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The article presents test results and conclusions drawn on the basis of tests relating to activities connected with wellbeing program design performed on 2,342 corporate employees. It shows various spheres of life—physical activity, nutrition, sleep and rest, emotions, a sense of meaning and purpose as well as the ability to concentrate—and how employees of different ages handle them. It presents employee strengths in how they care for their wellbeing balance and fields that need support.
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W artykule przedstawiono wyniki i wnioski z badań przeprowadzonych wśród 2342 pracowników z dużych firm na temat działań związanych z projektowaniem programów wellbeing. Pokazano jak pracownicy w różnym wieku wypadają w obszarach związanych z aktywnością fizyczną, odżywianiem, snem i odpoczywaniem, emocjami, poczuciem sensu i celu oraz umiejętnością koncentracji. Zaprezentowano mocne strony każdej z grup wiekowych w dbaniu o swój bilans wellbeing i elementy wymagające wsparcia.
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The results obtained in our research of mental distress indicators and results of conflict management strategies are consistent with the results of international studies. Students participating in the study (N=237) reached the highest average results in the field of personal growth, while we measured the lowest value in the fields of autonomy and the dominance of the enviroment. Among the mental distress indicators the students gave the highest scores for the stress. The frequency examination showed the results of the participants to fall to 40.9% of moderate-severe and severe extreme range. While among the genders, women indicate much higher stress levels. In addition, the students preferred the avoiding conflict management strategy in preference to the other four strategies. While we compared the students from the two countries we found a significant difference between the survey field of autonomy and purpose in life. We also found a notable difference among the mental distress indicators. While the students of the University of Debrecen were moderate, the students of the universities of Oradea fell in the “slight” area (in the range of stress). For the usage of conflict management strategies we found no significant differences between the two countries' students. The students from both countries preferred the avoiding strategy. This study similiar to many national and international studies indicates the high level of stress among the students. One of the most important task of a higher education institution should be the protection of the students’ mental health which would lead to an improvement on well-being and that would cause the lowering of the stress level.
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Applied Theatre is an inclusive term used to host a variety of powerful, community-based participatory processes and educational practices. Historically, Applied Theatre practices include Theatre-in-Education (TiE), Theatre-in-Health Education (THE), Theatre for Development (TfD), prison theatre, community theatre, theatre for conflict resolution/reconciliation, reminiscence theatre with elderly people, theatre in museums, galleries and heritage centres, theatre at historic sites, and more recently, theatre in hospitals. In this paper we are positioning the application of recreational dramatic activities with older adults (55+) under Applied Theatre and we are exploring the benefits they offer to the participants. We are concerned that their health and wellbeing in western societies is not prioritized and it is clear that loneliness in particular is a current and ongoing issue. We will present research results from a drama dissertation study that took place in a community hall in the South East England where drama is placed at the core of their practice with old populations. Data was collected by a mixed method (semi-structured interviews and semi-immersive observations) and was critically discussed amongst the authors to conclude that attending recreational drama classes brings a certain degree of happiness, social belonging and improvement of interaction with others to old people’s lives.
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Applied Theatre is an inclusive term used to host a variety of powerful, community-based participatory processes and educational practices. Historically, Applied Theatre practices include Theatre-in-Education (TiE), Theatre-in-Health Education (THE), Theatre for Development (TfD), prison theatre, community theatre, theatre for conflict resolution/reconciliation, reminiscence theatre with elderly people, theatre in museums, galleries and heritage centres, theatre at historic sites, and more recently, theatre in hospitals. In this paper we are positioning the application of recreational dramatic activities with older adults (55+) under Applied Theatre and we are exploring the benefits they offer to the participants. We are concerned that their health and wellbeing in western societies is not prioritized and it is clear that loneliness in particular is a current and ongoing issue. We will present research results from a drama dissertation study that took place in a community hall in the South East England where drama is placed at the core of their practice with old populations. Data was collected by a mixed method (semi-structured interviews and semi-immersive observations) and was critically discussed amongst the authors to conclude that attending recreational drama classes brings a certain degree of happiness, social belonging and improvement of interaction with others to old people’s lives.
Mäetagused
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2019
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vol. 74
125-150
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In this paper the author examines the self-reported aspects of vulnerability of children in Estonia. The study is based on the data of four focus groups with 12-year-old children, conducted in Estonian schools in 2018–2019. The author gives an overview of the most important findings and compares those to a broader framework and understanding of vulnerability in childhood research. For example, the article describes the importance of secure relations between a child and the family or a child and other close persons. The article exemplifies that material resources are important to children but not more important than a secure home, good relations, and free-time activities. According to the opinions of the respondents, too many duties, poor online security, global environmental problems, international conflicts, hierarchical relations with teachers and negative messages of the mass media are the most worrying aspects.
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The aim of undertaken research was to determine parents’ level of knowledge in regard to sexual and emotional development of their children as well as the parents’ general standing on the subject. According to the research results it is clear that parents are conscious about their great role in the sexual and emotional development of their children. Often, however, they do not feel ready and at ease to discuss the subject. Parents’ view is that including sexual education in primary school curriculum is a necessity, as they have not been educated themselves and, therefore, feel they lack the knowledge of what would be an adequate and professional way to deliver the right information on the subject. For many parents discussions about intimate details prove to be dicult, especially when the subject was absent during the younger age. The research results conrm that a general but adequate and professional sexual education needs to be present in children’s life from a very early age in order to prevent in children’s later life the lack of sexual knowledge, as well as to ensure their optimal psychosocial health, which is a state of mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
Journal of Pedagogy
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2015
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vol. 6
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issue 2
87-102
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The policies and practices of early childhood teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand have been an ongoing site of political, economic, social and cultural contestation. Competing values and beliefs regarding experiences of both the child and the teacher have been central to the contesting. Helen May (2001, 2009) tracks these tensions through the waxing and waning of particular landscapes or paradigms, each of which can be seen to have contributed to the growth of the early childhood sector, its purpose, operations, manifestations, and its arguably tenuous cohesion as an educational sector. This paper provides a brief overview of the various paradigms, their purposes, and their spheres of influence (recognising that other papers in this special issue will contribute to a very detailed picture of early childhood education in Aotearoa) before analysing the discourses of child health in relation to the early childhood curriculum. Health is woven into the strands and principles of Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education [MoE], 1996). Yet, this paper questions whether teachers and student teachers are attuned to what it means to have health as a key part of the curriculum, and explores whether health is a marginal consideration in the curriculum. The paper engages Foucault’s work, exploring tensions between pedagogical and medical disciplines in relation to the professionalisation of early childhood teaching. The idea of holism is then discussed as an approach to early childhood education curriculum discussions with reference to the participatory approaches to the development of Te Whāriki.
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In this article, we call for greater recognition of friendship as a basic social relation that should play a pivotal role in re-imagining social resilience if it is to be future-proof in the face of social upheaval, such as the current pandemic. Drawing on existing research and early scoping of emergent information about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, we suggest that friendship is an important component of heterogenic social realities. The specific focus of our discussion is twofold. Firstly, attention is paid to the narrow lens of social policy that privileges particular familial set-ups and living arrangements, and in doing so marginalises groups which are already disenfranchised; secondly, we consider the dangers of nationalism and Eurocentrism as they relate to these issues. We suggest that thinking in terms of friendship can open up new avenues of academic and political imagination, offering strategies with greater potential for building socially resilient communities.
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The study was conducted to investigate the social factors influencing sport participation among secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government Area, Oyo State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the research; the population of the study was all 10,385 secondary school students in Oyo West Local Government, Oyo State. Multistage random sampling technique which included purposive, proportionate and random sample techniques were used to select 642 of the students. The instrument for data collection was a researchers-designed questionnaire, validated by experts and the reliability coefficient was r = .76. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics and inferential statistics of chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that the following factors: parental influence n = 642, χ2 (9) = 505.321 > 16.92, sport facilities n = 642, χ2 (9) = 455.184 > 16.92, gender n = 642, χ2 (9) = 331.588 > 16.92, and economic status n = 642, χ2 (9) = 447.408 > 16.92 significantly influenced sport participation among secondary school students in Oyo State. It was concluded that sports participation among secondary school students is greatly influence by these social factors. Therefore, it is recommended that parents should encourage their children to participate in sports, and the government should support the school authorities in provision of adequate sport facilities for schools. Equal opportunities should be provided for both male and female students to fully participate in sports.
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The narrative of the article revolves around the belief that creative life orientations are very important in coping with crisis situations. The concept of crisis, its etymology and ways of presenting it in social sciences were shown. Psychological approaches to this category were highlighted as particularly important in counseling and social work. Basic styles of coping with stress, which is an inseparable element of crisis events, were characterized. The essence of the author’s concept of creative life orientation and the features of people preferring this type of orientation, which resulted from theoretical assumptions, and the results of twenty years of research on this category, were presented. The importance of creative preferences in overcoming stress, coping with crisis and achieving well-being were demonstrated.
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In this paper, we discuss the notion of Positive Language Education (PLE), which stems from a combination of Positive Education and Language Education. We suggest that there are good reasons for language educators to engage in enhancing 21st century skills alongside the promotion of linguistic skills. One key set of 21st century competences that would have academic and non-academic benefits are those which promote wellbeing. Wellbeing is indeed the foundation for effective learning and a good life more generally. Drawing on ideas from Content and Integrated Language Learning and Positive Education, PLE involves integrating non-linguistic and linguistic aims in sustainable ways which do not compromise the development of either skill set, or overburden educators. We believe that there are strong foundations on which to build a framework of PLE. Firstly, many language teachers already promote many wellbeing competences, in order to facilitate language learning. There is also a growing body of research on Positive Psychology in Second Language Acquisition on which further empirical work with PLE interventions can be developed. Building on the theoretical arguments put forward in this paper, we call for an empirically validated framework of PLE, which can be implemented in diverse cultural and linguistic settings.
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The paper presents a theoretical analysis of the links between human health and the quality of life, referring to the period of the old age and aging. The starting point for the analysis was the systemic, holistic and salutogenetic approach to health as physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing, the level of which is determined not only by the human biology but also lifestyle and factors in the living environment. The article shows that wellbeing, which is achieved, among other things, through an active lifestyle and good living conditions, is a category uniting health and the quality of life in the subjective and objective dimensions. Given the inevitability of involutional biological changes and social inequalities in the period of aging and the old age, it was recognized that pedagogical activities aimed at improving the quality of life of seniors are a part of the educational aspects of health promotion. The purpose of “education in the old age” is to free the health potential of senior citizens by stimulating their active lifestyle, which, however, requires education to prepare people for their old age.
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Language teacher wellbeing in the private education sector has almost been completely neglected in research. This study examines a well-functioning institution in the private sector and analyzes the systemic and contextual factors that contribute to the flourishing of its teachers. The case study explores the wellbeing of English language instructors by means of open questionnaires, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and participant observation. The findings reveal a number of facets contributing to positive teacher wellbeing at the systemic, institutional level, such as corporate culture, policies, organization, management, opportunities for professional growth, and social life, as well as adequate resources, and good physical working conditions. Most good practice emerging from the research is universal and can be implemented by language institutions in all contexts. However, some variables that affect language teacher wellbeing at this workplace are specific to the nature of the institution and, therefore, could not be put into practice elsewhere.
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It has been argued that attachment to place increases wellbeing in old age (Wiles et al., 2009). Feeling ‘in place’ can increase an older person's wellbeing. For older migrants it can be a challenge to live in-between cultures. The objective of the article is to explore how older Antillean migrants derive a sense of wellbeing from attachment to their everyday places. We do so by drawing on in-depth interviews and a photography project with Antilleans who live in a senior cohousing community in a city in the Northern Netherlands. Based on the study, we conclude that the cohousing community acted as a central setting of experience from which the participants explored their wider surroundings and developed new attachments in the neighbourhood.
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2020
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vol. XXIII
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issue (2/2020)
259-274
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Introduction. We live in a world of social construction and reconstruction, in a world of VUCA (acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) of the surrounding reality, thus generating the demand for integral human development which begins in the family and continues in the diverse spaces in which individuals function. Following the changes we are experiencing, it is worth highlighting two complex spaces: education and the labour market, which, after the family, should play two of the most important roles in human development. Aim. The purpose of this paper is to share reflections on the interdependence of spaces, which are education and the labour market. Taking into account the social transformations, of which we are a part, I would like to pay special attention to the points of contact between these spaces and propose to perceive the title spaces through the prism of common needs and goals, to treat them as a system of connected vessels. Results. The analysis of the subject literature leads to the conclusion that the reconstruction of the approach to the relationship between education and the labour market will allow looking at the individual in a more holistic way, integrating different roles in which we function during life. It will change the way of thinking about education, as the main purpose of which is to prepare individuals to function in the labour market, but it will also open a broader perspective, in which development and education will be identified with the individual in general, and not only with the roles in which it functions.
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Wprowadzenie. Żyjemy w świecie społecznych konstrukcji i rekonstrukcji, w świecie VUCA, w którym panują zmienność, niepewność, złożoność oraz niejednoznaczność otaczającej nas rzeczywistości. Tym samym generuje on zapotrzebowanie na integralny rozwój człowieka zaczynający się w rodzinie, a kontynuowany w zróżnicowanych przestrzeniach, w których poszczególne jednostki funkcjonują. W podążaniu za zmianami, których doświadczamy, warto wyeksponować dwie złożone sfery: edukację oraz rynek pracy, które – po rodzinie – powinny odgrywać jedną z istotniejszych ról w rozwoju człowieka. Cel. Celem niniejszego opracowania jest podzielenie się refleksjami dotyczącymi współzależności, które łączą edukację i rynek pracy. W odniesieniu do przemian społecznych, których częścią jesteśmy, szczególną uwagę chciałabym zwrócić na punkty styczne wskazanych przestrzeni oraz zaproponować ich postrzeganie przez pryzmat wspólnych potrzeb i celów, potraktować je jako system naczyń połączonych, w którym efektywność obu tych sfer zależy od realizacji podobnych założeń. Materiały i metody. Artykuł ma charakter przeglądowy, w którym wykorzystano metodę analizy oraz syntezy literatury i raportów. Wyniki. Analiza literatury skłania do wniosków, że rekonstrukcja podejścia do relacji edukacja – rynek pracy pozwoli spojrzeć na jednostkę w sposób bardziej holistyczny, integrujący różne role, w których funkcjonuje w ciągu życia. Zmieni sposób myślenia o edukacji, jako o procesie którego głównym celem jest przygotowywanie jednostek do funkcjonowania na rynku pracy, i otworzy szerszą perspektywę – rozwój i edukacja będą utożsamiane z jednostką w ogóle, a nie wyłącznie z jej rolami.
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Interakcje zachodzące pomiędzy obiektami, ich wyposażeniem a środowiskiem naturalnym stają się istotnymi czynnikami w projektowaniu środowiska pracy w celu zapewnienia dobrostanu w miejscu pracy. Dążenie do zwiększenia wydajności i efektywności pracy biurowej spowodowało poszukiwanie optymalnych warunków do jej wykonywania. Podczas projektowania zespołów, obiektów i wnętrz biur stosowane są odpowiednie rozwiązania konstrukcyjne, technologiczne, materiałowe. Zauważalny jest także kierunek poszukiwania ergonomicznych rozwiązań w celu zaspokojenia potrzeby kontaktu pracownika ze środowiskiem przyrodniczym. Tendencje te w projektowaniu obiektów biurowych występują zarówno w ujęciu urbanistycznym, jak i architektonicznym. Są widoczne w sposobie lokalizacji obiektów biurowych, kształtowaniu formy biurowca i samego środowiska pracy. Na podstawie wybranych europejskich obiektów biurowych przeanalizowano relacje zachodzące pomiędzy potrzebami pracowników, obiektami i ich wyposażeniem a środowiskiem naturalnym. Analiza budynków biurowych została poprzedzona wstępem, w którym omówiono problematykę związku struktury miejskiej ze środowiskiem przyrodniczym. Wskazano znaczenie zieleni w środowisku zbudowanym, a następnie wpływ środowiska przyrodniczego na wybór miejsca lokalizacji obiektów i zespołów oraz kształtowanie formy i otoczenia budynku. Można stwierdzić, że w celu poprawy komfortu psychicznego pracowników roślinność stosowana jest we wnętrzach biurowych, w strefach wspólnych, a także w najbliższym otoczeniu budynku. Powstają założenia „w zieleni” w postaci: reprezentacyjnych rezydencji, miasteczek administracyjnych, parków biurowych. W obszarach śródmiejskich i na styku ze śródmieściem wznoszone są nowe obiekty i zespoły, którym często towarzyszą funkcje rekreacyjne i wypoczynkowe.
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Interactions between the facilities, their equipment and the natural environment have become the essential aspect of the office work environment design, made in the way ensuring the well-being of the employees in their workplaces. The striving to increase productivity and efficiency of the office work resulted in the search for the optimal conditions for the work performance. There are appropriate construction, technological and material solutions used for designing the office units and their interiors. Moreover, the tendency to search the ergonomic ways to satisfy the workers’ need for the contact with nature can be observed. The tendencies in building design mentioned above can be noticed when it comes to the urban architectural planning as well. They are visible in the ways of locating the office buildings, shaping the forms of such buildings and the working environment itself. On an example of the selected European office buildings, the relationships between the needs of employees, facilities together with their equipment and the natural environment have been analyzed. The analysis of the office buildings was preceded with the entry, which discusses the problems of the relationship between the urban structure and the natural environment. The importance of greenery in the built environment was indicated together with the influence of the natural environment on the location of buildings and the architectural complexes as well as the ways of shaping the forms of them and of their surroundings. It can be stated that plants have become the part of the office life in the common spaces and outside, in order to improve the mental comfort of the employees. “Green” complexes have been raised up, including representative residences, administrative towns, office parks. In the city center areas and on the verge of them, the new buildings come along with the accompanying recreation and leisure functions.
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Artykuł przybliża problematykę wypalenia zawodowego wśród nauczycieli pracujących w różnych typach szkół z terenu miasta Biała Podlaska. Wymogi związane z awansem zawodowym, szczególnie obszerna i szczegółowa dokumentacja, podejmowanie działań innowacyjnych, prowadzenie dodatkowych zajęć są nieobojętne dla szeroko rozumianego dobrostanu i wskazują, że u części losowo wybranych nauczycieli występują objawy syndromu wypalenia zawodowego. Podobne wyniki uzyskano u nauczycieli uczących różnych przedmiotów i pracujących w różnych typach szkół. Niepokojący jest fakt, że większość nauczycieli nie odpoczywa aktywnie i nie bierze udziału w zajęciach ruchowych, a przecież jest to ważny czynnik, który wpływa na obniżenie poziomu stresu i dobrostan.
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The article presents the problem of professional burnout among teachers who work in various types of schools within the region of the city of Biała Podlaska. The requirements related to the professional advancement, in particular a broad and detailed documentation, undertaking of innovative actions, conducting additional classes have an impact on a widelyunderstood wellbeing state and indicate that part of randomly selected teachers showed symptoms of professional burnout syndrome. Similar results were obtained among teachers teaching various subjects and working in different types of schools. The fact that the majority of teachers do not spend their free time actively and do not participate in physical activities is quite worrying, as it is an important factor which is reflected in a decrease of stress level and the wellbeing.
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The article is an international literature review focused on the SHARE data analysis of the social involvement of older people. The presented outcomes of the review indi­cate that social involve­ment may be an important predictor of health and more broadly of wellbeing. The article also presents the effective activation mechanisms of people in older ages and points out possible health inequalities that social involvement or lack of involvement may lead to.
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Artykuł jest przeglądem międzynarodowej literatury dotyczącej analiz wyników badania SAHRE w zakresie zaangażowania społecznego osób starszych. Wyniki analiz pokazują, że zaangażowanie społeczne może być istotnym predyktorem nie tylko stanu zdrowia osób starszych, ale także ich ogólnego dobrostanu. Wskazują też na mechanizmy efektywnej aktywizacji osób w starszych grupach wieku, a także zwracają uwagę na sposób, w jaki zaangażowanie społeczne może przyczyniać się do powstawania nierówności w zakresie zdrowia.
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The aim of this paper is to examine whether there is any possibility to compare thevalue of someone’s existence with his nonexistence. The final conclusion is thatsuch a comparative evaluation can never be made in a meaningful and valid manner. Nobody can know as well whether he would be better off or worse off created thanhe would have been had he never existed.
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