Attitudes towards tradition and their consequences — analyses in the scope of theory of upbringing and education, and the history of pedagogical and praxeological philosophy
Attitudes towards tradition and their consequences — analyses in the scope of theory of upbringing and education, and the history of pedagogical and praxeological philosophy

Author(s): Alicja Żywczok, Beata Ecler-Nocoń
Subject(s): Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: tradition; education; narration;identity;
Summary/Abstract: In this text, the authors describe and analyze basic principles underlying the approachto tradition. The authors also propose a differentiation within the number of models of perceivingand describing tradition with the objective of reaching an optimal definition, from ethical, social,as well as pedagogical perspectives. The background for the discussion on this topic shall be thenarration of a local Silesian woman. A look at the subject’s biography shows how the power ofupbringing exerts a great influence through such narratives, thus making them the most significantfactors in the discovery and creation of one’s own identity.

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