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Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g geography teachers <strong>in</strong> Poland with regardto changes <strong>in</strong> school educationJolanta Rodzoś 1 , Przemysław Charzyński 21Department of <strong>Geography</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences,Maria Curie-Sklodowska Uniwersity, Krasnicka str. 2cd, 20-718 Lubl<strong>in</strong>, Polande-mail: jrodzos@tlen.pl2Didactical Laboratory, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences,Nicholas Copernicus Uniwersity <strong>in</strong> Toruń,Danielewskiego str.6, 87-100 Torune-mail: pecha@geo.uni.torun.plAbstractThe paper shows changes <strong>in</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of geography teachers that have been occurr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>Poland s<strong>in</strong>ce the late 1900s. Analyzed were curricula of schools of higher education, withparticular regard to their quality. Teacher tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g is exam<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the aspect of:• contemporary conception of school education• social-economic situation• formal requirements of M<strong>in</strong>istry of <strong>Education</strong>.The article also conta<strong>in</strong>s postulates of further modernization <strong>in</strong> teachers education,concern<strong>in</strong>g both merits and pedagogy.Key words: Polish education system, geographical education, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g geographyteachersIntroductionThe Polish education system has undergone huge changes <strong>in</strong> the last fifteen years.To a large extent, these changes are a consequence of the system transformationand reform of 1989 and accompany<strong>in</strong>g changes <strong>in</strong> the economic, social, andcultural spheres. In the new, democratic, conditions of state function<strong>in</strong>g, the schoolmodel based on central adm<strong>in</strong>istration and us<strong>in</strong>g uniform patterns of teach<strong>in</strong>g andupbr<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g has proved to be <strong>in</strong>adequate. The range of competences developed so far<strong>in</strong> school education has also been recognised as <strong>in</strong>sufficient. The citizen’s qualitiesthat have now become highly rated <strong>in</strong> the days of a market economy and develop<strong>in</strong>gself-government, are: open-m<strong>in</strong>dedness, <strong>in</strong>novativeness, creativity and the ability tofunction <strong>in</strong> competitive conditions. That is why, start<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the early 1990s, changes<strong>in</strong> curriculum and methodology began to be <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> schools, crowned bya systemic reform of education f<strong>in</strong>ally <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> 1999.Changes <strong>in</strong> Polish school systemThe Polish school at the end of the past century was characterised by excessivefactual knowledge. With<strong>in</strong> particular subjects, the achievements of their mother65

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