Personal Details: Wojdon, Joanna

Joanna Wojdon, Dr. phil. (*1973), profesor nadzwyczajny w Zakładzie Dydaktyki Historii i Wiedzy o Społeczeństwie Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, była stypendystka Fulbrighta, członkini zarządu Międzynarodowego Stowarzyszenia Dydaktyki Historii i redaktor prowadząca rocznika Stowarzyszenia, współautorka pierwszego polskiego e-podręcznika do historii i pierwszych w Polsce studiów magisterskich z zakresu historii w przestrzeni publicznej (public history). Inne obszary jej zainteresowań obejmują stosowanie technologii informacyjnej w nauczaniu historii, nauczanie historii przez rozrywkę, wpływ polityki i propagandy na edukację, zwłaszcza w Polsce Ludowej, oraz historię Polonii amerykańskiej po II wojnie światowej.

Joanna Wojdon, PhD (*1973), is an Associate Professor at the Department of Methodology of Teaching History and Civic Education, Institute of History, University of Wrocław, Poland, a Fulbright alumna, a board member of the International Society for History Didactics and managing editor of its Yearbook, a co-author of the first history e-textbook in Poland. She has developed the first MA program in public history in Poland. Other areas of her interest include using information technology in history education, history and edutainment, political and propaganda influence on education, especially in Poland under communism, and the history of the Polish Americans after World War II.

Joanna Wojdon, Joanna Wojdon, Dr. phil. (*1973), ist Professorin an der Abt. für die Didaktik der Geschichte und Politik des Historischen Instituts der Universität Wrocław, Polen. Sie ist eine Fulbright Alumna, ein Mitglied des Vorstands der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Geschichtsdidaktik und geschäftsführende Herausgeberin seines Jahrbuchs und ein Co-Autor des ersten digitalen Schulgeschichtsbuchs in Polen. Sie hat den ersten polnischen MA-Studiengang für Public History
entwickelt. Andere Forschungsinteressen liegen im Bereich des digitalen Wandels in der Geschichtsdidaktik, des Verhältnisses von Geschichte und Edutainment, des Einflusses der Geschichtspolitik auf den Geschichtsunterricht, insbesondere in der Zeit des kommunistischen Polen, und schliesslich in der Geschichte der polnischen Amerikaner nach dem 2. Weltkrieg.

http://joanna.wojdon.net/pl/

Historia w miejscu zdarzenia – Centrum Historii Zajezdnia we Wrocławiu

Originals and Narratives: Wrocław’s Depot History Centre

By Wojdon, Joanna on April 07, 2022 • ( 2 )

The Depot (Zajezdnia) History Center is a museum but not a place whose historic significance speaks for itself.

Historia w miejscu zdarzenia – Centrum Historii Zajezdnia we Wrocławiu
Public Historians and their Professional Identity

Public Historians und ihre Berufsidentität

By Wojdon, Joanna on April 02, 2020 • ( 5 )

Videogames are a form of public history, for alongside other digital media, they are the major factor that shapes the historical consciousness of today.

Public Historians and their Professional Identity
Women of Post-War Wroclaw – Is This Gender Public History?

Wystawa Powojenne wrocławianki i ich dzieła – czy to gender public history? | Die Töchter Nachkriegs-Breslaus – Ist das Gender Public History?

By Wojdon, Joanna on March 19, 2020

Can we call the Market Square exhibition in Wroclaw in 2020 an example of gender public history?

Women of Post-War Wroclaw – Is This Gender Public History?
Public History and Board Games

Public History i gry planszowe | Public History und Brettspiele

By Wojdon, Joanna on March 14, 2019

Games grow in history-related entertainment. While videogames have received the most attention, board games like Kolejka from Poland lead...

Public History and Board Games
Public History Goes to Summer School

Public history idzie do szkoły letniej | Public History besucht eine Summer School

By Wojdon, Joanna on November 22, 2018

In July 2018, the University of Wroclaw hosted its first Public History Summer School at the University of Wroclaw. Was it worth the trip for the 46 participants from 18 countries? The organizers draw their self-critical conclusions.

Public History Goes to Summer School
Who Owns the Museum Narrative?

Do kogo należy narracja muzealna czyli o pracy przewodników? | Wem gehört das Museumsnarrativ?

By Wojdon, Joanna on March 29, 2018 • ( 8 )

Who owns the museum narrative? The museum and its management, or the public? Is there only one narrative with the management being responsible for its dissemination?

Who Owns the Museum Narrative?
Public History Goes to School

Public History idzie do szkoły | Public History geht zur Schule

By Wojdon, Joanna on October 26, 2017

Schools can become a means of Public History through the names they are given. This becomes especially evident in post-socialist Poland and its school names.

Public History Goes to School
Public History and History Didactics – A Conversation

Public History und Geschichtsdidaktik – Ein Austausch | Public history i dydaktyka historii – rozmowa

By Dean, David and Wojdon, Joanna on March 09, 2017 • ( 6 )

Public history and history didactics are two subfields of history that focus on reaching the world outside the academy. A conversation...

Public History and History Didactics – A Conversation