Around social problems – or in search of pedagogy in the discourses of youth organizations operating in Poland Cover Image

Wokół problemów społecznych, czyli w poszukiwaniu pedagogii w dyskursach organizacji młodzieżowych działających w Polsce
Around social problems – or in search of pedagogy in the discourses of youth organizations operating in Poland

Author(s): Helena Ostrowicka, Klaudia Wolniewicz-Slomka
Subject(s): Management and complex organizations, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: pedagogy; discourse analysis; discursive strategies; youth organizations; problematization;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the results are presented of the research on discursive constructions of social problems and their solutions, which are undertaken by selected youth organizations operating in Poland. Six of them were analyzed: AIESEC Poland [in Polish: AIESEC Polska], ATD Fourth World Poland [ATD Czwarty Świat Polska], UNESCO Initiatives Centre [Centrum Inicjatyw UNESCO], Center for Intercultural Initiatives Horizons [Centrum Inicjatyw Międzykulturowych Horyzonty], All-Polish Youth [Młodzież Wszechpolska] and National Radical Camp [Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny]. The article provides answers to the following research questions: 1) What do selected youth organizations consider to be a problem? 2) By what discursive strategies do they formulate problems? 3) What actions are they taking to solve the problems? The analysis of the content and applied discursive strategies covered a total of 696 texts of various genres and volumes (including programs, statutes, newsletters, entries in social media). The results of the analyses allowed for a description and comparison of the researched organizations using the categories of pedagogy and its different types (pedagogy of the current time, ethno-pedagogy, pedagogy of fear, pan-pedagogy and folkpedagogy), revealing similarities and differences in the scope of issues considered by organizations as problematic, including those related to (multi)cultural issues.

  • Issue Year: 22/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 176-191
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish