Wiesława Buczek
Polska Myśl Pedagogiczna, Numer 3, III (2017), s. 175 - 191
https://doi.org/10.4467/24504564PMP.17.011.7034The Personal-Existential Pedagogy of Janusz Tarnowski. Educational Dialogue as a Methodological Proposition for Education in the Contemporary Family, School and Society
The notion of dialogue is a basic challenge of human existence, especially in interpersonal communications and interpersonal relations. It has appeared as a pedagogical category in many scientific disciplines, such as philosophy, theology, psychology and pedagogy. On the basis of Polish pedagogy and in connection with philosophical thinking, Janusz Tarnowski (1919–2012) proposed his personal-existential approach to pedagogy, strongly rooted in the notion of dialogue. Dialogue, according to father Tarnowski, is not simply a conversation. Dialogue is a method, a process, and an attitude.
In the process of constructing an approach to Christian education focused on the person, Tarnowski utilized such categories, taken from existentialism, as authenticity, dialogue, and involvement. These categories find expression during that process of upbringing which has three goals as its aim: authenticity, dialogue and involvement. Educational dialogue, in which there is room for conversation, understanding, agreement and eventual cooperation, constitutes a method of universal utility in the process of upbringing.