The Role of the Teacher in Henryk Rowid's Creative School Concept
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the role of the teacher in Henryk Rowid’s concept of the creative school and to highlight the importance that the author attributed to the teacher in implementing the idea of the creative school. The source analysis method was used, in which we reached for the work of Henryk Rowid presenting the assumptions of the creative school concept. The interpretations refer to contemporary understandings of the teacher’s role in enabling students’ creative development. The basic assumptions of the concept of Henryk Rowid's creative school, derived from the New Education movement, are presented. The tasks of the teacher in this school, the expectations formulated towards him/her and the forms of work serving to implement creative teaching and learning are described. As a result of the analyses carried out, it was found that the teacher plays a key role in implementing the idea of a creative school. Rowid believed that the possibility of carrying out tasks serving the development of students’ creativity and achieving the goals of a creative school depended on his professional attitude.
Source: Studia z Teorii Wychowania
Author: Agata Cudowska
Institution: University of Białystok
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414987750