The organization of education at the secondary level in the schools of the Society of Children’s Friends in Czestochowa in the years 1948–1956 Cover Image

Organizacja kształcenia na poziomie średnim w szkołach Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w Częstochowie w latach 1948–1956
The organization of education at the secondary level in the schools of the Society of Children’s Friends in Czestochowa in the years 1948–1956

Author(s): Izabela Zimoch-Piaskowska
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), School education, State/Government and Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie

Summary/Abstract: This article applies to schools under the management of the Society of Children’s Friends that existed in Czestochowa during the Stalinist period. The author focused on education at the secondary level which was to serve the creation of brand new and obedient to the authority intelligence. This goal was intended to accomplish by the Marxist-Leninist curriculum content and preferential treatment of the working – class and peasant origin youth. The secular secondary schools of the Society of Children’s Friends organized in the cooperation with the party members constituted a special kind of political power instruments. There manifested particularly clearly ideologization as well as politicization of the educational process what was seen during daily lessons and school celebrations.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 375-399
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish