Vilnius University in the days of the Commission of National Education (1773–1794)

• Authors: Janina Kamińska

Title variants

PL

Uniwersytet Wileński w czasach Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (1773–1794)

Abstracts

EN

This article presents an outline of the history of Vilnius University in the days of the Commission of National Education. It characterises an organisational pattern and educational objectives that were defined in the essential document of the Commission, ‘Ustawy Kommissyi Edukacyi Narodowey dla stanu akademickiego i na szkoły w kraiach Rzeczypospolitey przepisane’ [‘The Commission of National Education’s Acts for the Academic Estate and the Schools of the Commonwealth’]. Moreover, it presents the process of converting Vilnius Academy into a modern, enlightened university. It points to its functions, such as education, including teacher training, scientific research, promotion of knowledge and supervision over secular schools. It also presents the aspect of the professors’ effort to provide scientific resources for the development of mathematical and natural sciences and medicine. The author has outlined the pragmatic aspect of professors’ lectures as well. As in other schools of the Commission, the Lithuanian Main School’s crucial educational objective was to form good, enlightened citizens who could be useful to the state.

Keywords

EN

Commission of National Education; Vilnius University; Vilnius Academy; Lithuanian Main School; university reform

PL

Komisja Edukacji Narodowej; Uniwersytet Wileński; Akademia Wileńska; Szkoła Główna Litewska; reforma uniwersytetu

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 109-124

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Janina Kamińska

• Wydział Pedagogiczny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

• https://orcid.org/0000000246748669

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2058119