Contents

Contents

Introduction 7

part One

Wacław Nałkowski and his times

Family and social conditions of Wacław Nałkowski’s activities 11 Elżbieta Choinkowska

Research on the personality of Wacław Nałkowski 31

Karol Wilczyński

Creativity and context in the works of Wacław Nałkowski 42 Mariola Tracz

Geographical studies at the Jagiellonian University

in the nineteenth century 47

Publications of Wacław Nałkowski in Zofia i Wacław Nałkowski’s

Museum in Wołomin (Marzena Kubacz) 52

part twO

The concepts

Concepts of science and evolution in the thought

of Wacław Nałkowski 57

Piotr L. Wilczyński

Geographical course of history 65

Teresa Sadoń-Osowiecka

The „rational geography” concept as an expression

of the constructivist approach in education 78

Katarzyna Mentel

The „picturesque geography” concept 90

Witold Wilczyński

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Część trzeCia

Spread of ideas

Educational ideas of Wacław Nałkowski and contemporary teaching 110 Magdalena Misztalska

The aims and methods of education according to Wacław Nałkowski

and contemporary authors 118

Jacek May

Decadence in geography and Wacław Nałkowski’s forgotten ideas 123 Witold Wilczyński

What happened to the idea of the unity of geography 135