Published : 2025-05-23

Educational Thought of Rev. Alexander Pechnik (1854–1935)

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The presented article is analytical in nature. Its subject is the educational thought of Fr. Aleksander Pechnik (1854-1935), taken in the aspect of its theoretical and historical specifics. The presented research refers to a selected publication output of the pedagogue from the years 1875-1907, when he was a junior high school teacher in successive schools, located in Kraków, Nowy Sącz, Tarnów and Lwów. The purpose of the article is to present educational thought relating to the realities of a junior high school in Galicia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. An attempt is made to present the following issues: a biographical sketch of Fr. Aleksander Pechnik, his views on teaching and learning in a grammar school, and his views on the process of education in a secondary school.

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Rev. Aleksander Pechnik, educational thought, education, training, upbringing



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Grudziński, A. (2025). Educational Thought of Rev. Alexander Pechnik (1854–1935). Biografistyka Pedagogiczna [Biographical Studies in Education], 10(1), 61–82. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2025.10.16

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1