Newsletter nr 4 (106)/2024

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Dear „e-mentor” readers,

I am delighted to share with you the newest collection of papers. The topics discussed in this issue reflect very well the trends in the current public debates on how to cope with challenges induced by technological revolution.

New trends in management concern mostly the applications of artificial intelligence in business and in the decision-making process in particular. However, it is not only about AI, but also about the possibilities of involving the crowd in open innovation processes.

Readers primarily interested in new trends in education can learn about a new tool to assist teachers in designing online interactive content based on experiences from Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Sweden. They can also investigate the problem of compatibility between vocational personalities and career interests of university students based on the results of research conducted in Pakistan. Two other articles touch upon practical problems of criteria for selecting preferred and avoided partners for teamwork in the classroom and guidelines for preparing a successful Erasmus+ proposal. Finally, readers can reflect on the economic education of people with disabilities serving as a tool supporting social inclusion.

What this issue also illustrates well are the achievements in the project of internationalisation supported for the last two years by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) (RCN/SP/0361/2021/1). We have accomplished various tasks focused on enhancing the recognition of "e-mentor" in the international academic community, such as cooperation with the foreign organisers of scientific conferences or translating Polish articles into English. Our efforts have resulted in a growing number of authors and reviewers affiliated to foreign institutions. Additionally, we kindly invite you to visit our new website. I sincerely hope that the improvements will satisfy not only our readers, but also authors and reviewers. At the same time, I would like to cordially invite you to contribute to "e-mentor".

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Agnieszka Konieczna, Criteria for selecting preferred and avoided partners for teamwork in the classroom and their contextual variability: an adolescent perspective

In real life, people do not always choose who they work with and the size of the working group. However, when placed in a group or pair, they do not always function successfully as a team. This paper reveals the preferences and criteria for selecting group work partners from the perspective of 7th and 8th grade students, attempting to capture behaviours perceived as critical to the development of trust (trustworthiness). In addition...
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Dawid Banaś, Economic education of people with disabilities as a tool supporting social inclusion

Economic education is becoming increasingly essential for modern societies to function. It consists of three aspects: knowledge, skills and attitudes, and if such aspects remain at a low level, the people it concerns are susceptible to financial exclusion. Due to dynamic changes occurring in financial markets, knowledge quickly becomes outdated and needs to be frequently updated. People with disabilities fall into this group of people at risk of social exclusion, usually displaying lower participation in the educational system (although this has been changing) and facing greater difficulties in the labour market. A hypothesis has been posed that economic education may contribute to the social inclusion of people with disabilities, and the determined goal was to demonstrate the existence of the need for financial education targeted at people with disabilities to make them less susceptible to the risk of social and financial exclusion. This goal...
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Luiza Ochnio, Mariusz Hamulczuk, Grzegorz Koszela, Katarzyna Czech, Esraa Salim, Milanka Slavova, Giorgia Tucci, New tool supporting teachers in designing online interactive content - lessons learned from experiences in Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Sweden

Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced universities and teachers to switch from face-to-face to online teaching, which required adopting solutions for numerous organisational and technical challenges. In this context, the aim of this study is to highlight issues faced by teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic, show e-learning solutions developed as part of the iSurvive project, and assess their usefulness in online teaching. In the research conducted in 2021-2023,...
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