Axiological determinants of the attitudes presented by students of aiding courses aimed at the elderly. The case of Poland and Germany – an intercultural perspective

Functioning in a culturally diverse world has become an everyday reality. European integration, globalisation, and migration of people have become contributing factors in this regard. In this context, a key role is played by intercultural education aimed at identifying, understanding, and supporting diversity. This article is empirical in nature. The survey objective was to diagnose and describe the attitudes and system of values of students of the helping professions towards older persons in Poland and Germany. The diagnostic survey was the research method used. Kogan’s Attitudes Towards Older People scale (Kogan OP Scale) and Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) were used in the survey. The survey was conducted from October to December 2018. German students (200 persons) constituted the main group, while Polish students (167 persons) were the comparison group. The survey results revealed statistically significant differences between Polish and German students in their attitudes to older persons.

Education as an Subject of Interest of Polish Political Parties in the Second Decade of the 21st Century. Analysis of Selected Election Programmes

The aim of this article is to reflect on the pluralism of plans and projects of the school education system in Poland at the end of the second decade of the 21st century and the positions of political parties regarding reforms of children’s and youth education. The hypothesis of the research in the article is the assumption that the electoral programmes of Polish political parties are characterized by a plurality of educational visions. They often are proposals for reforms adapting education to the tasks of the modern economy, market and social changes. The research method used in the article is the analysis of source documents, i.e. political party programmes, as well as their comparative analysis. The programmes of 14 political parties, valid in the second decade of the 21st century, were analyzed. These were in the order: Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Labor Union (UP), Polish Labor Party – August 80 (PPP-S’80), Party Together, Spring, Green Party, Polish People’s Party (PSL), Democratic Party (SD), Civic Platform (PO), Modern Party, Law and Justice (PiS), Coalition of the Restoration of the Republic Freedom and Hope (KORWiN), Right Wing of the Republic, National Movement (RN).

The study aims to analyse the risk of eating disorder emergence in secondary school students. Data were collected by questionnaire method. The questionnaire battery consisted of nominal variables and the EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire scale. 776 secondary school students participated in the research. The mean age of respondents was 17. The empirical research identified 247 (31.8%) respondents displaying symptoms of eating disorders at least in one of four examined dimensions of the EDE-Q scale (Restraint, Eating Concerns, Shape Concerns, Weight Concerns). Significant differences were found in eating disorder symptoms regarding the preferred eating form. Respondents ticking the option “I buy my food” achieved the highest scores. Also, a significant difference in eating disorder symptoms was identified according to the accommodation type, where students living in “sublets” can be considered to be at the highest risk in this regard. A significant difference in the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms was also recorded in terms of gender, where girls scored statistically significantly higher than boys in the monitored dimensions.

Distance learning in the perspective of deep and reflective learning

The aim of the article is to show the process of studying young people remotely and to search for solutions leading to the improvement of the process in the perspective of deep and reflective learning. The article aims to solve the problem: how is the process of studying young people remotely? The method of individual cases, the technique of uncategorized, in-depth interview, was used to solve the problem. In the theoretical part, attention was paid to understanding the process of studying in the light of various didactic paradigms and an attempt was made to outline the approach of a deep and reflective learning process, looking for ways to improve the process of studying young people in this perspective. In the empirical part, the course of the process of studying the respondents remotely was presented, highlighting, above all, the components to which the respondents drew attention in their statements. The analysis of the empirical material shows that the process of studying young people is understood surface, superficially, it is limited to taking actions offered by the university on the educational platform. Students do not use their potential in the process of studying, they do not show full, possible commitment. The analysis of the empirical material leads to the development of practical guidelines aimed at improving the process of studying young people, which result from the assumptions of deep and reflective learning. The research shows the need to focus attention on the process of studying and its effectiveness, the need to take action by academic teachers, and above all by students focused on improving the process.

School in the discourse of polish cabarets

The study aims to identify problems related to school and school education present in cabaret discourse and the way they are presented. The cabaret is an interesting research area and field of analysis of social problems, including issues related to educational policy. The data collection method was source searching. The analytical material consisted of eight sketches of Polish cabarets, selected according to the criteria: time of publication, popularity, and topicality. The data analysis method belongs to a group of approaches called critical discourse analysis. Applications of discursive strategies described by R. Wodak and M. Reisigl were sought. The results show that in the discourse of Polish cabarets, the school is presented as a subordinate contractor of political and legal regulations. It characterises with low social prestige, which is built on the low assessment of school teaching in terms of content, the low prestige of the teaching profession, and the low assessment of the student’s role. In relations between these entities, the discourse of scolding and disciplining appears as the manifestation of power and hierarchy; of infantilisation and sexism.

The article concentrates on the attitudes of the future teachers toward their profession. We were interested in what kind of information about their future profession (together with prejudice, stereotypes etc.) the students have and how they feel about it from their personal perspective. We used a questionnaire with 69 items Likert scale. 34 men and 104 women, all of them university students of teacher training, represented the respondents. They live in villages, small and big cities; their parents are (are not) teachers, they have (have not) a certain teacher as a model. Female students, who have a model and parents who are teachers, have more realistic attitudes towards their profession, but altogether we have obtained the results of positive attitudes of the respondents towards the job from the whole group, which is a good ground for them.

Violent behaviors among students are becoming an important matter for studies in educational research. Especially, this kind of behaviors has been observed in elementary schools. In this study we investigated violent behaviors among the elementary school students in rural and urban areas. The purpose of this study was to investigate the violent behaviors regarding some variables such as gender, classroom and location of the school. We focused on five dimensions of violence (physical, verbal, sexual, emotional and institutional). Survey method was used in the study. 2811 students, being educated in 7 rural and 7 urban areas, participated in this research in Turkey. As a result of this study, we found that there was a significant difference between the students educated in rural and urban areas in terms of the institutional violence dimension.

Judge’s assistant de lege lata and de lege ferenda. Practical problems of assistance to adjudicators

This article draws attention to the modern, practical problems of the justice system, taking into account the profession of a judge’s assistant. Defines its tasks and unclear grounding in Polish law. Points out disproportion of requirements. Presents the problem of staff shortages and their consequences, and shows a potential remedy. Highlights the growing problem of inefficiency and lengthiness of the justice system.

In this study, research on whether there is a significant relationship between the dominant types of multiple intelligence and the level of social skills of 4th and 5th year students of primary education has been done In this work, the survey method has been used. A “Multiple Intelligence Monitoring Form” was prepared for each student, and they were asked to do a “Social Skills Survey”. In order to determine the sub-groups and the system validity, a factor analysis and a reliability analysis were applied to the data obtained at the development stage of scale. In the study, for the assessment of the data, frequency and average values; t-test, anova; and Tukey test were used. As regards the seven factors in the social skills survey, significant differences between the dominant multiple intelligence types of students have been detected. The results of this research have shown that the social skills of some students with a certain type of intelligence need to be improved.