Emancipation Dimensions of Early School Education Practices in Polish Schools

Abstract

This study analysed how educational practices support the emancipatory experiences of parents and students at a Polish school 27 years after the change of the political system. The subject of examination were educational practices experienced in the classroom by two groups of educational society: early childhood pupils and the parents of children of this age. The data were obtained from the records of lessons and parent-teacher meetings at two schools: a small school and a large school. Four areas were identified in educational practice experiences by the examined participants: places, communication, knowledge and activities. Both pupils and parents experience the lack of the possibility of critical and emancipatory behaviour. Educational practices in the studied areas: places, communication, knowledge and activities are controlled solely by the teacher.