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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.