Justyna Siemionow

The change as a diagnostic category in pedagogical research —on the example of educational, therapeutic and care-providing activities conducted in the institutional environment of Youth Educational Centres
This article presents how the scientific researches in the social rehabilitation centre are important. It is necessary to plan and organize them because they connect the „theory world" with „practice world". There is a group of factors which can influence on even basic research. It is obvious, we cannot forget about methodology aspects but in this article they are omitted. Deliberations in this article are concentrated at functioning of the rehabilitation institution, its institutional environment and some factors which interact each other. The institutional environment has a great impact on any research which may be planned in it. The goal of this article is to  onduct a theoretical and multifaceted analysis of educational, therapeutic and care-providing activities undertaken in the institutionalised environment. The most important category of diagnose in this analysis is the term of change. In this article only the key factors are described but it is good to consider them before planning the scientific researches in this kind of institution such as: cognitive level of general functioning of the pupils’, age and the length of stay of these pupils are extremely important in each scientific activity. It is crucial to make as much effort as you can to show to the public the real conclusions conducted from credible information based  n the scientific researches. It may be the foundation for creating new models of educational work.

The author focuses on the image of socially maladjusted phenomenon: behavioral disorders, leaving educational tasks, aggression and taking drugs or drinking alcohol – they are often included in it. As a result of cognitive perspective (in social science), the following statement is the most important. Personality is a system which consists of a few elements. This system is made of knowledge about self, the social environment and about the others. Personality as a system can control the emotions and also the behavior. The article also presents next thesis: someone behaves in specific way because his cognitive system influences on him. The way how someone understands the others and the surrounding world is also crucial. So, one of the most important task during the social rehabilitation process is to help youngsters to be independent and to obey the rules in the open environment, outside the institution. It is essential to consider the knowledge about their special educational needs during the social rehabilitation. This action increases the chance of success of social rehabilitation and makes this process more effective.