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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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MULTI-LEVEL NETWORKS OF INFORMAL STRUCTURES THE POTENTIAL HIDDEN BETWEEN TASKS, ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS

Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

Structures, tasks, actions

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023 Publication date: 31 March 2023

Abstract The issue of multi-level networks of informal structures is relatively new in sociological, psychological and economic literature. The difficulty of learning about this subject of research results not only from the complexity and situational character of interactions at the micro-social level, but also [...] Read more.

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INTEGRATION POLICY IN POLAND - MEANING, LEGAL ASPECTS, INSTRUMENTS

Grzegorz TUTAK

Structures, tasks, actions

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023 Publication date: 31 March 2023

Abstract Nowadays, Poland is increasingly becoming a destination for immigrants, who are looking for better living conditions, better jobs and, finally, for permanent settlement. The growing number of foreigners makes it necessary to reflect not only on the Polish state's approach to migration issues, but also [...] Read more.

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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHT TECH INDUSTRIES VIA INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM IN POLISH PERSPECTIVE

Jan KAŹMIERCZAK, Bartłomiej GŁADYSZ, Alina BETLEJ

Varia

Publication language: English

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

Abstract The research aims to investigate the implications of the paradigm of technology assessment (TA) for education of engineers at universities of technology in the context of sustainable development of high tech industries. We considered TA education as the most reliable solution for ensuring the innovativeness [...] Read more.

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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE – TRANSITIONAL VIOLENCE

Karol CHROBAK

Varia

Publication language: English

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

Abstract The article’s subject is transitional violence, which is closely related to transitional justice. Transitional justice refers to strategies aimed at stabilising social relations, i.e., restoring conditions that enable their effective functioning in the new social order (restitution of the so-called “ [...] 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.