Abstract: | Th e presented paper is based on extensive multivariate studies conducted in
some academic centres of Poland which diff er in location (the centre – the borderland)
and socio-economic potential. What prevails in the theoretical sphere
are references to studies in the area of social psychology of development and to
the idea of constructivism. Th e research results provide a lot of information on
teacher education. On the basis of the conducted diagnoses, four dimensions of
learning are indicated by the author (identity of the professional role, experiences
in relations with the Other, practice, social participation) as well as the process of
cogeneration. Th is constitutes a thought provoking material, which encourages
changes in contents and methods (in the current model) of training teachers. Such
an approach to teacher education seems appropriate and needed, in compliance
with the critical-creative view on educational reality and striving for positive solutions
to social (thus also educational) problems. Th e study enriches knowledge in
the fi eld of pedeutology, intercultural education, and some other areas of pedagogy
(as a scientifi c discipline) and education (as a space of social life). |