XIX a. pirmojo – ketvirtojo dešimtmečių mokymo ir auklėjimo tendencijos Vilniaus Labovskių privačiame mergaičių pensione

ENIn the 19th century no single generally accepted system of girls’ education in the Grand Principality of Lithuania existed. Private boarding schools for girls were the only institutions, which provided consistent primary or secondary education. The research into the educational tendencies of private boarding schools for girls can help revealing the ideals of female education and the role of women in the Lithuanian society. The Lithuanian historiography is not abundant in the works researching the organisation of the educational process in private boarding schools for girls. In the first four decades of the 19th century 25 private boarding schools for girls functioned in Vilnius. One of the best among this kind of educational institutions for girls was Labovskis’ private boarding school. Its curriculum was based on the newest educational ideals from Western Europe and the former Polish – Lithuanian state. Labovskis’ boarding school was the first in the history of the Lithuanian education to start educating future governesses. The curriculum put the main stress on ethics, foreign languages, arithmetics and geography. The most modern methods and teaching aids were applied in teaching these subjects. The educational process was also based on the scientific and methodological experience of lecturers from Vilnius University and the authors of school textbooks. In the first four decades of the XIXth century Labovskis’ private boarding school for girls was one of those educational institutions, where new views on the women’s educational aims emerged. Women were no longer confined only to the role of a mother and a wife, but they were expected to know household maintenance and national customs and traditions.