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Diversity Management – problems and threats

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Gołaszewska-Kaczan U.

Optimum. Studia Ekonomiczne

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2017

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vol. 2(86)

EN

The article addresses the problem of diversity management. The paper presents the most important issues in this field, with particular emphasis on the problems and threats associated with implementation of the diversity management concept. It has been demonstrated that the positive aspects of diversity management can not be specified alone as both the employees’ diversity itself and the idea of managing that diversity can evoke certain controversies.

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Purple Hibiscus and theme of moderation as a metaphor in the evolution of contemporary Nigerian fiction

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Nwankwọ E, Izuu

International Journal of Pedagogy, Innovation and New Technologies

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2018

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vol. 5(2)

112-121

EN

Society and Art have variegated correlative relations in that the artist is, first and foremost, a member of a particular society. As such, his/her creative works are in the main influenced by the events of his/her immediate society or those of the societies that border the artist’s. Consequently, the Nigerian society has undergone different developmental stages, and in each era the fiction of the period reflects the dominant incidences of the period used in the work, no doubt, from the artist’s perception. Thus, throughout the development of the Nigerian society and the accompanying metamorphoses of its fiction, moderation has assumed metaphorical dimensions due to the fact that at every point two divergent views/forces are at “war” (and by decipherable African thought of obtaining peace through compromise) only a middle course can ensure peaceful co-existence. Hence, amidst the gargantuan religious strife in the contemporary Nigerian society Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie seems to have a solution with the suggestion of moderation in her debut narrative, Purple Hibiscus. This paper therefore, uses this novel of Adichie’s as a paradigm for the study of the exalted level to which artists have advanced moderation as a metaphor for the advancement of every society. The myriad vexing religious issues of the Nigerian society Adichie so aptly captures in Purple Hibiscus therefore, receive a treatment that one considers a model which is relevant for any developing society desirous of unity in diversity. null

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Linking diversity management and corporate social responsibility

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Mazur B.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2013

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vol. 5

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issue 3

39-47

EN

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a complex concept which embraces three organizational logics: economical, social and environmental. ADAMPOL, a Polish firm operating in Podlasie region, serves as an example of a company which declares in its documents (like the CSR report) that it has balanced CSR logics. The study contributes with insights to the organizational management of potentially opposing logics in CSR. Managing contradictions of CSR is an ongoing challenge and accomplishment influencing whether ethical, social and business logics collide or reinforce each other. The study shows - on the basis of research findings of a Danish frontrunner firm DanCo - that when ethics are framed as means to economic ends, some social responsibilities have a tendency to be disregarded in practice.

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Diversity management in the context of human resources management

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Krysińska-Kościańska K.

Nauki o Zarządzaniu

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2017

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issue 4(33)

11-22

EN

The purpose of this article is to review the subject literature as regards the predicted challenges being faced now or in the near future by organisations in the area of diversity management. First, the author overviews the definitions of diversity and diversity management., then presents the undertaken actions that make the diversity management possible from the human resources management perspective. The theoretical study considers the terminology connected with diversity management and proposes improving solutions with respect to selected sub-functions of managing diversified employees.

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Wild bee decline and conservation in North America

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Robinson S., Cetzal-Ix W., Basu S. K.

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae

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2017

EN

Pszczoły – to niezwykle różnorodna i ważna grupa owadów; około 4600 gatunków pszczół występuje w Ameryce Północnej. Dzikie pszczoły „świadczą usługi” w zakresie zapylania roślin, a ich działalność jest prawdopodobnie nawet więcej warta niż działalność pszczół miodnych na całym świecie. Są one słabo zbadane na większości obszarów, ale na terenach, dla których mamy wiarygodne dane, liczebność ich populacji obniża się. Wynika to głównie z przekształcania obszarów półnaturalnych na grunty rolne, a nowsze dane wskazują również, że pszczoły miodne mogą także wpływać na ich populacje. Aby zachować istniejące populacje pszczół, należy ustalić siedliska zapylaczy, w celu zachowania różnorodności dzikich zapylaczy w krajobrazach wiejskich i miejskich. W miarę jak populacja ludzi rośnie wraz z zapotrzebowaniem na produkcję rolną, musimy znaleźć sposoby „współpracy” z dzikimi zapylaczami i sposoby zachowania dla przyszłych pokoleń tysięcy gatunków pszczół, które żyją w Ameryce Północnej.

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Bezrobocie a kształtowanie się układu sił politycznych w Sejmie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Próba analizy korelacji

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Hajder K.

Studia Politologiczne

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2013

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issue 29

133-17-

EN

This article’s aim is to analyze the correlation between the unemployment rate in Poland and political (electoral) behavior. The analysis is correlation. Socio-economic factors continue to play a key role as a determinant of voting behavior. They must, however, be seen in the context of other conditions. There are also shown dependencies in relation to the electorates of individual political parties, which in its programs and activities put diverse emphasis on socio-economic issues.

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A longitudinal study of college students’ diversity perception

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Çolak M., Tozkoparan G.

Horyzonty Wychowania

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2015

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vol. 14

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issue 31

125-152

PL

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest sprawdzenie, czy postrzeganie studentów w temacie odmienności zmienia się w okresie pomiędzy datą rozpoczęcia a datą ukończenia studiów wyższych. Ponadto autorzy próbują zbadać, czy życie studenckie, które jest okresem możliwości nawiązania dialogu między ludźmi o różnych profilach, ma decydujący wpływ na zmianę tegoż postrzegania, czy nie. Pierwsza faza niniejszego, długookresowego badania została podjęta w 2010 roku, natomiast druga faza została podjęta w 2014 roku. Badanie przeprowadzono na Uniwerystecie Dokuz Eylül, Wydział Administracji i Ekonomii w Izmirze, trzecim co do wielkości mieście w Turcji i objęło łącznie liczbę 1734 uczniów. W pracy badawczej zostały nakreślone trzy scenariusze, aby ustalić jak studenci postrzegają różnorodność osób, które uważają za odmienne, inne od siebie samych. W 2010 i 2014 przeprowadzono szereg ankiet, aby sprawdzić czy istnieją znaczące różnice w założonych trzech scenariuszach oraz zmiennych demograficznych oraz jaki mają wpływ na siebie nawzajem. Kiedy porównane zostały ankiety z 2010 i 2014 roku, na pierwszy plan wysunęły się dwa wnioski. Z przeprowadzonych ankiet w 2010 roku wynika, iż ukończenie danego profilu szkoły średniej ma duży wpływ na postrzeganie różnorodności studentów, podczas gdy wyniki z 2014 roku pokazują, że z biegiem czasu to postrzeganie zaciera się. Drugi ważny wniosek wypływający z ankiet przeprowadzonych w 2010 roku mówi, iż postrzeganie różnorodności studentów mieszkających z rodzicami różni się od postrzegania tych, którzy mieszkają w akademikach, podczas gdy w roku 2014 takiej różnic nie zaobserwowano.Słowa kluczowe: różnorodność, zarządzanie różnorodnością, postrzeganie różnorodności, wymiary różnorodności

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The purpose of this study was to verify whether college students' perception of diversity varied between the date they started their university education and the date they graduated and to find out if student life, which provides opportunities for interactions between people of different profiles, is a determinative factor in this change of perception or not. The first phase of the longitudinal study in line with this purpose was concluded in 2010, whereas the second phase was completed in 2014. The study was carried out at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, in İzmir, the third largest city of Turkey and covered 1734 students. Three different scenarios were used to determine students' perception of diversity towards people they perceived as different from themselves. Several tests were conducted in 2010 and 2014 to check if there were any significant differences between these three cases and in demographic variables. When the results of these two years were compared, two of them turned out to be particularly significant. The first of these two results from the 2010 study suggested that graduation from high school affected students' perception of diversity, whereas the results of the 2014 study showed that such perception disappeared within time. The second significant result of 2010 revealed that the perception of diversity among students who lived together with their families was different from the perception of those who lived in dormitories, whereas in 2014 no such difference was observed.

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The road to hell is paved with good intentionality

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Knoop C.-I.

Academicus. International Scientific Journal

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2021

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vol. 12

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issue 24

11-15

EN

The dislocation of the Pandemic caused social convulsions around the world. The middle and ruling classes seem to have rediscovered humans – essential workers, employees, members of underrepresented minorities, and children. In our rush to atone our sins and redress imbalances, we are not stopping to define words nor, as the pragmatists would want us to, think through what our moral precepts mean in practice. Nor do we have the tools in accounting, the “language of business,” to capture our efforts. However, teams that do not take the time to establish ground rules and standard definitions often get a faster start but don’t always do the best work nor have the most impact. Let’s give ourselves better changes.

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Priestorová diverzita mesta a lokálna pamäť obyvateľov: prípad Bratislava

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Luther D.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2009

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vol. 96

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issue 4

381-394

EN

The social changes throughout the twentieth century had provoked uneven development of cities within the former Czechoslovakia. Each of the political regimes that alternated at the periodicity of approximately twenty years had marked, through the ideology, not only the ethnic and social profile of the city and its districts, but also their urbanistic and architectonical characteristics, symbolism and the outer appearance of the streets. As a result, important changes occurred in the spatial division of the city as well as the identity of city spaces. The author analyzes the impacts of social changes on the spatial diversity of the city and social composition of its districts from the beginning of the twentieth century, but focuses especially on the processes of transformation of the post-socialist city and its present state. Analyses the role of local memory in the politics of the self-government of the city and in the attitudes and activities of its inhabitants.

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The legal framework of the implementation of community media in Ukraine

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Dzholos O.

Pomiędzy. Polonistyczno-Ukrainoznawcze Studia Naukowe

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2022

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issue 5(2)

127-136

EN

The ongoing globalization of mass media offers ample opportunities for citizen debate and pluralism of thought. One of the recent world media trends is the creation of different models of public media, which are an alternative to other means of communication. Public media might address issues of contemporary journalism, namely the quality and independence of media, ensuring that citizens receive accurate and impartial information. Ukraine has undergone tremendous changes since it has gained independence in 1991 but the political and legal systems remain unduly centralized, the economy weak, and the government attempts to limit freedom of speech and work of media. During both the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Euromaidan 2013–2014, the need to deepen democratic freedoms was emphasized. Major advocates of the reform called for strengthening the rule of law, decentralization, denationalization of media, and the establishment of community media in the country, which will be created by the society, serve the society, and work under its control. Measures to increase the diversity of Ukrainian media are one of the practical means to guarantee freedom of speech and diversity of viewpoints. The diversity of media includes not only the diversity of content and multiplicity of media owners but also the variety of media types. Along with traditional models of public service media and private commercial broadcasting, community media emerged as the “third level” of media development that enhances freedom of speech. This article examines the legal aspects of community media implementation in Ukraine, their compliance with the standards and principles of the media law of European countries that govern the media community, and illustrates the development of community broadcasting in the world. It also provides an overview of the international standards for community media, which are backed by legislatures and regulators. Analyzing the Ukrainian media legislative draft, the author of the article offers improvements to the content and funding of community media in Ukraine.

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Niebezpieczny urok jednoznaczności - Paweł Smoleński Wnuki Jozuego (dydaktyka ostrzegawcza)

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Koc K.

Z Teorii i Praktyki Dydaktycznej Języka Polskiego

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2020

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vol. 29

27-40

EN

The author of the article stresses that what constitutes the purpose of humanistic education is showing the world from different perspectives and ambiguity as its inherent ingredient, which should be approached as both didactic and axiological challenge (especially in the light of concept of young people’s civic education). In this context he proposes to have a glance at cultural microcosm (of today’s Israel) described by Paweł Smoleński in his book published in 2019 entitled Wnuki Jozuego [Joshua’s Grandchildren]. The Polish author of reportages shows in the said book how - based on the example of Jewish Israeli settlers in the West Bank - dealing with religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity and experiencing them on the daily basis, paves the way for radical views and, consequently, for unifying the past, present, and the future. Many among Smoleński’s interlocutors/interviewees, however, touch upon the need for open dialogue, accepting otherness, and various outlooks on the most burning issues. Therefore, the story thus told may be treated as a warning against believing in only one righteous truth, as well as against the said belief’s negative influence on the sphere of public exchange of thoughts.

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Place, Role and Tasks of Teacher-Andragogue in Europeanregional Education of Multi-Cultural Society

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Wełyczko L., Landmann T., Kuźniar Z.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2015

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vol. 15(15)

145-156

EN

The authors of this article aimed at emphasizing the most significant issues related to the broad concept of multicultural education. The inspiration came from the fact that current federation of European countries – European Union – has made a multilateral progress during recent 10 years. The ensuing implications concern the diversity of cultures within societies of the Union member countries. The article displays an outline of the role that needs to be fulfilled by teachers of adults called andragogue teachers. As such they assume responsibility for unequivocal and uniform coexistence of all people within the European Union despite social, cultural, economic, and political discrepancies. The role of andragogue teachers is becoming a cornerstone of European education. Their professionalism derived from desirable competence and appropriate personality determines the consolidation of multicultural awareness among societies. Consequently, it leads to peaceful coexistence of diverse European cultures considering the rules of humanism, democracy, solidarity, and mutual tolerance. Hence andragogics should constitute the ultimate educational objective for European Education. According to authors, the content of article may encourage further investigation and development of andragology concept.

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Inclusive education - a space for development of all students or a utopian vision?

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Skotnicka B.

Przegląd Pedagogiczny

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2019

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issue 1

282-293

EN

Current education policy seeks to promote an inclusive education model that aims to prevent social exclusion and marginalization by taking advantage of the potential of diversity. Inclusive education is an idea that is part of the direction of systemic changes in contemporary educational policy. Despite the many years of presence in the educational space, this concept is not free from critical remarks regarding the real possibilities of implementing its assumptions in everyday educational practice. The bright vision of the school for everyone creates a difficult model in practical implementation. This article attempts to show the potential of inclusive education on the one hand as a space for change, and on the other as a utopian concept difficult to implement in its present shape, but socially important and necessary in modern special education.

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Vrouwenbeelden en genderrepresentatie in een leergangen Nederlands voor anderstaligen

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Manolova Maciel E.

Neerlandica Wratislaviensia

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2017

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vol. 27

77-88

EN

This article focuses on the representation of women and images of females as an articulation of diversity in textbooks of Dutch as a foreign language, Code Plus 1 and Code Plus 2. The central research questions are: How are female characters, next to male characters, represented in the selected textbooks? Do the textbooks present gender stereotypes or do they rather question them?

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Social integration of refugee youth in Europe: Lessons learned about interethnic relations in U.S. schools

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Juvonen J., Bell A. N.

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 1

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Multimodal designs for learning in contexts of diversity

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Archer A.

Designs for Learning

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2014

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vol. 7

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issue 2

8-26

EN

This paper aims to identify multimodal designs for learning in diverse and developing contexts, where access to resources remains vastly unequal. Using case studies from South African education, the paper explores ways of surfacing the range of students’ resources which are often not noticed or valued in formal educational settings. The studies showcased here demonstrate how ethnographic and textually-based approaches can be combined. Opening up the semiotic space of the classroom through multimodal designs for learning is important for finding innovative ways of addressing access, diversity, and past inequalities. This is of relevance not only to South Africa, but a range of global contexts. The paper argues that multimodal designs for learning can involve interrogating the relation between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’; harnessing students’ creative practices as resources for pedagogy; developing metalanguages for critical reflection; creating less regulated pedagogical spaces in order to enable useful teaching and learning practices.

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“I Will Not Give Up”: A Case Study on Human Resource Practices with regards to People with Disabilities at the Nem Adom Fel Cafe and Bar in Hungary

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Sharma A., Dunay A.

Littera Scripta

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2017

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vol. 1

131-153

EN

Background: One of the biggest challenges for a person with disabilities is to find decent employment in order to be independent and economically active. This paper presents the professional inclusion of people with disabilities at a cafe in Budapest, Hungary. Purpose: The objective of this paper to present the human resources practices at the Nem Adom Fel1 Cafe and Bar. The mission of the Nem Adom Fel Cafe and Bar is to encourage the social integration and inclusion of people with disabilities by offering employment and providing opportunities to have a decent life style. Methodology: The basis for this exploratory study was research conducted through a case study. Data collection was collected through semi-structured interviews, onsite observations and document analysis. Interviews with the employees and customers were carried out over a period of nine weeks at the cafe and adjoining foundation office. The data were cross-checked again with all the participants (employees only) to ensure reliability, validity and dependability. Results: The findings of the project showcases the different dimensions of human resources practices in the cafe. These can be categorized as follows: (i) diversity of people, (ii) educational and professional qualifications, (iii) recruitment, selection and training procedure (iv) salary structure, remuneration and benefits, (v) job restrictions caused by specific disabilities, (vi) employer- employee relationship with regards to employees with or without disabilities and, (vii) the socio-economic viewpoint. The study has a number of limitations, for example the dearth of published articles in Hungary and the fact that the study cannot be generalized across Hungary as the sample size was small and the study was conducted at a cafe which only represents one particular industry. Conclusion: This research is part of a PhD thesis which seeks to explore human resources practices focus on employees with disabilities and expected to provide a momentous addition to the disability movement all over the world. This case study also helps to bridge the gap and remove social barriers between employees with and without disabilities in terms of communication, stereotypes and perceptions.

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Not for the Faint of Heart: Becoming an Antiracist Philosopher in a Society Polarized by Critical Race Theory

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Oluwayomi A.

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture

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2022

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vol. 6

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issue 3

5-23

EN

This paper examines the polemical nature of anti-racist education and discourse in America today. On one side of this issue are those who think of the efforts toward inclusion, diversity, and the pursuit of social justice in academia as serving positive ends. On the other side are those who oppose and vilify such efforts as evidence of the destructive ethos of liberal education. This has led to a situation where universities and schools across the country have seen professors and teachers, including philosophers, experience backlash for speaking seriously and courageously about confronting the problem of racism in society. One recent example of this anomaly is the kind of faux outrage or moral panic that drives the hysteria against Critical Race Theory, an inquiry that examines the intersection of race and law in the United States, as well as unearthing the reality of structural racism in America, often disguised in the mainstream liberal approaches to racial justice. This faux moral panic has been used by legislatures across the country, as the raison d’être, to pass bans and enforce policies or rules that restricts how professors (including philosophers), and teachers can talk about race, systemic racism, structural oppression, or the problem of racial injustice in the classroom. In this paper, I explore how this polemical situation creates significant challenges and unique possibilities for the discourse of philosophy, especially for those who are interested in becoming antiracist philosophers, in the context of such legal rules and restrictions. This is not for the faint of heart.

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O związkach różnorodności oraz kultur uczenia się w świecie pracy

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Robak S., Sievers I.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2012

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vol. 13

179-190

EN

Mobility and migration, an ageing society, as well as new work and life patterns, are exerting a fundamental impact on German society and, in particular, on professional life. Due to the forces of globalisation and internationalisation public institutions and companies are being confronted with a diverse working population. At the same time, the question arises about how employability is shaped by modernisation processes and the resulting transformation of capitalist working structures with some far-reaching consequences on professional lives. Public institutions and companies thus face the challenge of how to handle diversity. How can learning cultures profit from diversity? Which strategies and what conditions/frameworks are needed to promote diversity and individuality in a way that grants maximum access to education and professional life for all? And what happens if the diversity-aspect is not appreciated sufficiently? This article tackles these questions by attending to current developments in the context of the internationalisation of job markets as well as diversity management. It explains how diversity-sensitive learning cultures should be organised to meet the new requirements for education, learning and qualification.

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Commodifying diversity: Education and governance in the era of neoliberalism

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Wilkins A.

Human Affairs

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2012

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vol. 22

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issue 2

122-130

EN

In this paper I explore the pedagogical and political shift marked by the meaning and practice of diversity offered through New Labour education policy texts, specifically, the policy and practice of personalized learning (or personalization). The aim of this paper is to map the ways in which diversity relays and mobilizes a set of neoliberal positions and relationships in the field of education and seeks to govern education institutions and education users through politically circulating norms and values. These norms and values, I want to argue, echo and redeem the kinds of frameworks, applications and rationalities typically aligned with modes of neoliberal or advanced liberal governance, e.g. marketization, monetarization, atomization and deregulation. I conclude the paper by considering how diversity in education renders problematic conventional antinomies of the citizen and consumer, public and private, state and civil society, etc., and forces us to confront the rhizomatic character of contemporary governance and education in the era of neoliberalism.

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