Education supporting the development of autonomous man theoretical considerations

Abstract

In the light of recent studies by psychologists, a human is not only a product of genetic and cultural transmission. S/he becomes an active person, an author, who is a subject of the influence of the world, but who also creates this world (Kozielecki 1999). This means that a human has the right to form his/her own personality, as well as the right to develop freely. A common practice in contemporary global reality has become to center upon individuality and upon characteristics of the inner self of man. Consequently, the approach to thinking and describing human life by categories: becoming a subject of one’s own life, self-realization, individualization has spread recently. Thus, the educational process should be focused on a human being, understood as an autonomous entity, which gradually discovers itself (Błachnio 2011, s. 75). In the search for the optimal model of education, the model of Civic Cooperation developed by A. Brzezińska (2000, 2004), appears to be significant. An important element of the abovementioned model is training of subjectivity, which makes possible both: the formation of readiness for the personal and environmental development, and self-realization.