Inetta Nowosad

• Professor at University of Zielona Góra

Artykuł skupia się na jednej z cech wyróżniających parafię Slepo, która jako jedyny region Łużyc wykształciła dla dzieci odrębny od wzoru przeznaczonego dla dorosłych ludowy świąteczny strój dziecięcy. Celem artykułu jest analiza symboliki stroju dziecięcego z regionu Slepo i zwrócenie uwagi na unikalność na tle strojów Serbołużyczan. W badaniu etn...

The aim of the article is to discuss the potential of educational monitoring, which is part of the debate on the quality of education, which has been ongoing since the 1980s. The assumptions of education monitoring are situated in the theoretical and methodological concept of controlling the output resources of the education system as an opportunit...

The process of building knowledge in the field of management of education started relatively late and it is still being developed. It is also closely interrelated with the effectiveness of educational processes. This article is meant to show the paradigm shift, which is occurring in contemporary education, in which the abandonment of the centralise...

The book considers relationships between politics, education and social change - in various contexts and dimensions. The macro level of educational policy (and politics) is confronted with the micro realities of human biographies. However, the Authors do not consider people who are influenced by political decisions as incapacitated "mass". They are...

Lusatian Serbs, also called Sorbs, are people living in Upper, Middle and Lower Lusatia. This small nation is a remnant of the Slavic settlement in East Germany (Brandenburg and Saxony). Lower Lusatia now lies in the state of Brandenburg, and Upper and Middle Lusatia in the Free State of Saxony. According to official data, in these areas there are...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education students to change their academic functioning, as well as the process of their social integration. This study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on student well-being, engagement and commitment to the university. The research group comprises 184 students from two universities (Poland and Germany)...

Medical humanities (MH) courses are a critical element of the medical curriculum influ-encing the establishment of a physician in the medical profession. However, the opinion about MHamong medical students remains unknown. Interviews from seven focus groups were analysed.The students attended one of three Polish medical schools in Gdansk, Krakow, a...

Celem artykułu jest podjęcie dyskusji nad stosowaną w Singapurze karą chłosty z perspektywy osoby z „zewnątrz”. Zwrócono uwagę na zrozumienie zjawiska, w tym przeszłości kolonialnej, ale również zakorzenionych w kulturze wartości z uwzględnieniem przyszłych potrzeb kraju. W przyjętym podejściu wyłaniają się napięcia pokonywane przez silną orientacj...

Celem artykułu jest rozpoznanie uwarunkowań zmiany podejścia w orientacji na rozwój szkoły i procesy uczenia się oraz wprowadzanych interwencji politycznych zmieniających oblicze singapurskich szkół. Przyjmowane w systemie szkolnym koncepcje i rozwiązania stanowią o edukacyjnym sukcesie tego kraju. Analizowane w artykule reformy i interwencje polit...

The aim of this article was to present the current research on coping with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and, on this basis, to indicate the implications of risk management in the situation of adaptation to the crisis or re-adaptation after its end. This article considers the psychological significance of the socially experienced situation ba...

Entrepreneurship will make it possible for young people to adapt to the employment market and participate in not only professional but also social and personal adult life effectively and satisfactorily. This article aimed to emphasize the way of developing entrepreneurship in the educational practice. The base of reflection as Culturally Relevant P...

The aim of this article is to recognise the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) model adopted in 2009 in Singapore as a national mode. The explicit use of the term of PLC together with related terms makes it possible to understand an educational policy which is focused on the implementation of concepts developed in a different, foreign context....

The article focuses on activities supporting the functioning of former convicts in the social space. Referring to the assumptions of creative resocialization, it was recognized that the process of readaptation initiated in the course of isolation must be continued after leaving the prison and as such, it should include: independent development of f...

The article has a format of a review. As such, it focuses on previous research and proposals for effective school models developed on its basis. It has been recognised that the category of school effectiveness is hardly present in Polish pedagogy, and its implications for research and improvement of school work are significant. Therefore, familiari...

Contemporary pre-school institutions in Germany have ceased to be perceived solely as providers of care. Significant importance has been assigned to education and upbringing as equivalent categories. The change in approach is not only apparent in their organisation and functioning, but also in state policies, which clearly emphasise the importance...

This article isolates the main phases of the research into school effectiveness, at the same time emphasizing the specificityof attitudes, the dominant directions and the conclusions drawn in particular phases. The approach adopted emphasizes key achievements which have influencedthe direction of research and as such define the contemporary underst...

p>Zmiany, jakie nastąpiły w otoczeniu szkoły, stają się dla niej wyzwaniem. W niniejszym opracowaniu zwrócono uwagę na dwie kategorie innowacji i przedsiębiorczości, analizując je jako kluczowe nie tylko w przygotowaniu uczniów do wejścia w dorosłe życie (w tym w życie zawodowe), lecz także jako warunek odnowy szkoły. Dokonując przeglądu literatury...

The aim of the article was to analyse the policy of gender equality in Germany, here centered around the specifics of the function of (fe)male preschool teachers, which at its source was a profession directed exclusively at women, and as a result is now feminised. These circumstances, unchanged for almost 200 years, have their roots in disregard to...

Having the right potential as well as the desire to develop yourself, students or school is not possible in the absence of conditions that favor (self) development and development of entities and institutions. It is not just the material conditions that are extremely important; the immaterial space of school is more important, which is formed by th...

Creativity is not only a challenge, nowadays it is an inevitability Modern civilisation is characterised by dynamic changes in the scope of many areas of human life. Ceaseless transformations shape the new reality and the manner in which people function. Creativity and innovation have become objectives, not only in the scope of undertaken practical...

The article addresses the ambiguity in understanding school culture and its potential research implications. The analyses were embedded within two key approaches: normative and descriptive, illustrating selected exemplifications of theoretical positions of school culture in German-speaking countries. Also, the potential for integration of both appr...

The aim of the article is to indicate the possibility of adopting a research perspective that allows for the analysis of welfare as an element of school’s organisational culture. The proposed approach is presented in the form of an original research programme, which is embedded in the theory of organisation and positive psychology. The assumptions...

Wychodząc od koncepcji utopii, artykuł skupia się na analizie systemu kształcenia nauczycieli i systemu rozwoju zawodowego, który ewoluował w Singapurze w ciągu ostatnich kilku dekad. Na szerszym tle elementów tego konkretnego modelu przedstawiono opis instytucji odpowiedzialnych za kształcenie ustawiczne nauczycieli, powołanych w celu przygotowani...

The kaleidoscope category adopted in relation to school culture is meant to emphasise the diversity in the identificationof this scientificcategory. I refer to analyses of the definitionsof the term school culture as well as to research perspectives and attempts to specify the notion. As a result, some research areas identifying school culture have...

The social significance of school in Poland is closely linked with the historical consciousness of the Polish people following the painful loss of self-determination periodically and the ensuing struggle against the “foreign” occupying forces. This resistance movement was actively supported by the Catholic Church, even in the absence of an own nati...

The article attempts to analyze transitions which have occurred in education system in Poland during last years. The authors reveal numerous changes of the system on the basis of various reports, research results, public speeches and legal acts which have been put into practice. These changes are shown from teachers’, pupils’ and parents’ point of...

The paper deals with the assessment of school extracurricular classes from primary school pupils' point of view. It points to the moment at which extracurricular activity in schools began to lose its momentum in favour of concentration merely on didactic functions. The other functions, such as organisation of pupils' free time, development of their...

The history of Polish schools has always been closely linked with the history of the Christian Church. As in the countries of Western Europe, it was the Catholic Church that founded the first schools. In 1364, however, when the Academy of Krakow was established, the focal point of educational initiatives shifted from the Church to this newly establ...

Nowosad Inetta, Społeczno-kulturowe uwarunkowania demokratyzacji edukacji na Tajwanie [Social and cultural preconditions for the process of democratization in Taiwanese education]. Kultura – Społeczeństwo – Edukacja nr 2(14) 2018, Poznań 2018, pp. 137–154, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-0422. DOI 10.14746/kse.2018.14.12. The article fo...