Radecznica memory game. An educational workshop

The paper describes and discusses the educational workshop in the form of a board game jam held in Radecznica, a village in Eastern Poland. The event, organised by researchers from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, was a follow-up of the research project on uncommemorated Jewish mass graves in the area. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate individual reflection on local Holocaust killings amongst the participating adults, as well as to bolster the memory of mass graves in Radecznica. Combining Holocaust memories with the didactic properties of rapid board game design, it was also an attempt to employ game jams as a method in Holocaust-related education. The workshop’s success leaves us optimistic regarding the method and its possible applications in the future.

Muslim Americans’ Views on Making Organ Donation Decisions in the Department of Motor Vehicles Setting

Introduction: Organ donation-related education is offered, and decisions are made at state Department of Motor Vehicles; however, little is known about Muslim Americans’ attitudes toward these common practices. Research Questions: Are participants comfortable learning about deceased organ donation in the Department of Motor Vehicles setting? Are participants prepared to make deceased organ donation-related decisions at the Department of Motor Vehicles? Design: A survey of Muslim Americans attending an educational workshop at 4 mosques in two US cities. Primary study outcomes were self-reported (a) preparedness to make deceased donation-related decisions and (b) comfort with receiving organ donation education in the license renewal setting. We calculated Pearson product-moment correlations between these primary outcomes and participant characteristics including sociodemographic descriptors, religiosity and religious coping measures, and discrimination measures. Results: Most respondents indicated they were not prepared to make organ donation-related decisions at the Department of Motor Vehicles (79.6%). Preparedness did not vary by age, gender, country of origin or US residency duration, nor by religiosity, negative religious coping, or experiences of discrimination. However, higher scores on positive religious coping were associated with lower ratings of preparedness. A slight majority (58.9%) of respondents were comfortable receiving organ donation education. Conclusions: Muslim Americans are comfortable with learning about organ donation while at the Department of Motor Vehicles but are ill-prepared to make deceased donation-related decisions in the same setting. Further research is required to understand whether changes to the license renewal setting would improve decision-making outcomes in this population.

DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP AS A FUNCTIONAL-CONTENT MODEL OF MODERN EDUCATION

Обоснован педагогический феномен «цифровая образовательная мастерская». Предложена типология цифровых образовательных мастерских и технология их реализации, установлены функции и представлено содержание различных типов цифровых образовательных мастерских. Сформулированы цифровые компетенции педагога как участника и модератора цифровой образовательной мастерской. The pedagogical phenomenon «digital educational workshop» has been substantiated. The typology of digital educational workshops and the technology of their implementation are proposed, the functions are established and the content of various types of digital educational workshops is presented. The digital competencies of a teacher as a participant and moderator of a digital educational workshop have been formulated.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy eating among public school teachers in Kuwait

Background: Healthy food is essential for strengthening the body and protecting it from diseases. Conversely, unhealthy food can cause severe diseases in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice among teachers about healthy food and to examine the associated factors.Design and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire distributed to 300 teachers in the Hawalli and Al-Jahra educational areas in Kuwait over approximately six months in 2019.Results: Those who participated in a course had significantly greater knowledge than those who did not (p=0.005). The respondents in Hawalli had a significantly lower mean attitude than Al-Jahrah teachers (7.9 ± 1.5 vs 8.2±1.5, respectively; p=0.03).Conclusions: Limited knowledge combined with a low level of positive attitude suggests an ongoing educational workshop should be established to promote healthy nutrition.

Psycho-educational training with elements of mentalization and the role it plays in reducing hostility among inmates

According to the Social Information Processing Theory, behavior is the product of six, consecutive steps. The first two – encoding and interpreting – are crucial, as they could determine how the next steps in the process will proceed. Adequate interpretation of one’s own and other people’s behavior is possible thanks to a developed ability to mentalize. Mentalizing is an imaginative mental activity that aims to realize human behavior as intentional states of mind. Incomplete or abnormal mentalization hinders effective functioning in the social world and may, for example, increase the risk of aggressive behavior. Previous research has shown that imprisoned individuals demonstrate reduced ability to mentalize. At the same time, it is a capacity that can be developed at any stage of life. Therefore, we propose a psycho-educational workshop with elements of mentalization, we describe its course, the experience of the conductors (leaders), and the preliminary research results confirming the effectiveness of the method.