Education as a spiritual (cultural) process by Sergius Hessen Cover Image

Wychowanie jako proces duchowy w koncepcji Sergiusza Hessena
Education as a spiritual (cultural) process by Sergius Hessen

Author(s): Bartłomiej Gołek
Subject(s): Education, School education, History of Education
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Misyjne Księży Sercanów
Keywords: cultural pedagogy; philosophy of education;moral education;

Summary/Abstract: Sergius Hessen is one of the most prominent philosophers of the 20th century, he is a representative of cultural pedagogy, the author of the concept of pedagogy understood as an applied philosophy. He understood education as a spiritual process, in which he implements the human personality, and at the same time supporting continuity of cultural traditions. It is the process of an individual entering the world of objective spirit into the world of culture. Sergius Hessen devoted a special place in his concept, the issue of moral education, which is to be the moment of any formal pedagogical impact taking place. It has nothing to do with rigid and harmful moralizing – means of moral education are not commands and words, but only actions. Morality and so does the whole personality develops through solving specific tasks tailored to the developmental level of that individual.

  • Issue Year: 34/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 241-260
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish