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Faculty of Andragogy and Social Gerontology

Area and direction of research

Employees of the Faculty of Andragogy and Social Gerontology realise scientific research primarily in the area of andragogy and social gerontology.

The Faculty substantially co-ordinates education in the realm of pedagogy in the field of adult education with coaching.

Detailed areas of research of the Faculty employees:

in the area of andragogy: multidimentionality in adult education, processes and situations of life-long learning; informal learning, new methods of educational work with adults, including coaching and mentoring; andragogical auxiology, preparing for adulthood; adulthood in disabled people; adulthood and learning in the era of modern information technologies;

in the area of social gerontology and geragogy: preparation for old age, learning in/of old age, activity of the elderly, professional activation of the elderly, education in old age, intergenerational learning, research into existential issues of the elderly, institutional and non-institutional support for the elderly;

in the area of research methodology: biographical approach in andragogy, studying educational biographies;

in the area of pedagogical monoseology: solitude/loneliness as pedagogical category, strategies of dealing with loneliness, learning in/of solitude/loneliness;

in the area of thanatopedagogy: thanatological education, taming the fear of death.

Most important publications:

Chmielecka M., Transformacja w coachingu Do艣wiadczenia uczenia si臋 doros艂ych, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2020.

Dubas E., Edukacja doros艂ych w sytuacji samotno艣ci i osamotnienia, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2000.

Dubas E., Adult loneliness. In: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness, ed. by Julian Stern, Christopher A. Sink, Ma艂gorzata Wa艂ejko, and Wong Ping Ho)., London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, pp. 261 鈥� 275.

Dubas E., Learning in/of solitude in the context of pedagogical monoseology, 鈥淛ournal of Silence Studies in Education, 2022, 2(1), pp. 5 鈥� 15.

Gutowska A., Zesp贸艂 Aspergera u osoby w okresie p贸藕nej doros艂o艣ci. Analiza przypadku, 鈥淩oczniki Pedagogiczne鈥� tom 12, nr 3(2020), s. 191-208.

Gutowska A., Sztobryn-Giercuszkiewicz J., 2022, Zdrowie psychiczne w czasie pandemii 鈥� perspektywa student贸w z niepe艂nosprawno艣ciami w: G. Miko艂ajczyk-Lerman, J. Sztobryn-Giercuszkiewicz (red.), 呕ycie z niepe艂nosprawno艣ci膮 w 艣wiecie VUCA, Wydawnictwo U艁, 艁贸d藕.

Gutowska A., 2022, The Care of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Informal (Family) Caregivers鈥� Perspectives, 鈥淚nternational Journal of Environmental Research Public Health鈥�, Volume 19, Issue 23, 15622.

Muszy艅ski M., red., Mi臋dzypokoleniowe uczenie si臋, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2014.

Marcin Muszy艅ski, Methods of reconstruction of the theory of aging in Poland, 鈥淓xlibris Biblioteka Gerontologii Spo艂ecznej鈥�, 2019, 1(16).

Muszy艅ski M., 2022, The image of old age emerging from place personalization in older adults鈥� dwellings, Journal of Aging Studies 63.

Sztobryn-Bochomulska J, Tanatos w literaturze dzieci臋cej i jego pedagogiczny wymiar, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2020.

Sztobryn-Bochomulska J. (2020) , Meeting in Children鈥檚 Literature Concerning Death 鈥� Finding Connections with Andrzej Nowicki鈥檚 Incontrology. With the Example of the Relationship with the Oldest Generation, Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne, 1(10), pp. 202-219.

艢witalski W., Uczenie si臋 doros艂ych w zabawie, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2019.

W膮si艅ski A., Autokreacja ma艂偶onk贸w bezdzietnych do wielowymiarowego rodzicielstwa adopcyjnego. Perspektywa pedagogiczno-antropologiczna, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕 2018.

W膮si艅ski A., Szyszka M. (2022), Valorization of Cultural and Social Heritage of the Post-Industrial Areas in the Upper Silesia, Illustrated with the Case of the Nikiszowiec District. Cultural Management: Science and Education, ISSN 2512-6962, DOI: 10.30819/cmse.6-2.06;

W膮si艅ski A. (2020), Experiencing Loneliness as a Source of Existential Suffering during Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease, Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne, 1(10), pp. 202-219.

Seria wydawnicza: Biografia i badanie biografii, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕.

Seria wydawnicza: Refleksje nad staro艣ci膮, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 艁贸d藕.

Most important scientific research:

• 眉International research and implementation project: 鈥�E-Bezpe膷铆 v oblasti prevence rizikov茅ho chov谩n铆 v online prost艡ed铆鈥� (CZ.11.4.120/0.0/0.0/17_ 028/0001654鈥�.) financed by InterReg Cz-PL. The entity applying for and implementing the project is Centru prevence rizikov茅 virtu谩ln铆 komunikace (PRVoK) Pedagogick茅 fakulty Univerzity Palack茅ho v Olomouci. Contractor in the project: professor of the Univeristy of 艁贸d藕 Arkadiusz W膮si艅ski, PhD habil. Duration of the project: 2019-2022.

眉鈥漇cientific excellence as the key to educational excellence鈥�, a project realised by the University of 艁贸d藕 as part of the competition of the National Centre of Research and Development POWR.03.05.00-IP.08-00-PZ1/17, task 10: Didactic competences of university staff (project financed from the funds of the European Social Fund as part of an operational programme Knowledge Education Development). Task 10 manager: Anna Gutowska-Cio艂ek, PhD. Co-operation: Marcin Muszy艅ski, PhD and Wojciech 艢witalski, PhD. Duration of the project: 1^st October, 2018 鈥� 30^th September, 2022.

Co-operation with academic centres both nationally and abroad

• 眉Long-term (since 1981) partnership with Justus Liebig Universitaet Giessen, Institut Erziehungswissenschaft/Berufspaedagogik (Germany),

• 眉Co-operation in the field of research into loneliness: with professor Julian Stern (Bishop Grosseteste University, Great Britain), University of Szczecin and International Society for Research on Solitude - professor El偶bieta Kowalska-Dubas, PhD habil.

Most important awards and distinctions

2017

Medal of the National Education Commission - Arkadiusz W膮si艅ski, PhD (29^th June, 2017 ID number 157654).

Bronze Medal for Long Service 鈥� Marcin Muszy艅ski, PhD.

2019

Arkadiusz W膮si艅ski PhD habil., The Board of the Academic Andragogical Society awarded Arkadiusz W膮si艅ski, PhD habil., in 2019 for an outstanding andragogical monograph: Self-creation of childless spouses to multidimentional adoptive parenthood. Pedagogical and anthropological perspective, Publishing House of the University of 艁贸d藕, 艁贸d藕 2018.

2020

Professor of the University of 艁贸d藕, Arkadiusz W膮si艅ski, PhD habil. - award of the 1^st degree of the Rector of the University of 艁贸d藕 for scientific achievements.

2016, 2020

Professor El偶bieta Kowalska 鈥� Dubas, PhD habil. - award of the 1^st degree of the Rector of the University of 艁贸d藕 for organisational activity

2021

Monika Chmielecka, PhD, the Board of the Academic Andragogical Society awarded Monika Chmielecka, PhD in 2021 with the award for the outstanding andragogical monograph: Transformation in coaching. The experience of learning in adults, Publishing House of the University of 艁贸d藕, 艁贸d藕, 2020.