Published : 2023-11-28 — Updated on 2023-11-28

Priest Wacław Kosiński’s Ideas about National Education in the Pedagogy Lecture

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The article presents the basic elements of national education described by Father Wacław Kosiński in his publication entitled ‘Education: A Manual for Educators and Teachers’. Father Kosiński was a theologian, an educator and a priest in the Sandomierz diocese. This article also refers to basic biographical facts from the priest’s life.
Father Kosiński strongly emphasised national values and the importance of national education, linking it with Christian values. He believed that Christian education, which was based on religious principles, a sense of duty and the idea of citizenship, could educate children and young people to maintain the character of the Polish nation and its most exalted traditions, and to raise hope for a future revival. According to Kosiński, the basic factors of national education are the language, historical past, national literature, national art and practical life. He emphasised that the use of all these factors in the upbringing process built and shaped national awareness. He combined historical tradition with independent work and creative thinking. Father W. Kosiński’s ideas about national education correspond with the views of other outstanding authors, such as Karol Libelt, Marian Borowski, Zygmunt Balicki and Stanisław Prus-Szczepanowski.

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Father Wacław Kosiński, national education, Polish pedagogical thought, Catholic pedagogy, national consciousness, rules of upbringing



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Juśko, P. (2023). Priest Wacław Kosiński’s Ideas about National Education in the Pedagogy Lecture. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna, 8(1), 187–208. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2023.08.13

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