Myśl pedagogiczna w prawosławnych drukach XVI–XVII wieku w metropolii kijowskiej – wybrane przykłady

Orthodox education and printing developed in the Kyiv Metropolitanate in the second half of the 16th century. Educational centers that were established at that time needed educated human resources and books that could become the basis of education. At that time the role of a textbook played Church books (psalters, orologions, oktoechos), which became multifunctional already in the Middle Ages and also first printed primers and grammars, containing carefully selected excerpts, e.g. from Holy Scripture and other religious books. The analysis of the pedagogical content that accompanied the editions of school and church books in the form of a paratext shows that the first stage of educating children, as in old Christian times, involved the transfer of knowledge and skills, and at the same time – shaping of piety. Therefore, most of the comments in the form of preface, letters of dedication and other additional elements were addressed to educators, parents, mainly fathers, and served as a guide through the book, indicating the material contained therein, its function, purpose, use (e.g. order of books) and possible impact on young student.