Dominujące tendencje historyczno-oświatowych dociekań naukowych łódzkich mistrzów historii wychowania z lat 1945–2006
Dominating Historical-Educational Trends in the Scientific Pursuits of the Masters of History of Education of Łódź from 1945 to 2006

Summary/Abstract: Many academic centers in Poland conduct historical-educational research, including the circle of historians of education at the University of Łódź, the founders of which are discussed in this paper. The purpose of the paper is to present the main research interests of the professors who were also subsequent heads of this center of history of education and mentors, focusing not only on writing research works but also on gathering young researchers around themselves and teaching them.Using the historical explanation and text analysis methods, the main areas of research interest are described of Prof. Stefan Truchim, Prof. Eugenia Podgórska, and Prof. Tadeusz Jałmużna. Their scientific achievements include the reconstruction of the educational past from the 18th to the 20th century. As a result of their source queries, mainly involving archives and journals, valuable works have been published concerning the widely-understood education system during the times of the Commission of National Education, the period of annexations, the interwar period, and the Polish People’s Republic. The characteristics of the scientific output of the professors who worked at the University of Łódź for over sixty years include continuity but also change. In this event, continuity means continuing in part studies started by one’s predecessors but also, on the other hand, maintaining their high methodological level. Change is demonstrated by choosing new areas of research which had not been looked into by education historians before.

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