Theoretical and research achievements of critical pedagogy in Poland

The aim of the article is to present the achievements and the current state of critical pedagogy in Poland, its sources of inspiration and theoretical analyses, and educational practices. The name "critical pedagogy" is adopted as a general name for complementary and synergistic pedagogical theories, research practices, and practical actions, which are concerned with mechanisms of liberation from experienced and understood oppression to responsible and courageous participation in social life. The text introduces the issues of the problem areas of "detailed" critical pedagogies, whose common goal is to discover and change those places and practices where are created conditions for experiences of recognition, freedom, and justice. These are an emancipatory pedagogy, a critical pedagogy of resistance, a critical gender pedagogy, and a pedagogy of recognition. In the text are also descriptions of practices in the critical research paradigm that underpins and framed scientific dissertations and educational activities. In the text are also descriptions of practices in the critical research paradigm that underpins and framed scientific dissertations and educational activities.