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Covid pandemic as a disruptive factor enhancing ICT use in social sciences’ teaching practices

Maruszewska Ewa Wanda, Eisenbardt Monika, Tuszkiewicz Maciej

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2022

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z. 160

383--407

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Purpose: Our research attempts to understand a change in social sciences’ academics' teaching practices that can be observed during the COVID pandemic and that are predicted after the pandemic. Design: We investigate – in the light of the Blin’s and Munro’s activity theory (2008) – whether the COVID pandemic is a disruptive factor that may lead to the transformation of social sciences academics’ teaching practices. The research instrument was a worldwide survey conducted among social sciences’ academics. Findings: COVID pandemic has already introduced changes into academics’ teaching practices in a form of broad ICT usage as well as initiated changes in the teaching activities design. Research limitations: The number of responses is limited to 382 with only a collection of 77 responses from outside of Europe. We applied a general approach for ICT means not asking respondents about particular ICT tools. COVID as a pandemic evolves continuously indicating the need for further, in-depth research in this field. Practical implications: COVID pandemic might serve as a disruptive factor enforcing further changes in social sciences’ academic teaching practices after the pandemic. Social implications: Our results indicate that the quality of social sciences teaching has worsened during the pandemic and most of the respondents do not predict significant changes in the quality of teaching after the pandemic compared to the quality of teaching before the pandemic. Originality: We contribute by showing that introduction of a new tool (ICT) and modified teaching activity design resulted in a serious alteration of the teaching practice of social sciences’ academics. We did not confirm that COVID disruption was expansive enough to permanently transform teaching practices of social sciences academics, hence we suggest that obstacles to successful incorporation of ICT in teaching practices are still present. We showed that ICT is predicted to be used more frequently rather than before (when it was only utilised as a platform to transfer traditional material) and will not modify the well-established practices referring to instructional tools. Our study suggests that the relation between teacher and teaching activity design is not mediated by ICT tools, which may result in resistance from the teachers.

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Influence of generational changes on the development of teaching methods in the field of teaching information and communication technologies

Hysa Beata, Zdonek Iwona

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2020

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z. 144

183--193

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore why and how generational changes and modern ICT have contributed to the development of didactic methods used by academic teachers in the field of teaching information and communication technologies (ICT). Design/methodology/approach: In-depth interviews were conducted with academic teachers who have been working at a university for 10 to 20 years. They do classes for full-time and part-time students, teaching mainly science subjects. Findings: This article clarifies why and how generational changes and modern ICT have contributed to the development of educational methods used by academic teachers. The article describes three generations of students: X, Y, Z, which are currently undertaking intramural and extramural studies. The report contains an analysis of the results of research concerning the work of contemporary academic teachers in terms of educational methods, teaching materials, methods of communication with students, evaluation, and control methods. The conclusions provided answers to the research questions. Research limitations/implications: The article presents the results of qualitative research, which allowed us to initially determine the characteristics of the phenomenon of generational changes and its influence on the methods of teaching used. In the next stage of the research, the authors intend to conduct surveys among academic teachers and students to explore this topic from the point of view of quantitative analysis. Originality/value: This study indicated that generational changes had transformed the teaching and working methods of academic teachers. However, this transformation does not mean the complete abandonment of previously used teaching methods, but their enrichment with new techniques related to ICT and social media.

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Factors influencing the choice of marketing activities at a higher education institution in the context of postgraduate studies

Ryńca Radosław, Suropek Piotr

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2020

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z. 144

419--428

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Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to identify factors influencing marketing activities undertaken in the context of postgraduate studies. It addresses issues of undertaking marketing activities in this respect. Design/methodology/approach: Objectives were achieved by the use of surveys, which were carried out at a public and private higher education institution among the managers of postgraduate studies in the field of management sciences. Findings: The authors identified factors that could affect the choice of marketing activities, as well as assessed their significance based on interviews and surveys. Originality/value: The authors identify factors influencing the marketing activities undertaken in the context of postgraduate studies.

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The application of design thinking methodology in architectural education in Ukraine: case study

Holubchak Kateryna

Architecture Civil Engineering Environment

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2020

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Vol. 13, no. 4

19--29

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The relationship between different aspects that challenge architectural education in Ukraine and new pedagogical strategies, in particular application of the innovative approach based on Design Thinking, are analysed and described in the paper. The case study illustrated in the article is based on author’s personal experiment held with the 3rd year students at the Institute of Architecture, Construction and Energy (Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine). A qualitative analysis of the Design Thinking methodology, alongside the literature review, has been presented . Particular emphasis is put on the implementation of the Lego® Serious Play® methodology, as an effective tool for facilitating students’ creative potential, self-expression and ability to generate innovative ideas at the conceptual stage of architectural design. The suggested methodology can be successfully applied in other higher educational courses.

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Development of managerial competences of the future – shaping curricula for higher education

Stachowicz-Stanusch A., Aleksander A.

Organizacja i Zarządzanie : kwartalnik naukowy

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2017

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nr 3

93--111

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In the world pervaded with moral crises, unethical practices not only in the private and public sector but also in various charity organisations and cultural institutions, where one faces a loss of values and authorities, a question arises about the reasons for such occurrences. Simultaneously the need for developing tools helping to diminish the effects of unethical undertakings and eventually prevent them from emerging at all, comes into being. The main purpose of the presented paper is to convince that introducing ethics, social responsibility, and anti-corruption policies in higher education programmes accounts for a significant and undoubted tool that may bring positive results for both individuals and societies in the future. Such programmes will develop managerial competences that will play an even more important role than hard skills and acquired knowledge. The authoresses support the thesis with an example of a good practice based on a case study of a programme introduced at one of the Polish universities educating future managers for public administration. In the conclusions the authoresses will underline the necessity of educating responsible, conscious, and ethical managers especially for public sector institutions as well as they will suggest the paths for further research in this area.