<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper aims to show the development of moral education in Poland after 1989. The Catholic Church, family and schools are the most important things concerning moral education and development in Poland. . In the past, moral education in families and in state schools was different. The Catholic Church was, for many years, the anchor of freedom and Polish identity. By 1989, there were two models of education and moral development in Poland: the state model in the communist spirit and the Catholic Church with its Christian values. Individual families were in favor of one or the other. After 1989 everything changed and the state model became the same as the model of the Catholic Church and Polish families. In the paper, I will try to show how the current state of moral education in Poland and also I will try to present the changes that took place after 1989 in moral education.</p></abstract>

This paper aims to show the development of moral education in Poland after 1989. The Catholic Church, family and schools are the most important things concerning moral education and development in Poland. . In the past, moral education in families and in state schools was different. The Catholic Church was, for many years, the anchor of freedom and Polish identity. By 1989, there were two models of education and moral development in Poland: the state model in the communist spirit and the Catholic Church with its Christian values. Individual families were in favor of one or the other. After 1989 everything changed and the state model became the same as the model of the Catholic Church and Polish families. In the paper, I will try to show how the current state of moral education in Poland and also I will try to present the changes that took place after 1989 in moral education.

Moral education and development in Poland after 1989

Department of Philosophy, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, ul. Kanonicza 9, PL-31-002 Kraków (Poland)

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This paper aims to show the development of moral education in Poland after 1989. The Catholic Church, family and schools are the most important things...

Moral education and development in Poland after 1989

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 69 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0007

Keywords
education, Poland, Catholic Church

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Moral education and development in Poland after 1989

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 69 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0007

Keywordseducation, Poland, Catholic Church

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
education, Poland, Catholic Church