Kraków Academy: The Crown Main School from 1773 to 1794

• Authors: Jan Ryś

Title variants

PL

Akademia Krakowska. Szkoła Główna Koronna w latach 1773–1794

Abstracts

EN

The establishment of the Commission of National Education initiated a process of profound changes in Polish education, including both organisational structures and teaching programmes. One of the first tasks faced by the new educational authority was the creation of a school system covering the successive stages of education from primary schools to universities. The new structures were to be headed by universities, exercising control over lower-level education. The existing universities in Kraków and Vilnius differed significantly from their modern European counterparts, so the Commission initially wanted to establish new ones. In the course of discussions and at the request of representatives of the Kraków Academy, decisions were made to reform both universities. The reform of the Kraków Academy was undertaken by her student, Hugo Kołłątaj, who learned the current trends in the development of European universities during his studies abroad. The reformed university, which was now called the Crown Main School, consisted of the College of Morality, with schools of theology, law and literature, and the College of Physics, with schools of mathematics, physics and medicine. The Seminary for Candidates for the Academic Estate was launched at the university, in which future teachers were educated. In departure from the medieval rules, the method of hiring and promoting lecturers was also changed. The university was to be a research and teaching institution with a comprehensive range of education opportunities. While modern knowledge, especially in the field of natural sciences, was to be applied in everyday life in order to contribute to raising the economic level of the country, the development of the social sciences and the humanities was aimed at shaping a new model of the Pole, a patriot and citizen.

Keywords

EN

Commission of National Education; Kraków Academy; Crown Main School; universities

PL

Komisja Edukacji Narodowej; Akademia Krakowska; Szkoła Główna Koronna; uniwersytety; kształcenie nauczycieli

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 77-107

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Jan Ryś

• Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie

• https://orcid.org/000000033794768X

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2058120