(P)oszukiwanie tożsamości: cztery studia o angielskim Oświeceniu

Author(s): Paweł T. Dobrowolski / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2016

The book consists of introduction and four chapters, each being an independent albeit interconnected study related to the issues of emerging English/British modern identity. Conclusion and full bibliography follow. The common motives of each study revolve around the practices of constructing modern cultural and social identity, by means of affirmation or impersonation. The first three chapters deal with the shifting British cultural patterns – the meaning of masquerades and gender-related issues - often viewed against contemporary Europen context. In the last essay, which is embedded in current historiography on penal deportation the statistically presented data and conclusions belong also to the domain of economic history.The choice of literature is comprehensive. The rich and perceptive choice of illustrations, which visualise the text allow the reader to imagine many of the dramatis personae.

A Comparative Study of Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship between Polish and British Students

Author(s): Michał Chmielecki,Robert Seliga / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Background Entrepreneurship continues to gain momentum as a significant and relevant field of research. Policy makers in the rush to stimulate entrepreneurship in various countries, often rely on the success stories and prescriptions documented in the entrepreneurship literature in which most studies are set in the United States. Research aims The article present exploratory study addresses the subject of cross-cultural differences in attitudes towards entrepreneurship by focusing attention on two particular types of cultures of entrepreneurship British and Polish. Method The quantitative research (survey) was conducted in May 2014 among 153 Polish and 94 British graduate and postgraduate management students. Key findings The findings have some distinctive implications for government, policy makers and educators through determining the attitudes towards entrepreneurship among students.

Advances in Contemplative Social Research

Author(s): Krzysztof T. Konecki / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2018

This book is unique and audacious, and fits very well with current tendencies within qualitative research. It introduces new, fresh threads to questions and concerns that are highly significant for contemporary social sciences. The formulated conclusions go beyond directly methodological issues, posing key philosophical questions to the whole project of Western sociology.Grażyna WoronieckaFrom the review of the bookDeep contemplation of the situation could be the epistemological choice for social scientists. It is a fundamentally different approach to the research, where the investigator is researching the object but also the situation of research and her-self/him-self. Contemplating is a dual way of the approaching the truth. It does not mean that the researcher is mentally divided; just the opposite, she/he wants to be complete and achieve the unity of being as a researcher-human being and an element of the situation (psycho-social and historical). Contemplating enables researchers to see how the mind works and creates the images and reports from the field – what is available for the mind and what is silent or repressed because of the dominating rhetoric of description and rhetoric of feeling?... Contemplation is not only analysis, it is also an ethical choice of stopping here and now to see the situation clearly and reporting it with the all reservations that could be the result of the mindfully-observed interaction of mind, self, and situation at one historical moment.From the Introduction

Affective Well-Being of Private Sector Employees in Slovakia

Author(s): Miriam Martinkovičová,Miroslava Knapíková,Alena Kascakova / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

Affective Well-Being of Private Sector Employees in Slovakia. The primary aim of the paper is to present selected results of an original representative survey of the use of time in Slovak households, in which one of the methods of determining the affective component of subjective well-being was used for the first time in Slovakia. Based on the recommendations of the harmonized research on the use of time, we identified extremely positive emotion (happiness) by the means of 24-hour monitoring of the allocation and use of time for paid work, unpaid work and leisure time during the working day and free day. For this contribution, we selected those respondents who are private sector employees. We evaluated and processed the perception of the affective component of subjective well-being (SWB) in terms of age categories of employees, gender, and household category. The research has shown that the hedonic component of SWB, meaning an extremely positive emotion, is the most common among employees in the 25-49 age group at performing unpaid work activities during the working day. Employed women perform more unpaid work and they feel more positive emotions during its performance than working men. Employees living in households with children up to 15 years of age feel more positive emotions at performing unpaid work activities than employees without young children. On the other hand, employees living in households without children (up to 15 years of age) experience more positive emotions during leisure time activities.

Around the Bloc: Russian Officials Deny Burning ‘Undesirable’ Books

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/19/2016

Mining college says it removed Soros Foundation books from its library but none were burned.

Artyści modernistyczni jako mniejszość

Author(s): Gabriela Matuszek / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

In the text Modernist artists as a minority G. Matuszek tries to apply the category of minorities to artistic groups, focusing primarily on the situation of artists of early modernism captured in broader contexts. The author shows that artistic environments are often in a “minority situation”, although this minority fulfills only some elements of the ‘hard’ definitions. Psychological dimension plays a significant role here — the subjective feeling of ‘being a minority’ and the expression of distinctiveness, and the linking factors include recognizing the world in the state of crisis, alienation and (self)exclusion, anthropological similarity (theories of higher evolutionary development) etc

Bieg z przeszkodami. Ambiwalencje sukcesu artystycznego w poszerzonym polu kultury

Author(s): Krzysztof Stachura / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2020

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the ambivalent character of success in the social world of artists. The analysis is conducted taking into account the context of the broadened field of culture, and special attention is paid to the set of meanings that artists attach to success. Much of the discussion revolves around the significance of the transformation of the field of culture for artists’ adaptation strategies. In consequence, the paper deals with the reconstruction of managing artist careers while taking into consideration their precarious experiences in the field of arts. Empirical material is used to depict the difficulties and doubts regarding reaching success in art worlds as well as to explain the determinants of the defensive and compensative strategy of managing success. As a result, conclusions are drawn concerning the means artists use to hack the rules of the game in the broadened field of culture.

Children's University Activities as Implementation of the Third Mission of Higher Education Institution

Author(s): Mariana Petrova,Lyubomira Popova,Dorota Dejniak / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

Dynamic changes in all spheres of the modern world are the cause of many challenges in the educational process. Higher education carries out the third mission through extensive cooperation with the surrounding socio-economic environment. Many educational initiatives relate to support for various social and age groups. Support for children's education is the implementation of the university's social responsibility. This activity is of great value in the sphere of promotion for universities. The idea of children's universities is implemented in many countries and will develop in the coming years. The exchange of ideas and good practices presented in the article between the universities of Bulgaria and Poland cooperating under the Erasmus + project, helped to develop the idea of a children's university. Based on the experience of two universities, the implementation of the third mission of the university in the field of activities supporting children's education was shown.

Contemporary Trends of Professional Training Specialists in the Economic Field at Higher Education Institutions of Poland and Ukraine

Author(s): Nadezhda Chernukha,Alla Zagorodnya,Mariana Petrova / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

The purpose of the study is to identify the main tendencies of professional training of specialists in the economic field in higher education institutions of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, the methodology of the research is based on a complex-integrative combination of theoretical approaches of a number of sciences, in particular pedagogy, psychology, as well as general scientific methods of system analysis, synthesis, abstraction, generalization and under. Results - common modern tendencies of professional training of economic specialists in higher education institutions of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine (diversification of educational services; mass education of higher education; modernization of vocational training; humanitarianization of vocational education; internationalization of students and undergraduate students; transition from traditional concepts of vocational training to innovative; improvement of pedagogical component of higher education), and in values of different trends in training (training globalization, invigorating training, decentralization of management of the education system). Conclusions - Taking into account the mentality, conditions, time and task sof higher education institutions of Ukraine and in order to reach world standards, a number of important steps should be taken to improve the system of higher economic education of Ukraine. Therefore, it is advisable to introduce a system of professional training of specialists in the economic sector; the link between training and continuity between theoretical training and the conditions for its practical implementation; passing different types of practice in leading financial institutions and enterprises of Ukraine and EU countries; development of academic and professional mobility; creation of research universities with the involvement of leading foreign experts.

CSR w programach kształcenia przyszłych menedżerów – przyczynek empiryczny

Author(s): Agnieszka Bobola / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 7.3/2016

The objective of the present work is the analysis and assessment of the level of education in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the management of selected universities in Poland. The methods used were literature preliminary research as well as analysis and assessment of documents from the websites of universities. The survey was conducted in April 2016. On the basis of the conclusions drawn indicating a large diversified in terms of how the education of students at different levels of study. Only 5 of the surveyed universities next managers allowed systematic expansion of knowledge of CSR (first degree, second degree studies and postgraduate studies).

Diagnoza oczekiwań uczących się w obszarze doradztwa zawodowego

Author(s): Magorzata Bartosiak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3.3/2015

Both on the basis of Polish and the European law is a lack of clarity in terminology in the field of education and career counselling. Many of the concepts used in this field is used interchangeably. It certainly contributes to the many inconsistencies, especially for persons who do not deal with professional advice from the theoretical or just become familiar with the test area. Research was carried out among secondary school students, which is due to whether vocational guidance helps to assist people in dealing with the problems associated with the choice of education and roads.

Dizajn w kontekście estetyki. Jego początki, przeobrażenia i konotacje

Author(s): Alicja Głutkowska-Polniak / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2017

The term “design”, commonly used today, however ambiguous and multidimensional, cannot be denied cognitive usefulness. Generally understood, design refersto contemporaneity, revealing the dependencies between production, consumption and culture. As a distinguished type of activities and practices, realizing the values of social aesthetic awareness, it is vibrant in today’s world.This book aims at showing the category of design in a broad cultural context, with a focus on the evolution of this notion in the 20th century. An analysis of this phenomenon, rich in multifarious connotations, begins in Europe at the approach of the 20th century, when this discipline, in a way, emerged from the sphere of artistic activity (Bauhaus, De Stijl), and ends in contemporary times. The road leads through issues strictly connected with the development of technology and aesthetics, but exclusively within the aspect of human life and functioning. In fact, design has always been connected with man as a subject (author and recipient) and anobject that the latter has in use. As such, it carries in itself a great wealth of diverse ideologies and socio-cultural values, which it reflects in connection with human life. In this sense, design is also a reflection of a way of this life, particularly in the times of aesthetization of reality.Design, as a close connection between art, technology and life eludes all definitions; it cannot be be unambiguously boiled down to any specific esthetic theories either. Referring to Peter Bürger, it can be assumed that design is art which became so immersed in life practice, that, having lost distance to the latter, it ceased to function stricte as art and became a new area of quest and experiments. Therefore, aesthetics implicite, as seen by Władysław Tatarkiewicz, tranferred into the sphere of design: drawing from the designers’ practices, contained in items/objects/utilitarian products, in critical thought and tastes and fads of a given period, seems to be the most optimal form of an aesthetic analysis of this phenomenon. Such an analysis is a priority of this work, whereas the chronological aspect helps connect design to the (aesthetic) functioning of man starting from from modernist beginnings of the 20th century throughout postwar changes and postmodernist aesthetic relaxing.

Dziecko przyszłym studentem – komunikacja relacyjna uczelni wyższej na przykładzie projektu edukacyjnego AKADEMIA P@o-Linka

Author(s): Katarzyna Kolasińska-Morawska,Monika Pytel / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 11.2/2016

Technologization and virtualization affect almost every area of life and almost every citizen of the modern world. The Internet as an integrated medium permeates nearly all spheres of life of a contemporary man. The information capacity of multi-faceted communication scheme leads to the perception of the Internet as an integral part of human existence. The process involves children as the youngest members of the society. As potential students, they become an attractive and worth realization potential for universities. Considering the decreasing birth rate in Poland1, universities are forced to seek future students now. Doing so, they reach for such formulas, methods and tools that will arouse children’s interest and draw their attention to the educational offer in a unique, non-standard and unconventional way.

Education in the Social Context

Author(s): Tatjana T. Kostić / Language(s): English,Serbian / Issue: 1/2020

Education and textbooks are always connected with the social context. The social context that has influenced education and textbooks in Serbia ever since the end of the World War Two is based on the socialist and post-socialist cultural pattern. The informatics society has inevitably affected culture and education. The work analyzes the changes that have led to the modifications in education and textbooks. The result is that education and textbooks suffer the influences of the society, but that the society also suffers their influence. The conclusion is that without raising the level of education Serbian culture and the society embodied in it cannot be preserved and there can be no social progress; the most efficient way of attaining improvement is to create textbooks which, regardless of frequent changes in cultural patterns, must be guardians of the patterns of culture.

European and National Measures in Support of Public-Private Partnerships in Higher Education

Author(s): Alexander Valkov,Krasimira S. Valcheva / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

The improvement of higher education and its transformation into a source of economic growth and innovation is a shared priority for the EU countries. Public-private partnerships are a successful mechanism that increase and motivate the sharing of resources, knowledge and achievements in response to the under funding of the higher education institutions and improves the efficiency and effectiveness in spending public resources. In the Bulgarian higher education sector, PPPs are an underutilized opportunity in key areas such as research and development and innovative cooperation between the universities and the business sector. In the context of the benefits of PPPs in higher education,the article summarizes the leading European instruments designed to enhance the role of universities in the area of research and innovation. By assessing the implementation of key existing opportunities at national level and summarizing the reasons for the “modest” local capacity for effective use of the designated funding, the article focuses on the need for establishment of an institutional environment that encourages partnerships.

Evaluation of Kosovo Primary Education Programs in Terms of Cultural Diversity

Author(s): Serdan Kervan / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Communities that have lived together for a long time have used the same language and created a number of common values. All of these common values constitute the cult of that community. Culture is a complex phenomenon that reflects the ways in which a nation solves its problems, the ways in which it interacts with each other and with others, and the way they think (Naylor, 1996). This research was conducted by teachers 1-5. the structure of the class curricula and their impact on student achievement is determined by a semi-structured interview form, so it is a qualitative research based on the cause-and-effect relationship. The universe of this research is the class teachers who work in the primary schools in the cities where different mother-tongue education is provided in Kosovo. According to the teachers 'views, the influences of the programs applied for different cultures on the students' success were determined as meaningful differences in the age, education level, teaching language of the teachers and whether or not they were educated in different mother tongues in the same school.

FORGIVENESS AND APOLOGIZES IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

Author(s): Simona Eftimie / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Contemporary world is continuously changing in a stunning rhythm. This could be (and sometimes is) overwhelming considering human relationship. So, in a world of technology, where people are talking, researching, writing about, organizing conferences and trainings on communication, people seems to forget fundamental elements of healthy human relationships like, for example, attention towards others, others’ feelings, nonverbal language, the need for forgiveness and apologizes. Some people tend to function following the model of: “I am always right.”, “Purpose justify the action.”, “We are a competitive society, so that only the wick persons have feelings.” etc.In this context, we have initiated a study focused on the way that young people are apologizing and expect for apologizes from others so that these led to the wanted effect: forgiveness. Young people involved in our study, 43 students, aged between 20 and 34 years old, during focus-group meetings have identified the negative effects of non-apologizing and maintain the conflict in human relationship, as well as signs of sincerely of sorrows (form words and body language to sincere commitment and behavior change).

Future cities’ architecture, architecture for active and healthy ageing

Author(s): Mihaela Zamfir (Grigorescu),Maria MOGLAN,Dragoș Cristian Bogdan,Mihai Viorel Zamfir / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2020

Preamble: The worldwide trend of population ageing and in particular at European level produces paradigm shifts from which architecture is not an exception. According to UN, the percentage of older people (65+) will increase from 9% in 2019 to 16% in 2050 At the European level, the ageing trend is even more pronounced, in 2050 it is estimated that the percentage of older adults will reach 28%. This trend of demographic ageing is accompanied by the trend of urbanization.Objective: The paper investigates interdisciplinarly the way in which the architecture of the cities can intelligently support an active and healthy ageing, bringing into discussion the perspective of the age in the architecture.Preliminary studies: The paper starts from the relation of the concept of age-friendly with cities, architecture, communities, public space and is based on a critical appraisal of the literature in this research niche.Materials and Methods: The research is interdisciplinary, architecture-medicine-psychology-social gerontology-kinetotherapy, describing the aspects of ageing that architecture must take into account. Case studies are used, moving from residential to public space.Results: The present research proves the importance of the built environment both urban level and architectural object for a healthy lifestyle and a continuous participation in the city life. Models of good practice in Western Europe that provide opportunities for health, participation and security are revealed.Conclusions: The perspective of the age in architecture represents a change of paradigm essential for adapting the cities of the future. It is imperative the built environment to take into account the new age pyramid, to support the extension of active and healthy life and to contribute to the compression of morbidity. The architecture of the future’a cities should encourage active ageing, optimizing the opportunities for health, autonomy, participation and security in order to increase the quality of life and well-being.

In Medias Res

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Croatia

We are launching IN MEDIAS RES guided by the idea that the core question, not only of contemporary philosophy, but all humanities, social sciences and scientific disciplines – is the issue of the media and media intermediation.
 

In our approach to history, religion, philosophy, culture, art, science, tradition and modernity, we want to examine what really belongs to the 'substance', and how much of it accounts for 'mouthpieces', 'intermediaries', techniques, the media, and the defining organisations and hierarchies.

In this sense, IN MEDIAS RES is an interdisciplinary scientific journal which will welcome and publish (reviewed) articles from various scientific branches and disciplines, insofar as they scientifically reflect on some of the segments of mediality in their scientific field

Inclusive Education in Pre-University Education in Romania a Case Study: The Eduform Project

Author(s): Roxana Ştefănescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

The first part of the paper presents the concept of inclusive education, its evolution and the main international and Romanian approaches that are the basis of the process of transition from exclusion to inclusion in schools. The paper starts from the premise that the classroom teaching staff have a fundamental role in the process of inclusion, being responsible for the education of all the students. The attitude of teaching staff towards the inclusive education depends on their experience, their initial training and the existence of some forms of support in the classroom. In order to meet the need of qualified teaching staff and support staff in the pre-university education, from disadvantaged schools, to be transformed into inclusive schools, it was initiated by the “Spiru Haret National Society for Education, Science and Culture” (SNSH) in partnership with the Mehedinți and Caraș-Sever in County Inspectorates, the inclusive quality EDUcation project through lifelong professional training with the acronym EduForm, a project financed by the European Union. The training programmes developed through this project are designed so that the skills acquired by the trained persons become adaptable for the inclusion of all students in the mass education. Among the achievements of this project is the fact that the activities that will be developed by teaching staff, the support staff and school managers through the project,will lead, in the future, to change the mentality regarding the students in vulnerable situations. A viable school-parent-community partnership will be created, teaching staff will be increasingly involved in activities with children, and local authorities will be closer to schools seeing the improvement of the school situation of students and the quality of education implemented in these and will support through various ways, in the future, these schools.