Original scientific paper
The Influence of J. A. Komensky on Education and Cultural Tendencies in Croatia
Ante Vukasović
; Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In this article the author discusses the influences that J. A. Komensky had on education and cultural tendencies in Croatia. The author sees these influences in these first contacts between Croatian and Czech teachers in training in Prague, and in the progressive teacher's movement, immediately after the revolutionary year of 1848, then in cooperation between movements of Croatian and Czech teachers who were illuminated, inspired and guided by the educational, humanist, democratic and patriotic ideas of J. A. Komensky. Further influences can be seen in the activity of the Croatian Education and Literature Council that published his works: Didaktika (Didactics, 1871), Informatorium za školu materinsku (Informatorium for a Native School, 1886) and Velika didaktika (Large Didactics, 1900), a study on Komensky was published, a 200th anniversary of his death was commemorated in 1870, while a 300th anniversary of his birth was celebrated in 1892, and a 250th anniversary of his death commemorated in 1920. Lectures and exhibits have been held, and papers and informative articles on Komensky have been published in eduocational journals.
The final conclusion it that Komensky's educational and philosophical notions during the 19th and 20th century have been quite present in Croatia, they have had a farreaching influence on the theory and practice of education, and continue to exert this influence, with their followers among education theorists in Croatia.
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Hrčak ID:
85909
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Publication date:
1.12.1986.
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