Polonistów portret własny? The self

The article makes an attempt to characterize a Polish language teacher who works in a secondary school. The author uses Polish lessons reports which teachers fill out and tries to make generalizations concerning methodological solutions introduced by the teachers.  Opinions of Polish language teachers who implement objectives developed as a part of ‘Tools in Action’ programme were used to analyse such elements of a lesson as: motivation situation, the topic of a lesson or innovations introduced by the teachers to already prepared lesson plans. The teachers’ comments and suggestions which were included in the reports allowed to characterize the image of a Polish language teacher and to describe selected areas of lessons. Due to their realization the perception of an educational thought inscribed within the idea of teaching as extensive humane project is possible during the Polish lessons in secondary schools.