Open AccessProfessional teachers’ lives in Hungary during the communist regime (1949-1990)
Author(s) -
Beatrix Vincze
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rivista di storia dell'educazione
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2532-2818
pISSN - 2384-8294
DOI - 10.36253/rse-9831
Subject(s) - prestige , communism , politics , action (physics) , pedagogy , professional development , sociology , political action , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The study aims to introduce the memories of Hungarian high school teachers about their professional activities. The main aim is to investigate the experience of being a teacher during the communist era. Based on interviews with eleven retired secondary school teachers from a small town, the study attempts to depict personal life stories and identify altering pedagogical action models formed by history that are dependent on different social and political demands. With the help of the teachers’ memories, the study represents their educational paths and the way these educational professionals see the tasks, the roles, the prestige of their profession as well as the way they experienced their failures, victories, and their active and retired years.