Las jako medium osobistego doświadczenia pedagogicznego. Na przykładzie Lasu Arkońskiego w Szczecinie
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: One area of inquiry that has been developing in educational sciences in recent years is forest pedagogy, focusing on the significance of the forest ecosystem in the processes of upbringing, learning, and shaping human relations with nature and with oneself. The question of the pedagogical dimension of everyday human contact with nature, including urban forest ecosystems, becomes particularly important in the context of advancing urbanization, ecological crisis, the growing need for education in nature, and the search for a new didactic paradigm. The aim of this reflection is to present the forest – using the example of the Arkoński Forest in Szczecin – as a medium of personal pedagogical experience, by formulating the concept of the “right to the forest” as a complement to the “right to the city”. The analysis is grounded in a pedagogical-humanistic perspective that combines a review of subject literature (including forest pedagogy as developed by Rykowski and Chutorański, as well as the concepts of Harvey and Lefebvre) with the author’s autobiographical narrative describing everyday practices of walking, collective ecological actions, and transformative episodes in an urban forest. The conclusion highlights the need to recognize the urban forest as a relational space that co-creates self-educational situations, biophilic sensibility, and an ethics of co-responsibility for the more-than-human world, thus aligning with a non-anthropocentric forest pedagogy.
Author: Aleksander Cywiński
Institution: University of Szczecin
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7220693117