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The issue has been illustrated with former press photographs kept in the Minerva Photo Archive from Cluj, Romania and related to photography and film. The website of the archive is as follows: http://www.photoarchive.minerva.org.ro/En/
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“Practice turn” can potentially influence both the theory and methods applied in EU studies. This paper attempts to grasp the most important features of this approach, as they could prove relevant to the study of decision-making at the European level. The point of departure is a research project on the role of socialisation mechanisms in the Council of the European Union, which was rooted in constructivism and used process tracing type case studies as its main method. The paper explores the principles and promises of practice turn and, more generally, of interpretive social science. It describes methods and practical considerations of tracing practices and studying the understandings they contain. Showing the limitations of a more conventional approach to issues such as supranational socialisation and decision-making, the paper argues for practice-oriented research by describing the opportunities and advantages it offers.
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Quality of life is the area which –in the changing circumstances and on each stage of life-need monitoring. Our society is aging at an alarming rate. There are more nursing houses, more old age people which live there, than is necessary make diagnosis the quality of life this people. In our research we comparison quality of life the people living in their own houses, in the Family and living in nursing houses the different region of Poland. The result show that quality of life is higher in the case of persons living in their family homes. This regularity is more characteristic by the men. The highest quality of life in persons living in their family homes was observed in the case of subjective and psycho‐social spheres and additionally – in the case of men – in a physical sphere.
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It is a serious allegation to suggest that through perpetuating inequality in a society, we violate students’ rights, particularly the inalienable and unassailable right of human dignity. By infringing upon human dignity, we unleash the potential to tolerate poverty and unemployment, we transgress language and religious rights, and we accommodate inequality. In this context, it becomes apparent to ask the question: How could students utilize critical agency to mitigate the effects of capitalist hegemony and ideology, to bring a measure of equality in a South Africa classroom, community and society? This research question serves to highlight the plight of disadvantaged and marginal students in the schooling system as they are the most vulnerable and threatened participants in the schooling experience, whose human rights are brought into question every time they encounter the schooling situation. These students often have to contend with sub par realities in the dimensions of education resourcing and educational achievement which further marginalize them in society. Poverty sets them apart from their more affluent peers in the society as they do not display the level of success envisioned by curriculum planners and administrators. But poverty to the exclusion of capitalist hegemony would be surmountable. Since ruling class hegemony is so pervasive and intrusive in the lives of economically, culturally, and linguistically marginal students, they are measured against the markers of values, beliefs, norms and standards that are alien to their lived realities and experiences. The omnipresence of capitalist or ruling class hegemony makes it almost insurmountable in overcoming poverty and inequality. Through the process of collaborative action research entrenched in a philosophical tradition, the researcher aims to address the central research question. The focus of the project will be to investigate the indicators of critical agency in students and whether students are able to identify the causes and effects of their current realities in order to devise strategies to positively transform certain realities. Further to this, the investigation seeks to reveal whether critical agency is able to expose the character of the students in becoming individuals, critical thinkers who strive for personal freedom and equality, as they are confronted with the stark reality of their lived experiences (specifically the causes, and effects of their lives and the possibility for change).
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The subject of the study is to review the current state of contemporary student journalism.The aim of the case study is to clarify the theoretical background and then evaluation of thestate (challenges and limits) of selected student journals on the basis of defined attributes.Part of the authors' goals is also the identification of the most common errors and problems inthe analysed school magazines. At the theoretical level, the authors define the main conceptsof the issue, characterize the student media and the specifics of the creation of the media.Last but not least, the authors define the position of student media in the educational processand their contribution to education in the field of media education. Based on the theoreticaldefinition of the issue, the authors' approach is to use qualitative analysis of selected studentmagazines. The case study focuses on six student magazines from six elementary schools inSlovakia, which are involved in a research project focused on material-didactic support of mediaeducation teaching at Slovak primary and secondary schools, as well as reflexive-productivemedia learning via full-time and e-learning courses. In the research part of the case study, theauthors approach the journals via qualitative analysis in three defined categories: the contentof the journal, the graphic aspect of the journal and the organization of work in the journal /editorial office. Within these categories, journals are analysed in several specified attributes,e.g. elaborated topics, journalistic genres, journal break, colourfulness, editorial process, editingprocess and others. The conclusion of the case study is to interpret and summarize the mostimportant findings of the research and a set of recommendations that respond to the identifiedshortcomings of the analysed sample of student journals in the examined points.
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Malaysia is a nation rich in culture and heritage because of its multi-racial society that consistsof different ethnic groups. Part of this rich cultural heritage are the various traditional children’sgames that have existed for a long time, such as Congkak (filling the wooden board), BatuSeremban (tossing the stones), Sepak Takraw (kicking the rattan ball), Gasing (spinning top),Wau (kite flying) and many more. However, with the development of digital technologies andthe impact of globalization, traditional children’s games that were once very popular in oursociety are now slowing fading away. This campaign is carried out using social media, with theaim to explore the values of Malaysian traditional children’s games and to reintroduce thesegames to children and the general public. The project consisted of a traditional children’sgames workshop and an online campaign using Facebook, which targeted a larger audience.The findings of this project revealed that traditional children’s games are beneficial to a child’sgrowth and development, cultural values and teaching practices. Therefore, it is important forthe present generation to preserve, promote and relive Malaysian traditional children’s gamesand to pass them on to the next generation.
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Axiocentric teaching and learning about media is one of the ways of media teaching and learning that emphasizes the values and evaluation process in relation to the media and its products (Kačinová, 2015). The focus of the educational process is on the formation of personality through the media. It also pays attention to the value orientations and value systems of individuals in the context of media presentations and to those developed under the influence of the media or during interaction with it. At the same time, this kind of media teaching and learning cultivates the critical thinking of pupils in the interaction with the value representations promoted by the media, thus revealing the intentions of media content creators in this area. This kind of media learning leads directly to the essence of media education being perceived as an educational topic in the content of school education. The main aim of our study is to provide a theoretical background to this topic and present the results of empirical research which focused on an analysis of case studies of school practice, observation of teaching and interviews with teachers, through which we demonstrate ways of implementing axiocentric teaching and learning about media in selected Slovak schools. At the end of the paper, we clarify the importance of the educational process for the development of the individual in their interaction with the media.
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Nowadays the smartphone is an inalienable attribute of the journalist. Journalists use it asa supplement to professional equipment or as a substitute. It depends on the quality of thesmartphone and the scope of the work of the journalist. If a journalist works in print media oronline media, he can completely refuse the use of professional techniques, because modernsmartphones have good built-in voice recorders and a camera that can help record an interviewand make a photo of the hero of the material. For online and radio journalists, the smartphoneis usually a complement to professional equipment. Special video and audio applicationson smartphones help journalists quickly assemble the material and send it to the editor.Smartphones also allow journalists to broadcast live broadcasts from current affairs and beindispensable during journalistic investigations, where the use of professional techniques isimpossible. This research analyzed journalistic materials in Ukrainian online media, where asmartphone was used to create journalist material, and also interviewed Ukrainian journalists tofind out what features and applications of a smartphone they use for their professional activities.
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As the most obvious provision of social media in the individual world, „selfie“ is confronted ata point where self-confidence is increased or lost. Nowadays, the use of social media startsat a very early age, and self efficacy beliefs are also developing at an early age. However, themadness of selfie is becoming more of an „infantilized“ action. Thus, it can be argued thatit functions as a counterfeit of the self and serves as a mirror in the individual’s world. It isalso true that this „new or pseudo mirror“, which shows us both to ourselves and to others,also raises concerns about perceptual development, curiosity and visibility in the era of selfdiscovery throughout the developmental process. The concept of self-reflection and „selfie“in its social media term emerges at a point where the individual’s internal communication isbroken. It brings a „dual-dyadic“ concept on one hand and a „triad theory“ on the other. Thestudy aims to analyze „selfie“ madness in social media, providing examples and assumptionswithin the framework of these theoretical discussions. The study aims to add new dimensionsto the concept of self portrayals of individuals within national and international examples in thelight of current media scrutiny.
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Art therapy belongs among searched techniques of work in social care institutions. This text is focused on description of this problem in its theoretical part. In the research part was realised questionarry survey with the goal to find out, if and how is art therapy used in social care institutions. Also qualitative method of interview was used. This research showed, that art therapy is used method by working with clients in general. Art therapist like to use it as an instrument of clients diagnosis. Resulting out of their statements, the art therapy should have fixed place in their job with related material-technical equipment.
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The article highlights volunteering in social services focusing on working with senior citizens. Volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular and sought-after form of help that volunteers perform selflessly, from their own initiative, thus contributing to improving society, while at the same time encouraging positive change. As part of the provision of social services, volunteering is an irreplaceable site that leads to support for assistance. Volunteers help raise seniority in quality of life, maintain dignity, values, relationships, overcome feelings of loneliness and isolation. Work has a theoretical focus. He points out the importance and benefits of volunteering as well as the volunteer activity performed for seniors in social services.
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In this paper, the authors focus on the use of the classification tree method in social research, which undoubtedly has its application in it. The method identifies respondents who belong to a certain group, serves to predict certain phenomena, reduces data, etc. In addition to introducing the method, the authors present a specific example of research aimed at identifying predictors of alcohol consumption by adolescents in terms of their relationship to parents and parental behavioral styles.
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The article deals with the diverse public representations of parenting, mothering and fathering in contemporary Bulgaria and aims to explore some of the narratives, claims and gendered implications on which they rely. Two contradictory types of representations are analyzed – the first one is construed around the image of the responsible parent and the second one around а humorous vision of motherhood. While the responsibilizing representations are situated within a global intensive and deterministic parenting culture which naturalizes the gendered expectations towards mothers and fathers, the humorous ones pro- duces new emancipatory visions of motherhood and femininity.
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An author examines rationality in education and its changes on a background civilization processes. Analysis paradigms of education leaning through the phenomenon of rationality and using large practical material. Education in the conditions of dynamic development of informative society can execute the destiny of general civilization potential only on condition of account of transformation rationality in education.
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In general, humanitarian technologies are interpreted as a results oriented collective activity of society. Mentioned activity is based on the modern humanitarian knowledge and aimed at individual upbringing, education of people. It is also aimed at people and social processes management. (In the restricted sense, it can be a psycho-diagnostic checkup of adult personalities for the purposes of self-knowledge, psychological aid, vocational selection, groups acquisition etc.)
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The goal of this article is a representation of model of natural which could be admitted by whole scientific society in any part of science of human. Strictly speaking to perform mentioned goal it is necessary to link subjective factors of personal perception of art with objective parameters of medium. In other words, to formalize main functions of creator using some parameters. It is common to separate three most general of them (including one’s derivates): “social”, “cultural” and “biological”.
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Symbols have by definition many interpretations, but the key question of this article is: should those interpretations have limits, especially when the symbol is a real historical figure, perceived as a cultural hero. Can a popular cultural hero, in this case Vasil Levski, legitimize any messages totally different from his own writings? When does a symbol turn into its opposite? The paper analyzes the presentations of Vasil Levski in the newly adopted textbooks ‘History and Civilization’ for the 6th grade; bodily visualizations of Levski - tattoos and others; fascisoid political uses of the „Apostle of Freedom“ by the ultras of the football club „Levski“ and by the paramilitary formation „Committee for National Salvation Vasil Levski“. It defends the thesis that the limits of the symbolic uses of the cultural hero Vasil Levski are put by his own messages. Those messages assert a civic national identity, focused on republican values rather than on the dominance of the Bulgarian ethnicity.
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The paper presents research focused on the role of Prof. Nikola Potkonjak, PhD, in the creation and affirmation of pedagogy as a scientific discipline particularly highlighting the development of pedagogical methodology. The research objectives aim at conducting several analyses, first being the analysis of Prof. Nikola Potkonjak’s biography, then the analysis of the development of pedagogy in Yugoslavia influenced by Nikola Potkonjak, and finally the analysis and development of pedagogical methodology in Yugoslavia influenced by Nikola Potkonjak. Theoretical analysis is the method used in the research along with the technique based on content analysis. The author tried to make a contribution to understanding of the scientific and professional activities in the development of pedagogy and pedagogical methodology influenced by Nikola Potkonjak. Additionally, the paper particularly analyses the beginnings of pedagogy, education and methodology of this prominent pedagogue and academician. The greatest contribution to the paper is the analysis of his views on the development of pedagogical methodology as well as his impact on the work and performance of later generations of educators in both socialist Yugoslavia and Serbia.
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