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Dějiny socialistického školství : terra inkognita historicko pedagogického výzkumu? K problematice zdrojů poznání minulosti

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Title in English The history of socialist education : terra incognita of historical-pedagogical research? To the issue of the sources of the past
Authors

ZOUNEK Jiří ŠIMÁNĚ Michal KNOTOVÁ Dana

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Pedagogická orientace
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web https://journals.muni.cz/pedor/article/view/3669
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PedOr2015-3-319
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords socialist education; historický výzkum; historical research; historical sources; professional publications; auxiliary sources and literature; archival records
Description This paper focuses on revising the sources of the past for studying the history of socialist education in Czechoslovakia. The authors asked themselves what sources are available for historian of education, if he decides to examine contemporary history of education. This question is important especially in the context of primary education in the former South Moravian Region in 1969–1989. In the first part of the text, the authors present their scheme of partition of sources. In the following sections, the various types of sources (historical sources, professional publications, auxiliary sources and literature) are discussed in detail and complemented by concrete examples. The paper draws attention to the fact that there is relatively large amount of sources for getting knowledge about the history of socialist education. Unfortunately, sources which are available and acknowledged up until the present cover only some parts of school life and school life actors. On the other hand, there is a lot of scientific literature and research results from other areas of historiography, which may contribute to the understanding of contemporary history of education at both the national and regional level. This means that the historical-educational research can build on the knowledge of other disciplines.
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