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In memoriam: Aina Blinkena (5.09.1929 – 22.11.2017)
2018
In memoriam: Aina Blinkena (5.09.1929 – 22.11.2017) Professor Aina Blinkena passed away on 22 November 2017. Upon her graduation from the Latvian State University in 1953, she began working for the Institute of Language and Literature of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences (today: the Institute of the Latvian Language of the University of Latvia), which became her only permanent workplace. Starting her work as a junior research associate and later – a deputy director and a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Aina Blinkena shaped the linguistic thought in Latvia for almost fifty years. Aina Blinkena pursued broad interests in the history of language and linguistics, as well as mo…
Social engagement, mood, and mortality in old age
2017
Social relationships, social activity, and experiencing fulfilment of interpersonal needs are essential aspects of well-being in older people. The purpose of this research was twofold: first, to investigate the associations of various dimensions of social activity and perceived togetherness with indicators of health decline; and second, to identify potential mediators in these associations. This dissertation is based on data from two research projects. The first, the Evergreen project, is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal follow-up study on the health and functional capacity of people aged 65–84 in 1988 (n=1 181) resident in Jyväskylä, Finland. Data on institutionalization and mortality wer…
Wybrane zagadnienia badań historycznych w polu polskiej pedagogiki społecznej: historia działalności społecznej
2020
Artykuł podejmuje zagadnienie badań historycznych, których przedmiotem jest działalność społeczna. Badania te wpisują się w pole naukowej aktywności polskiej pedagogiki społecznej, której twórczynią była Helena Radlińska. Badaczka ta opracowała metodę badań historycznych dla pedagogów społecznych. W oparciu o to podejście metodologiczne warto współcześnie podejmować kolejne badania historyczne w polu pedagogiki społecznej. Ich efekty będą służyły przywracaniu prawdy o przeszłości działalności społecznej i o jej przedstawicielach, ich naukowym i praktycznym dorobku. Z drugiej strony efekty tych badań będą stanowiły drogowskaz dla poszukujących nowych rozwiązań dla praktyki działalności społe…
Edukacja ustawiczna wobec ekskluzji społecznej seniorów
2017
Social exclusion is a very unfavourable process for both the individual and society as a whole. It is important to counteract it, and this involves taking actions that will prevent itsnegative effects. Education is of great importance in counteracting social exclusion of seniors. Both education until old age, which is aimed at neutralization of harmful prejudices and breaking stereotypes negatively stigmatizing the elderly, and education at old age that gives seniors the opportunity to grow, realize dreams, and get better orientation in changing reality.
How Wild Can It Get? Managing Language Learning Tasks in Real Life Service Encounters
2019
This chapter explores how experientially based pedagogical activities that involve participation in real life service encounters provide occasions for developing L2 interactional competence. The data comprises novice L2 students’ self-recorded interactions in service settings and videorecordings of classroom planning activities and de-briefing discussions, where the students reflect on their experiences. The analysis traces what kinds of occasions for learning arise as the students move between the classroom and the real-world service settings. The findings show that the different phases of the task complement each other in supporting the development of interactional competence. The prepara…