%0 Journal Article %T THE GENEZIS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN POLAND %A Henryk Noga %J Technol¨®gia vzdel¨˘vania %D 2012 %I %X The first part of the article discusses technical education in Poland in the end of the 19th century. Next, it focuses on the model of Scandinavian slojd whose role in the process of education in Galician schools was significant, though not all the models of Swedish wood slojd were suitable for Polish needs. What was very important in a slojd handwork education were the development of dexterity and the ability to use tools. In the further part of the article the discussion focuses on the division of handwork education in the interwar period onto four stages. The article also shows how the National Institute of Manual Work, which is inseparably connected with engineer W adys aw Przanowski, came into being. %K Genesis of technical education %K Slojd %K Technical education %U http://technologiavzdelavania.ukf.sk/index.php/tv/article/view/1522