Jak kochać dziecko : internat : kolonje letnie : dom sierot
| Collection | Biblioteka Narodowa |
| Description | "Jak kochać dziecko" is made up of four parts: "Dziecko w rodzinie" (first edition in 1918, dated 1919), "Internat", "Kolonie letnie" i "Dom Sierot" (first edition issued in 1920). The tetralogy "Jak kochać dziecko" is the summary of Korczak's various experiences in the first half of the 1920s. „Internat” is mostly aimed at young pedagogues. In it, Korczak draws on his experiences as director of his Orphanage to talk about the ways in which children's groups and communities function, along with the ways in which their guardians work in boarding houses. And yet this is an opportunity for him to make more universal observations, in order to show how best to organise relations between children and adults in institutions in order to ensure children's rights are respected as individuals and groups, while tutors ought to be leaders and mentors. According to Korczak, such an ideal of institutional functioning is to be aimed for, even if he realises this is unattainable. In short, numbered section, Korczak shows the ways in which certain behaviours and problems appear from children's points of view, and how they seem from the point of view of those who care for them. It is this book which provides us with one of the most famous quotes from Korczak: “No such thing as children – only people”. In Summer Camp Korczak focuses on experiences gained when he was working as a tutor and guardian during outings on summer holidays with the poorest Jewish and Polish children. He worked at three such summer camps: in 1904, 1907 and 1908. Summer Camp adds to previously penned books for children: : "Mośków, Josków i Sruli" (1910) and "Józków, Jaśków i Franków" (1911). The literary form Korczak chose for "Kolonie letnie" is similar to "Internat": in short, numbered fragments Korczak smoothly moves from recollections, observations and thoughts to offering up theoretical suggestions. In "Kolonie letnie" at first Korczak describes his failures as a pedagogue, in order to then move on to his successes. The latter were achieved by Korczak realising where he had been going wrong and correcting the mistakes made. "Dom Sierot" presents the ways of working at a Jewish orphanage, which Korczak was director of between 1912-1942, and which belonged to the Jewish Orphan Support Association "Pomoc dla Sierot". In this part of the publication, he describes the pedagogical methods used in this institution, including: blackboards, postboxes, shelves, a found-items wardrobe, a shop, a broom hanging cupboard, a care-taking commission, meetings, newspapers, a friendly court, a parliament, calendar and souvenir postcards. It is the friendship court which is described in the greatest detail, Korczak stressing that the most important values for him are: trust placed in children, along with the unfailing conviction that children should have rights and make use of them. Korczak believes that the role of those who run pedagogical institutions should honour these: "Dom Sierot" is a basic source of information which presents visions of how such institutions ought to function. This publication is also a source of information for those who are responsible for organising children's societies. In this edition, the whole publication was titled "Jak kochać dziecko" and was split into two parts: "Dziecko w rodzinie" and "Internat" with "Koloniami letnimi" and "Domem Sierot". |
| Creator | Korczak, Janusz |
| Publisher | Warszawa ; Kraków : J. Mortkowicz ; Warszawa : Tow. Wydawnicze |
| Date | 1929 |
| Rights | Domena Publiczna |
| Format | image/jpg |
| Language | pol |
| Identifier | 2.007.497 A |
| Type | publikacja |
From the collection of: Biblioteka Narodowa
