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2.3.9 Was Korczak Really Ahead of His Time?

Was Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) ahead of his time? In order to answer this question, one needs to analyze Korczak’s educational principles and compare them to later conceptions, led by a variety of prominent educators, that were considered new, creative, and revolutionary. Korczak was a writer, pediatrician, and educator. He was against uniformity in education. Every child in the two orphanages he directed was unique in his eyes and was entitled to the fulfillment of his or her potential. Reuven Feurstein, known for his care for culturally deprived children, and Joseph S. Renzulli, representing many psychologists involved in the psychology of the gifted, seem to have followed in Korczak’s footsteps.

Author(s):

Shoshana Rosemarin
shoshana.Rosemarin@gmail.com
Ariel University - Ameritus
Israel

   

Shoshana Rosemarin Ph.D, musical giftedness from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She has worked at Talpiot College as a teacher trainer, at Bar Ilan University in the school of Education, as well as in the Department of Musicology, and at Ariel University. She has published numerous theoretical and research articles focusing on teaching, giftedness (general and musical), Mediated Learning and cognitive functions. She has given series of lectures in several certification programs for teachers of gifted students, where she has introduced Renzulli's Model for identification and nurturance of the gifted.

 



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