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Orbis scholae is an academic journal published by Charles University, Prague. It features articles on school education in the wider socio-cultural context. It aims to contribute to our understanding and the development of school education, and to the reflection of teaching practice and educational policy.
The journal is indexed in SCOPUS, CEEOL, DOAJ, EBSCO, and ERIH Plus.
ORBIS SCHOLAE, Vol 1 No 2 (2007), 80–108
Educational Restructuring and Change: Post-Communist Educational Transformation in Poland
Andrzej Janowski
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2018.167
published online: 22. 02. 2018
abstract
This study provides an overall picture of educational transformation in Poland since the political changes in 1989. The transformation process in Poland is analyzed in accordance with a common theoretical framework distinguishing three phases of transformation: (1) deconstruction, (2) reconstruction/modernization/ stabilitzation and (3) systemic reform. The process of transformation is analyzed in terms of ten specific areas, including, among others things, curriculum, structural changes, teachers, the social dimension. It is argued that the changes introduced in the reconstruction phase of the transformation were more important and powerful than the structural reform introduced in 1999. In the last part, the recent initiatives of an ultra-conservative minister of education, Roman Giertych, are commented upon.
keywords: Poland, educational transformation, educational system, educational policy, dimensions of transformation, systemic reform, civic education, NGOs in education
Educational Restructuring and Change: Post-Communist Educational Transformation in Poland is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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ISSN: 1802-4637
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