The Theatre Institute prepared a Spanish translation of 13 texts from the publication „Praktykując pedagogikę teatru. Pojęcia, wartości, przykłady” published in 2024. The volume offers Spanish-speaking readers and insight into Polish practice, thought, and research in the field of theatre pedagogy.
The publication entitled „La práctica de la pedagogía teatral. Conceptos, valores, ejemplos. Selección de textos” contains a selection of articles from a collection of twenty-five texts that made up the volume „Praktykując pedagogikę teatru. Pojęcia, wartości, przykłady” (Practising Theatre Pedagogy: Concepts, Values, Examples). Theatre pedagogy began developing in Poland in the early 2000s and is now at the heart of theatre life. The first edition examines two decades of the development of this discipline in Poland. Work on the publication began in 2023 with the involvement of current and former staff members of the Theatre Institute’s Theatre Pedagogy Department. Next, they invited several dozen individuals engaged in theatre pedagogy and cultural research to contribute texts. The team responsible for the Polish edition sought to capture the local nuances of theatre pedagogy. From its inception, the field evolved primarily through practical application, creating an integrated environment in which expertise developed organically. However, this progress was not accompanied by an equally robust theoretical foundation. Practice — the core of the discipline — therefore became the central focus for the authors, who reflected on it and derived from it the concepts and values shaping their work. The texts present a broad range of perspectives on theatre pedagogy. They discuss key concepts, introduce the philosophy and methodology of the field, and document its development to date. They also offer critical reflections, demonstrating the diversity of approaches among Polish practitioners and revealing their personal viewpoints. The creation of the first foreign edition of this publication was driven by the desire to share Polish experiences in theatre pedagogy with the international theatre community by presenting key issues and outlining the history of the discipline’s development in Poland.
The publication entitled „La práctica de la pedagogía teatral. Conceptos, valores, ejemplos. Selección de textos” was co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the Polish programme during the international festival dedicated to contemporary drama, DramaFest, in Mexico.
In November 2025, for the purpose of theatre pedagogy workshop held druing the DramaFest festival, a Spanish-language collection of three texts from the publication Praktykując pedagogikę teatru. Pojęcia, wartości, przykłady (Practising Theatre Pedagogy: Concepts, Values, Examples) was prepared, supplemented with a commentary for foreign readers. Thanks to the English translation of this collection, we can share the gathered knowledge with a wider group of people interested in theatre pedagogy.
„La práctica de la pedagogía teatral. Conceptos, valores, ejemplos. Selección de textos”
Editorial concept of the Polish edition: Maria Babicka-Janiszewska, Justyna Czarnota, Katarzyna Piwońska, Anna Rochowska, Magdalena Szpak
Coordination of the Polish edition: Maria Babicka-Janiszewska, Magdalena Szpak
Subject-matter editing of the Polish edition: Justyna Czarnota, Katarzyna Piwońska
Coordination of the Spanish edition: Kamila Łapicka, Jadwiga Majewska, Krystyna Mogilnicka
Selections of texts featured in the Spanish edition: Maria Babicka-Janiszewska, Katarzyna Piwońska
Supplementary notes for the Spanish edition developed by: Katarzyna Piwońska
Translation from Polish to Spanish: Elżbieta Bortkiewicz, Katarzyna Górna, Joanna Orzechowska
Proofreading: María del Carmen Rodríguez Gil
Graphic design (design and layout): Maria Bukowska, Studio Graficzne Temperówka
The authors of texts featured in this selection: Maria Babicka-Janiszewska, Judyta Berłowska, Justyna Czarnota, Tomasz Daszczuk, Michał Domański, Monika Klonowska, Joanna Krukowska-Gulik, Agata Łukaszewicz, Maciej Misztal, Dorota Ogrodzka, Katarzyna Piwońska, Karolina Pluta, Anna Maria Sadowska, Magdalena Szpak
