HISTORY

 

The idea to start a scientific periodical that would be a place to exchange knowledge within the sphere of pedagogy and similar fields emerged in 1992. The first editorial board, under the leadership of professor Roman Schulz, was made up of prof. Czesław Kossakowski, dr Adam Marszałek, prof. Józef Półturzycki, prof. Andrzej Wojtas and dr Jan A. Malinowski. It was an answer to the crisis in pedagogical and humanistic literature. According to Programme Statement “Culture and Education quarterly has been designed as a periodical of nationwide range to satisfy needs of the readers. Especially those interested in the past, present and the future of education development as an integral element of culture.” In the first years, the character of the quarterly was clearly pedagogical. The function of the editor in chief was fulfilled successively by prof. Półturzycki, prof. Aleksander Nalaskowski, prof. Wiesław Ciczkowski. Since 2002 the periodical has been managed by prof. Ryszard Borowicz. Culture and Education has a regular structure in form and with constantly changing content. In each issue one can find Articles-Studies, Communicates-Relations, Special Communicates and Reviews-Reports.


In the course of time Culture and Education has evolved from being just Nicolaus Copernicus University “pedagogical circle’s journal” (as prof. Kwieciński - the reviewer in the first 15 years of publishing activity - points out) into a resilient quarterly, in which the results of research conducted in various academic centers, also foreign, covering several disciplines are presented. The wide range of subjects forms new framework that determines the outline of periodical.


Grading scale granted by Ministry of Science and Higher Education is the evidence of high substantial level of the quarterly. In 2010 our periodical entered prestigious European Reference Index for Humanities (classified in group C). Year 2010 was a success in popularizing the quarterly. electronic version of the periodical has been improved. Our website (including Archive), both in Polish and English, with original search engine designed specially for periodical’s database, is the most modern site of this type. It definitely increases the access to the current and previous publications from any place in the world. Innovative search engine allows you to find a specific article in PDF format by typing in a certain word or phrase.


At present the biggest aim of Editorial Board is to make sure that Culture and Education enters ISI Master Journal List and hits top of that list. It is necessary for further development of the quarterly since receiving a high index of Impact Factor guarantees winning at least multistage rank.