Review article
https://doi.org/10.21857/yrvgqtp3x9
The Teacher and the Journey: the Educational Context of Julije Kempf’s Travel Literature
Dijana Klarić
; Gradska knjižnica i čitaonica Požega, Požega, Hrvatska
Abstract
Julije Kempf is a renowned citizen of Požega who, except for the study and internship in Novi Vinodolski, spent most of his life in Požega. He held many offices, and had a wide range of interests and activities. Kempf was an outstanding pedagogue, teacher, writer and cultural and communal worker. Areas of his creative work and studies were rather diverse; hence, this paper will discuss only the educational aspects of Kempf’s journeys, i.e. the popularisation of the teaching profession by means of writing travel literature. During his life, Kempf wrote more than 400 scientific articles, as well as several dozen monographs of great importance for the cultural history of the town of Požega. Among his monographs, travelogue titles stand out in particular, and he pointed out that those were intended for the youth.
Kempf began writing scientific papers on pedagogy during his internship at the Teachers’ College in Zagreb, and published them in the journal Napredak.
In the article The Teacher and the Journey, which was published in Napredak, Kempf describes in brief how he set with his friend on a 50-day journey across Croatia on the recommendation of his teacher Stjepan Fabković, who argued that Kempf should spend his holidays productively and in such a way that would bring benefit to the teaching profession. He furthermore describes the importance of travelling for the teaching profession by calling on the authorities from the history of pedagogy, who used to describe such activities as multiply beneficial – both for physical and mental health.
In this paper, in addition to analysing Julije Kempf as a teacher-travelogue writer, special emphasis will be put on the analysis of the books from his private library, in order to accentuate its importance as a source of scientific literature, as well as inspiration for Julije Kempf to keep perfecting himself in his own profession.
Keywords
Julije Kempf; Julije Kempf’s private library; itineraries; upbringing and education; Požega – history of schooling
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Publication date:
17.1.2018.
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