Subtitle:

Uniwersytet Wileński w czasach Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (1773–1794)

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date on-line publ.:

2018.12.31

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

This article presents an outline of the history of Vilnius University in the days of the Commission of National Education. It characterises an organisational pattern and educational objectives that were defined in the essential document of the Commission, ‘Ustawy Kommissyi Edukacyi Narodowey dla stanu akademickiego i na szkoły w kraiach Rzeczypospolitey przepisane’ [‘The Commission of National Education’s Acts for the Academic Estate and the Schools of the Commonwealth’]. Moreover, it presents the process of converting Vilnius Academy into a modern, enlightened university. It points to its functions, such as education, including teacher training, scientific research, promotion of knowledge and supervision over secular schools. It also presents the aspect of the professors’ effort to provide scientific resources for the development of mathematical and natural sciences and medicine. The author has outlined the pragmatic aspect of professors’ lectures as well. As in other schools of the Commission, the Lithuanian Main School’s crucial educational objective was to form good, enlightened citizens who could be useful to the state.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

55

Start page:

109

End page:

124

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

pdf

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:243344

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open