System wychowawczy dziewcząt Marceliny Darowskiej

Darowska’s system of upbringing, being a response to the needs of the times in which it was set up, served Poland to bring up girls to be Christian wives, mothers and citizens aware of their tasks. It was characteristic of this upbringing to embrace man in all his dimensions and aspects. That was an upbringing based on truth, love and Christian ethics. In terms of the principles of that upbringing which was in force the primary position was occupied by God who was supposed to be everything both in life and in upbringing; then came love for mother-country, faithfulness to one’s duties and an upbringing to self-instructive work. The method of ideal, objectivization of evil and specialization of effort were the preferred methods of upbringing. The means of the latter related to the accepted principles and employed methods. Instruction, knowledge and atmosphere of upbringing were the principal means of upbringing of the system in question. Thus understood upbringing as to values, ideals, means and principles as well as methods and means makes a value worthy of cognizing, being spread and made use of, taking into account the fact that the way of its putting into practice should consider new times and conditions.