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Transgresje w biograficznych doświadczeniach wybitnych pedagogów – Marii Montessori i Janusza Korczaka
Transgressions in the biographical experiences of prominent educators

Author(s): Monika Wróblewska
Subject(s): Education, Educational Psychology
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: transgressions; biographical experiences; hubristic motivation; educators;

Summary/Abstract: Transgressions are innovative and creative activities. They allow people to go beyond the limits of their current functioning, thus gaining new areas of activity or creating new values. Motivation specific to transgression is hubristic motivation. The article analyzes the biographical experiences of outstanding pedagogues. – Maria Montessori and Janusz Korczak. Maria Montessori – Italian physician, education system creator and Montessori pedagogy based on the needs of the child. Transcendental biography of Janusz Korczak – doctor, pedagogue, writer, journalist, visionary. Biographies contain different spaces of transgressive activities: personal, professional, social, creative, literary. They concern the concept of education, methods of pedagogical work with the child. The accomplishments of outstanding pedagogues include immutable values.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 13-32
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish