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UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-being

The UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair at Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw focuses on interdisciplinary studies and research on child development and well-being. The Chair organizes events, conducts research programs, and promotes cooperation in the field. Join us for the International Summer Schools and collaborate with international experts in the field.

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UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-being

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  1. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chairin InterdisciplinaryStudies on Child Development and Well-being Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland unescochair@aps.edu.pl

  2. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chairin InterdisciplinaryStudies on Child Development and Well-being Patron unescochair@aps.edu.pl Janusz Korczak(1878[9]-1942) image source

  3. Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland aps@aps.edu.pl Szczęśliwicka Street 40 02-353 WarsawPoland Ph.: +48 22 589 36 00Fax . +48 22 658 11 18 image source

  4. Maria Grzegorzewska University inWarsaw Patron aps@aps.edu.pl Maria Grzegorzewska(1888-1967) image source

  5. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: maininformations • The UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair was established in October 2004(agreement concluded between the UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Maria Grzegorzewska Universityin Warsaw). • UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair address and contact information: 40 Szczęśliwicka Street; room no. 3607, building C, 6th floor room no. 3222, building C, 2nd floor (secretary) 02-353 Warsaw, Poland unescochair@aps.edu.pl http://www.aps.edu.pl/unesco-chair.aspx

  6. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: maininformations UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair Staff: Professor Adam Fraczek adamfra35@gmail.com Acting Chairperson: Ms Urszula Markowska-Manista PhD, umarkowska@aps.edu.pl Ms Monika Dominiak-Kochanek PhD,dominiak@aps.edu.pl

  7. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: maininformations UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair Staff: Assistant: Ms Dominika Zakrzewska-Olędzka, PhD Student dzakrzewska@aps.edu.pl Secretary: Ms Aleksandra Niedźwiedzka-Wardak, MA aniedzwiedzka@aps.edu.pl

  8. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: maininformation • The primary objectivesof the Chair: • to develop partnership and cooperation by building university networks • to encourage inter-university cooperation through the transfer of knowledge across borders • to maintain and strengthen academic links in the field of interdisciplinary studies on child development and well-being • Themes and topics of organized events: • education, pedagogy, interdisciplinarystudieson childdevelopment and Well-being • cultural diversity, sustainable development • human rights , children’s rights • intercultural education • modern psychological, pedagogical and sociological challenges • The UNESCO Chair conducts the research programs, participates in conferences, seminars, debates, study visits andsince 2006, organizes the International Summer Schools. All of the Chair’s activities are aligned with UNESCO’s priorities in relation to humanities and social sciences. We undertake activities which respond to the challenges of the modern world defined by Sustainable Development Goals.

  9. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: cooperationagreements • Faculty of Education  J.J. Strossmayer University  in Osijek, Croatia • International Janusz Korczak Association (IKA) • Polish Janusz Korczak Association UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair  in Interdisciplinary Studies on Child Development and Well-beingis is one of Associated Members of CREAN Network: http://crean-network.org/index.php/membership/members

  10. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: SUMMER SCHOOLS International Summer School with PK UNESCO & CEPUS PROGRAMME (since 2014) and with otherpartners: • The list of participants and lecturers includes researchers, students, and NGO employees from: Belarus, Bulgaria, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Croatiaand the USA. • Foreign participants* have the possibility to apply for scholarships by the Polish National Committee for UNESCO and the CEEPUS Programme, Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange. *depending on the funders’ geographicalpriorities , does not concernall EU countries

  11. 11-th International Summer School 12 • The 11th International Summer School relate to an exchange of international experiences connected with academic and research as well as practical aspects of contemporary migration problems. • The subjects focus on three key issues: • Theoretical premises and challenges which researchers and practitioners face in the contemporary migration crisis,  • Research referring to the situation and needs of refugee and migrant children and youth as well problems in their adaptation and integration in host and transit countries,  • Practices connected with the support for migrant and refugee children and youth and their closest environment.

  12. 11-th International Summer School 13 We had participants and lecturers/experts form: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Georgia, Israel, Moldova, Poland, Russia Federation, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey and Ukraine.

  13. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: currently realized projects (since 2016) • „Paradigmshiftinearlyteaching: constructivism and developmentalapproachvs. behavioristicstrategies” (project no INGI-2105-29, duration: June 2016-February 2017), with: • Faculty of EducationJosipJurajStrossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia • Teachers College University of Columbia, USA • „Polnisch – Deutsche wissenschaftlicheDialogeüberKinderrechte, Janusz Korczak und Migration / Polish- German academicdialoguesaboutchildren’srights, Janusz Korczak and migration”(project no 2016-17, duration: 20 May 2016 – 30 June 2017), with partners from: Internationale Akademie Berlin für innovative Pädagogik, Psychologie und Ökonomie (INA)& Free University Berlin, Germany Project received funding of the Polish-German Foundation for Science/ Deutsch-PolnischeWissenschaftsstiftung for the years 2016 i 2017.

  14. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: currently realized projects (since 2016) • "Consultancy Services in the field of strategic foresight for children in the CEECIS region„ (project no LLTS – 42407605, duration: November 7, 2016 - 6 November 6, 2018).  Project conducted by: ECORYS Poland in cooperation with the international research team (Poland, Holandia, United Kingdom, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) . • UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair (since April 2016) cooperates withMaster on Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights (MACR), Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin/ University of Applied Sciences Potsdam Fachhochschule Potsdam. 

  15. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: selectedpreviousprojects • „University towards the problems of development education. Theoretical and practical prospects for the implementation of development education at the Academy of Special Education - challenges for the development of Africa in the twenty-first century”2009, with: • Chair of Basic Pedagogy, The Maria Grzegorzewska University • Students' Scientific Club of  Multicultural Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University • Foundation for Intercultural Education Elements of the project: • Academy of Global Education   (for students) • Student events (in the field of development education) for local communities (during The Week of Global Education) • Expert lectures ( for academic staff) • Teaching aids (e.g. media library) • Information board • Photography exhibition Subsidized within the Polish Aid Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009.

  16. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: selectedpreviousprojects • Project: "School volunteering work as a space of activity for the local environment and shaping students’ civic attitudes” , The UNESCO Janusza Korczak Chair at the Maria Grzegorzewska University assumed the honorary patronage of and provided content-related and organisational support to the project realised in Edward Szymański Primary School No.23 in Warsaw. Project duration: November 2016 - June 2017. • Training - Children and childhood in multicultural global and local perspective, In cooperation with Preschool no 100 in Warsaw (students from ERASMUS+ Program, teachers and children 3 and 6 years old). • Study visit, • Multicultural childrens’ games conducted by students. Project duration: March 2017

  17. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: conferences /seminars–organisation and co-organisation • An International Conference of Special Education entitled PERSON: Interdisciplinary Contexts Of Early InterventionAnd Early Support Of a Child's Development(21-23 September 2016), organizer: The Institute of Special Education,The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, scientific partner: UNESCO Chair • International aspects of Janusz Korczak Pedagogy(17-18 May 2016) , with: • PädagogischeHochschuleLudwigsburgInstitutfürErziehungswissenschaft, Germany • SparkproOrganization, Israel • Refugees and migrants in Poland - socio-cultural, pedagogical and ethical challenges(17 March 2016), with: TheInstitute of Philosophy and Socjology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw

  18. UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair: conferences /seminars • StudyVisit from: Danish Institute for Study Abroad(30 September 2015) • Lecture by Prof. Philip Zimbardo: My journey fromcreatingevil to inspiringheroism(11 April 2014), with: The Institute of Applied Psychology,The Maria GrzegorzewskaUniversity, Warsaw • Seminar: Education on the prevention of genocide as a form of humanrightsprotection(15 April 2010), within the international project “GREAT: Global Rights, EuropeansActingTogether”, with: The Association for CivilSociety Development PRO HUMANUM, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw • More: http://www.aps.edu.pl/unesco-chair/conferences-seminars-publications.aspx

  19. Unesco Janusz Korczak Chair in InterdisciplinaryStudies on Child Development and Well-beingMaria Grzegorzewska Pedagogical University, Warsaw, Poland

  20. Photos • Janusz Korczak: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak(pp. 2) • The Maria Grzegorzewska University - thevievfromthe street Kopińska: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademia_Pedagogiki_Specjalnej_im._Marii_Grzegorzewskiej_w_Warszawie#/media/File:Warszawa_Akademia_Pedagogiki_Specjalnej_(1).JPG(pp. 3) • Maria Grzegorzewska: http://www.szkolaszpitalna.rzeszow.pl/strona_szkoly/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57(pp. 4)

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