CULTURE, THEORETICAL PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE COMMUNICATION (Spoleczno-kulturowy horyzont wiedzy pedagogicznej)

The question about the essence of theoretical pedagogical knowledge constitutes the keynote of the article. The author justifies that one of the fundamental elements of this knowledge is the knowledge of men and their growing up, but it is insufficient to describe and analyze the educational situation of contemporary man. According to the author, an important source of this knowledge is the knowledge of human culture in their local dimension with regard to tradition and civilization change as well as its diverse spheres.