Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief

Wojciech Walat, PhD, DSc (Habil.), Professor at the University of Rzeszów (Poland)

wwalat@ur.edu.pl , ORCID: 0000-0002-3158-1923

Wojciech Walat holds a habilitated doctorate in the humanities, discipline: pedagogy. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pedagogy in Rzeszów (1988), earned his PhD at the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw (1995), and obtained his habilitation degree at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic (2009).

His academic and professional career includes employment at the University of Pedagogy in Rzeszów (1987–2001) and subsequently at the University of Rzeszów (since 2001), where he has been affiliated with the Institute of Technology, Department of Didactics of Technology and Computer Science, Faculty of Education. He served as Head of the Department of General Didactics and Educational Systems (2015–2020), Head of the Department of Teacher Education (2020–2024), and has been affiliated with the Laboratory of Information Society Studies since 2020. He held the positions of Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Education (2005–2012) and Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education (2012–2020).

Professor Walat initiated the establishment of the Rzeszów Children’s University (2013), the interactive exhibition Exploratorium (2014), and the Bilingual University Secondary School (2015). Since 2024, he has served as an expert member of the Ministry of National Education Council for the Digitalization of Education.

His research interests include school textbooks, real and virtual educational environments, and comparative studies of educational systems. His scholarly output comprises five monographs, 84 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 10 edited volumes. He has supervised nine doctoral dissertations and 185 master’s and bachelor’s theses. Since 2003, he has organized the international scientific conference Education – Technology – Computer Science and has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Education, Technology and Computer Science since 2010.

Selected Publications (Expertus Database) https://bibliografia.ur.edu.pl/new/01/

Authored monographs

  • Walat, W. (2022). Educational situations with the textbook in the background. Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press.
  • Walat, W. (2007). Educational applications of hypermedia. Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press.

Edited volumes

  • Kuzin, M., & Walat, W. (Eds.). (2020). The lights and shadows of pedagogical authority: Teachers’ memoirs. Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press.
  • Kuzin, M., & Walat, W. (Eds.). (2017). With pen and heart: Teachers’ memoirs. Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press.
  • Ďuriš, M., Stebila, J., & Walat, W. (2016). New approaches and trends in technical education: A Polish–Slovak comparative study. Rzeszów–Banská Bystrica: University of Rzeszów Press.

Journal articles and book chapters

  • Kostecka J, Walat W. (2023). Education for Slowing Down the Transformation of Nature Resources on the Example of the University-Wide Subject Home Economics and Technologies. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 24(5), 222–228 https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/161687.
  • Szwabowski O., Baron E., Cywiński A., Gliniecka M., Lib W., Łuszczek K., Marek L., Perzycka E., Walat W., Warzocha T. (2022). A Story by Academic Teachers About Distance Education in the Time of Lockdown. Cultural Studies. Critical Methodologies, 1–10, SAGE Publications, Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086221094283
  • Janio J., Cywiński A., Marek L., Łuszczek K., Perzycka E., Baron-Polańczyk E., Lib W., Walat W., Warzocha T. (2022). Most Frequently Asked Questions About Student Learning Outcomes in Poland: A Delphi Study. The New Educational Reviews, Vol. 67, 91- 101. DOI: 15804/tner.22.67.1.07.
  • Walat W. (2021). Kultura akademicka studentów – sprawozdanie z badań pilotażowych. W: Szempruch J., Smyła J., Miko-Giedyk J. (red.) Wyzwania, dylematy i perspektywy edukacyjne (s. 163-172), Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe.
  • Walat W. (2020). Metaprogramowanie dydaktyczne – podstawa strategia uczenia się. W: Tanaś M., Galanciak S. (red.), Cyberprzestrzeń człowiek edukacja. Otwarte zasoby edukacyjne w perspektywie pedagogicznej  (s. 239-256). Kraków: Wyd. Impuls.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Waldemar Lib, PhD – University of Rzeszów (Poland)

wlib@ur.edu.pl, ORCID: 0000-0002-4559-9198

Waldemar Lib holds a PhD in the humanities in the field of pedagogy, with specializations in general pedagogy, technical education, and computer science education. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pedagogy in Rzeszów (1997), postgraduate studies in software engineering (1998–1999), and earned his PhD at the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw (2007).

His academic career includes positions at the University of Pedagogy in Rzeszów (1998–2001) and subsequently at the University of Rzeszów (since 2001), where he has been affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and later the Faculty of Education. He currently serves as Head of the Department of General Didactics (since 2024). Previously, he led the E-learning Unit, the Knowledge Optimization and Transfer Unit, and currently heads the Laboratory of Ergonomics and Work Organization within the Laboratory of Information Society Studies at the Center for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer.

He has served as a member of multiple faculty councils, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Education, Vice-Dean of the College of Social Sciences (2020–2024), Senator of the University of Rzeszów (2012–2016; 2024–2028), and Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Minors (2024–2028). He has also acted as an expert for the Ministry of National Education in curriculum reform related to technical education.

His research interests focus on theoretical and methodological foundations of education, instructional design, and studies of technical and ICT vocabulary among general and vocational school students. His scholarly output includes 231 publications, including academic and school textbooks, workbooks, and methodological guides. He has supervised 29 master’s theses, 19 bachelor’s theses, and 16 engineering theses. Since 2003, he has co-organized the international conference Education – Technology – Computer Science and has served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Education – Technology – Computer Science (2010–2019), and since 2020 of the Journal of Education, Technology and Computer Science.

Selected Publications (Expertus Database) https://bibliografia.ur.edu.pl/new/01/

Monographs:

  • Perzycka-Borowska E., Lib W., Marek L, Cywiński A. (2025). Relacje człowieka z generatywną sztuczną inteligencją. Szczecin: WNUS.
  • Lib, W., Walat, W. (2021). Teoretyczne podstawy kształcenia ogólnego. Podręcznik dla studentów pedagogiki i przyszłych nauczycieli. Rzeszów: Wyd. UR.
  • Lib, W., (2010).  Narzędzia i techniki informatyczne w dydaktycznym. Rzeszów: MITEL

Articles:

  • Lib W,. Baron-Polańczyk E. (2023). Edukacja ogólnotechniczna w systemie oświaty w Polsce - perspektywa funkcjonalnego analfabetyzmu technicznego młodych Polaków. Studia Pedagogiczne. Problemy Społeczne, Edukacyjne i Artystyczne,  T. 43, 439-454, DOI: 10.25951/12959.
  • Łuszczek K., Chen Ch., Lib W. (2021). Academic teaching in the era of COVID-19. Selected problems of academic teachers' work in Poland against the background of the world situation. Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów, nr 22, 197-207, DOI: 10.34768/dma.vi22.616.
  • Lib, W. (2017). Importance of features of didactic software in the opinion of teachers.  Journal of Technology and Information Education ,  Vol. 9, iss. 1, 272-285.
  • Lib, W. (2015). Communication skills of primary school pupils in the scope of general technical and information technology concepts. Media, Culture and Public Relations, Vol. 6, no. 1, 32-35.
  • Lib, W. (2014). Virtual teacher - diagnosis of the problem, [w:]  Trendy vevzdělávání 2014: Informační technologie a technické vzdělávání  (s. 222–225). Ołomuniec.
  • Lib, W. (2010). Technical language as an indicator of technical culture. Informatologia, vol. 43, nr 1, 54-57.

Language Editor

Anna Dziama, PhD – University of Rzeszów (Poland)

adziama@ur.edu.pl, ORCID: 0000-0002-5788-8587

Anna Dziama holds a PhD in linguistics, specializing in cultural linguistics, cultural studies, and English language teaching methodology. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Institutional Discourse Studies at the Institute of English Philology, University of Rzeszów.

Her research focuses on cultural linguistics, particularly the relationship between language and culture, cultural conceptualization, and linguistic evaluation. Her scholarly interests include Anglophone cultures and the influence of language on the perception of reality.

She teaches courses in Practical English, American Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies, and English for Current Affairs. She is the author or co-author of 54 scholarly and popular-science publications, participates in international academic conferences, and completed a research visit at Nazareth College, Rochester, USA. She supervises bachelor’s theses.

Selected Publications

  • Dziama, A. (2022). Conceptualization of shtetl in American English: A cultural linguistic study. Studia Anglica Resoviensia, 19, 18–26. https://doi.org/10.15584/sar.2022.19.2
  • Dziama, A. (2020). Exploring the Shiksa Goddess in The Big Bang Theory. SKASE Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, 2(1), 47–52.
  • Dziama, A. (2019). Computer tech pedagogy: A cultural linguistic perspective. Education – Technology – Computer Science, 4(30), 218–224. https://doi.org/10.15584/eti.2019.4.29
  • Kleparski, G. A., Martynuska, M., & Dziama, A. (2010). The highlights of Anglo-Saxon culture and language: A college and university guide. Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press.

Statistical Editor

Doc. PhD Miroslav Chráska – Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic)

 

SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

Dr hab. prof. UR Wojciech Walat – University of Rzeszow (Poland) – Chair of Scientific Committee
Prof. dr hab. Waldemar Furmanek – University of Rzeszow (Poland) – Honorary Chairman
Dr Waldemar Lib – University of Rzeszow (Poland) – Scientific Secretary

Dr hab. prof. UJK Mirosław Babiarz – Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland)

Dr hab. prof. UZ Eunika Baron-Polańczyk – University of Zielona Góra (Poland)

Dr hab. inż. prof. ITE Henryk Bednarczyk – Institute for Sustainable Technologies of Radom (Poland)

Prof. Erik Bratland – Nord University (Norway)

Doc. PhDr. Miroslav Chráska – Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic)

Dr hab. prof. UR Stanisław Domoradzki – University of Rzeszów (Poland)

Prof. CSc. Milan Ďuriš – Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Prof. PhD Maria Filina – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia)

Prof. PhD Nazik Harutyunnyan – Yerevan State University (Armenia)

Doc. PhD. Slavoljub Hilčenko – College of Vocational Studies for Teacher and Trainers Education in Subotica (Serbia)

Prof. PhD Binbin Jiang – Kennesaw State University (USA)

Dr hab. prof. UP Krzysztof Kraszewski – Pedagogical University of Cracow (Poland)

Prof. dr hab. Stefan M. Kwiatkowski – Committee of Pedagogical Science Polisch Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (Poland)

Prof. PhD. Oksana Nagorniuk – Institute of Agroecology and Environmental management NAAS of Ukraine (Ukraina)

Dr hab. prof. UP Henryk Noga – University of Pedagogy in Kraków (Poland)

Dr hab. prof. UR Yuri Pelekh - University of Rzeszów (Poland)

Dr hab. prof. PK Czesław Plewka – University of Technology Koszalin (Poland)

Prof. dr hab. Natalia Ridei – National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Ukraine)

Doc. Ing. Čestmír Serafín, Dr. Ing-Paed. – Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic)

Prof. dr hab. inż.Wiktoria Sobczyk – AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)

doc., PaedDr., PhD. Jan Stebila - Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

Prof. dr hab. Anna Shlikhta - Rivne State University of Humanities (Ukraine)

Prof. PhD Na Song – Tianjin Conservatory of Music (China)

Dr hab. prof. ASP Maciej Tanaś – Academy of Special Education of Marii Grzegorzewskiej (Poland)

PhD Konstantinos Tatsis – Assistant Professor University of Ioannina (Greece)

Dr hab. Judit Torgyik – Kodolanyi Janos University (Hungary)

Prof. PhD Jim Wright – Kennesaw State University (USA)

Roles and Responsibilities of the Scientific Council
Making a preliminary decision about accepting an article for printing or rejecting it if it does not comply with the thematic scope of the journal.

  • Substantive support of the executive editor in the decision to publish an article in case of one negative review (the justification is prepared by an expert from among the board members).
  • Thematic scope (approving the structure of content) of specific editions of the journal.
  • A vision for the journal's development (and its modifications) for at least the next five years.
  • Reviewing candidates for new members of the Scientific Committee.