Polish Society in the Face of Contemporary Changes in the Education System

Abstract

The article discusses the role and significance of knowledge and education in the contemporary Polish society and presents the changes in the national education system from the perspective of successive reforms and their social perception. Particular attention was paid to the last reform of the education system – from December 2016, which since the beginning of work on it has aroused a lot of social emotions and caused controversies and has not ceased to cause them more than a year after it was in force. The authors of the article draw attention to the need to adapt curricula and teaching methods to contemporary realities, but also emphasize the dangers of introducing socially controversial changes to the education system that cause objections among citizens, especially parents of school-age children

Keywords

• education
• education system
• public opinion
• knowledge-based society.