This book sheds new light on the life and work of Janusz Korczak the twentieth century
humanist moral educator and path-breaking social-pedagogue who is generally unknown in the
English speaking world. In the two orphanages he led in Warsaw Poland Korczak developed an
innovative array of educational practices that motivated children from broken families
suffering from serious social-interpersonal pathologies to re-form themselves during the five
to seven years they lived in the orphanage. By offering its readers a systematic presentation
of Korczak's worldview educational philosophy and work and exposing them to a rich selection
of his writings this book seeks to inform the English speaking educated public about an
educator who unceasingly strived to make the world a better place for people and to make better
people for the world.
