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Mediating role of parental educational styles in relationship of the number of siblings and personality and social skills of people in early adulthood
Get PDFThe aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis that parenting styles (especially democratic and autocratic styles) may be variables that mediate in the relationship between the number of siblings and shaping certain personality traits and social skills in children’s development. The study involved over 300 people divided into three groups: those who have one brother or sister, those who have several siblings and only children. Over 100 people were tested in each group. The following measuring tools were used: the Social Competence Questionnaire by A. Matczak, the Parenting Styles Questionnaire by M. Ryś, and the NEO-FFI questionnaire by P.T. Costa and R.R. McCrae (in Polish adaptation by B. Zawadzki, J. Strelau, P. Szczepaniak, M. Śliwińska). The impact of the number of siblings on the functioning and social competence and personality of the respondents is mediated by both democratic (positive) and autocratic (negative) attitudes of mothers (proximal mediator - close to exogenous variable, here: the number of siblings), as well as by the attitude of fathers, which is a distal (indirect) mediator, although closely related to the attitudes of mothers, Mothers’ attitudes also proved to be a mediator in the relationship between the number of siblings and the attitudes of fathers
Balance of a family system and well-being, the prosperity and stress coping strategies of mothers with a disabled child
Get PDFA critical situation that parents of children with disabilities have to deal with often surpasses their adaptive and financial abilities, which is significant for their well-being. The family often fights for keeping the balance, but can often do that in a way that blocks the development of the whole system or individual development of people that belong to it. The aim of research presented in this report is an analysis of functioning of balanced and unbalanced family systems with disabled children. The research included the perception and life situation of mothers, who out of all family members are the most prone to experiencing raised stress levels and exhaustion as the ones taking direct care of a disabled child. The participants of the study were mothers (n = 70, age: M = 41,5; SD = B), children and teenagers with disability. The method used in the study was interview with the use of custom survey and questionnaire methods: Family Rating Scales (Margasinski, 2013) - Polish adaptation of Olson's Faces IV scale and Endler and Parker's Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (in Polish adaptation CISS; Strelau et. al., 2005). The analyses also included the specifics of each child's disability (level of disability, level of the child's independence, requirements related to rehabilitation treatments). The results of own research suggest that mothers from balanced families in comparison to women from unbalanced families rate their systems as more coherent and flexible, more often use a task oriented stress coping strategy, have higher income and are more happy with their financial and living conditions. However, the profile of a "healthy" family is closer to a coherent-rigid one that to a fully balanced system type
Larping the Past: Research Report on High-School Edu-Larp
Get PDFThe paper presents the results of “Live Action Role Plays in School Education,” a quasi-experimental project piloted in 2010 and 2012 and conducted in 2013 by Games Research Association of Poland and educational publisher Nowa Era. In this project, larp was used in high-schools as a revision class before a test in History, the hypothesis being that larp as pretest revision leads to higher retention of knowledge than traditional revision classes. Small sample size cannot be considered conclusive evidence, but the preliminary findings seem encouraging for further research. Beside students’ test scores, the report provides non-standardized qualitative observational data on participant attitudes, plus information about
practical issues of edu-larp research in public school environment. Next to the findings, the text reports on the research process and the rationale behind its modification
The Light of Anamnesis. On the Poem Pan Cogito myśli o powrocie do rodzinnego miasta [“Mr. Cogito Considers Returning to His Native Town”] by Zbigniew Herbert
No full textThe article is an attempt to investigate the issue of anamnesis in Zbigniew Herbert’s poetry based on the interpretation of the poem Pan Cogito myśli o powrocie do rodzinnego miasta [“Mr. Cogito Considers Returning to His Native Town”]. Here, the category of anamnesis is taken from R. Schaeffler’s reflection and employed in the description of the theme in the poet’s personal lyrics (a book by M. Zalewski is also adduced). The anamnetic act is construed in this sketch as an experience of the “whole;” moreover, it is realized in two variants: (a) of the return (the subject “I” encounters its personal past), and (b) of translation (which means the restoration of the past consciousness and its introduction into the space of present consciousness). The interpretation of the discussed poem by Herbert employs the hermeneutic attitude of understanding, while the very notion of hermeneutics refers both to the hermeneutic method of interpretation and to the hermeneutic approach of the poem’s subject towards the world. This work by the author of Mr. Cogito is also construed as an initiation text: read in the terms of the subject’s self-defining on three planes: personal, super-individual, and metaphysical, as well as in the situation of salvation (the trope of the pavement slab in the realities of the destruction of the former world order), and underlines the moment of hesitation spreading “before the leap into the finality.” Herbert’s text also reflects the situation of a protagonist in suspension: between life and death, in the “in between” sphere
Evaluation of Perceptual Musical Abilities of Early-school Children
Get PDFCelem artykułu jest prezentacja przeprowadzonych w Polsce badań umożliwiających ocenę struktury i poziomu percepcyjnych umiejętności muzycznych uczniów klas trzecich kończących etap edukacji wczesnoszkolnej. Do ich ewaluacji wykorzystano niedawno powstały Test Muzycznych Umiejętności Percepcyjnych A. Weiner, który bada ważne obszary percepcji muzyki, uwzględniając złożoną strukturę umiejętności. Prezentowane badania należą do nielicznych, a analiza przeprowadzona pod kątem różnic w wynikach związanych z płcią dostarcza istotnych informacji na temat mocnych i słabych aspektów umiejętności. Badania nie potwierdzają wielu doniesień wskazujących na przewagę dziewczynek w testach muzycznych.The purpose of this article is to present research conducted in Poland enabling the evaluation of the structure and level of perceptual musical abilities of third-grade students finishing their early-school education. The evaluation was based on A. Weiner’s Test of Perceptual Musical Abilities which examines important areas of music perception, including the complex structure of the abilities. The research presented herein is unique and the analysis of differences in gender-related results provides essential information on the strong and weak aspects of the skills. The research does not confirm the numerous reports indicating the superiority of girls in music tests
Renata Tomaszewska-Lipiec (ed.) / Professional education in the context of knowledge based economy. Bydgoszcz 2013
Get PDFParenting styles in the family of origin in the perception of junior high school students and the importance of development - attempt of the theoretical and empirical exemplification
No full textThe authors made the theoretical and empirical analysis of the styles of bringing up in the family, taking into
account their characteristics and implications for development. Empirical research were conducted among
adolescents (high school students) and concerned the perception of upbringing styles preferred by parents
(subjective approach). it was found that the families of the young people predominate: the style democratic
and liberal loving, and rare styles: autocratic and liberal unloving. it was also confirmed that the roles of
parents (mother and father) differentiate preferred parenting styles: mothers often prefer the style of democratic
and liberal loving, and fathers – liberal unloving. There were no differences determined by parental role
with regard to the autocratic style. The analysis confirmed the high level of compliance of upbringing styles
preferred by parents, which reveals itself most strongly in relation to the style of democratic and liberal unloving,
slightly less in relation to the autocratic style, but the greatest inconsistency occurred in the liberal loving style.Autorki dokonują teoretycznej i empirycznej analizy stylów wychowania w rodzinie, uwzględniając ich charakterystykę
i konsekwencje rozwojowe. Badania empiryczne prowadzone były wśród adolescentów
(młodzieży gimnazjalnej) i dotyczyły percepcji stylów wychowania preferowanych przez rodziców (ujęcie
subiektywne). Stwierdzono, że w rodzinach badanej młodzieży dominują: styl demokratyczny oraz liberalny
kochający, zaś rzadko występują style: autokratyczny i liberalny niekochający. Potwierdzono także, że role
rodzicielskie (matki i ojca) różnicują preferowane style wychowania: matki częściej preferują styl demokratyczny
oraz liberalny kochający, zaś ojcowie – liberalny niekochający. Nie stwierdzono różnic determinowanych rolą
rodzicielską w zakresie stylu autokratycznego. Analizy potwierdziły wysoki poziom zgodności stylów wychowania
preferowanych przez rodziców, co najsilniej ujawnia się w odniesieniu do stylu demokratycznego
i liberalnego niekochającego, nieco słabiej w odniesieniu do stylu autokratycznego, zaś największa niezgodność
wystąpiła w stylu liberalnym kochającym
Effect of elevated physical activity on changes in body composition and subcutaneous fat distribution in boys aged 10 to 16 years : a longitudinal study
Get PDFThe study is aimed at evaluation of the effect of regular physical activity on total and subcutaneous body fat and its distribution in boys aged 10 to 16 years. A three-year longitudinal study was carried out in order to monitor physical development in 237 boys from sports schools and regular schools in Warsaw, Poland. The boys were selected so that their rate of puberty changes was similar based on evaluation of voice and facial hair. The authors measured 5 skinfolds in the following sites: triceps, calf, subscapular, suprailiac, and abdominal skinfolds. The percentage fraction of total body fat in body mass was measured by means of Tanita TBF 300 electronic body composition analyser. A limb fat to trunk fat ratio (LF/TF) was also calculated in order to evaluate the type of distribution of subcutaneous fat in boys and monitor its changes as affected by regular high physical activity throughout puberty. Lower total body fat and subcutaneous fat in boys from sports schools was the effect of considerably higher physical activity. It was demonstrated that with some minimal values of total body fat and subcutaneous fat, physical activity did not cause a reduction in body fat. It was found that elevated physical activity in boys is conducive to development of a more limb-oriented (peripheral) fatness, which is more favourable to human health
„Beka z nienormalsów”, czyli satyryczny obraz niepełnosprawnych w kulturze masowej
Get PDFIn most societies disabled people are subject to taboo, in terms of laughing at their weaknesses, failures, inadequacies and differnt situations connected with their disability. However, they are becoming a more frequent ligtsome topic of different
forms in mass culture (from television to the Internet) – interesting especially when they laugh at themselves. The article deals with the situations of laughing at Other in this context together with the examples of films, shows and educational projects.
KEY WORDS: The Other, outsiders, laugh, integration, mass culture, intercultural educationW większości społeczeństw niepełnosprawni Inni podlegają zwyczajowemu tabu pod względem wyśmiewania ich słabości, niepowodzeń, przywar i rozmaitych sytuacji towarzyszących ich dysfunkcjom. Mimo to, coraz częściej stają się wdzięcznym tematem rozmaitych form kultury masowej (od telewizji po Internet) - interesującym zwłaszcza w sytuacji, gdy śmieją się sami z siebie. W niniejszym artykule zostały przedstawione okoliczności śmiechu z Innych w tym właśnie kontekście wraz z przy-kładami filmów, widowisk i projektów edukacyjnych