Edmund Bojanowski, an esteemed Polish pedagogue who lived in the XIX century, dedicated his life to the creation of education services for small children in his country, (which he called Ochronki (= protection), and to the training of the women instructors (Ochroniarki = the protectors). His objective was a preschool education inspired by Catholic values, as man was created “in the image and likeness of God”; he envisioned a system that would raise good citizens and good Christians, enabling them to tackle the challenges of life. Blessed with a strong educational vocation, he put great effort in preparing the women instructors for this task, providing them with both pedagogic knowledge and rigorous moral principles, as well as promoting critical thinking and sense of responsibility, with the authority borne of love for the true good. He strived to promote these abilities in his instructors, so that they would transfer them to the children; he felt these qualities transform knowledge into life wisdom, and allow a person to live with dignity and respect for oneself and others. These core beliefs were also the basis for the creation of a religious order of nuns.
Artykuł omawia rolę wychowawcy w myśli i działalności pedagogicznej Edmunda Bojanowskiego. Jego różnorodne publikacje ukazują, w jaki sposób wychowawca wpływał na rozwój swoich wychowanków w XIX wieku. Metody wychowawcze bł. Edmunda mogą być wzorem i inspiracją dla dzisiejszej działalności wychowawczej. Założyciel wiejskich ochronek w swojej koncepcji pedagogicznej osobom świeckim proponował różnego rodzaju inicjatywy, tj. zakładanie czytelni, szkół, szpitali, ochronek itp. W swoich projektach nakreślał wychowawcom linie edukacyjne, które przepojone były ciepłem miłości chrześcijańskiej i oświecaniem umysłu nowych pokoleń. Dzięki działalności oświatowej i charytatywnej pośród dzieci ludu wiejskiego próbował umacniać fundament ich życia, na którym opierało się późniejsze ich wychowanie i kształcenie. Najważniejszym jednak przesłaniem, jakie pozostawił swoim wychowawcom, była miłość do Pana Boga i do dziecka, która winna być głównym argumentem i pasją w pracy wychowawczej.
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The article presents the role of the educator in the thought of Edmund Bojanowski. His various publications emphasize how the teacher has influenced the students' development not only in the nineteenth century, but also indicates the inspiration for the contemporary education of children. E. Bojanowski invited the laity educators offering them various initiatives, such as the creation of reading rooms, schools, hospitals, kindergartens, and so on. His projects outlined the full educative lines of Christian love and instructions that enlightened the thinking of new generations. Through educators working among the children of the rural population, Bojanowski strengthened the foundation of life hinging it on education and instruction. The most important message he left to his educators was the love of God and child, which should be the motive and passion in the educational work.
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