“Auto-Education” as Understood by Students of Pedagogy and their Individual Auto-Educational Goals

Th e main aim of the research was to determine the way of understanding the notion of “auto-education” by students of pedagogy and recognizing the material content of the formulated auto-educational goals. Th e main research tools which were applied in the research included a diagnostic survey and an auditorium questionnaire. Th e research results reveal that the notion of auto-education is present in the students’ perception as four ideas: auto-education as self-education; selfeducation and self-upbringing; self-upbringing and learning about oneself. In the process of auto-education, the respondents formulated goals concerning gaining knowledge, developing intellectual skills and specialist abilities, goals concerning biological, bodily dimensions of human life; goals referring to the development of one’s own spirituality, axiological inner life, searching for meaning in life and aims concerning self-discovery

Learning and its Effectiveness in Students’ Self-reflection

The article presents research on students’ independent self-learning. The applied method was an analysis of intentionally prepared documents. While conducting the research, an attempt was made to recognise: the manner of the understanding the notion of “learning” by the students; the manner of learning which they apply as well as evaluation of their own effectiveness in this scope. The participants in the research identify learning mainly as mnemonic acquisition of new knowledge in the situations related to the process of studying. In the majority of cases, they work unsystematically, applying ineffective techniques of learning and express negative judgements on their own learning effectiveness

The Role of a Higher Education Institution in Enhancing Students’ Auto-educational Activity

Th e main objective of this article is to present the role of a higher education institution in enhancing auto-educational activities from the perspective of students of pedagogy at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Th e main research tool that was applied in the research included the method of document analysis. By means of both classic and modern methods of document analysis, the author analysed and interpreted documents created intentionally – essays, i.e. respondents’ written opinions on issues of importance from the scientifi c point of view. Th e research results revealed that students’ auto-educational activity regarding the development of the intellectual (cognitive) sphere connected with acquiring social competences, self-discovery, biological sphere (e.g. caring for one’s health, physical condition, appearance) and spiritual sphere is only to a small degree determined by a higher education institution

Decision Support Approach for Managers in the Application of the CSR Concept

In today\u27s globalized world we hear more and more about sustainable development, ethical corporate governance, ecological footprint and similar concepts that are inspiring us to behave and operate responsibly from individuals to large enterprises. Previous researches on the subject have highlighted the fact that most of the company executives are not aware of the elements of the CSR concept (Corporate Social Responsibility) and they identify CSR as environmental protection and charity. A directive of CSR is needed which enables companies to learn about the concept of CSR and its elements, so this information could help them in responsible decision making. During the research the CSR excellence management and assessment tool (CSR EMAT) was developed based on the logic of the EFQM Excellence Model. It serves as a guideline and evaluation system for companies and makes them comparable as a result of the evaluation process. Companies can be divided into different groups according to their CSR excellence as it is supported by the examples in the study. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p

Decision Support Approach for Managers in the Application of the CSR Concept

In today\u27s globalized world we hear more and more about sustainable development, ethical corporate governance, ecological footprint and similar concepts that are inspiring us to behave and operate responsibly from individuals to large enterprises. Previous researches on the subject have highlighted the fact that most of the company executives are not aware of the elements of the CSR concept (Corporate Social Responsibility) and they identify CSR as environmental protection and charity. A directive of CSR is needed which enables companies to learn about the concept of CSR and its elements, so this information could help them in responsible decision making. During the research the CSR excellence management and assessment tool (CSR EMAT) was developed based on the logic of the EFQM Excellence Model. It serves as a guideline and evaluation system for companies and makes them comparable as a result of the evaluation process. Companies can be divided into different groups according to their CSR excellence as it is supported by the examples in the study. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p

Cultivating regional traditions in preschool and early school education

The article attempts to determine the degree of cultivating regional traditions in education implemented by kindergarten teachers and primary school teachers (grades 1—3) with reference to some of the conditions associated with education and work experience of the respondents. The scaling method has been applied in the study. The Scale Sheet devised for the purpose of personal research contained 16 questions and addressed 81 preschool and early school education teachers. The respondents answered the questions by means of applying adjectives from a five-degree adjectival scale, where the value of one indicated the lowest degree, whereas the value of five — the highest one. The research findings have revealed that the interviewed teachers cultivate regional traditions in their own professional work to high and moderate degrees. Certain differences in the results have been observed, due to the variables such as education and work experience

Warunki tworzone w uniwersytecie do autoedukacji studentów

The main purpose of this article was to analyse the conditions created at the university to support auto‑education in the perception of students of pedagogics of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Document analysis method was used in the study. The analysis and interpretation covered documents intentionally created — essays, i.e. written students’ expressions regarding subjects which are significant from the scientific perspective. The participants’ task was to express their opinion on the specific components of university activity, i.e. methods and forms of education, curriculum content, relation between the teacher and student, venue, time, financial and organisational conditions in terms of their significance for the course and level of students’ auto‑education

Cele kształcenia w dydaktyce Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej i ich odbicie w niektórych programach nauczania dla szkoły ogólnokształcącej w latach 1920-1922

Przedmiotem rozważań prezentowanych w niniejszym artykule jest próba odpowiedzi na następujące pytanie: czy i jakie cele kształcenia funkcjonujące na gruncie międzywojennej dydaktyki jako dyscypliny znalazły swoje odzwierciedlenie w niektórych programach nauczania dla szkoły ogólnokształcącej w latach 1920-1922? Za podstawę dla prowadzonych analiz przyjęto program nauczania dla siedmioletniej szkoły powszechnej oraz program nauczania dla szkoły średniej ogólnokształcącej (wydział humanistyczny i matematyczno-przyrodniczy) ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem dwóch przedmiotów nauczania: języka polskiego i przyrody (przyrodoznawstwa). W odniesieniu do sformułowanego wcześniej pytania badawczego treść niniejszego artykułu ujęto w trzy integralnie powiązane ze sobą części. W części pierwszej przedstawiono - z konieczności w dużym skrócie - cele kształcenia funkcjonujące na gruncie polskiej dydaktyki jako dyscypliny w okresie Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej '. Część druga stanowi próbę ukazania problematyki odbicia celów kształcenia formułowanych w obrębie międzywojennej dydaktyki jako dyscypliny w niektórych programach nauczania dla szkoły ogólnokształcącej w latach 1920-1922. W części trzeciej, zatytułowanej „Zakończenie” zawarto wnioski wynikające z badań

Settlement-Territorial Identity

Belonging to groups is an integral part of our lives. We can interpret this to our narrower environment (family, friends, workplace), or in the extended space, to our cities and regions. These bonds only exist as long as the members consider the relationship valuable and important. Binding to a group is called identity. A research was carried out in 2017 in which we interviewed the decision makers of Central European cities about territorial identity. In this study we intend to interpret identity primarily on a territorial basis. Furthermore, we examine the elements of settlement identity, find good practices according to settlement affiliation and present the research results. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p

Image reconstruction and correction methods in neutron and X-ray tomography

Neutron and X-ray tomography are imaging techniques for getting information about the interior of objects in a non-destructive way. They reconstruct cross-sections from projection images of the object being investigated. Due to the properties of the image acquisition system, the projection images are distorted by several artifacts, and these reduce the quality of the reconstruction. In order to eliminate these harmful effects the projection images should be corrected before reconstruction. Taking projections is usually an expensive and time consuming procedure. One of our main goals has been to try to minimize the number of projections - for example, by exploiting more a priori information. A possible way of reducing the number of projections is by the application of discrete tomographic methods. In this case a special class of objects can be reconstructed, consisting of only a few homogenous materials that can be characterized by known discrete absorption values. To this end we have implemented two reconstruction methods. One is able to reconstruct objects consisting of cylinders and spheres made of homogeneous materials only. The other method is a general one in the sense that it can be used for reconstructing any shape. Simulations on phantoms and physical measurements were carried out and the results are presented here