Academic biography<\/strong><\/p>\n– 1991 Master of Arts in Pedagogy. University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n
– 1995 Postgraduate diploma studies in speech therapy. University of Warsaw<\/p>\n
– 2000 PhD in pedagogy. University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n
– 2014 Associate professor of social sciences. University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n
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Participation in research grants (2004-2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n– Participation in International Grant Project VEGA \u010d. 01\/0092 Diferenciacia ako prostriedok zefektivnowania pedagogickiej \u010dinnosti v \u0161kolnych zariadeniach. (January 2004) Grantowa uloha VEGA 01\/0092 \u2013 16: dr Irena Polewczyk \u2013 \u201cThe Differentiating Impact of Early School Education on the Level of Speech Development in a Six-Year-Old Child\u201d (Head researcher).<\/p>\n
– Project VEGA: \u201eCesty k inkluzii. Vychodiska inkluzivnej pedagogiky a ich impementacia v pedagogickej praxi novodobych trendov edukacie\u201d (\u201cWays of Inclusion; The Point of Departure for Integrational Pedagogy and the Barriers in Pedagogical Practice in Contemporary Trends of Education\u201d).VEGA M\u0160 SR \u010d. 1\/3632\/06 \u2013 Head researcher. Period of realization: 2006-2008.<\/p>\n
Research-collective projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n– Head researcher: prof. Stanis\u0142aw Juszczyk. Researcher: Dr Irena Polewczyk. Project title: \u201cThe Child in the World of Knowledge, Communication, and Information\u201d (2005).<\/p>\n
– Head researcher: prof. Erich Petlak. Research team: dr Ma\u0142gorzata Mnich, dr hab. Miros\u0142aw Kisiel, dr Alina Budniak, dr Irena Polewczyk. Individual project title: \u201eThe Specificity of Pre-School and Early School Education in Poland and Slovakia \u2013 A Comparative Study\u201d (2007).<\/p>\n
– Head researcher: prof. Peter Seidler. Project title: \u201ePedagogical Diagnosis, Therapeutical Techniques and Individual Programs in Working with Pre-School and Early School Children\u201d (participating: dr I. Polewczyk, dr M. Mnich) (2008).<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nResearch teams (2015-2020):<\/strong><\/p>\n– Head researcher: St. Louis Kenneth O., Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at West Virginia University, US, Katarzyna W\u0119sierska, Faculty of Philology, Institute of Polish Language, University of Silesia in Katowice, Irena Polewczyk, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice. Project title: \u201cChanging Attitudes Toward Stuttering Among Polish Teachers and University Students\u201d.<\/p>\n
– Irena Polewczyk, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Miko\u0142aj Jarosz, Concept Developer Education, Ecophon, Warszawa. Project title: \u201cInfluence of acoustic treatment of school rooms on changes in the functioning of students and teachers\u201d.<\/p>\n
Membership in research teams: <\/strong><\/p>\nIndividual projects<\/p>\n
– The Differentiating Impact of Pre-School Education on the Level Speech Development (2005).<\/p>\n
– Phonemic and Phonetic Hearing in Pre-School Children (2007)<\/p>\n
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NCBR research projects: <\/strong><\/p>\nGrant number: WND-POWR.03.05.00-00-z117\/17<\/p>\n
Head researcher: prof. U\u015a Micha\u0142 Baczy\u0144ski<\/p>\n
Title: The Integrated Program of Development of the University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n
Project type: Implementation project realized from the subsidy of Narodowe Centrum Bada\u0144 I Rozwoju. Priority Axis III: Higher Education for the Economy and Development. Activity 3.5: Comprehensive programs of higher education institutions.<\/p>\n
Period of realization: 2018-10-01 \u2013 2022-09-30<\/p>\n
Membership in Expert Bodies:<\/strong><\/p>\n– 2016-2017 Member of Expert Team for the standardization of diagnosis and therapy of Auditory Processing Disorders establisher by BONUM COMMUNE Foundation. The body gathered an interdisciplinary team of specialists in phoniatrics, audiology, physics, psychoacoustics, pedagogy, psychology, and speech therapy. The subsidy granted for the activity: 13 029 558,52 PLN. The subsidy granted for a reported year: 857 806,40 PLN. Role: Irena Polewczyk \u2013 provider of intellectual results.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nExpertise: <\/strong><\/p>\n– Speech disorders in children<\/p>\n
– Stimulating speech development in pre-school children<\/p>\n
– Auditory perception: diagnosis, development stimulation<\/p>\n
– Noise in school<\/p>\n
– Young children\u2019s mathematical education<\/p>\n
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Main achievements, distinctions, awards<\/strong><\/p>\n– 2008 Second degree Rector\u2019s award \u2013 didactic activity<\/p>\n
– 2014 Third degree Rector\u2019s award \u2013 research and scientific activity<\/p>\n
– .2019 \u015al\u0105ski Oddzia\u0142 Polskiego Towarzystwa Logopedycznego Logopedia Silesiaca <\/em>award for outstanding activity in favor of logopediac environment in Silesia<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Fellowships, study visits<\/strong><\/p>\n– Teaching fellowship at Univerzita Kon\u0161tant\u00edna Filozofa v Nitre, Slovakia, April 2005.<\/p>\n
– Training and internship stay at HAUTE ECOLE PROVINCIALE DE MONS\u2013BORINAGE\u2013CENTRE, Categorie pedagogique, Chemin du Champ de Mars, 15,7000 Mons w Belgii. \u2013 21.IV. \u2013 28.IV. 2009<\/p>\n
– Teaching fellowship at KATHOLISCHE HOCHSCHULE NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN K\u00d6LN, Germany, 15. 06.2011 \u2013 22.06.2011.<\/p>\n
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Membership in scientific and editorial boards<\/strong><\/p>\n– Logopaedica Lodziensia, University of Lodz – reviewer<\/p>\n
– Logopedia, UMCS – reviewer<\/p>\n
– The New Educational Review – reviewer \r\n
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