Józef Ciembroniewicz
, 1877 - 1929
Journalist, educator and social worker, he was born in 1877 in Wieprz (Wadowice district). In 1897 he worked as a teacher and organized local social life and consumers’ cooperatives. When Poland regained independence after WW1, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and was responsible for organizing agricultural schools. He also conducted research into child’s psychology (in cooperation with Aniela Szycówna) and worked on theoretical pedagogy producing many articles on the subject (e.g., Jak wychowywać dzieci w szkole elementarnej, 1918, O zawodowe przygotowanie polskich nauczycieli [An Appeal for Professional Training of Polish Teachers], 1922) and on child psychology (e.g., Kwiaty i dzieci: przyczynek do psychologii dziecka, 1906, Dzieci a ptaki [Children and Birds], 1910; Dzieci a wojna: przyczynek do poznania duszy polskiego dziecka [Children and War. A Contribution to a Better Understanding of the Polish Child’s Soul], 1919). He wrote booklets for children and youth, e.g., Raj ptasi. Nadzwyczajne przygody dwóch chłopców na tajemniczej wyspie, 1910, Mistrz Twardowski [Master Twardowski], 1907; Herkules: walki olimpijskich bogów. Opowieść dla młodzieży [Hercules: Fights Between the Olympian Gods. A Story for Young People], 1919; Pan Lisowski [Mr. Lisowski], 1922, Zdziczały Staszek, 1927 (all links accessed: February 4, 2022).
Source:
"Ciembroniewicz, Józef (1877–1929)", in Władysław Konopczyński, ed., Polski słownik biograficzny, Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 1938, vol. 4, 46–47.
Bio prepared by Adam Ciołek, University of Warsaw, adamciolek@student.uw.edu.pl
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