Edukacinė komisija ir fizikos mokymas senajame Vilniaus universitete

Abstract

The article acquaints with the instructions of the Educational Board of the Lithuanian-Polish state. The Board was in force in 1773-1794; its instructions concerned mainly sciences and conformed to the aims of the state's economic policy. The article also presents the ways of implementing these instructions in the Department of physics and mathematics at Vilnius University. Firstly, the way of teaching physics was altered focusing more on the experimental side instead of the previously favoured philosophical one, thus making the subject more practical and of applied character. Students were instructed in how to use the equipment. Secondly, the achievements of mathematics were applied to describe the phenomena of physics; consequently, university teachers had to meet new requirements. Finally, new studies of physics and mechanics models as well as the reference library of the physics study were founded and constantly renewed.