Essays about: "education in Poland"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words education in Poland.

  1. 1. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
    Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

    Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

  3. 2. The tale of having no control over your own body: Abortion and sex education in Poland

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oliwia Heintze; [2022]
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    Abstract : In November 2020 Constitutional Tribunal announced that it will start working on stricter abortion law in Poland. Poland has already one of the strictest abortion laws in the wholeEurope and this information and Constitutional’s Tribunal announcement created confusionamong the society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Electoral gender quotas in post-communist societies: Evidence from Polish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Wallin; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral gender quotas; local politics; discontinuity-in-differences; Poland;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the short-term effects of a legislative gender quota in candidate lists using evidence from local elections in Poland. In the context of open lists systems, quotas were introduced in 2018 in municipalities with proportional representation (over 20,000 inhabitants). READ MORE

  5. 4. 100 Years of Women's Vote in Poland: Socioeconomic Determinants of Women's Voting Behaviour.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alexandra Beerkens; [2019]
    Keywords : gender; Poland; probit model; voter turnout; voting behaviour;

    Abstract : This research paper examines whether socioeconomic characteristics and opinions on gender roles consistently differentiate men and women in their choices to vote and their political preferences by applying the probit model to the Polish General Social Survey and International Social Survey Programme data. The analysis shows that despite the changing times and opinions, region, place of residence and employment status can be regarded as factors driving the voter turnout among women. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reconsidering documentation systems : Examining Polish preschool educators’ reflections upon Polish preschool documentation system, preschool democracy and Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogical documentation from Sweden.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Praktiknära utbildningsforskning (PUF)

    Author : Dorota Waloszczyk; [2019]
    Keywords : Sweden; Poland; preschool documentation; pedagogical documentation; Reggio Emilia; democracy in preschool;

    Abstract : Sweden and Poland see preschool documentation as a very important practice in Early Childhood Education and Care. Each country, however, conceives of this documentation differently. Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogical documentation is one of the documentation practices used in Swedish preschools. READ MORE