YEAR 1981 IN HALINA SEMENOWICZ’S DIARY – A MESSAGE FOR THE PRESENT

Abstract

The article is a presentation of the contents of one of the diary by Halina Semenowicz, promoter of Celestin Freinet’s techniques in Polish education, from the perspective of biographical experience. The author wishes to familiarize the reader with the most important aspects of life and activity of Halina Semenowicz reflected in the diary and thoughts aſter reading. The author describes the most important areas of Halina Semenowicz’s life, such as family, free time, professional activity, religion and social and political life, which she describes and reflects upon in her calendar. Transfers diaries are a source of analysis used in many educational research, including andragogical. This biographical research interest stems from the belief that reading a biography, not only of outstanding people, carries a significant educational potential. Subjectivity of a diary is obvious, and emotional, sincere statements are the basis and condition of “truthfulness” of articulated thoughts. These features can encourage the diary readers to deepen their knowledge of many cultural phenomena and social relationships in which the entries were created.