In the 16th and 17th centuries the Polish pedagogical theory frequently drew attention to the importance of a proper upbringing of the younger generation. This was done the most emphatically by Andrzej F r y c z M o d r z e w ­ s k i , who accorded third place to this question among the most vital problems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the book On Cus­ toms he wrote: “I think that a...

The modernistic model of upbringing emphasizes more cognitive, instrumental competence, and underlines the importance of critical thinking. The postmodern model of upbringing induces more interdisciplinary and creative thinking. The authors of the article raise the following question: is creativity compatible or incompatible with critical thinking? Relying on their own experience of textbooks w...

the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of sex, season and year of birth on growth rate of biometric measurements and body weight gain of thoroughbred foals during first six months of life. 103 thoroughbred foals (53 colts and 50 fillies) from golejewko stud born between 2006 and 2008, were used in this study. thoroughbred foals born in winter months were characterized by significantly ...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the associations between students’ bullying behaviors in Islamic private schools, Pattani province and classroom management factors (democracy, authoritarian, and permissive classroom management), family upbringing factors (strict, permissive, and democracy upbringing), environment violence factors (influence of peers violence, community violence,...

BACKGROUND Ethnic disparities in lung function have been linked mainly to anthropometric factors but have not been fully explained. We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study to investigate how best to study ethnic differences in lung function in young adults and evaluate whether these could be explained by birth weight and socio-economic factors. METHODS We recruited 112 university students ...

Background: The type of parent’s child rearing and the perception of problems by adolescents are one of the important reasons for the formation of inappropriate behavior and delinquency in adolescents. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship of perceived parenting styles with self-control capacity and affective self-regulation among delinquent adolencents...

BACKGROUND The influence of maternal child-feeding style upon child weight and eating style for children over the age of twelve months is well established. However there is little empirical evidence examining maternal child-feeding style during milk feeding despite evidence that mothers who breastfeed exert lower levels of control over later diet. The aim of this paper was to examine variation ...