{"id":2337,"date":"2017-08-03T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=2337"},"modified":"2019-01-04T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:15:59","slug":"august-2017-new-translation-of-the-duties-of-a-teacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=2337","title":{"rendered":"August 2017: New Translation of The Duties of a Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesuit Sources has published a new English translation of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jesuitsources.bc.edu\/the-duties-of-a-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>The\u00a0Duties of a Teacher<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a handbook issued by the National Education Commission\u00a0of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1787. <em>Duties<\/em>\u00a0was written by Grzegorz Piramowicz, a former Jesuit teacher who sought to guide how grammar school teachers could serve the larger society. According to the publisher, Piramowicz &#8220;lays out a much more ambitious curriculum, one in keeping with the latest innovations in Enlightenment thinking,&#8221; while also hoping to\u00a0&#8220;convince the ruling class of the Commonwealth that such sweeping pedagogical reform was not only necessary, but a moral imperative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Duties of a Teacher<\/em> is translated and edited by Mark O&#8217;Connor, formerly an instructor in the Honors Program at Boston College. Piramowicz&#8217;s text is divided into four parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Goal, the Duties, and the Means of Fulfilling These Duties of a Teacher&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;With Regard to the Upbringing of Children, Especially Those Raised in Small Towns and Villages&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Teaching the Young about Duties, Morals, and of Instruction in the Virtues&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;By What Means the Teacher Can Present Effectively the Subjects Assigned to the Schools&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this volume, please visit jesuitsources.com (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jesuitsources.bc.edu\/the-duties-of-a-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/jesuitsources.bc.edu\/the-duties-of-a-teacher\/<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesuit Sources has published a new English translation of\u00a0The\u00a0Duties of a Teacher, a handbook issued by the National Education Commission\u00a0of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1787. Duties\u00a0was written by Grzegorz Piramowicz, a former Jesuit teacher who sought to guide how grammar school teachers could serve the larger society. According to the publisher, Piramowicz &#8220;lays out a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127185,"featured_media":4761,"parent":888,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-standard.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2337","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/127185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions\/5014"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}