Issue 1/2011

We invite you to read the latest issue of mock Polish language version - No. 1 / 2011. We particularly recommend a set of previously announced relations from the 7th National Congress of Pedagogy. We also present the abstracts of articles and communications from research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLES - STUDIES

Beata Arcimowicz, Katarzyna Cantarero
NEW DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON CULTURE
The paper concentrates on two aspects of new directions in psychological research on culture. On the one hand these are new trends in theoretical framing of the subject matter of research. The evolution of research in cross-cultural psychology is being analyzed, showing probable future trends of these research. On the other hand, the paper focuses on the analysis of using internet in cultural studies. Some benefits and threats that result from using internet as means of communication are shown.

Dominik Porczyński
DENIM, LEATHER AND ROCK’N’ROLL. CHANGE OF CULTURAL PATTERNS IN FASHION
The text examines two cultural phenomena: musical genre - rock and the style of dressing, which consists of jeans and leather jacket. A process lasting for over 50 years is described in which protective clothing of the motorcyclist, a young man, a representative of the American lower class lost its functional meaning and relation to the original environment, and took symbolic meaning on. In the further part of the text, on the basis of song lyrics, of interviews submitted in the music press and of observation, an analysis of heavy metal music fans subculture is being conducted. That group could be recognized as the last stage of the process being described so far. Crucial factors affecting the course of that process were a development of media and of the record industry and musicians acted as authority. It is possible to look at the connections of the rock with the fashion in the three ways: the rock itself may be a fashion, it can also be a subject of fashion, and the medium of fashion transmission as well.

Mariola Chomczyńska-Rubacha
DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SEX IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
Education and sex-discrimination in the perspective of the critical sociology of education. The aim of this article is analyze of different form of sex discrimination at school in the perspective of critical sociology of education. Focusing on structure and organization schools, interactions teacher-pupils and handbooks shows how educational practice to creating an unseen (hidden) force of the sex discrimination. I try to identification of various aspects of discrimination in the language, for example: excluding, stereotyping. When it came to the subject of equal opportunities for men and women it would be hard to find examples to the promotion of antidiscrimination activities in school education.

Ewa Przybylska
EUROPEAN TENDENCIES IN ADULT EDUCATION
This article comprises of two parts. The first one concentrates on contemporary education policy in the European Union, which, has a major influence on the activities undertaken by the Member States, within the framework of adult education system. In the second part of the article were presented selected trends in adult education development, stretching through the whole European area with various intensity. They arise both from the specific social and economic situation of individual countries, well as to a large extent from the standards, norms and educational paradigms promoted by the European Union.

 

COMMUNICATES - RELATIONS

Krzysztof Mudyń, Katarzyna Cader
EMOTIONAL AND PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
In order to explore emotional and personality context of aggressive tendencies 147 high school students (17-19 years old) were tested with Psychological Inventory of Aggression Syndrome by Zbigniew Gaś, K. Mudyń’s Feelings Reality Inventory and a short method of personality testing, the 10-Item Big Five Inventory by Beatrice Rammstedt. As a result of the study, a significant relationship between experienced emotions and aggressive tendencies has been established. Moreover, the severity of aggressive tendencies is more associated with a reduction in positive feelings than with the intensification of negative feelings. Negative correlation between sense of security and aggressive action has been established. On the other hand positive correlates of aggression include such feelings as: pride, distrust, indifference and boredom. Emotional basis of aggressive tendencies plays more important role among girls than among boys. However, the intensity of retaliatory behavior, covert aggression, aggression directed outwards, and total aggression rate occurs stronger in the group of boys.

Andrzej Podgórski
PICTURE OF SOCIAL LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUNG POLISH IMMIGRANTS
This article aims to take a look at the vision of social life of both Poland and Western Europe countries, through the eyes of young, migrant Poles. It presents the results of a research based on W. Łukaszewski’s scale-a device studying social reality in terms of positive and negative influence on personality development. This is the first research to focus on the vision of a country different from Poland. Young migrates are in a peculiar situation, in a sense that, contrary to young Poles questioned so far, they have had the chance to face at least two various social worlds. This enables them to confront these worlds. Whereas vision of social life of countries where migration took place remains relatively positive, it is not the case with Poles. Their opinion of Polish reality is low. The mere estimation relies on diverse variables-the text deals with a few most crucial ones, along with the impact they have on vision of social life.

Joanna Michałowska
PRACTICE ATTENDANCE - STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS SEE-ACTOR IN THE THEATRE OF THE SICK AND MENTALLY DISABLED
Following paper is an attempt to investigate strategies of building presence by spectators of theatre created by mentally ill and disabled people. As an example two spectacles are described: Pronouns or everyone wants to be someone performed by “Chameleon” group form Łódź and Colas Breugnon by integrating theatre “Euphorion” form Wrocław. In the paper three ways of realising a role of spectator in such theatrical event are pointed out: spectator against actor, normal person against disordered person and me against you. Each of those ways has certain consequences regarding sensations of comfort and adequacy also covered by the text. The realisations based on social and/or theatrical conventions are connected with certain role tensions. Dialogical thinking seems to give optimal response to those tensions as discussed in last part of the paper.

Karolina Albińska
RADIO DRAMA IN THE ERA OF "NEW RADIO". THE MODERN WAY OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE AUDIO THEATRE AND ITS STATUS
In the last couple of years there has been an increase interest in emphasizing the aspect of dynamic transformation of the global media environment due to the digitalization. Without doubt, from the sole fact of entering this new era that all other distinctive qualities of the present media landscape derive. On the wave of these events also the sound medium shows its new face. It has resulted in important changes that apply to principal radio genres. The main objective of this article therefore is to present the current situation of one of them – radio drama. Consequently, this paper explores the ways of its existence, explains how works of art belonging to this genre have modified their form and character to become so called “audio drama” and satisfy the nowadays listeners’ needs as well as discusses the current status of the radio theatre. It also tries to assess whether radio dramas, traditionally ascribed to “old radio”, still have a unique place in mass media system and can play as crucial role in the development of modern culture as in the Golden Age of Radio.

 

English and Chinese edition

According to the planned English and Chinese edition we have the pleasure to introduce some abstracts. We have invited inter alia prof. Bartosz Wojciechowski, prof. Janusz Mucha, dr Dominik Antonowicz, prof. Ryszard Szarfenberg, duo of prof. Tomasz Szlendak and dr Arkadiusz Karwacki, prof. Christian Giordano, duo of prof. Josef Malach and dr Martin Malčík, prof. Danuta Dziawgo, dr Bartosz Pieliński, duo of prof. Krzysztof Mudyń and dr Małgorzata Michalik, prof. Mirosława Nowak-Dziemianowicz, Paulina Świątek, prof. Grażyna Krzymieniewska, dr Maria Nawojczyk, Andrzej Zalewski, Maciej Gurtowski and Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska.

 

 

 

 


 

Prof. dr hab. Maria Mendel

 

Department of 'Special Announcements' – No. 3/2010 – has been opened mainly for pedagogues from the University of Gdańsk. Under direction of Professor Maria Mendele, the group realized their shocking science project Pohulanka 1946. Building Gdańsk people on (not)memory. The authors present a description of the relationship between identity and locality, as being themselves here, made with regard to the city of Gdańsk.