Title:

How to Tell the Story of Pre-War Teachers’ Everyday Life? Notes on Methodological and Narrative Challenges in the Context of Piotr Gołdyn’s Book, Życie codzienne nauczycieli w II Rzeczypospolitej, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 2024, pp. 480 [review]

Creator:

Piotrowska-Marchewa, Monika

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk ; Polska Akademia Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2025

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Poland ; interwar period ; schooling ; education ; everyday life ; male teachers ; female teachers ; egodocuments ; methodology ; popularization of knowledge

Abstract:

The article discusses the "Życie codzienne" ["Everyday Life"] popular science series published by Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy (PIW) and its latest volume focusing on the daily lives of teachers in interwar Poland (Piotr Gołdyn, Życie codzienne nauczycieli w II Rzeczypospolitej [Everyday life of teachers in the Second Polish Republic], published in 2024). It includes an overview of the book’s contents, a characterization of the historiographical trend of everyday life studies as well as methodological and source-related critical remarks concerning the issues addressed by Gołdyn and his attempt to present them to a broader audience.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

62

Start page:

395

End page:

405

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Review

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open