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Publication date: 28.03.2018

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Editor-in-Chief Joanna Kołodziejczyk

Secretary Paweł Hałat

Issue editors Grzegorz Mazurkiewicz

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Henryk Mizerek

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.001.8230
The purpose of the paper is to point to the reasons why dialogue in educational practice increasingly appears as forgotten art. The word dialogue has lost its original meaning and in practice it functions as a “buzzword” – a fashionable label under which any meaning can be hidden. The author presents ways of understanding the dialogue in educational theory, clashing them with the understanding of dialogue in the concept of David Bohm, quantum physics, the author of many works on the theory and methodology of dialogue. Critical and practical reflection on the role of dialogue in education leads to the definition of “boundary conditions” that must be fulfilled in order to make dialogue a factor of school change.
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Joanna Kołodziejczyk, Grzegorz Mazurkiewicz

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 11 - 23

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.002.8231
The main points of consideration in this paper are challenges of the contemporary educational management and leadership. Authors present selected contextual factors influencing educational policy and preferred models of management in education. They referred also to their personal inspirations coming from literature and their practical experiences connected to conducted research and to the implementation of solutions in school evaluation and educational leadership. Using these experiences, Authors share reflections on understanding of educational management and leadership and the conceptualization of directions of the development these areas.
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Monika Maciejewska

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 25 - 38

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.003.8232
This paper attempts to examine in detail several years of experience stemming from the introduction of evaluation to Polish schools. In order to understand the practice of evaluation implemented in schools, the focus of attention here is the search for educational discourses within this field and discussions conducted by practitioners. Attention is paid primarily to those who manage schools, i.e. headmasters, because they are particularly connected with evaluation processes in schools due to their administrative function. Thus, their statements posted on one of Internet forum have been analyzed.
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Justyna Nowotniak

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 39 - 57

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.004.8233
International expansion of the evaluation and globally growing volume of evaluation research projects are both facts nowadays. This paper is meant to analyse trends the responsive evaluation develops in Poland. In more detail, the following were the issues addressed by the author. Firstly, to determine the quiddity of that kind of evaluation and to set the path towards practitioning of responsive evaluation in the realm of Polish society. Secondly, to list down the terms and conditions necessary to meet to successfully exercise responsive evaluation in educational institutions and to propose methodological solutions supporting the implementation of such model of educational evaluation for the entire system of education evaluation.
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Agnieszka Olechowska

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 59 - 74

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.005.8234
Nowadays, the quality of our educational policy for students with special needs is unsufficient. The goal of the article is to show possible dependencies between the language used in the contemporary official pedagogical discourse (educational policy tool) and the way in which students with special educational needs are perceived. On the basis of critical analysis of the provisions of selected educational law acts, I will show that these acts are dominated by descriptions which are characteristic for the biological paradigm of disability perception and which could imply negative stereotypes and stigmatization of students with special needs.
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Hanna Kędzierska

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 75 - 89

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.006.8235
This paper discusses the outcomes of the first stage of conducted qualitative research on professional socialization of novice teachers. The presented analysis refers to the transition period from the role of a student to that of an employee and uncovers the less well-known empirically side of the coin in teacher training with regards to professional socialization of novice teachers – the perspective of constructing one’s professional path at the intersection of two cultures: the culture of academia and the workplace culture.
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Joanna Szafran

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 91 - 104

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.007.8236
The article discusses school management issues, and focuses on selected areas of psychological competence, personality issues mainly in terms of autonomy and sense of agency. These considerations are accompanied by reflection on managerial effectiveness and critical remarks on the competition procedures in school.
 

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Anna Hesse-Gawęda

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 105 - 115

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.008.8237
Educational leadership undoubtedly influences the quality of the processes occurring in educational institutions. How it is understood can impact actions taken by school heads and these actions may be completely different. The aim of this study is to present the ways of thinking and interpreting leadership styles of a group of Polish school heads. In the course of the analyses of differences in ways of understanding leadership, a classification by Gayle Avery [2009], distinguishing classical, transactional, visionary and organic leadership, was used.
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Michał Pachocki

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 117 - 131

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.009.8238
The article provides overview on results of research concerning Erasmus+ staff transnational mobility impact on Polish schools. It is also an attempt to deliver diagnosis of needs and problems schools face while using EU funds to carry out activities difficult to fund from domestic resources.
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Wiesław Poleszak

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 131 - 146

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.010.8239
The paper is focused on the problems of student governments. A student government is a place where students learn the mains principles of democracy. The task of a school is to identify natural leaders and help them develop their competences. A school should prepare good leaders who could work at social and public areas. The result of this process depends on how teachers are prepared to work with students. In this paper we aim to identify advantages and disadvantages of student governments. The study was made at secondary schools in the north-western Poland. In total, 464 students and 41 teachers were studied. The results suggest how to support student governments. The study indicates that both students and teachers have limited knowledge about the mains principles and tasks of student governments. The respondents differ in their perception of advantages and disadvantages of student governments.
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Izabela Cytlak, Joanna Jarmużek

Public Management, Issue 1 (41), 2018, pp. 147 - 157

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.18.011.8240
The aim of the publication is to analyze the phenomenon of multiculturalism in the context of education of migrant children. In the last decades, especially in the European Union countries, a phenomenon of social stratification is caused by the migration crisis and the need to redefine social life and its important dimension – education. Managing diversity at school requires a series of organizational and systemic actions to facilitate the integration process. An important part of this process is the co-operation of directors, teachers, parents and the entire local community. In this article, we will examine the different aspects of the diversity management process at the school to which the migrant child attends.
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