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Department of Childhood Pedagogy

Description of the research area and directions:

The research focuses on recognising the educational environment and creating changes in the educational reality through implementing positive solutions.

Primary research directions:

A child and childhood in the perspective of inspiring and oppressive culture discourses: childhood as a collection of a child鈥檚 experiences and activities, experienced children鈥檚 world immersed in the public and private domain, children鈥檚 astonishment with the world and spontaneous and original activities to make it familiar. In this type of research, a child becomes a scientist, philosopher or thinker.

Cultural and social context and conditions for developing childhood skills (creative, language, literary, fairy tale, theatre, logical, research, artistic, etc.): ways to 鈥渆xperience the world鈥� (seeking, discovering, naming, ordering, valuation, embodied recognition) from the perspective of a child discovering, learning, evaluating and developing their inherent potential and development capabilities 鈥� the natural, discovered and acquired ones 鈥� turning into needs and becoming competencies.

Causes of educational institutions鈥� stagnation and seeking remedies for contemporary school: identifying ideological premises embedded in educational practice, de-infantilising pre-school and early-school education and breaking the schematic role of institutionalised education by using, e.g. a project-based method or Dalton Plan.

Major publications:

Bonar J., Using Creative Activities to Discover Children鈥檚 Understanding of the World, 鈥淭he New Educational Review鈥� No. 4, 2019.

Bonar J., Bu艂a A., Edukacyjna warto艣膰 dzieci臋cych pyta艅, 艁贸d藕 2019, Wyd. U艁.

Kaliszewska-Henczel M., Fairy Tales in Chains of Education, 鈥淓lementary Education in Theory and Practice鈥�, Vol. 15, No. 2(56), 2020.

Kisiel W., D藕wiekoznaki 鈥� literaki. Wyzwalamy my艣lenie ruchem, 艁贸d藕 2020, Wyd. U艁.

Kowalewski M., Ocenianie wspieraj膮ce w budowaniu jako艣ci praktyki edukacyjnej szko艂y, 艁贸d藕 2021, Wyd. U艁.

Kwella M., Helen Parkhurst 鈥� na drodze do planu dalto艅skiego, 鈥淏iografistyka Pedagogiczna鈥�, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2021.

Le偶a艅ska W., P艂贸ciennik E., Pedagogika przedszkolna z metodyk膮, 艁贸d藕 2021, Wyd. U艁.

Maj A., Koncepcja stu j臋zyk贸w dziecka w przedszkolach Reggio Emilia. O prze艂amaniu hegemonii j臋zyka werbalnego w dzieci臋cym procesie uczenia si臋, 鈥淧roblemy Wczesnej Edukacji鈥�, No. 1(36), 2017.

Wi艣niewska-Kin M., Dominacja a wyzwolenie. Wczesnoszkolny dyskurs podr臋cznikowy i dzieci臋cy, 艁贸d藕 2013, Wyd. U艁.

Wi艣niewska-Kin M., Skuteczne zdziwienie. Wyzwalaj膮ca my艣lenie nauka czytania, 艁贸d藕 2020, Wyd. U艁.

Major research projects:

Implementation project of the National Centre for Research and Development NCBiR POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-PKN/18. 鈥淢odel education of future pre-school and early-school teachers鈥�. A team project led by dr hab. Jolanta Bonar, University of 艁贸d藕 professor (2019-2021)

Research project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Innovation Incubator 2.0 鈥淭wo Languages 鈥� One Way鈥� 鈥� an innovative educational package for learning reading and writing in two languages (Polish and English) for preschool children. Team project led by dr hab. Monika Wi艣niewska-Kin, University of 艁贸d藕 professor (2019-2020)

Short description of collaboration with academic centres

University of Groningen, the Netherlands 鈥� educational online lectures (webinars) on the Dalton Plan educational approach for pre-school and early-school education students (conducted by Piet van der Ploeg).

Reggio Children (Reggio Emilia, Italy) 鈥� educational online lectures (webinars) and online study visits in early education facilities in Reggio Emilia for early-school and preschool education students; Reggio Emilia鈥檚 educational approach was the subject matter of the events.

The collaboration was held under the 鈥淢odel education of future pre- and early-school education teachers鈥� implementation project. The students and employees of the Department of Childhood Pedagogy students and staff members were the collaboration beneficiaries.

Major awards

Effective astonishment. Let us trigger thinking project was awarded twice during the INTARG (International Fair of Inventions and Innovation). It won the international World Invention Intellectual Property Associations award granted by the WIIPA (World Invention Intellectual Property Association) from Taiwan and the gold medal at the Intarg International Invention and Innovation Show.

The Minister of Education and Science 2022 award was granted for implementation activities; 艁贸dzkie Eureka 2020 distinction in the Science category. It received a distinction in the Book of the Year 20200 IBBY鈥檚 competition.

The staff members of the Department received the following individual awards and distinctions:

Medal of the Commission of National Education

Silver Medal for Many Years of Service

Gold Badge of the University of 艁贸d藕

Master of Pedagogy

University of 艁贸d藕 Rector鈥檚 Award for scientific/educational/organisational achievements