiej w Polsce

Abstract

The picture of the Polish society, the changes that took place in the period of deep transformations in the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe, do not look good when citizenship is concerned. The activity of the Polish society, citizenship and reflecting pro-social attitudes are marginal. Deficit of citizenship, aversion to activity and alienation from the society’s life can be attributed to unsatisfactory results of the civic education. From the point of view of the civil society, in order to build a democratic outcome, these unsatisfactory results should be changed to more positive, active, and committed ones by continuing the aims and objectives of the civic education. This task, which constitutes a great challenge, continues to remain the responsibility of the Polish school. The continuation of civic education is provided by universities. An example of education in this regard may be the Pedagogical University of Krakow and the Department of Security and Citizenship Education. It is extremely important that schools and universities are supported by other institutions as it lies at the heart of the proper development of civic society and will significantly improve the learning outcomes.