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THE MODELS OF E-COMUNICATION IN THE POLISH SOCIETY OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

SPOSOBY E-KOMUNIKOWANIA SPOŁECZNOŚCI POLSKIEJ NA WYSPACH BRYTYJSKICH I W IRLANDII

Author(s): Jolanta Chwastyk-Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 19 (24)/2011

Keywords: Polish Web portals in Great Britain and Ireland; Polish e-weeklies in Great Britain and Ireland; Expatpol.com; Goniec. com, Gazeta.ie; Dublinek.net; Londynek.net; Cooltura; Polish Express; Nasza;

The article raises the issue of Polish Web portals in the years 2001–2010, namely, Expatpol.com, Goniec.com, Gazeta.ie, Dublinek.net, Londynek. net, as well as availability of issuing e-weeklies and coming out in the traditional version in Great Britain, such as „Cooltura”, „Polish Express”, „Nasza Anglia” and „Polska Gazeta” on the Green Island. The mission of their founders was to inform about the events in the world and country but above all, to create the atmosphere of togetherness of the Polish society in Great Britain and Ireland. The article focuses only on the most popular four weeklies. It has the aim to show that the Internet is a continuous informatikon technology from Internet published newspapers Web portals and technology is not disrupting the development process of the traditional press. It has been proved that the young educated Polish emigrants of the Union era, who left for Britain and Ireland after 2004 in search of employment, continued to pursue certain needs to exist in the widest scope of culture. The fact that they are a part of the information society was proved by the representatives of the created Web portal as well as the press in the on-line version. The advantages of the Internet as an electronic medium seem not to be negated with regards to the unlimited resources, volume, possibilities to update and supplement of already printed information, possibility of communication with readers or interaction. All Web portals and e-polish weekly publications in the United Kingdom take into consideration the suggestions of the users, adapting their interface to the changing expectations and pace of their lives. The title pages of the electronic version of the periodicals are friendly to service. Editors are engaged in various social campaigns to help the newly arrived fellow‑countrymen, to acquaint themselves with the customs, adjust to the specificity of life and function in the new areas of settlement. Specialized thematic services facilitate communication between users.

Engagement to review financial statements as the instrument to ensure reliability of the information about the company

Finansinių ataskaitų peržiūra kaip informacijos apie įmonę patikimumo užtikrinimo priemonė

Author(s): Vaclovas Lakis,Justina Miniotaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 74/2016

Keywords: review; audit; financial reports; Lithuanian; reliability of the information;

Consumers of the corporate financial statements are expecting that information provided is reliable and accurate. Independent auditors review financial statements for some entities and give their opinion on its reliability. Audit as an obligatory instrument to review quality of financial statements is performed for the public interest companies and some other entities that meet certain criteria. For the rest of the entities audit is not obliged to perform. Mostly such entities are small and some of the medium-sized enterprises. Small and medium-sized enterprises represent meaningful part of Lithuania’s gross domestic product. Therefore, those enterprises have a significant impact on the country’s economics and the interests of the government institutions, other entities, and decisions of some individuals. Recently, the new auditors’ service that can be used by small and medium-sized enterprises, associations, apartment building and other building owners’ communities, gardeners’ communities, garage building and exploitation communities, charity and support funds, and other entities has been offered. This service was created to be used by the entities that would be satisfied by the given rational assurance on the financial statements reliability and financial audit, and would be a hard financial responsibility. It could be also used by the bigger corporations. This new auditors’ service is an engagement to review financial statements. Engagements to review financial statements had been introduced to ensure the financial statements’ reliability of the entities that are not obliged to perform annual audit. Engagements to review financial statements and audit have some similarities and differences. There are same phases for the performance of these two services. However, some of the actions and procedures in those phases are different. The differences are caused by the specifics of these services. When performing engagements to review financial statements, auditors do not perform some of the procedures that are mandatory to carry out when performing audit. Some of the other procedures volumes are smaller for engagement to review. Audit companies and their auditors are ready to adequately perform engagements to review financial statements for the entities.

THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE BLACK SEA AND THE DANUBE MOUTHS FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 21st CENTURY

THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE BLACK SEA AND THE DANUBE MOUTHS FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 21st CENTURY

Author(s): Ion-Marius Nicolae / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Keywords: strategic importance; Black Sea; Danube Mouths; Crimean Peninsula; Russian Federation;

The return of the Black Sea issue in its entire geopolitical and geostrategic expression, as well as all its implications in the 21st century framework is a reality which not only surprises, but more than that, it tends to become more and more obvious in the global area. Today, the Black Sea is the densest area in the world in geopolitical and geostrategic interests involving key global players: the Russian Federation, the US, NATO, EU, and China. The Black Sea is the buffer between Europe and Asia, and the eastern border of Western communities. NATO enlargements (1999,2004, 2008) and the EU enlargement (2001 and 2007) as well as these organizations’global aspirations, stated or implied, have been conferring the Black Sea a special statue in the organic equation of the new global order resettlement. The discovery of huge reserves of oil and natural gas in the Caucasus and Central Asia led to the emergence of economic interests in the Black Sea, turning it into a current geostrategic stake. Tsarist Russia had been concerned, since ancient times, with controlling the Black Sea and the Danube, and after the annexation of Crimea, their importance was amplified,the wish being to turn the Black Sea into a “Russian lake” thus getting access to the warm seas... Using a constructivist approach, this article briefly presents the importance of the Black Sea and the Danube to the Russian Federation at the beginning of 21st century.

The Age of Sharing by Nicholas A. John

The Age of Sharing by Nicholas A. John

Author(s): Fanni Bársony / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Is this the end of the scientific discussion on Veda Slovena? The “Veda” songs spread over the areas of Kastoria (Albania), Almopia (Greece) and Nevrokop (Bulgaria)

Приключи ли дискусията за Веда Словена? „Ведическите“ песни между Костурско, Меглен и Неврокоп

Author(s): Miglena Hristozova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 17/2019

This article raises some provocative questions on the long and very emotional scientific discussion about Veda Slovena, a folk song collection edited by the Bosnian ethnographer Stefan Verkovich in the second half of the 19th century. For more than 140 years, scientists haven’t succeeded to prove the (un)authenticity of the corpus, but have rather created a heated scientific myth leading far away from the ethnological background of the collected songs. However, there are still many sources, which haven’t been taken into consideration: for example diverse interpretations of foreign scien¬tists or even archive data such as the autobiography of the song collector Ivan Gologanov. In this context, the article presents some unpopular sources and puts an accent on a new hypothesis which suggests a wider ethnological back¬ground and spread of the songs due to the migration of Bulgarian groups from Albania (Kastoria) and the region of Western Macedonia (Almopia, Greece: bg. Meglen) to the West Rhodopes (the area of Nevrokop, former name of Gotse Delchev) observed in the 18th and 19th century. Further¬more, it reviews currently collected data which make an interesting link between the processes of migration and some controversially discussed elements of the text corpus such as the name of the leading character Orfen/Orfan (suggested as a folk version of the Thracian king Orpheus).

POLARISING FEATURES OF NATIONALISM: THE CASES OF INDEPENDENT LITHUANIA IN THE 1930S, 2008–2009, AND 2015

POLARISING FEATURES OF NATIONALISM: THE CASES OF INDEPENDENT LITHUANIA IN THE 1930S, 2008–2009, AND 2015

Author(s): Audronė Janužytė / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: nationalism; economic nationalism; nationalism in Lithuania; ethnic minorities and groups; ethnic conflicts; immigrants; refugees;

Based on insights into economic nationalism, this article focuses on the forms of nationalism which were manifested in the relations between Lithuanians and ethnic minorities, groups, immigrants, and refugees in the independent state of Lithuania. The aim of this article is to highlight features of economic nationalism through an analysis of the relations between Lithuanians and ethnic minorities in two cases of independent Lithuania: 1) ethnic discrimination and ethnic conflicts in the 1930–1940 period; and 2) negative and religious xenophobic attitudes towards immigrants and refugees in the periods of the global financial crisis in 2008–2009 and the refugee crisis in Europe in 2015. This analysis enables us to explain the emergence of economic nationalism as well as its general and specific characteristics in Lithuania, i.e., the reasons triggering the outburst of negative, discriminatory, hostile, or religious xenophobic views of people in Lithuania towards ethnic minorities, groups, immigrants, and refugees. These views emerged during political, democratic, and refugee crises in Europe and the global financial crisis, and in some cases even resulted in physical violence against minorities – especially against Jews in the 1930s.

Entrepreneurial Desire for Outmigration: A Validated Measure

Entrepreneurial Desire for Outmigration: A Validated Measure

Author(s): Ryan Schill,Ron Miller,David Benson,Maureen Snow Andrade,Angela Schill / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2021

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; outmigration; outmigration instrument; developing countries

Objective: The objective of this study was to understand the personal and interpersonal pressures entrepreneurial individuals feel to pursue opportunities outsidetheir home country. Methodology: Entrepreneurs in Mexico were given a survey regarding personaland interpersonal pressures to out migrate. Findings: Exploratory factor analysis showed three valid factors for outmigration: personal preference, social pressure, and perception of opportunities. Value Added: The instrument developed offers an overall Outmigration Tendency (OT) score which can provide valuable insight into why entrepreneurs choose to emigrate. This appears to be the first instrument to measure outmigration pressure and to be validated internationally. Recommendations: The tendency score resulting from the survey can help researchers and policy makers understand the likelihood of a worker leaving his/her country to seek work opportunities elsewhere.

Collaborative Governance and Emergency Management: A Case Study of Latvia

Collaborative Governance and Emergency Management: A Case Study of Latvia

Author(s): Ieva Daniela Beinaroviča / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: collaborative governance; emergency management; Latvia;

Emergencies – crises, disasters and catastrophes – cannot be managed by individuals or one organization, collaborative actions are needed In the context of this paper, a two-part research on collaborative governance and emergency management in Latvia has been carried out. This research is important because due to extreme weather conditions even “safe” countries should be able to deal with frequently recorded emergencies. It also contributes to the literature on emergency management in the context of Europe. The method of a case study was employed for this qualitative research seeking to clarify the situation and provide answers to the research question. The research showed that much attention is being given to coordinating emergency management systems in Latvia. The new Civil Defence and Disaster Management Law is the legal basis for collaborative actions but it should be amended to ensure not only formal but also practical collaboration.

SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION-FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF PANTS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION-FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF PANTS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

Author(s): Elena Florea-Burduja,Aliona Raru,Daniela Farima,Marcela Irovan,Iuliana Lupu / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2021

Keywords: pants; people with amputations; basic pattern; software application; e-learning;

The course "CAD systems in garments" offered within the master's program at the Faculty of Textile and Polygraphy, deals with the study of various CAD systems used in the textile field. The paper proposes a software application designed to design the product pants for people with lower limb amputations, for women and men, worn during rehabilitation or social integration. The application has a structure with open architecture that allows completing, modifying it according to needs but also automating engineering activity. For the realization of the basic pattern, the data related to the carrier and the product are considered as initial data. The model construction is elaborated by taking into account the product sketch created by the designer which provides information about the types of changes, the location of the product, the contour of the constructive-decorative elements, etc. For the construction of the model, a library was created with functional-constructive elements, depending on the level of amputation of people and their needs. By selecting the necessary constructive-functional elements and combining with the basic construction, we obtain the model constructions of the trousers products for women and men, which have lower limb amputations. The application is designed to allow the subsequent completion of the database with various products for people with locomotor disabilities and the completion of the graphic library with functional-constructive and decorative elements, depending on the type of disability, doctors' recommendations and wishes. All patterns can be easily changed as needed.

THE ERADICATIONS OF SOCIETY IN FRONT OF THE TERRORIST GROUPS

THE ERADICATIONS OF SOCIETY IN FRONT OF THE TERRORIST GROUPS

Author(s): Maria-Magdalena Bârsan,Carmen Enache / Language(s): English / Issue: Supliment1/2017

Keywords: terrorism; vulnerability; phenomenon; society;

The paradox of the terrorism: it comes from within us and it is us who need to suffer in the end. Why? Because terrorism is not only the evil that threatens the society, but also the evil that comes from within us, from the obssesive fanaticism of the human being, from the obsession of power, of punishment, of revenge, these visions which darken even the brightest minds. Terrorism is regulated in the national legislation mainly by the Law 535/2004, regarding the prevention and the combat of the terrorism, in addition to which there are the international regulations, firstly stated by the Convention from 1937, regarding the prevention and the repression of the terrorism, adopted by the Nations League. These international regulations have developped through a multitude of conventions, resolutions and statements of the United Nations Organization. The vulnerability of the society facing this phenomenon is beyond question, but do we currently really know the level of this vulnerability, its risks or the climax? Are we really capable of finding viable remedies and an efficient treatment? Trying to fiind potential answers to these questions, I fiind of paramount importance to draw the attention, besides the national and international regulations, on the historical aspects of this phenomenon and on the psichology behind the concept of terrorism. I have used the historical-teleological method in order to highlight the evolution of terrorism, the transformations that have occured and the extension of this phenomenon. In order to determine the psychological causes and to establish a connection between the theoretical and the practical aspects, I will be using the logical method. I addition to that, I will be presenting the reaction of the society by adressing two open questions to some people of different ages and with different professions: ”What do you think are the causes of terrorism? What do you consider to be the cure for this phenomenon?” I firmly believe that the answers to these questions will be extremely useful because the fact that society has not enough knowledge about this topic will negatively influence the possibility of finding a real cure and the result will be that we will become more and more vulnerable. In the bottom lines of my essay I will be presenting the world of terrorism through the eyes of the ones that are considered the main suspects and the ones who cause this phenomenon, the islamic people. It is time we found aut how they see us. By comparing the two outlooks we can identify the main vulnerabilities of the society and we could fiind the most efficient cure for terrorism.

LEVERS OF THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE INSTITUTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

LEVERS OF THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE INSTITUTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

Author(s): Cătălina Georgeta Dinu / Language(s): English / Issue: Supliment1/2017

Keywords: Public law; People's Advocate; human rights; protection;

The People's Advocate Institution carries out its activity in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 35/1997, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, which regulates it with a material competence and a specific activity in promoting and protecting the rights of a person injured by a public authority. The leverage available to the People's Advocate is different from what we are accustomed to meeting with other public administration authorities, be it autonomous - as the institution in question. These means by which the People's Advocate Institution operates through its People's Advocate or the Central and Territorial Specialist apparatus derives from the very essence of this institution and from the fudge of its establishment as well as its constitutional consecration, amely, the mediator between the citizens and the state institutions. Throughout this article, we will attempt to briefly present and analyze these levers in order to be able to develop the subject through practical examples relevant to the work of the People's Advocate Institution.

The position of the ne bis in idem principle in the criminal law of the European Union

Положај начела ne bis in idem у кривичном праву Европске уније

Author(s): Mirza Totić,Aleksandar R. Ivanović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 60/2017

Keywords: European criminal law;ne bis in idem;Schengen Agreement;Green Paper;European Court of Justice

The aim of the paper is to present the principle of ne bis in idem, as a tenet on which national criminal law, the criminal law of the European Union (EU) and international criminal law postulate. Mentioned principle has an important role in the criminal law of all countries because it prevents any person to be tried twice for the same offense. That is why the professional theory and practice treat it as a leading human right and the reason why it occupies a very high place in a significant number of constitutions of modern states. The paper deals with creation of the principle, its contribution to the affirmation of cooperation between the Member States of the European Union (EU) and the impact on the modernization of legislation that have improved the content of European law (Charter of the European Union on the fundamental rights, Schengen Agreement, Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement-CISA, Freiburg proposal and Green Paper on conflict of jurisdiction), by which it has become known for. The special part of the paper presents an analyze of the development path of European criminal law, since criminal matters were not part of the competence of the legislation of the European Union (EU) in the first decades of its existence, as well as the interpretation of concrete cases from court practice. Interpretation of cases is actually a reference to requests made by individual Member States to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for legal help, who provided it in a very effective way proving to be the best guarantee of protection of fundamental values on which the European Union (EU) is based on.

Asylum law and the European asylum system

Право азила и европски систем права на азил

Author(s): Žaklina Spalević,Milan Palević,Vladimir Petrović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 58/2016

Keywords: Asylum;International Law;European Union;Council of Europe

Asylum is a form of legal and factual protection afforded by the country on its territory, a person who is not able to obtain the protection of the country whose nationality they have, or in which he resides, particularly because of the fear that it might be persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality or membership of a particular social or political group. Asylum seekers are persons who need to provide (but not necessarily) international protection, and provide the ability to access the territory of another country that can provide them with adequate protection. Although we can not speak about the right to asylum, the right to seek asylum provided by numerous international documents, as both universal and regional. Due to the escalation of the Middle-East crisis as a result of inconsistent, unprincipled and uncoordinated policies and hasty military action, western allies in the region, and the region of North Africa, in the last ten years, especially since 2014, population migration are increasingly directed (controlled-not controlled) to the territories of the Member States of the EU. The paper, with the lighting of universal elementary documents related to the issue of asylum, considered “European” normative response to the current challenge of uncontrolled migration, which, according to many, is unprecedented since the end of World War II. In addition to the general laws and the particular scope, subject to the analysis work and recommendations and declarations of the major international organizations that deal with the issue of asylum seekers, especially the UNHCR, the European Union and the Council of Europe.

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FISCAL POLICY IN RELATION TO THE FLIGHTS OF THE ECONOMIC CYCLE IN ROMANIA, IN THE PERIOD 2007 - 2020

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FISCAL POLICY IN RELATION TO THE FLIGHTS OF THE ECONOMIC CYCLE IN ROMANIA, IN THE PERIOD 2007 - 2020

Author(s): Ionel Leonida / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2021

Keywords: fiscal policy; economic cycle; characteristics;

In the proposed paper we make an assessment of some features of fiscal policy in relation to the evolution of the economic cycle, which aims to capture the discretionary nature of fiscal policy and how it has contributed to stimulating or inhibiting the economy and the type of fiscal policy that has functioned during this period in the Romanian economy, from the perspective of the stabilizing function of the economic cycle. The indicators from which we start in the elaboration of the analysis are the budget deficit and the structural deficit, from which we will extract certain derived indicators. The methodology used to achieve the objective is qualitative in nature and aims to draw links between the stated aspects. The obtained results can be constituted in elements of qualitative evaluation of the fiscal policy from the perspective of its influence on the economic cycle.

YENISEI RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS OF YAR-KHOTO (FROM THE FINDS OF THE FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO EAST TURKESTAN)

ЕНИСЕЙСКИЕ РУНИЧЕСКИЕ НАДПИСИ ЯР-ХОТО (ИЗ НАХОДОК ПЕРВОЙ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ЭКСПЕДИЦИИ АКАДЕМИИ НАУК В ВОСТОЧНЫЙ ТУРКЕСТАН)

Author(s): Igor L. Kyzlasov / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 04 (43)/2021

Keywords: East Turkestan; Turfan oasis; Yar-khoto; cave monastery; Yenisei runic writing; northern Manichaeism;

In 1898, Dmitry A. Klements examined a small cave monastery in the Turfan oasis near the ancient city of Yar-Khoto. On the walls of two residential caves (nos. 3 and 6), 13 graffiti in the so-called Yenisei runic script were discovered and copied. Upon Klements' returning to St. Petersburg, the inscriptions were immediately studied and identified by Academician Wilhelm Radloff (in Russian - Vasily V. Radlov), who published four prints of the inscriptions, their reading and translation. Later, using archival copies, all graffiti were examined and read by Marcel Erdal. Turkologists, including Sergei G. Klyashtomyi, considered them to be marks of passing travelers. New insights and readings offered in this article link these inscriptions with the numerous Manichean prayer inscriptions made in the Yenisei runes known in the Sayan-Altai highlands. Based on the accumulation of such inscriptions in Southern Siberia, the places where Manichean monasteries existed in the early Middle Ages have been identified. Therefore, graffiti near Yar-Khoto were also left by monks who came from the Ancient Khakass state, and this was done in the 9th-10th centuries. The cave monastery surveyed in 1898 was Manichean, as indicated by the form of its central temple (cave 4) described in written sources, which had five sacred chambers, mandatory for such places of worship. Further study of the inscriptions should proceed from their religious purpose and their belonging to the northern, Siberian-Turkic version of Manicheism.

MEDIA COVERAGE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

MEDIA COVERAGE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Author(s): Sabína Gáliková Tolnaiová,Slavomír Gálik / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: COVID-19; disinformation; hoax; infodemic; journalism; media-disseminated information; pandemic; truth;

This study covers the issue of information dissemination. Along with recognising this topic in the social epistemology framework, the authors aim to identify and analyse the circumstances and significant factors that determine it in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. They uncover certain risks in terms of achieving the very objectives of disseminating information via the media. In the first part, the authors outline the process’s essence and nature, but also its social value in the current pandemic situation. They make a particular reference to the role of journalism, or rather journalists in their specific professional and personal circumstances (broader and global communication ecology that concerns the pandemic with a direct news cycle, or social media and layman media practices and, for example, also the financing issues or insecurity of the profession, economic conditions, etc.). In the second part, they identify the determining factors influencing media coverage – its technological context – space and time, but also ethical and noetic factors related to journalists. They draw attention to relations and interactions that shape the specific character of media-disseminated information and bring risks (‘information explosion’ in society, including “(dis)infodemic”, the professional noetic crisis in connection with the crisis of relevant concepts in journalism and the quality of journalists’ work, but also the ethical crisis in the context of non-ethical interests and relations in the media (ideological, political, economic), journalists’ personal moral failures and their own neglect of epistemic (cognitive) training in the context of professional practice, etc.) for the public, concerning its aim to contribute to the reduction of social uncertainty, fear, risk of fear and panic, or to the correct and ethical judgement and action of the public at the time of the pandemic.

Counteracting of active shooter /mass murderer

Противодействие на "активен стрелец"/"масов убиец"

Author(s): Marin Grigorov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 4/2021

Keywords: active shooter; mass murderer; high-risk operation; dynamic assault

Special police tactics are a science that studies high-risk operations conducted in combating crime and maintaining public order. Crime as a social phenomenon is developing - its form are becoming more complicated (organized criminal groups), new tipes of crimes are emerging (cybercrime), the achievements of science and technology (access to modern equipment and weapons) are being used, etc. With a view to an adequate response to the evolution of crime, the science of special tactics is also evolving. The establishment of standard operating procedures for the various types of high-risk operation is essential for the preservation of the life and health of citizens.

Development effects of the "Western Balkans Investment Framework"

Развојни ефекти „Инвестиционог оквира за Западни Балкан”

Author(s): Nataša Stanojević / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 1184/2022

Keywords: Western Balkans; Western Balkans Investment Framework; Economic and Investment Plan; IPA funds; grant; bilateral donations

Vocational Guidance (Career Guidance) for Adolescents in the Context of Social Rehabilitation

Poradnictwo zawodowe (poradnictwo kariery) dla adolescentów – kontekst pracy resocjalizacyjnej

Author(s): Magdalena Piorunek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: vocational guidance/ career guidance; adolescence; vocational identity; career capital; work socialization; disturbed socialization;

Identity crisis is a standard occurrence in adolescence. Inability to select one’s vocational identity that determines one’s ability to join at the right time the circle of tasks and responsibilities of the middle adulthood is a major development barrier in adolescence. An internal identity crisis experienced by a young person, that involves finding one’s life orientation and includes educational and vocational projects, occurs in a specific socialization context. This article presents selected aspects of forming one’s vocational identity and building one’s career capital in adolescence as part of work socialization that takes place in the family and at school. It discusses the consequences caused by disturbed work socialization in these environments that may, among others, result in random vocational choices, preserve an attitude of indifference to work, enhance persistent indecisiveness in the labour market, and consequently, bring about marginalization and social exclusion. As a vital component of successful socialization, and particularly of successful social rehabilitation, vocational guidance may provide support in solving potential problems associated with forming one’s vocational identity and building one’s career capital in adolescence. The new vocational guidance paradigm presented in this article is known as career guidance in the literature. Career guidance applies to the dynamic process of making and changing frequent career choices throughout one’s life based on an in-depth self-diagnosis of one’s resources and knowledge of the labour market; it deals with confrontations between an individual and many desired social roles, the formation of individual’s responsibility for his/her life, and an active accumulation of one’s career capital.

Opinions of primary education teachers on the advantages and disadvantages of on-line teaching

Opinions of primary education teachers on the advantages and disadvantages of on-line teaching

Author(s): Delia Muste / Language(s): English / Issue: 19/2020

Keywords: online teaching; digitization; advantages; disadvantages; teachers; technology;

In Romania, schools were closed, courses were suspended on March 11, 2020. The Ministry of Education and Research sent teachers the recommendation to conduct online courses at home. Over the following weeks, this recommendation was supplemented by others, the Ministry recommend that teachers take online courses, without making them compulsory. On March 20, 2020, the Ministry of Education approved the Methodology on the distance continuation of the educational process in quarantine conditions that establishes the way to continue the educational process in primary, secondary and high school institutions in quarantine conditions. The methodology establishes the obligation to conduct distance learning courses through various online platforms (eg Viber, Whatsapp, Facebook, Google Classroom, Zoom, etc.) and allows the assessment of students during this period and the registration of grades in the catalog. The large number of platforms available online for conducting such courses, as well as the lack of a national or local decision on the use of a single platform, has generated quite a bit of confusion among teachers and especially among students. We wanted to find out the opinions of primary school teachers regarding the advantages and disadvantages they perceive regarding online teaching, through interviews with them.