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Uniwersytety europejskie na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku

Bartnicka K.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2015

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R. 60, nr 1

17--54

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In the Age of Enlightenment, European universities were going through a serious economic, organizational, academic and staff crisis, and were affected by the resulting decrease of social prestige. The traditional profile of university education did not respond to the real needs of developing societies. The number of secondary and semi-tertiary education institutions was on the increase, taking candidates away from universities. Theology faculties’ control hindered free academic development and research at other faculties. Economic difficulties at universities hampered modernization of academic infrastructure, as well as introduction of new faculties. It resulted in deterioration of education and teaching staff level. Academic life began shifting towards academies of sciences and scientific societies, which were often financially supported by rulers. The crisis mostly affected universities in France, Germany, Italy, but also in Spain and England. It gave rise to a heated discussion about tertiary education, as well as about the purpose and raison d’être of universities. However, simultaneously with the deepening crisis at universities in central Europe, under the influence of the Enlightenment philosophical trends spreading throughout the whole of European academia and education, in some areas of the continent (the Low Countries, Scotland, Northern and Central European countries, including the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) the level and organization of academic life, openness to new ideas, curricula and education levels started to improve. It was most visible in the fields of jurisprudence and medicine, with botany beginning to stand apart as part of natural history. Philosophy faculties saw new chairs being introduced in humanities, natural sciences and exact sciences, and new subjects being introduced as extra-curricular activities. These changes accelerated towards the end of the 18th century. The turn of the 19th century was an exceptional period in the history of universities. The academic crisis had been overcome. New social, political, economic and academic circumstances in Europe, as well as the influence of the Enlightenment philosophical ideas gave rise to the concept of a liberal university, called ‘Humboldtian’ – a name derived from the university established in Berlin in 1810 thanks to Wilhelm von Humboldt. In the 19thcentury this concept conquered Europe. The academia recognized it as a classical idea for a university. It is based on: the principle of academic freedoms, freedom of scientific research and education; the idea of university’s mission as a combination of research goals: unhindered study of the world and discovery of scientific truth with educational and cultural impact on the university’s environment; the requirement for professors to combine research with teaching; separating universities as tertiary education institutions from secondary education institutions, as well as from vocational training-oriented tertiary education institutions. Modernization of European universities was progressing slowly, unevenly and non concurrently in different parts of the continent. Issues such as tertiary education, university structure, relations between university authorities with state and church authorities were tackled differently, depending on local needs and opportunities. Completely new universities were established as well, usually as institutions financed by the state, serving its purposes and under its supervision. The successful reform of Polish universities carried out by the Commission of National Education, following the ideas of Hugo Kołłątaj is a good example of the change tendencies at European universities in the second half of the 18th century. The Cracow Academy (established in1364) and the formerly Jesuit Vilnius Academy (established in 1568) were transformed into modern European universities. The Polish reform preceded the Humboldtian concept and the establishment of the Berlin University by two decades. During the reform of the Vilnius Academy transformed by the Commission of National Education into the Central School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Jean Emmanuel Gilibert (1741-1812) was brought to Vilnius. He was a French botanist and doctor, born in Lyon and educated in Montpellier – one of the best medical and advanced botanical studies faculties in France. In Vilnius in the academic years 1781/82 and 1782/83, Gilibert chaired two departments: natural history and medicine. He laid the foundations for a medical school which developed very well in the 19th century at the newly established college of medicine at the reformed Central School and for Lithuanian botanical research and studies at the new faculty in Vilnius.

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How to study mathematics – the manual for Warsaw University 1st year students in the interwar period

Bartnicka K.

Czasopismo Techniczne. Nauki Podstawowe

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2015

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Y. 112, iss. 2-NP

13--32

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In 1926 and in 1930, members of Mathematics and Physics Students’ Club of the Warsaw University published the guidance for the first year students. These texts would help the freshers in constraction of the plans and course of theirs studies in the situation of so called “free study”.

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W 1926 r. i w 1930 r. Koło Naukowe Matematyków i Fizyków Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego opublikowało poradnik dla studentów pierwszego roku matematyki. Są to teksty, które pomagały pierwszoroczniakom w racjonalnym skonstruowaniu planu i toku ich studiów w warunkach tzw. „wolnego stadium”.

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Access of higher education and study for Poles in the second half of 19th century

Bartnicka K.

Czasopismo Techniczne. Nauki Podstawowe

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2014

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R. 111, z. 1-NP

13--35

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In the 19th century, in Poland divided among Russia, Austria and Prussia, the occupants hindered access to education for Poles. Fighting the restrictions, the Poles organized scientific institutions, published texts enabling self-study and founded high and academic private schools. In the Polish Kingdom in 19th century these schools were mostly clandestine, becoming legal at the beginning of 20th century. In Galicia, polonized high schools and universities in Lwów and Kraków educated students, including women, from all occupied territories. Many studied abroad. People educated in the second half of 19th century rebuilt the system of higher education in Poland Reborn.

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W XIX w., w Polsce podzielonej między Rosję, Austrię i Prusy, zaborcy utrudniali Polakom dostęp do wykształcenia. Walcząc z ograniczeniami Polacy organizowali instytucje naukowe, wydawali publikacje ułatwiające samokształcenie, zakładali średnie i wyższe szkoły prywatne. W Królestwie Polskim w XIX w. przeważnie tajne, od początku XX w. legalne. W Galicji spolonizowane szkoły średnie i uniwersytety we Lwowie i Krakowie kształciły studentów, w tym kobiety, ze wszystkich zaborów. Wiele osób studiowało za granicą. Ludzie wykształceni w drugiej połowie XIX w. odbudowali szkolnictwo wyższe w Polsce Odrodzonej.

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Ostatni etap prac nad tomem trzecim Opera Omnia Mikołaja Kopernika

Bartnicka K.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2008

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R. 53, nr 3-4

27-41