The article presents a critical analysis of the achievements of The Commission of National Education, in the context of the ideals and values of the Enlightenment, such as rationalism, utilitarianism, or the cult of ...

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 reforms of The Commission of National Education could not save the statehood of the Republic of Poland, but they contributed to the modern education of many Poles. People drew from its heritage throughout the 19th ...

Analysis of sources found in the archives of Wilno and Lwów constitutes a way to enriching the knowledge about teachers at the onset of the 20th century and in the Second Republic of Poland. The query that the author of ...

The Commission of National Education is the first state educational authority in Poland and Europe. It was acting in the second half of the eighteenth century, for a period of more than twenty years (1773–1794). It was ...

The aim of the paper is showing the idea of The Commission of National Education as one of the elements existing in historical narration in the school system after the World War II. It is not my intention to describe ...

The paper presents a brief analysis of resource concerning the activities of The Commission of National Education. The author stresses the importance of research conducted by Teodor Wierzbowski and his book entitled “The ...

In 1767 Paul Brzostowski organized in his estate of Merecz near Vilnius Pawłowska Republic, peasant “state” which was based on the principles of social equality, the right to prosperity and co-governing the country. He ...

The article concerns the participation of the members of the dissolved Jesuit Order in teaching the youth in the schools of The Commission of National Education. The Polish historiography has been evaluating the ex-Jesuit ...