Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych / Polish Journal of Continuing Education

11-24

Authors: Larysa Lukianova

Currently, lifelong learning is one of the main components of the European social model of successful human existence. An important component of the education system throughout life is professional education of adults, which directly contributes to the formation of the professional basis of the personnel potential of the modern high-tech economy. The author of the article proves that the challenges faced by professional education of adults are due to the results of socio-economic transformations. In particular, it is about deep institutional changes, against the background of increased global competition, serious changes in the demographic situation, integration of the educational space, rapid development of the field of information technologies. Ukraine and Poland have long-standing common scientific interests. The expediency of their development has significantly increased recently. First of all, this concerns professional education of adults due to the requirements of the labor market, which itself changes rapidly, and therefore requires rapid adaptation to these changes from its subjects, due to changes in the demographic structure of both countries, migration processes etc.

37-71

Authors: Maria Richert, Piotr Łebkowski, Joanna Kulczycka, Natalia Iwaszczuk

This article is a study of research on factors influencing decision-making under risk. An important management competence is the ability to make rational decisions. In reality, however, decisions are made with limited rationality or using heuristic methods. The right decisions are the basic factor affecting the condition of an enterprise and determining its development. Typically, the decisions made are influenced by the decision-maker's personality, experience and emotions. However, in professional life, decisions are also influenced by formal and legal regulations and rules as well as the rules and methodology adopted in a particular company. By confronting the ways in which decisions are made in both professional and personal life, it is possible to infer the tendencies that drive decision-makers. The article presents the results of an extensive literature analysis on governance and the influence of personality on decisionmaking. In the research part, a survey of a selected group of people was conducted and the results obtained were analysed comparatively in relation to the gender of the respondents. The results showed a greater tendency for men to take risks. Women were better at assessing the consequences of their decisions. Both women and men were cautious in estimating risks in professional decisions.

85-96

Authors: Marina Kovari, Remigiusz Mazur

The article is a summary of the work carried out by an international team of experts as part of the first intellectual output of the i-CONTENT project: A Toolkit for Educators and VET providers for the design and development of online interactive gamified content, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, which aims to serve Trainers and VET providers (mainly SMEs) delivering non-formal initial and continuous VET courses who wish to transform the typical classroom led course delivery into an online interactive gamified learning experience (asynchronous and synchronous learning) allowing them to meet current market needs and enabling them to target the global market. Partners from five countries (Poland, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, United Kingdom) conducted research on two target groups – VET trainers and students, in order to determine what online tools are used by trainers to create online courses, which prompts students to enroll in an online course, and what key elements they believe are necessary to keep the course engaged and what makes the course attractive. Based on the results of the research, the authors have developed “A guide for the design phase of the interactive phase of an online course” containing information on designing attractive and effective course content before moving to the development phase, how to set goals, structure, and define learning outcomes.

105-121

Authors: Agnieszka Konieczna, Monika Żak

Educational activities undertaken by seniors are of particular interest to instructors and researchers in the field of lifelong education. The purpose of the paper is to show how many seniors participate in various educational programs and undertake formal and informal learning. The paper will also address more specific questions like why seniors want to learn, what motivates them to continue learning, what importance they actually attach to learning. Teachers, instructors and those concerned with the learning needs of older people should understand how older students differ from younger ones, both in their motivation to learn and in their cognitive abilities. The need to develop educational programs and teaching techniques designed specifically for older adults is extremely urgent, as education and learning play an important role in successful aging.

141-156

Authors: Ewa Flaszyńska

The influx of refugees from Ukraine over the past year could have led to an uncontrolled increase in unemployment in Poland and Europe, but this did not happen. European countries took immediate measures to support Ukrainian refugees and their integration into the labour markets. In Poland, at the end of January 2023, there were 15.6 thousand unemployed citizens from this country registered in labour offices, who accounted for only 1.8 per cent of the total number of unemployed. In 2022, on the other hand, more than 1 million Ukrainian citizens were legalised for work, which indicates their good integration into Polish society. In the article. I analyse the measures taken in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and show that the European economy, despite the crisis caused by the war, requires a continuous replenishment of the labour supply of workers. I address the issues of European labour markets, the activities of employment services in other countries receiving refugees and I also cite the results of research conducted in Polish and European employment services.

175-187

Authors: Aleksandra Gulc, Julia Siderska, Danuta Szpilko, Joanna Szydło, Jolanta Religa, Joakim Valevatn

The article deals with the subject of the analysis of shaping and developing a professional career with the use of foresight methods and tools. The main goal set by the authors was to discuss the assumptions of the developed foresight research methodology, aimed at application in the context of the future labor market. The article reviews and briefly characterizes selected foresight methods that were used during construction and applied in the designed methodology. In addition, the work also shows how the proposed methodology was implemented in a practical tool supporting the work of career counselors and academic teachers during workshops aimed at building a vision of the future of the labor market and other selected research areas. The tool is in the form of an Internet application that enables group and individual work, as well as a tool for individual use, for the purpose of analysing the conditions of individual career paths and personal development of students and graduates of higher education institutions. This tool is also intended to support young people in the process of creating various scenarios of professional development. The methodology was developed as part of the international project “ IT system supporting higher education and career development using the foresight methodology (FORhesIT)”, implemented with the financial support of the European Economic Area funds.