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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016,  Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022,  Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013,  Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017,  Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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SOCIAL MEDIA - SELECTED ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Agnieszka SZEWCZYK
Innovations - Information
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 25 May 2014
Abstract This article contains the characteristics of contemporary social media such as web and social networks, blogs, microblogs and wikis. It also shows what are the reasons for interest of this type of media from companies and ways to use social media in business. Next - with the help of a case study there [...] Read more.
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SOFTWARE SOCIAL PRODUCTION – HISTORY, MOTIVATIONS AND THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.
Tadeusz CHEŁKOWSKI
Innowacje - informacje
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 25 May 2014
Abstract The Free and Open Source Software community has been successful on the software market for more than 20 years. Open Source products are competing with proprietary software, being recognized as a selected software markets leaders. This phenomenon is questioning the traditional meaning of the property [...] Read more.
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MUNICIPALITY AS REACTOR OF INNOVATIVENESS
Piotr FECZKO
Innovations - Information
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 25 May 2014
Abstract The paper is an interdisciplinary (above all legal-administrative-economic) study on institution of municipality as significant institution of pro innovation policy. The author presents municipality as a necessary institution of society and human civilization during theirs development and transformations [...] Read more.
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IDEAS FROM STAFF OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATIONS AS INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIONS
Jerzy BARUK
Innovations - Information
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 25 May 2014
Abstract In this publication the author discusses the fragment of results of the empirical research conducted by the Gallup Organization among representatives of the managements of the public administration organizations functioning in the Member States of the European Union. The subject of these was the innovativeness [...] Read more.
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QUESTIONS AS A UNIT OF THE DIALOGUE IN THE PROCESS OF THE DIDACTIC COMMUNICATIONS
Ewa KOCHANOWSKA
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract School communication constitutes a pedagogical field of research that provides empiric exemplifications and instructions for educational practice. The subjects of the analysis are: features of language that is spoken by teachers in the didactic communication, patterns of communication between teacher [...] Read more.
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THE POLISH LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract This article presents the history of the Polish language of science, including its graph ic and symbolic, morphological, lexical, syntactic and textual components. Attention is paid to the general characteristics of the language of science: abstractness, accuracy, objectivity, internationality. The [...] Read more.
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CULTURE OF NETWORKS?
Andrzej K. KOŹMIŃSKI
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract The paper examines globalized academic culture from the standpoint of Polish universities standing and perspectives. Science and quality higher education are produced in international networks. Globalization enhances the influence of American culture perceived as a mix of humboldtian university tradition [...] Read more.
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SYNERGY EFFECTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS: COMPARING POLISH AND AMERICAN ACADEMIC CULTURES
Dominika LATUSEK-JURCZAK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract The text illustrates the phenomenon and role of collaborative networks within the research world in the social sciences. It argues that research domination of American universities is founded on the value put on collaboration onvarious stages of the research process. It also identifies several strategies [...] Read more.
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FINANCING OF SCIENCE IN POLAND INHIBITOR OR ENHANCER ?
Alojzy Z. NOWAK, Adam NIEWIADOMSKI
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract Sources of funding are examined and the level is estimated. Competition for grants is indicated as an emerging new source of funding intended to modernize and activate the system and to provide new sources such as EU funds and private sector funcing. The state budget still remains the main funding source [...] Read more.
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HOW TO ESTIMATE POLISH SCIENCE POTENTIAL?
Olaf GAJL
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014,  Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract A comparison of index figures for Poland and developed countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain are presented. Among other things, it is illustrated that in Poland the number of universities per million inhabitants is the highest,the number of students is also great, but the [...] Read more.