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The text explains the basic concepts that constitute the foundation of the original philosophy of humanistic education, implemented within the Polish language as a subject taught at school. This concept is based on the consistently respected idea of subjectivity, and therefore has an anthropological and cultural character. Among other things, the author answers the questions of why, what and how to teach at school. Guided by the principle „my language is my world”, he encourages people to change the way of thinking about education. Proposing a new language for describing school reality, the author thoroughly and critically analyzes the language that is dominat in contemporary educational discourse – in order to draw attention to its imprecision, non-functionality or complete inadequacy – and thus to show how „the language thinks instead of us” and what negative consequences this entails in practice.

„Kocha, lubi, szanuje – nie chce, nie dba, żartuje”... Uczeń klasy pierwszej liceum i technikum w relacji do lektury obowiązkowej w szkole podstawowej (raport z diagnozy)

The article presents the results of a survey (concerning the reading experience of the canon) conducted among students of four first grades of secondary school (one grade of high school divided into elementary and advanced levels, and three classes of technical secondary school). The research was part of the initial diagnosis of the first and second year of graduates of the reformed primary school at the threshold of secondary school (in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021). Students declared reading compulsory reading books in grades 7–8 of primary school according to the scale: I have read all / excerpts / abstract / not at all / don’t remember. The results show not only the respondents’ reading preferences, but also their specific strategies of “acquiring” the content of the obligatory texts and their attitude towards compulsory reading in general. They also allow to pose questions about the literary competences of the graduates of the reformed elementary school at the start of the next stage of education. Scientific studies in the field of reading were used as a context, including the latest results of surveys among teachers on reading books by elementary school students prepared by Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe (2020).

Pan Tadeusz Adama Mickiewicza: „stara” – „nowa” lektura

In the article „Pan Tadeusz” by Adam Mickiewicz: „old” – „new” reading, the author presented the contextual reading of the epic at school through the prism of the works of Czesław Miłosz (metaphysical and epaphysical reading) and Tomasz Różycki (postmodern epic). The adopted perspective allows us to show the timelessness of the works of Czesław Miłosz (metaphysical and epaphysical reading) and Tomasz Różycki (postmodern epic). The adopted perspective allows us to show the timelessness of the work of a romantic artist, the value of narration as a story about Poland and Poles, as well a story about an individual’s fate and its search for a universal meaning of one’s own existenc.

Jan Kochanowski – pomiędzy renesansowym poszukiwaniem ładu a szkolną wersją lektury

The article deals with issues related to improving among students the skills of receiving Jan Kochanowski’s songs. The three most recent textbooks for the Polish language were analyzed – in particular, chapters devoted to the Renaissance period and the didactic setting covering individual works by the poet from Czarnolas. The exploration scarried out were situated in the area of cultural research. The en tire article focuses on the search for a method by which Reading Old Polish works in a secondary school will allow for the development of the reception and interpretation skills of contemporary high school students.

Historia literatury inaczej. Komparatystyczne – zagadnieniowe kształcenie literackie… w szkole ponadpodstawowej

Along with the successive reforms of education, the discussion on the method of teaching literature in high school returns, including the role of the history of literature in preparation for the matriculation examination. The article presents the advantages of a comparative approach to literary education in the core curriculum of the Polish language from 2008, which in individual programs prepared by teachers can also be successfully used in themed-chronological teaching, facilitating work with history of literature based, extensive in terms of issues and essential readingscore curriculum from 2018. Examples of original curriculum solutions come from the author’s own experience and were created during her classes of literature didactics at secondary school at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University.

Znajomość języka edukacji szkolnej jako warunek szkolnego sukcesu

The aim of the article is to draw attention to the necessity of creating conditions for linguistic development for students in all school subjects. The basis here is to define the language of schooling as a functional variety of language that is used in school contexts in communication between teachers and students, school textbooks and other educational materials. The article explains and illustrates with examples the basic features of the language of schooling that distinguish it from the language of communication. Support for targeted activities aimed at developing the linguistic competence of students in spoken and written form are also provided by the core curriculum for all subjects, as shown on the example of biology and physics as a school subject.

Jak godzić ogień z wodą? Między ministerialnym dyktatem… a potrzebami współczesnych uczniów. Projektowanie kształcenia w klasie I licealnej (po szkole podstawowej)

The text of the articleis a proposal of a way of working in the new high school (after primary school), whichfunctions in the conditions set by the structural and curriculum reform. The author distances himself from the concept of historical and literary education, at the same time showing the inability to maintain the problematic order in literary and cultural education under the conditions of implementing the obligation of the core curriculum. In opposition to the sanctioned model of education in the education of high school students, it proposes a concept of work that, on the one hand, respects the curriculum requirements, and on the otherhand, meets the authentic needs and expectations of students, and includes broadly understood popular culture in the scope of teaching interests. Such thinking is exemplified by the presentation of anexcerpt from the work plan implemented in the firstgrades of the new high school. It is provided with a commentary that reveals the difficulties of such an organization of literary and cultural education in the current curriculum conditions.

Refleksje nad pożądanymi kierunkami zmian… w szkolnym kształceniu polonistycznym (głos w dyskusji)

The author describes desirable paths of changes in Polish language school education. Base for the analysis is the research conducted in 2017 on students’ attitude towards Polish language as a subject, as well as students’ works created during the distance learning in 2020. According to the author, any changes in the curriculum should be preceded by research conducted on students in order to determine their needs and skills. Addressing changes to unspecified target is the main reason for ill-success of the reforms which were introduced during the past 20 years. Polish language teaching in schools of each level should be more focused on enhancing students’ linguistic skills. The changes should also include the sphere of literature, culture, and media knowledge. The author points to the fact that the reform should involve also teachers-to-be and the way they are prepared for teaching, as well as further education of Polish language teachers.

Światła małego miasta. O doświadczaniu i opisywaniu małomiasteczkowości Zbliżał

The album „Małomiasteczkowy” was released in 2018. Immediately, it became a summer hit. The author of the song is Dawid Podsiadło, the young artist who builds his career consciously. Despite the fact that he creates popular music, he may be referred to as an “author” as he writes his lyrics. Moreover, his concerts are like happenings, Podsiadło touches upon contemporary geopolitical problems. In her article, Maria Szoska proves that the remarkable popularity of the song contributed to a change in the understanding of the word “małomiasteczkowy” (provincial). The article describes the workshop for high school students. The workshop was a part of the project Zdolni z Pomorza. The concept of the classes was inspired by Sylwia Chutnik’s interpretation of Podsiadło’s song published in one of the popular tabloids. In her research, Maria Szoska put the emphasis on the provincial figure seen by the high school students. Geocritical categories were applied both to the lyrics and the music video, then the students’ interpretative abilities were probed. The results of the experiment show that the definition available in the dictionaries is no longer adequate as the difference between the centre and the outskirts is not obvious anymore. Therefore, we are able to witness the semantic shifts. Podsiadło’s album proves the active performance of the word, as well as the space affecting human live.

Piosenka literacka i hymny pokoleniowe drugiej połowy XX wieku… na lekcjach języka polskiego w szkole średniej. Estetyka – tematy – wartości

The article concerns the post-war literary song in Polish language education in secondary schools, i.e. the place of authors and texts representing poetic songs, poems set to music, author’s song and the opinion of a generation at the Polish language classes. Besides such authors as Ewa Demarczyk, Agnieszka Osiecka, Wojciech Młynarski, Jacek Kaczmarski (perceived not through the prism of intertextual measures: painting or biblical one, but as a bard of “Solidarity”, i.e. the author of “The Walls”), Grzegorz Ciechowski’s work ‘Do not ask about Poland ‘ was considered. On the example of the poems by Kamil Baczyński which were sung by Demarczyk, texts written by Kaczmarski and Ciechowski, they were discussed the artistry, the topics and evaluation of poetic song from the perspective of educational axiology.