Individualization and the sense of community. Case study of the residents of the north-eastern Polish borderland in a pedagogical perspective
Individualization and the sense of community. Case study of the residents of the north-eastern Polish borderland in a pedagogical perspective
Author(s): Jolanta MuszyńskaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: individualisation; community; a sense of community; local identity; social dependency
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the sense of community of contemporary residents of the north-easternPolish borderland. The process of individualisation and the contemporary direction of interpretingthe concept of community constitute the background of the analyses. The adoptedpedagogical perspective of narration has set out both the theoretical foundations of thepresented research results, as well as their interpretation, stressing the importance of the localenvironment and its cultural nature as factors determining an individual’s consciousness ofbelonging to a community and taking responsibility for it. The article presents selected aspectsof the statistical analysis of the sense of community and their interpretation.
Journal: Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny
- Issue Year: 248/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 55-67
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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