Parents about a good public school for their children. Phenomenographic illustration Cover Image

Rodzice o dobrej publicznej szkole dla swoich dzieci. Fenomenograficzna ilustracja
Parents about a good public school for their children. Phenomenographic illustration

Author(s): Alicja Jurgiel-Aleksander
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: good education; public school; phenomenography; instrumentality; parents of early education children

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to try to empirically face the phenomenon of a good public school.However, not by following legislation demonstrating its public status, but by means of a simplequestion addressed to the parents of pupils in grades I to III as to how this phenomenon is understoodby them. Based on a conversation with her parents, the author has made a phenomenographic reconstructionof the concepts behind the importance of a good public school. It turned out that, accordingto the parents, a good public school is identified with modern teaching methods (a), it is treated as aninstrument for preserving the social status of the student (b), a tool for conveying the desired values(c), its meaning lies in shaping the disposition to learn. The author shows that in a cultural sense,the revealed categories of description show that it is difficult for us still to go beyond instrumentalrationality in search of the meaning of a modern good public school and public good education.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2021
  • Issue No: 2 (53)
  • Page Range: 36-49
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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