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A Pedagogy of Humanist Moral Education

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56068-1

ISBN: 978-1-137-56067-4

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Feb 3, 2017

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Introduction

Silverman, Marc

Pages: 1 –18

[This chapter opens with an overview of the outstanding features of the personality of Janusz Korczak (1878–1942) and his accomplishments as a world-class educator. There is a broad consensus among educational thinkers, researchers, and practitioners familiar with his life, writings, and...
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Korczak’s Road to Radical Humanism

Silverman, Marc

Pages: 19 –70

[In this chapter, we examine the overarching theme of Korczak’s life, thought, and heritage: his humanism – its main sources, features, and manifestations. Our exposition focuses on the way specific components of his personality and self-perception, and of his cultural identity as a Pole and as a...
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Janusz Korczak’s World-View

Silverman, Marc

Pages: 71 –127

[This chapter begins with an exposition of the intellectual sources that shaped Korczak’s world-view. In its first section, we learn about Korczak’s extensive connections with the progressive thinkers among the Polish intelligentsia and about his intense involvement with their activities while he...
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Korczak’s Educational Theory and Its Reflection in His Pedagogy

Silverman, Marc

Pages: 129 –183

[This chapter focuses on the meaning and the implications of the core of Korczak’s educational ethos, on its higher aims, and on its methods, which are implicit in the term “ameliorative compassion” or “critical friendship.” This term symbolizes an educational ethos based on two simultaneous,...
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The Significance of Janusz Korczak’s Life and Legacy for Education Today

Silverman, Marc

Pages: 185 –208

[This chapter explores the significant ways Korczak’s life and legacy can contribute toward the realization of what we view as the worthiest aim and task of education today: the humanization of the world. Korczak’s tireless efforts and steadfastness throughout his life to increase good and...

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