CDDiN
Centre for Education and Scientific Excellence (CDDiN)
In 2021 the Polish Union of Education established a virtual Centre for Education and Scientific Excellence (CDDiN).
The Centre disseminates and promotes distinctive methods, tools and practices of education and science, used in Poland and abroad.
Since then, the following conferences and symposia have been held under the inspiration, co-organization and patronage of the Centre:
1.On May 26th and 27th 2021 the Methodological Forum 2021 was held, organized under the auspices of the Polish Union of Education by TEB Academy in Poznań. The Forum was devoted to academic distance education in the conditions of the pandemic.
2. On September 13th and 14th 2021 the Methodological Forum for Secondary Schools – Finnish Lesson, organized under the patronage of the Polish Union of Education by the WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, was held. The forum was devoted to the changes that are taking place in secondary education. The speakers and participants of the Forum were outstanding educators from Poland and Finland.
3. On 15th and 16th September 2022, under the patronage of the President of KRASP, the "Future of Higher Education" Conference was held in Krakow, organized by the Center for Education and Scientific Excellence of the Polish Union of Education and the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University.
4. On 19th and 20th October 2022 a seminar entitled "European Social Partners in Education Promoting Environmental Sustainability in School Learning, Teaching and Management" was held in Warsaw, organized by the European federations EFEE and ETUCE, the Polish Union of Education, the 2nd Social High School in Warsaw and the National Section of Education of NSZZ Solidarność.
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5. On 30th and 31st January 2023 the "Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession" conference, organised by the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE), with the participation of the Polish Union of Education, was held in Warsaw.
6.On 16th March 2023, the "Chat GPT – Opportunity or Threat" conference was held in Warsaw, organized under the auspices of the Polish Union of Education by Kozminski University.
7. On 16th and 17th November 2023 the Methodological Forum of the Merito Group was held at the WSB University in Wrocław, entitled "Methodology(Methodologist) of the Future. Changes in Higher Education", organised jointly with the Polish Union Education of Education and addressed to all public and non-public higher education institutions in Poland.
8. On 27th and 28th November 2023 the Wojciech Korfanty University of Upper Silesia in Katowice hosted the conference "Career without barriers. Disabled people on the labour market – opportunities and challenges", organised jointly with the Centre for Education and Scientific Excellence of the Polish Educational Union.
Council of the Centre for Education and Scientific Excellence (CDDiN)
In February 2024, the Polish Union of Education appointed the Council of the Centre for Education and Scientific Excellence in the following compositionÂ
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Professor Zbigniew Marciniak
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Professor Wiesław Banyś
Professor Krzysztof Diks
Professor Włodzisław Duch
Professor Tomasz Giaro
Professor Bogdan Góralczyk
Professor Hubert Izdebski
Professor Maria Kruk-Jarosz
Professor Jerzy Lis
Professor Stanisław Mocek
Professor Joanna Moczydłowska
Professor Adam Olejniczak
Professor Jacek Popiel
Professor Tomasz Szapiro
Professor Gertruda Uścińska
Professor Krzysztof Zaremba