William Foote Whyte’s Street Corner Society is a classic study in which research was carried out on an Italian slum in a large US city. The methodology and conclusions of the study, however, depart from the standard typology. It was not community research, or a case study, and it did not even fit the narrative model of qualitative research. Whyte’s study did not use quantitative methods and yet reached analytical conclusions. Interpersonal relations are its primary focus. It tries to reveal the patterns of recurring group activities with the objective of capturing the hierarchy in small groups and the rules these groups are guided by. This article examines the motivations of Whyte’s influential study, his research strategy and his main method – participant observation. In the concluding section of this article there is a discussion of the basic paradigmatic debate in which Norman K. Denzin, Laurel Richardson and others criticised the methodology of the Street Corner Society while Arthur J. Vidich and other scholars praised this study’s innovative approach
The article highlights the problem of using technology for group learning. The author focuses on the fact that in terms of college one of the ways to solve the problem of improving the training of future primary school teachers is the use of modern innovative technologies, in particular technologies of group learning of students. The problem of group training in psycho-pedagogical science is not new, but its relevance is not lost in connection with the new tasks of quality training of students. In the system of higher education the college occupies an important place as a modern higher education institution which can provide training of highly competitive professionals. The author believes that in the conditions of pedagogical college one of the ways to improve the quality of training of future primary school teachers is the use of modern innovative technologies, in particular technologies of group learning of students. A study of the problems, which included various methods, namely: abstraction, comparative analysis, generalization of literature sources, interview, observation, study of the performance of teachers and students, self-awareness training sessions. During theoretical and empirical research it was confirmed that group training activity increases efficiency of implementation of functions and tasks of training of future specialists of the pedagogical industry. The analysis of the peculiarities of the organization of group learning activities and student’s work in small groups during training sessions contributed to the development of guidelines that are offered in the article. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that group training activities should be viewed as a technology and form of organization of teaching students in small groups, united by a common educational purpose under indirect guidance of the teacher. The particular value of group learning activities in the formation of competences of future teachers of primary school is revealed. In the future, it is appropriate to study the problems of using technology of group learning activities in forming professional knowledge, abilities and skills of students by organizing group learning in primary school.
The history of the Church is the history of smaller or larger communities. It is in a community that offers security, support, affirmation and strengthening that we come closest to God and to our neighbours. An example of such a community in which the Christians could find their place, and open up to a relationship with the Lord, is the Light-Life Movement, to which this paper is dedicated. The article draws attention to the necessity of human, spiritual, intellectual and liturgical formation, which were conducted in the Light-Life Movement. The author investigated retrospectively the fruits of this movement in the Diocese of Legnica in selected parishes. The fundamental events connected with the Oasis formation were recalled and put in order on the basis of an analysis of documents from the Movement files located in the Archives of the Curia of the Diocese of Legnica or in the Archives of the Higher Theological Seminary. Among others, the following documents were examined: manuscripts of sermons, conferences, catecheses, plans for retreats, trips, decrees, reports, which helped to assess the value of the work initiated by Rev. Franciszek Blachnicki.
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Historia Kościoła to historia wspólnot – mniejszych lub większych. To we wspólnocie, która zapewnia bezpieczeństwo, wsparcie, utwierdzenie i umocnienie, człowiek najbardziej zbliża się do Boga i do bliźniego. Jedną z takich wspólnot, w których chrześcijanin może znaleźć swoje miejsce i otworzyć się na relację z Panem Bogiem, jest ruch Światło-Życie – inicjatywa, której zostało poświęcone niniejsze opracowanie. W artykule zwrócono uwagę na konieczność formacji ludzkiej, duchowej, intelektualnej, liturgicznej realizowaną w ruchu Światło-Życie. Autor spojrzał z perspektywy czasu na owoce funkcjonowania Ruchu w diecezji legnickiej w wielu parafiach. Przypomniano i uporządkowano zasadnicze wydarzenia związane z oazową formacją. Dokonano tego, opierając się na analizie dokumentów z teczek znajdujących się w archiwum kurii diecezji legnickiej czy Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego. Zbadano m.in.: rękopisy kazań, konferencji, katechez; plany rekolekcji, wyjazdów; dekrety i sprawozdania, które pomogły ocenić wartość dzieła zainicjowanego przez ks. Franciszka Blachnickiego.
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