Serious Pedagogy

«My life was difficult, but interesting. This is exactly what I asked God for in my youth» — these words were recorded by Janusz Korczak in his diary in 1942, while in the Warsaw ghetto. That same year, the famous children's writer, doctor, and educator, founder of the legendary Orphanage, along with his charges (about 200 children), would perish in the concentration camp in Treblinka. In 1942, Janusz Korczak turned sixty-four years old; he was widely known for his original views on the principles of child education, which he actively and successfully implemented. The foundation of his pedagogical system was a very simple idea: a child is a full-fledged person, entitled to their own views and their own relationship with the surrounding world. This publication includes two well-known works of Janusz Korczak — «Serious Pedagogy» and «Moments of Education», as well as various pedagogical journalism, in which readers will find both valuable practical recommendations and engaging stories and reflections on the problems and joys associated with growing up and self-determination of a person.