The place of the Symposium: The conference room at the Educational Research Institute Gerbičeva 62, Ljubljana, Slovenia Educational Research Institute Kontakt: Dr. Janez Kolenc Centre for Evaluation Studies Educational Research Institute Gerbičeva 62, Ljubljana, Slovenia tel.: (386)-1-420-1-258 fax: (386)-1-420-1-266 e-mail: janez.kolenc@pei.si EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA Polish-Slovenian scientific symposium Educational sciences and their concepts Today educational sciences have a considerable impact on national school policies as well as on the role expert activities have in the development of educational systems. Educational sciences create concepts that serve as tools and framework for modelling educational systems and their subsystems. They create concepts defining the most general framework for public debates concerning the development of educational systems. In a more distant past educationists in Slovenia and Poland had been strongly influenced by German tradition in pedagogy, whereas in the second half of the twentieth century they were constrained by the major ideas of marxist pedagogy. In the last two decades educational sciences in both countries went through a process of emancipation; nevertheless they are still receiving influences, especially from Western Europe. Both teams, the Slovenian and Polish one, will study not only the history of educational concepts but also the conceptual framework within which both countries are trying to comply with the common educational standards set by the European Union. Final Programme of the Symposium Symposium Programme: October 25.-26. 2011 October 25th 2011 14.00 Reception 14.00.18.00 Topic I: Critical thinking 14.15-17.30 Moderator: dr. Janez Kolenc Dr. Stanislav Juţnič: Educational sciences of the eighteen century of the Piarists, Jesuits and Franciscans in Slovenia and in Poland in the light of the scientific concepts prof. zw. dr hab. Jacek Piekarski (UŁ): Methodology in the sciences of education - disciplinary status and practice of education (abstract) Dr. Bojan Ţalec: Empathy, dialogue and critical thinking in education dr. Zdenko Kodelja: Religious Education and Teaching about Religions Dr. Marjan Šimenc: Critical thinking Dr. Darko Štrajn: Reproduction of society trough education Dr. Valerija Vendramin: Why feminist epistemology matters in educational research? 17.30-18.00 Discussion Conclusions: dr. Janez Kolenc October 26th 2011 14.00-18.00 Topic II: Different conceptual frameworks 14.00-17.30 Moderator: prof. dr. Darko Štrajn prof. Grzegorz Michalski prof. Grzegorz Michalski (Director and Chair of History of Education and Pedeutology and Dean of Faculty of Educational Sciences in Lodz): (Directions of research in contemporary history of education in Poland) Historical and pedagogical strategy research associations. Dr. Janez Justin International research into reading literacy and culture specific knowledge Barbara Japelj Pavešić: Beyond the lessons learned from international comparative research in education prof. nadzw. dr hab. Danuta Urbaniak-Zając (UŁ):Empirical research in Polish pedagogy – between quantitative and qualitative research Dr. Bogomir Novak: Some epistemological problems of transformative pedagogics prof. nadzw. dr hab. Joanna Michalak (UŁ) : INCLUSIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN CHALLENGING URBAN COMMUNITIES Dr. Zvonko Perat An Ignored Historic Turning Point Dr. Darja Kobal Grum: CONCEPT OF INCLUSION ON THE SECTION OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND VYGOTSKIAN SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY Dr. Janez Kolenc: Luhmann’s Theory of Education 17.30-18.00 Discussion Conclusions: prof.dr. Darko Štrajn Closing of the Syposium and farewell party For the presentation of 20 minutes each of the participants should prepare the short abstract in English language. The whole texts will be published in the year 2012 in the official Journal of the Educational Reserach Institute – The School Field. For this purpose each of the authors have to send their contributions /articles to the end of the year 2011 (31.12.2011)