Trudności i szanse wychowania na współczesnym uniwersytecie: autorytet mistrza

Abstract

The university as a community of theachers and students is dedicated to the search for truth through scientific research. This search is intrinsically connected with the university's educational role. It is a role which, for centuries, has been bound up with the authority of the academic teacher who is also a mentor. Contemporary transformations have resulted in placing an ever growing emphasis on the student's professional training and a lesser emphasis on educational tasks. The modern university is characterized by an economization and an easy access to multiple fields of study. In spite of a frequent tendency to abandon the task of factual evaluation, the university retains some of its educational functions which are linked with the person who is both a teacher and a mentor, as for instance, in the case of a project coordinator.