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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

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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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CIVIC ENGAGEMENTOF OLDER ADULTS IN POLAND AND IN FRANCE - EXAMPLE OF SENIOR-FRIENDLY CITIES

Ewa BOGALSKA - MARTIN, Anna WACHOWIAK

Human-friendly new technologies

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract In all European societies, the median age is growing like never before, and this means an increasing percentage of the elderly and oldest in the total population. Combating age discrimination and age management are challenges that match these problems. In this regard, the public policies of various [...] Read more.

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PROTOTYPES ARE IMPORTANT

Filipe WILTGEN

Human-friendly new technologies

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract Prototypes are a fundamental part of any development. There are many ways to perform a test for an trial. Some trials have several tests in their procedures. Without Tests & Trails, a new idea does not advance in its technological maturity (TRL - Technology Readiness Level) and thus lengthens path of [...] Read more.

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THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE LIFE OF SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH IN VIEW OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR

Arkadiusz D. LEŚNIAK-MOCZUK, Eugeniusz MOCZUK

Research on religion

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract In the postmodern society, the impact of religious faith on the process of socialization among young people has been diminishing. The youth that has been brought up with the rhetoric of independence, despite the pursuit for individuality, ought to remain under indirect influence of institutions, legal [...] Read more.

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PRACTICAL ROBOTICS AS A HANDS-ON TOOL IN TEACHING

Filipe WILTGEN

Culture of innovativeness

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract This paper presents real application practical robotics discipline in tree different teaching cases, two at university for undergraduate electrical engineering students and other teaching practical robotics discipline with extracurricular discipline for high school students and consequently results [...] Read more.

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ECONOMY, STATE AND SOCIETY AS THE ‘HARMONIC TRIAD’ OF INNOVATION CULTURE

Magdalena ZDUN

Culture of innovativeness

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract The aim of the article is to identify the relationship between economy, state and society, which is to lead to the establishment of an optimal system for the development of innovation in the modern world. The starting point in this analysis is the concept of innovation. Its conceptual diagnosis leads [...] Read more.

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THE TEACHER AND DISTANCE EDUCATION UNDER PANDEMIC CONDITIONS

Iwona BŁASZCZAK, Agnieszka ROWICKA

Paths of modern education

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract The article describes the problem of educational challenges in the work of a teacher in the face of unprecedented global pandemic reality. In these realities, the professional activity of the educator acquires a new dimension forcing the adoption of a completely different model of work with the student [...] Read more.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITAL COMPETENCES AND THEIR USE IN EDUCATION OF PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHERS USING THE MOOC: RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL IN ASSESSING

Eugenia SMYRNOVA-TRYBULSKA, Nataliia MORZE, Iryna SEKRET, Elspeth MCKAY, Keven ASQUITH

Paths of modern education

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022 Publication date: 28 December 2022

Abstract This study discusses the results of developing teachers' digital competence by the MOOC "Contemporary ICT Tools and Innovative Methods of Creative Education", designed within the project "MOOCs for Sciences of Education" and hosted on the Polish MOOCs platform Navoica. More than 150 students attended [...] Read more.

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THE MUTUALITY OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND CURRENT JUDICIAL DIALOGUE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A FEW REMARKS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CASE OF THE POLISH JUDICIARY

Anna DRABARZ

Social changes within the legal framework

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (114) 2022 Publication date: 30 September 2022

Abstract Independence is essential to the functioning of the judiciary and its individual members in the EU Member States. The recent dialogue between the CJEU and Polish courts has raised a number of issues linked to the notion of judicial independence. The case gives a multi-faceted insight on how the independence [...] Read more.

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THE HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE RESEARCH-TEACHING RELATIONS IN THE POLISH HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

Maciej PERKOWSKI, Izabela KRAŚNICKA, Anna DRABARZ, Wojciech ZOŃ, Maciej OKSZTULSKI, Małgorzata SKÓRZEWSKA-AMBERG, Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA

Social changes within the legal framework

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (114) 2022 Publication date: 30 September 2022

Abstract The reform of higher education implemented several years ago introduced a number of structural, legislative changes that have been the subject of both scholarly and journalistic debate. The authors of the presented publication, examining the impact of legal basic research on legal education using the [...] Read more.

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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CYBERSECURITY. THE ANALYSIS OF THE SELECTED ACTIVITES OF THE POLISH POLICE

Mateusz JUREK

Avenues of developments

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (114) 2022 Publication date: 30 September 2022

Abstract The issue of cybersecurity is analised in different theoretical prospects by the author. Contemporary social problems are practical context of the discussion. In this article, chosen actions of the Police due to combat cyberthreat are written about. The author characterizes indoor structures of organizational [...] Read more.