SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF ACADEMIC YOUTH. REPORT ON THE RESEARCH OF STUDENTS FROM THE MARIE CURIE-SKLODOWSKA UNIVERSITY IN LUBLIN (CASE STUDY OF POLAND)
SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF ACADEMIC YOUTH. REPORT ON THE RESEARCH OF STUDENTS FROM THE MARIE CURIE-SKLODOWSKA UNIVERSITY IN LUBLIN (CASE STUDY OF POLAND)
Author(s): Magdalena Cieślikowska, Olga Smalej-Kołodziej, Przemysław WrochnaSubject(s): Education, Sociology
Published by: Międzynarodowy Instytut Innowacji "Nauka - Edukacja - Rozwój"
Keywords: social activity; students; social activity of youth
Summary/Abstract: In today's world, social activity is an extremely important element in the process of buildinga civil society and social capital. Moreover, apart from activities for the commongood, this aspect is a key element of personal development, allowing even to gain highlyvaluedexperience in the labor market. Considering the age, lifestyle and educationalcapital of university students. it can be assumed that this group may be characterized bya high level of activity in the social field. However, numerous analyzes carried out byresearch institutions indicate a low level of this activity among the university students.The article is an attempt to verify the above thesis based on studies carried out amongstudents of the Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In the assumption, the article points to: diagnosis of the tendency of students to undertake social activities; assessmentof the values that determine pro-social and "pro-civil" attitudes, which constitute abarrier to the development of this field; and draws attention to the activities that prevail,and which become marginalized.
Journal: International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences IJONESS
- Issue Year: 9/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 399-413
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English, Polish