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Pomiędzy brazylijskością a europejskością. Pytania o realizację edukacji międzykulturowej – jakościowe studium przypadku
Being in-between Brasilian and European. Questions concerning intercultural education – case study research

Author(s): Maria Jeznach, Marzena Ruszkowska
Subject(s): Sociology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej
Keywords: intercultural education; multidimensional identity; case study research

Summary/Abstract: The article contains analysis and interprets an individual experience, feelings, perspectives and value system of a man (the representative of another culture) who is on his way to shape his own identity. The research method that enabled reaching the aim was the qualitative research study in which four research techniques were applied, i.e. a narrative interview (the analysis oriented on the meaning of coding), a scale researching ethnical identity (Phinney, 1992), a range of hardships experienced in an alien culture (Furnham, Bohner, 1986). The selection of the case was determined by a wish to gain information. The results concern the dimensions of multidimensional identity tested with 20 conceptual categories, as well as the codes and interpretation of the meanings of broadcast dimensions of the identity of the narrator. The report presents the cognitive and practical significance of the case. The text makes references to the following − category of identity, Complaints, 1997; Borowik, Leszczyńska, 2007; Nikitorowicz, 2015; Sokolik, 1992; references to the theory of identity behaviour: Ogrodzka- Mazur, 2014, Gajdzica, 2013, Grabowska, 2013, Kurzępa, 2007, Misiejuk, 2013, Ogrodzka-Mazur, 2007, Sobecki, 2007, Szczurek-Boruta, 2007, Urlińska; Wojakowski, 2007, Ogrodzka-Mazur, 2014; reference to research on identity profiles: Ogrodzka-Mazur, 2014; reference to qualitative analysis of identity: Gurwitsch 1966, Moustakas, 2001.

  • Issue Year: 12/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-49
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish