Nuda w środowisku uniwersyteckim
Boredom in the university milieu

Summary/Abstract: Boredom is frequently associated with primary or secondary education, however it is present in the university milieu as well. Students acknowledge this, university staff less willingly, but periodic boredom is a fact. This text briefly discusses the state of research on boredom in higher education and presents the preliminary results of a qualitative study conducted among teaching and research staff of the University of Warsaw (individual in-depth interviews, participant observation) on the phenomenon of boredom in the academic community. The article presents teachers’ perception and definition of boredom and their experiences with boredom resulting from their work at the university (research, teaching and organisational-administrative activities).

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