Proposed candidates for supervisors

Social pedagogy
Family pedagogy
Safety education (especially online safety), aspects of communication and social pathologies in the context of upbringing/education

Education and upbringing of women in historical and contemporary perspective
The history of children and childhood – from the earliest times to the present
History of the family – from the earliest times to the present
Pedagogical biography – figures of outstanding teachers educators and educational activists
Schooling and education in Poland, 19th-21st century
History of pedagogical thought
Aesthetic education

Alternative pedagogy – especially kindergartens and Waldorf schools (Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy): an alternative conception of human development, ways of alternative educational influences, functioning of Waldorf kindergartens and schools in Poland
Communication theory – especially non-verbal communication, kinesics (body language), pre-language, self-presentation proxemics (spatial relations – “space speaks”), the hidden curriculum of the school, chronemics – temporal relations, physical attribution of humans in education, etc.
Decision theory – heuristics and evaluation heuristics: representativeness availability grounded choice mechanisms in open specific situations where there are no ready-made decision algorithms i.e. one has to make a decision guided by premises often irrational specific own unique
Comparative pedagogy: contemporary pedagogical concepts – Polish, German and Anglo-Saxon educational doctrines trends and directions of upbringing in a critical and comparative context educational systems and institutions – especially in the USA UK in Germany and France
Philosophy of upbringing – especially topics related to the concepts of utopia and dystopia in sociology pedagogy and philosophy

Educational systems of German-speaking countries and communities
Pre-service and primary teacher education in selected countries
Cognition and action of the child in selected educational systems
General technical education as one of the areas of work pedagogy
Regional education – cultural heritage in the region in kindergarten and primary grades 1 to 3
Education in Polish tradition and culture
Toys in child rearing and education

Pedeutology: (quality of teacher education in Poland and other countries; identification of problems of teachers’ professional adaptation in Poland and other countries; motives for entering the teaching profession; practical value of teachers’ research skills; online education at different educational stages),
Play as a form of child activity (play in childhood versus quality of life in adulthood; the child in the world of electronic media; generational variability of children’s play),

Transformations of the family in its structure of functions and system of values
The human person in the face of the challenges of postmodernism
Family towards the challenges of postmodernism
The child in the face of information and communication technologies
Technical education and integral child development
Participation in computer games and child functioning at different stages of development
Man in the world of technology
Technical education: transformations, challenges and new didactic methods
Reception of technical content
The level of creative attitudes

Student competences and their development in the changing school
Teacher’s competences and his/her actions as a creator of educational space
Teacher-pupil social relations in the process of education
Modernization of the teaching-learning process – including the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), activation methods, individualized education