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- Bron Jr, Michal, et al.
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Adult Education for Democratic Citizenship : Transnational Analysis of Practices
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Rapport (refereegranskat)abstract
- When studying Adult Education for Democratic Citizenship (AEDC) or discussing the relationship between adult education and civil society, one can attribute an NGO, or the “Interesting and Relevant Initiatives” (IRIs) gathered for this project, three roles: (1) as a supplier of services to civil society; (2) as an organisation (or a group of organisations) which is part of civil society; (3) as an exemplary power which itself visibly adopts and fosters the mind set needed for civil society to flourish Altogether 24 Interesting and Relevant Initiatives (IRIs) were analysed in the nine countries involved: Austria (AT/2 IRIs), Germany (DE/2), Denmark (DK/3), Spain (ES/3), Hungary (HU/2), Poland (PL/5), Romania (RO/2), Slovenia (SL/2), United Kingdom (UK/2).
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- Bron Jr, Michal
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Pitfalls in comparative studies : Inherent and self-styled dangers
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Ingår i: Comparative Adult Education 2008. - Frankfurt am Main : Lang. - 9783631582350 ; , s. 65-80
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Every academic endeavour faces a number of problems that have to be dealt with. The goal of this chapter is to raise an awareness of the risks of falling into various traps awaiting researchers in comparative adult education. When pursuing an inquiry, a researcher in comparative studies can encounter three types of problems: (a) Difficulties typical for all research undertakings within the social sciences, such as objectivity, reliability, validity, selection, sustainability, reactivity, interpretation or consistency. Since these methodological difficulties are common to all research in the social sciences, this chapter does not pursue further discussion on the topic. (b) “Obstacles” – the most frequent are the lack of comparable information, variation in the quality and reliability of statistics, lack of uniform definitions, incurrence of travel expenses, communication problems, and the dependency on foreign contributors/information. Obstacles are considered as ‘normal’ because they must be tackled in almost every comparative research undertaking. They cannot be avoided and occur frequently enough to be consid¬ered as inherent to this type of study. Obstacles are often ‘objective’ or ‘exter¬nal’ to a researcher. (c) Pitfalls, however, are a more intricate phenomenon. They are often uncon¬scious mistakes, ignorant assumptions, or self-inflicted misinterpretations. A pitfall is usually a ‘self-styled danger,’ because the problem stems from the limited understanding of a researcher. Thus, a researcher, a team leader, or an editor is ultimately accountable for the pitfall. The objective of this chapter is to increase an understanding of pitfalls in com¬parative research, in order to prevent falling into such traps
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- Bron Jr, Michal
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Policies Analysis – Polish country report
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- Polish policy regarding adult education for democratic citizenship (EDC) is still to be formulated. Based on an extensive study of various documents, coupled with strong public utterances from leading politicians, one can only conclude that in Poland there exists no coherent EDC policy. While there is a growing number of official documents stating the importance of strengthening civil society, educational provisions for adults that would directly address issues of EDC are still to be designed and implemented
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- Bron Jr, Michał
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Remedy for apathy? : The role of NGOs in activating citizens in today's Russia
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Ingår i: Active Citizenship and Multiple Identities in Europe.. - Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang. - 363154202X ; , s. 279-296
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This text stems from my research interest in the origins, the development and the conditions of civil society in Russia. One of the phenomena under study was the extent to which Russia’s citizens are interested in actively participating in social and political life of their country, region and local community. As a result, the notion of apathy surfaced from a number of research projects carried out by other scholars in Russia. Another phenomenon, that appeared to be of great concern to many observers, was that of Western assistance. The state authorities, as well as NGO leaders and the general public were taking very different and changing attitudes towards the presence and work of foreign donors
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- Bron Jr, Michal
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Research on education for democratic citizenship in Poland
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- Very few could disagree with the assertion that civic education is especially needed in societies that have recently freed themselves from authoritarian regimes. Education, which would aim at raising citizens' understanding of constitutional democracy, i.e. rule of law, limited government, individual rights, political participation, social activism. The main task of which would be to inculcate in adults that it is necessary to combine liberty with order, majority rule with minority rights, private rights with the public good. The question however, is how to overcome the communist legacy - that is, how to successfully combat indifference and distrust of citizens? The memory of the infamous ‘political education’ (wychowanie obywatelskie) is so strong that it still impedes many adults from attending any kind of non-vocational education. It also discourages many associations and institutions from including 'civics' in their educational offer. According to the few accessible studies presented in this report, the majority of adult Poles declare their attachment to democratic and liberal values. However, the “need for a democratic society is recognize rather than understood”. As far as the research is concerned, general statements rather than actual research prevail in Polish academic publications. One can distinguish several reasons for that. As it was previously mentioned, education for democratic citizenship targeting adults is virtually non-existent in Poland. Thus, there is not much to be investigated. No purposeful, intentional courses in civics for adults are given – there are no interested providers or an interested public.
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