Education policy in Poland: The impact of PISA (and other international studies)          下载免费PDF全文

Ireneusz Białecki  Maciej Jakubowski  Jerzy Wiśniewski 《European Journal of Education》2017,52(2):167-174

The impact of the PISA study on Polish education policy has been significant, but probably different from any other country. Poland has not experienced the so‐called ‘PISA shock’, but its education system has been benefiting considerably from PISA. For experts and policy makers, it has been a useful and reliable instrument that has made it possible to measure the effects of consecutive reforms of the school education system. Moreover, PISA and other international studies have influenced the perception of education policy in Poland. The latter has shifted from an ideology‐driven, centralised policy to an evidence‐informed policy, developed with the involvement of multiple stakeholders, although this has mostly affected the thinking of experts and policy makers rather than the general public. The new government (in power from 2015), following public opinion polls, has reversed most of the previous education reforms, eliminating lower secondary schools introduced in 1999.  相似文献   

Overweight and obesity versus concentrations of VEGF-A,sVEGFR-1, and sVEGFR-2 in plasma of patients with lower limb chronic ischemia     

Radosław Wieczór  Anna Maria Wieczór  Grażyna Gadomska  Katarzyna Stankowska  Jacek Fabisiak  Karol Suppan  Grzegorz Pulkowski  Jacek Budzyński  Danuta Rość 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2016,17(11):842-849

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Flipped spotters learning model: An innovative student activity-based strategy. A preparation tool for anatomy practical examinations in medical education     

Marcelina Łopińska  Jerzy Stanisław Gielecki  Anna Żurada 《Anatomical sciences education》2022,15(5):886-897

The flipped spotters learning model is a modern student activity-based and learner-centered method in medical education. The aim of the study was to determine if the flipped spotters learning model improves students' learning. Participants were 1214 medical students of Polish (PD) and English (ED) divisions between 2013 and 2019 academic years at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. They were divided into a traditional group (control group) and a flipped spotters learning group (treatment group). Each flipped spotters learning group was asked to label anatomical structures on various specimens according to the structures name list prepared by the teacher on the multiple stations. The flipped spotters learning group leaders were instructed to take pictures with the appropriately marked structures on each of the human body prosections. After completion of the class, each flipped spotters team received photos for evaluation. In the flipped spotters learning model, the students strengthened their skills and knowledge by matching specimens independently as a form of practical laboratory activities. Students' performance in gross anatomy practical examinations between the group utilizing the flipped spotters learning model, and the group with the traditional teaching model was compared. Students participating in the treatment group achieved, on average 9.9 percentage points higher among PD students, and 13.0 percentage points higher among ED students than the control group in all nine practical examinations (the effect size ranging from 0.47 to 0.95). The results suggest the positive impact of flipped spotters model on improving student's performance in the practical examinations.  相似文献   

Goals and Policies of Higher Education Reform     

Ireneusz Białecki 《Higher Education in Europe》2001,26(3):351-366

If the university as an institution is to achieve its aims with increased effectiveness, it must modify its structures by organizing both teaching and research in a more flexible manner and also by ensuring raised standards in these two areas. This reorganization should be marked by a greater supervision and a more thorough exploitation of the teaching and research resources at the disposal of the institution. The following discussion centers on two questions: (i) the need for agreement between the university and its employees concerning their mutual obligations in terms of a regulated work contract; (ii) the creation of separate structures for teaching and research, which by relying on market mechanisms both internal and external to the university would enable the latter to tackle its educational and research tasks more efficiently and flexibly.  相似文献   

The Job Satisfaction of Teachers in Poland     

Wiesław Wiśniewski 《比较教育学》1990,26(2-3):299-306

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“I understand why people need to ease their emotions”: Exploring mindfulness and emotions in a conceptual physics classroom of an elementary teacher education program     

Małgorzata Powietrzyńska  Al-Karim H. Gangji 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2016,11(3):693-712

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The Role of Legal Deposit of Books in the Polish Library Scheme: The Case of Poznań University Library     

Małgorzata Bródka 《Slavic & East European Information Resources》2013,14(1-2):139-145

This article discusses the legal deposit system in Poland, outlining important issues, legal regulations, cooperation with publishers, and the importance of delivering books for academic environment. It emphasizes the significance of legal deposit for shaping collections and improving institutional quality. Poznań University Library is presented as an example of the Polish approach to the issue of book acquisition, including the library’s mission statement and elements of its collection development policy. The author also writes about tasks for the Legal Deposit Office and the library in the near future, including implementation of electronic legal deposit in Poland.  相似文献   

Condition of Reinforced Concrete Structures and Their Degradation Mechanism at the Former Auschwitz Concentration and Extermination Camp     

Michał Szocinski  Andrzej Miszczyk  Kazimierz Darowicki 《文物保护研究》2013,58(3):174-186

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This paper presents the results of investigations on reinforced concrete structures present in the former Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Field inspection employing the non-destructive method of reinforcement potential measurement according to the ASTM-C 876–15 standard, followed by laboratory investigations performed on genuine historic reinforced concrete samples collected from the former Auschwitz camp, allowed assessment of the actual condition of this 70-year-old construction material. Electrochemical potential measurements allowed mapping of the regions characterized by enhanced reinforcement corrosion risk and the regions of its immunity. The composition of concrete, water absorbency, content of detrimental salts, and degree and profile of carbonation as well as mechanical properties were evaluated. Results revealed the most common and probable mechanism responsible for degradation of the reinforced concrete structures in the former Auschwitz camp.  相似文献   

Dual-task effect on postural control in high-level competitive dancers     

Michał Kuczyński  Marolia Szymańska  Ewa Bieć 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(5):539-545

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We investigated balance in 33 competitive dancers (17 females, 16 males) and 22 controls (17 females, 5 males) (age 16–27 years) on a force plate in two conditions: single task (quiet stance) and dual task (with a concurrent mental task). Balance was evaluated using centre-of-pressure shift (sway) variability, mean speed, frequency, and sample entropy. The effect of the dual task in the medio-lateral plane was comparable in both groups, decreasing sway variability (P < 0.05) and increasing mean speed (P < 0.001), frequency, and sample entropy (P < 0.001), showing that the participants effectively increased the level of automaticity. In the antero-posterior plane, the dual task also increased sway frequency and sample entropy (P < 0.01) in dancers without affecting their standing performance. In contrast, postural control in non-dancers was vulnerable to reduced cognitive investment, which adversely interfered with baseline performance. There were very high correlations between sway sample entropy and frequency in each group, plane, and task (r = 0.92–0.98, P < 0.001), indicating that both parameters may measure the same characteristic of postural control and that higher sway frequency may play an important role in protecting stability in dual tasking. The postural control of dancers and non-dancers appears to be similar, although dancing seems to facilitate the increased level of automatic control in the antero-posterior plane.  相似文献   

Sport and Politics in Archaic Greece     

Marlena Wyskok  Małgorzata Bronikowska 《国际体育史杂志》2018,35(14):1476-1489

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This paper analyses the relationship between sport and politics in archaic Greece (eighth to sixth centuries BC). Although the issue of this relationship has been widely addressed by the academic literature devoted to the subject of ancient sports, there are no studies describing the relationship between both phenomena in the archaic period per se, as well as the factors which triggered them. This paper primarily draws on the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, as well as the works of Xenophanes and Pindar. Firstly, the study discusses the place of both sport (agon) and politics in the archaic polis. The second part shows how sport was used in various ways by individuals for political purposes, while the third part presents the role of sport in the politics of the poleis. At every level of this analysis, one can see a strong connection between both phenomena. Social, military, and political changes, caused, in particular, by the second Greek colonization and the new phalanx formation of hoplites, highlight the role of sport as an indicator of political domination – from the perspective of both the individual and the poleis as a whole. Indeed, this entire study shows that from the very first moment of its being shaped into organized events, sport was connected to politics.  相似文献