Acta Cultura et Paedagogicae

Sustainability and innovation in an educational context

Tamás Szilágyi — 2023-03-24

Innovation and sustainability will be of utmost importance in the educational workshops of the next decades and will necessitate distinct techniques and specialised skills. Regarding education, sustainability, and environmental awareness, the European Union has issued a number of suggestions to its Member States. These proposals include objectives such as incorporating sustainability into teaching and learning, integrating environmental consciousness into the education system as a whole, and supporting the acquisition of awareness, comprehension, and action-based competencies. Innovation in education is essential to modernising the nation's educational system and preparing pupils for the future. Developing an inventive mentality is a crucial objective of education, as it stimulates creativity, the development of problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to adapt to rapid change. Sustainability and innovation are essential components of contemporary education because they help students prepare for the future, provide chances for practical learning, improve career preparation, and increase environmental consciousness. Students that incorporate these ideas into their schooling will be better equipped to face future obstacles and capture opportunities.

Alternative Hedonism and the Critique of Consumption in the Philosophical Thought of Kate Soper

Zsolt Péter Függ — 2023-03-24

The focus of this paper is on the philosopher Kate Soper, author of at least a dozen books on feminism and continental philosophy. She has been involved in numerous environmental and peace movements in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, and her work on ecological issues is partly influenced by this. She has published numerous articles in Radical Philosophy, New Left Review and Capitalism Nature Socialism. This paper attempts to summarise her theory of 'alternative hedonism'.

Implementation of Energy Awareness and Environmental Education Programs in Hungarian Higher Education: Evaluation of a Pilot Program

Gábor Kozma — 2023-03-24

Our study aims to evaluate the pilot training conducted in the framework of the project "Environmental education and sustainability - implementation of energy awareness and environmental education programs in Hungarian higher education" with the support of the Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Office. Our study includes the presentation of the four higher education institutions participating in the pilot program, the methodology of the research and the summary of the results obtained. An important result of the research is that among the students and teachers of the higher education institutions participating in the pilot project, interest in and commitment to environmental education and sustainability can be traced. The results highlight that current and future teachers are trying to do as much as possible in their respective fields so that the next generation will be prepared to deal with the currently visible and expected sustainability challenges.

Relationships between the development of numerical abilities and phonological awareness in young age

Enikő Györkő — 2023-03-24

Background: Previous neuropsychological studies pointed out that amongst the various cognitive skills leading towards the development numeracy; language skills may have an important, while mostly overlooked role. Out of the numerous language
skills, phonetic awareness seems to aid the development of arithmetic skills.
Aims: This research aims to explore the relationship between phonetic awareness and the development of numerical skills in young children.
Methods: In this research, children aged 5-6-7-year-old (who were still in kindergarten) were included. We measured their numerical skills using Number Sense Screener and their phonemic awareness using in study.
Results: Regression analysis showed a linear relationship between phonemic awareness and arithmetic skills in children at 6 and 7 years old.
Conclusion: Our results indicate a link between the development of phonemic and arithmetic skills. Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that the development of these aforementioned skills can predict success in later educational performance.

Settlement event satisfaction survey in the shade of the COVID epidemic

Zsuzsanna Slezák-Bartos — 2023-03-24

The settlement can be successful if the income in the settlement is constantly growing, new companies are settling down, giving jobs to the residents, as well as through cultural, entertainment opportunities and programs, the city management can provide
meaningful pastimes for the local residents. The provision of cultural activities has a multifaceted impact on the development of the local economy. By developing or expanding the cultural capabilities, not only the quality of life of the local population can be improved, but also significant economic benefits can be achieved with proper organizational work. Although the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic poses a challenge to the economy, the tourism sector, city management and local cooperation need to continue the work started, services such as entertainment, sports, leisure recreation and cultural opportunities in the line with local preferences need to be expanded. The aim of the study is to find out the satisfaction of the people living in the Tolna county seat about the events and organized events. Moreover also looking for an answer how the popularity of Szekszárd wine region events among local residents changed as a result of the crisis caused by the coronavirus. Empirical research – by the opinions of local residents of Szekszárd, students and workers in the city - is based on online questionnaires, in-depth interviews and personal experiences.

Self, Narrative, Communication

Gábor Szécsi — 2023-03-24

This article examines how the concept of narrative crystallized within the framework of the philosophy of mind, cognitive linguistics and narrative psychology can shed light on the role of intentional state attribution in the process of communication. The primary aim of this investigation is to shed new light on the presupposition that narrative can be regarded as a tool of communicating representations of intentional relations and events between individuals by verbal and nonverbal means. The paper argues that by illuminating the meaning-creating role of conceptual relationships emerging within narrative frameworks, we can also grasp how to attribute intentional
states (eg. intention, belief, desire, hope, or fear) to our communication partners using narrative-oriented interpretation schemes, and thus to infer their intentions in communication. Based on this tenet the present article suggests possible answer to questions like what basic types of narratives determine the effectiveness of everyday communication processes; and how this concept-meaning connection embedded in narrative structures can become a factor of self-creation in everyday discourse.

Poet vs. Philosopher

Antal Babits — 2023-03-24

Shem Tov ben Joseph Falaquera (ca. 1225 - ca. 1295) in his youth he was a poet and afterwards declared that he was quitting poetry to devote himself to less frivolous pursuits; but this was perhaps only a figure of speech. His poetry is in contemporary taste, without further distinction. As a philosopher he was not original and did not wish to be. He was also a writer of occasional poems, and probably in the fashion of the time, received gifts from wealthy patrons. This occupation, however, he early abjured as little suited to his taste and temperament. In his mature age, Falaquera declared that to pursue poetry is a dangerous profession as it is not engaged in truth but in beauty and rhetorics instead!

Epistemological foundations of economics: the philosophical problem of ranking

Balázs Szabó — 2023-03-24

In our article, we examine the philosophical challenges of ranking that are economically significant from multiple angles. With our findings, we want to demonstrate that ranking in the actual world is a far more sophisticated, partially context-dependent behaviour enacted via specialised decision-making systems. In some ranking scenarios, the exact preference relation may vary depending on whatever basic set of phenomena we are discussing. On this basis, we can limit the scope of economic modelling to exclude, for instance, aesthetic value judgments. In the study, we would like to demonstrate the importance of the philosophical substantiation of
economic phenomena