Knowra Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish pediatrician, educator, and writer who directed a Warsaw orphanage and was murdered at Treblinka in 1942. His work championed children’s dignity, rights, and participation in their own community.
Children's rights : Children's rights are the human rights and protections recognized as belonging to people under adulthood. Korczak argued that children possess present rights, not merely promises of future adulthood.
Dom Sierot : Dom Sierot was the Warsaw orphanage for Jewish children that Korczak directed with Stefania Wilczyńska. It was the central setting for his experiments in children’s self-government and shared responsibility.
Stefania Wilczyńska : Stefania Wilczyńska was a Polish-Jewish educator who co-directed Dom Sierot with Korczak for many years. Her daily leadership was indispensable to the orphanage’s work, though often overshadowed by Korczak’s fame.
King Matt the First : King Matt the First is Korczak’s 1923 novel about a child who becomes a ruler and confronts the burdens of power. The novel explores children’s agency through a young protagonist attempting to govern justly.
Child development : Child development is the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social change that occurs from birth through adolescence. His educational practice treated childhood as a distinct stage with its own needs and value.
Nasz Dom : Nasz Dom was a Warsaw children’s home established by Maryna Falska with Korczak’s educational guidance. It extended his child-centered methods to a different institution and community.
Maryna Falska : Maryna Falska was a Polish educator who founded and directed the Nasz Dom children’s home. She worked with Korczak to develop child-centered education beyond Dom Sierot.
How to Love a Child : How to Love a Child is Korczak’s work on child-rearing, education, and the adult’s responsibility toward children. It sets out his observations and ethical principles in a sustained nonfiction form.
Progressive education : Progressive education emphasizes active learning, experience, and the development of the whole child. Korczak’s orphanage practices made children participants in a communal educational environment.
Children's self-government : Children's self-government is the organization of rules and communal decisions by children in an educational setting. Korczak used courts, councils, and other structures to give children real roles in community life.
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