Key concepts of Janusz Korczaks inspirational view of

Key concepts of Janusz Korczak’s inspirational view of education and their application in practice Lecture by Dr Joop Berding The International Janusz Korczak Conference Tokyo, August 7, 2010 1

Overview • Activities of the Korczak Association in The Netherlands • Key concepts of Korczak’s view of education • Practical application today: citizenship education; moral education; and the training of teachers • Project: the daycare brochure 2

The Netherlands • Korczak Association since 1982 • Main activities in the last years • Upcoming events 3

The problem with Korczak a. ‘Seek your own road …. ’; b. The (un)importance of method; c. Some key concepts 4

Five key-concepts Respect Justice Participation Dialogue Self-reflection 5

Citizenship and moral education • • Tends to be to formal The focus of children’s rights; the three P’s Education about or through participation Possibilities in schools and daycare centers 6

Training of teachers and group-leaders • Requirements of a training: participative, democratic and practical • Case: training-course for workers in daycare and after-school care centers • Results 7

• Working together as a ‘team’ • Dialogue-ing • Prepare a presentation about ‘values’ 8

Questions What would you like to ask Janusz Korczak? § what would you like to do if you lived now? § what would you do with my group that I cannot get under control? § does your view go back to your own childhood? § how did you deal with uncooperative colleagues? § why are you so obsessed with the rights of children? 9

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Follow-up: the brochure 13

Addresses • • Janusz Korczak Stichting Postbus 70048 1007 KA Amsterdam www. korczak. nl(with English page) info@korczak. nl www. joopberding. nl (with English page) jwa. berding@ziggo. nl 14