About the uniqueness, originality and topicality of Jędrzej Śniadecki’s work „O wychowaniu fizycznem dzieci” („About physical education of children”) Cover Image

O wyjątkowości, oryginalności i aktualności dzieła Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego O wychowaniu fizycznem dzieci
About the uniqueness, originality and topicality of Jędrzej Śniadecki’s work „O wychowaniu fizycznem dzieci” („About physical education of children”)

Author(s): Jarosław Barański
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, School education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: education; Enlightenment; philosophy and history of medicine

Summary/Abstract: The work „On the physical education of children” is unique because it is a canon of reflection on the physical development of a person in the context of pedagogical and medical knowledge. Śniadecki justified educational and pedagogical guidelines with the physiological theory of which he was the creator. Śniadecki saw the guarantee of health in the development of the abilities of the human body, which was to guarantee physical education. Therefore, it allowed him to boldly identify physical education with medical education, creating the foundations for modern health prevention.

  • Issue Year: 28/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-34
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish