KONSERWATYZM I NOWOCZESNOŚĆ W EDUKACJI. DWOISTOŚĆ – OTWARCIE – PUŁAPKI

The article presents methodological aspects that allow building a categorical scaffolding for the “modern conservative school” project. The author takes a deeper look at the methodological and semantic arguments that make it possible to bring “conservatism” and “modern didactics” closer together. She makes the category of “duality” described by Lech Witkowski the key that opens up these possibilities. The use of the category of “duality” made it possible to redefine versus used in the opposition “conservatism versus modern education.” The author describes the possibilities of opening both positions – conservatism and moder- nity – towards each other. Entering into dialogue, finding a field of common ground does not extinguish differences. These remain, and from them centripetal and centrifugal forces are derived, causing tension and vibration in the entire field. The category of duality, ambivalence emphasizes this tension and oscillatory movement. The movement between one pole and the other exposes the whole to the pitfalls of magnetic attraction by either pole, which can express itself in a sharp turn toward the fundamental elements of either position. The article concludes with a presentation of the pitfalls to which the “modern conservative school” is exposed, which are hidden in the fundamentalism of conservatism and critical didactics.