University of Silesia in Katowice

Jan Basiaga

• Dysfunctional family – ways to support it
• Professional foster families

Magdalena Bełza-Gajdzica

• Attitudes towards people with disabilities
• Social and educational inclusion of people with disabilities
• Surdopedagogics

Ewa Bielska

• Interdisciplinary perspectives on trauma studies
• Socio-cultural matrices of resistance to oppressive practices in late modern times
• Socio-cultural imaginaries of oppression, resistance and trauma

Maciej Bernasiewicz

• Social rehabilitation work in an open (court-supervised) and closed environment
• Aetiology of crime; size, dynamics and structure of juvenile crime

Bogumiła Bobik

• Support for people with intellectual disabilities
• Guidance counselor and organisation of pedagogical assistance for children with various problems
• Post-war history of education in Upper Silesia, especially in the years 1945-1961

Violetta Bojda

• Literature for children and teenagers
• Magazines for children and teenagers
• History of upbringing

Ewa Borowiec

• Biological and cultural conditions of cognitive changes in the educational process
• Educational preparation for ethical conduct for sustainable development
• Educational contents integrated around the idea of sustainable development

Małgorzata Bortliczek

• Handwriting (and writing) in education
• Language culture in the educational space

Alina Budniak

• Experiments in working with preschool and younger school-age children
• Social education in preschool and early school
• Principles of good education for preschool and early school children

Irena Burczyk

• Music education, place and role of music in the psychophysical development of a child
• Educational and axiological values of folklore
• Voice production

Katarzyna Borzucka-Sitkiewicz

• Threats to psychosocial health
• Socialisation determinants of health behaviour
• Health education and health promotion in the context of the concepts of empowerment

Agata Cabała

• Museum education in pedagogical and museological analyses
• Cultural education and its implications for school and university teaching
• Out-of-school and school teaching

Edyta Charzyńska

• Spirituality and religiousness. Moral virtues – forgiveness and gratitude
• Psychoactive substance and behavioural addictions
• Well-being and quality of life

Barbara Chojnacka-Synaszko

• Cooperation between family and school environments
• Social participation of young people in the local environment

 

Dagmara Dobosz

• Socio-cultural gender
• Human sexuality and sexualisation of culture
• Quality of life of teenagers and young adults

Iwona Donocik

• Inclusive education in local social and educational policies

Alina Dworak

• Cultural and socio-environmental determinants of health and development
• Contemporary threats to health and development

Beata Ecler-Nocoń

• Concepts of human nature in educational practice and pedagogical research

Ilona Fajfer-Kruczek

• Adaptation strategies of people with disabilities in the penitentiary system
• Addictions and violence among children and adults

Monika Frania

• Media education, education to the media, development of digital-media competences
• Trends in education (didactics) supported by new technologies and media
• Social contexts of phenomena in new media, and social communication
• Media culture

Katarzyna Front-Dziurkowska

• Readaptation and prevention programmes from prisons

Zenon Gajdzica

• Inclusive and integrative form of education for students with disabilities
• Social and educational contexts of functioning of people with intellectual disabilities

Alicja Gałązka

• Drama in developing 21st century skills in the ELT classroom
• Mindfulness and resilience – competences of health care employees
• Mindful schools

Marcin Gierczyk

• Social function of a diploma from an elite university
• Ethical features and morality of employees of rehabilitation and penitentiary institutions in Poland

Joanna Godawa

• Art therapy in working with and development of people with disabilities
• Deficit of contact with nature, and pedagogy of adventure and experiences as educational challenges
• Fairy tale therapy in development of and working with children with special educational needs
• Arts in the development, therapy and rehabilitation of people with disabilities

Szymon Godawa

• Forest preschools
• Optimising the functioning of children with special educational needs

Elżbieta Górnikowska-Zwolak

• Social pedagogy
• Gender studies
• Special education (social inequality issues)
• Sociology of education/upbringing

Joanna Góźdź

• Motivation to act
• School readiness

Barbara Grabowska

• Nationalistic education in Central and Eastern European countries
• Sense of identity of youth in culturally diverse environments
• Family support and assistance
• Competencies to communicate in culturally diverse environments

Hewilia Hetmańczyk

• Preschool and early school pedagogy
• Social and emotional aspects of school readiness and social competencies
• Media in the free time of the youngest children

Tomasz Huk

• Contemporary ideas in scouting upbring
• Educational benefits of e-sports
• Students’ use of smartphones

Katarzyna Jas

• Social pedagogy
• Multicultural and intercultural education
• Geragogy

Ewa Jarosz

• Children’s rights – development and implementation in societies, environments and social and educational institutions
• Violence against children
• Social participation of children and youth
• Childhood studies – development and implementation in research and social practice

Andrzej Kasperek

• Contemporary culture and religion – sociological and pedagogical contexts

Ewelina Kawiak

• Mathematical education of children of preschool and early school age
• Preschool and early school pedagogy
• Diagnosis and therapy of learning difficulties
• The role of games and plays in mathematical education in preschool and grades 1-3

Mirosław Kisiel

• Music education in a situation of social, cultural and educational change
• Dance and music-movement activity of the child
• Musical competencies of early school and preschool teachers

Małgorzata Kitlińska-Król

• Language skills and deficits of different groups
• The contemporary Polish family
• Psychological and pedagogical assistance for students with special educational/developmental needs and their parents
• Polish education system in the context of the school systems of Europe and the world

Urszula Klajmon-Lech

• Family with a sick child, with a disability – forms of support
• Religion – intercultural education
• Qualitative research in pedagogy – narrative interview

Danuta Kocurek

• Education in the Pszczyna region from the end of the 19th to mid-20th century
• Biographies of teachers of the Pszczyna region
• Vocational education in Upper Silesia in the period of autonomy
• Upbringing and education of the rural children of Upper Silesia from mid-19th century until 1922.

Ewelina Konieczna

• Film culture and its dissemination
• Film and media education
• Cultural and intercultural education

Kinga Konieczny

• Education of children from dysfunctional families
• Multicultural and intercultural education
• Pedagogy in social and educational work
• The importance of non-governmental organisations in supporting problem families

Tomasz Kopczyński

• Use of technology, Internet, software to develop a person’s potential
• Computational thinking – improvement of key competences (logic, mathematics, algorithmics, programming) at different stages of education
• Biofeedback to optimise memory processes
• Shaping the competences of the future in terms of programming, e-sports, remote cooperation

Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Grabowska

• Acting in Context by Training the Trainers in Social Empowerment
• Identifying and solving local community health problems

Mariola Kozubek

• Integral ecology – pedagogical aspects
• Cooperation with the environment

Katarzyna Krasoń

• Act of creation in theatre – character, designation, story, visualisation – in the expressive and therapeutic dimension
• Creativity, aesthetics, art and contemporary culture in education, integral education and art therapy: visual arts, film, theatre
• Literature, intersemiotic translation in literary education and bibliotherapy for early school children

Wojciech Kruszelnicki

• Philosophy of education
• Critical theory & education
• Critical pedagogy
• Contemporary philosophy

 Łukasz Kwadrans

• The problems of socially maladjusted people and people at risk of exclusion
• The functioning of attendance centres, court guardianship, mediation and probation and proceedings in juvenile cases – the perspective of Poland and other countries
• Support and assistance for families and protection of minor children
• Issues of the identity of the Romani, their participation in education, integration, adaptation strategies adopted
• Competencies to communicate in culturally diverse environments

Hristo Kyuchukov

• Bilingualism
• Psycholinguistics
• Intercultural education
• Roma in Peru

Karina Leksy

• Health promotion and health education
• Environmental and socio-cultural determinants of health and disease
• Health, life quality and lifestyle of children and teenagers in terms of their participation in the digital media culture
• Socio-cultural requirements on the body and girls’ and women’s health

Agnieszka Lewko

• Daycare facilities
• Inclusion areas for people with autism spectrum
• Psychosocial functioning of and support for people with disabilities

Agnieszka Majewska-Kafarowska

• Socio-cultural determinants of the ageing process
• Modern migration processes and their importance for the functioning of the elderly
• Self-realisation of adults in the context of civilisation processes

Katarzyna Maliszewska

• Theatre in education and pedagogical therapy
• Art in education and socio-cultural animation
• Cultural education and axiological education – education as work through culture
• Pedagogical Therapy – working with scarcity

Krzysztof Maliszewski

• Transdisciplinary research into the history of pedagogical thought
• Imponderability of education – the weak, hidden, dual, long-term factors of upbringing
• Philosophical pedagogy – anthropological and axiological contexts of education and educational discourses
• Pedagogy as a humanistic discipline – consequences of the anti-positivist breakthrough for pedagogical research

Elżbieta Marek

• Training of early education teachers
• Teacher competencies
• Early education programmes (preschool and early school education)
• Creativity of children, students and teachers

Magdalena Marekwia

• Peer learning in shaping the ability to solve text-based tasks by younger school-age children
• Difficulties of primary school pupils in learning mathematics

Beata Mazepa-Domagała

• Art education of younger school-age children
• Art and children’s expression
• Children’s reception preferences for visual messages
• Evaluation of children’s arts works

Łukasz Michalski

• History of pedagogical thought and theory of historiography of upbringing
• The interface between philosophy of education and literary research
• (Pop)cultural contexts of education

Patrycja Młynek

• Students of Ukrainian origin – adaptation to the school environment
• Level of manual dexterity of 6-year-old children

Sebastian Mrozek

• Special education and inclusion of people with disabilities
• Local social policy towards people with disabilities
• The problem of social maladjustment of children and teenagers

Edyta Nieduziak

• Social inclusion and inclusive education for people with disabilities
• Support for people with disabilities about to become adults
• Developmental and therapeutic potential of artistic activities of people with disabilities among others in the context of disability studies
• Educational and upbringing resources for artistic activities as well as cultural and animation projects

Marta Niemiec

• Diagnosis and treatment of people with special educational needs
• Social contexts of the functioning of disabled and socially disadvantaged people
• Social inclusion and inclusive education
• The issues of functioning of adults with disabilities

Monika Noszczyk-Bernasiewicz

• Biographies of juvenile wards in juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters
• Size and structure of juvenile delinquency and the measures imposed on them
• Institutional rehabilitation – programmes for the rehabilitation of minors in the Polish juvenile detention centres and juvenile shelters

Anna Nowak

• Social inclusion of people with disabilities
• Stigmatisation, discrimination and legal exclusion of people with disabilities

Beata Oelszlaeger-Kosturek

• Education for child development
• Teacher education and child education
• Pedagogical innovations in education

Ewa Ogrodzka-Mazur

• Cultural identity of young learners in selected Central and Eastern European countries. From traditional patriotism to multidimensional identity and cultural pluralism
• Between ethnicity and integration. Functioning of communities of schools with the Polish as the language of instruction in Europe and worldwide
• Values in intercultural upbringing. The needs, opportunities and limitations of axiological education for children and teenagers
• Cultural and cognitive contexts of early school intercultural pedagogy

Sabina Pawlik

• Biographical experiences of people with disabilities
• Art/creativity of people with disabilities as a tool of social inclusion
• Social activism of people with disabilities – historical perspective and present day

Gabriela Piechaczek-Ogierman

• The functioning of a child in a multicultural environment
• Psychophysical and social condition of students
• Problematic and risky behaviours and their determinants

Irena Polewczyk

• Auditory perception – diagnosis, disorders and stimulation of development
• Auditory processing disorders (CAPD/APD)
• Impact of noise on student and teacher functioning at school
• Education for preschool and early school teachers

Anna Porczyńska-Cieszewska

• Special education
• Mental well-being of people with intellectual disabilities

Dorota Prysak

• Social functioning of people with disabilities
• Special education for people with profound or serious intellectual disability about to become adults
• Therapy, psychodrama
• Social inclusion of people with disabilities about to become adults

Irena Przybylska

• Emotional culture and upbringing
• Emotional work of men and women
• Social constructivism and emotional competence

Aleksandra Pyrzyk-Kuta

• Choreotherapy and conscious body work
• Social perception of deaf people and their culture – socioeducational aspects

Danuta Raś

• History of social rehabilitation and prevention
• Prevention and resocialisation performed by representatives of the Church
• Social biographies of educators
• Selected issues of penitentiary rehabilitation and prevention

Renata Raszka

• Early school and preschool pedagogy – perspective of mathematical education
• Economic and financial education and entrepreneurship education
• Innovation in pedagogical practice
• Application of ICT in the education of and instruction for students

Marek Rembierz

• Intercultural pedagogy
• Comparative pedagogy of religions and interreligious dialogue
• Inclusion as an issue of education philosophy
• Methodology of pedagogy in the context of general methodology of learning

Violetta Rodek

• Passion as the highest form of engagement, creativity and active creation of one’s own biography – a pedagogical approach
• Cultural education and its significance for personal human development in in the context of the challenges of fluid modernity and anticipation of the future
• Students’ self-study process and its determinants
• Private pedagogical theories of teachers and their consequences in behaviourism-inspired education

Aniela Różańska

• Intercultural education – religious education
• Educational aspects of religious pluralism
• Socio-cultural identity of people in multicultural regions
• Environmental education

Natalia Ruman

• Multimedia in education for sustainable development
• Environmental education
• Thanatological education
• Integration of people with disabilities in post-primary education

Sylwia Ryszawy

• Social pedagogy
• Health education
• Women’s sports activity from a pedagogical and socio-cultural perspective
• Intercultural education

Agata Rzymełka-Frąckiewicz

• The functioning of the education system in Poland and selected countries
• Reform of the education system at different levels
• Contemporary schools in the wake of socio-cultural transformation
• Higher education and building of individual success and general social development

Iwona Samborska

• Learning responsibility in childhood and adulthood
• Food education of children
• Experiences of preschool age children
• Cognitive activity of children in the context of STEM education

Małgorzata Satoła

• Occupational development of special education teachers and motivation for choosing the profession of special education teacher
• Sustainable development in a pedagogical context
• Implementation of a practical module in the course of special pedagogy

Beata Skotnicka

• Social inclusion of people with disabilities in rural areas
• Inclusive education
• Social support for people with disabilities in rural areas

Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska

• Distance learning – forms and effectiveness
• Activating methods and innovative technologies in modern education
• SMART university and competences of university teachers and students in the scope of ICT and e-learning. Innovative courses of study
• Robotics and STEM education
• Multimedia in early school education

Anna Studenska

• Student autonomy in learning

Monika Sulik

• Biographical determinants of development and education of adults
• Biographical didactics – inspirations and multidimensional contexts
• Educational thought and practice in different generations

Ewa Syrek

• Psychosocial health of children and teenagers – socioenvironmental determinants
• Institutional and non-institutional possibilities to provide help and support to students with mental health problems

Anida Szafrańska

• Social support for families with a child with autism spectrum
• Families of adults with autism spectrum
• Children and teenagers with special educational needs in educational care facilities
• Education of students with autism spectrum – inclusive education

Anna Szafrańska

• Educational policy
• Intercultural education
• Pedeutology
• Early school education

Alina Szczurek-Boruta

• Education of different age groups; school, students, teachers
• Socio-cultural reality of the borderland

Urszula Szuścik

• Early school and preschool pedagogy
• Psychology of creativity
• Artistic pedagogy
• Art therapy

Leokadia Szymczyk

• Development of interests and talents of children aged 5-6
• Functioning of a family with a chronically ill child
• Death as perceived by preschool children

Eugeniusz Szymik

• Drama interpretation of fairy tales
• Development of interpersonal relations of early school age children
• The role of drama in development of communication competences of early school age children

Iwona Tomas

• Fine arts education
• Aesthetics and visual culture of the school

Katarzyna Węsierska

• Attitudes of Polish students and teachers towards stuttering
• School bullying and environmental support for the stuttering students

Edyta Widawska

• Monitoring of human rights and equality policies in companies, public institutions, non-governmental institutions
• Local community animation and implementation of participatory activities
• Educational Transactional Analysis in pedagogical work

 

Teresa Wilk

• Culture and art in the process of social revitalisation, in the education and upbringing of children and youth and in leisure activities

Agnieszka Wysocka

• Family and institutional forms of childcare

Ewa Wysocka

• Psychosocial functioning of the youth – construction and validation of research tools
• Readiness of the young generation to act – construction and validation of research tools
• Creative attitudes and special abilities of socially maladjusted youth and the factors determining their development
• Temporal perspective and psychosocial functioning of socially maladjusted youth in conditions of institutional isolation

Małgorzata Zalewska-Bujak

• Cultural, social and political entanglements of the profession of teacher
• Teacher – educator and tutor of children and creator of school communication

Lucie Zormanova

• Pedeutology
• Intercultural pedagogy

Alicja Żywczok

• Psychosocial well-being of children and teenagers and methods of counteracting the attitude of life negation
• Cognitive values and methods of shaping them
• Meta-theoretical research into pedagogical ethics and theory of education
• The significance of tradition for social, cultural and moral development