Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski (born 1974, in

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, Poland) is a Polish researcher, Doctor of Pedagogy, Assistant Professor at the

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. He is a Member of the

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(ICSA), Florida (USA). He holds the position of a secretary for international cooperation at the Polish quarterly "Społeczeństwo i Rodzina". He is "ICSA Today’s" (USA) news correspondent for Eastern Europe, is a Member of Editorial Board of the US annual "International Journal of Cultic Studies" (USA), and a consulting editor for Nigerian quarterly "Journal of Educational Review".

Research

Fields of scientific research and interest of Nowakowski are: social prevention,

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

, social rehabilitation, mass media pedagogy,

philosophy of education The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of education as well as its aims and problems. It also examines the concepts and presuppositions of education theories. It is an interdisciplinary fiel ...

, and aretology. Nowakowski has given guest lectures at Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences (Finland, 2008),

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(Sweden, 2009),

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(Turkey, 2010), and Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Germany, 2011). In 2010 he conducted a research project ''The Problem of School Violence in California: Preventive Aspects'' at the

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(Los Angeles, USA). Nowakowski is an author and editor of several books and an author of many articles in the fields of social and pedagogical issues – he has published in the Slovak quarterly "Rozmer", in the Ukrainian "Visnyk", the Nigerian "Journal of Educational Review", the Brazilian "Educação", the Bolivian "Yachay" and the American "ICSA Today" as well as the "International Journal of Arts and Sciences".

Works

Books

*''Sekty: co każdy powinien wiedzieć'' ults: What One Should Know(1999) *''Sekty: oblicza werbunku'' ults: Faces of Recruitment(2001) *''Fast food dla mózgu, czyli telewizja i okolice'' ast Food for Mind, i.e., Television and Surroundings(2002) *''Modele człowieka propagowane w czasopismach młodzieżowych. Analiza antropologiczno-etyczna'' odels of Man Propagated in Selected Magazines for Young People. An Anthropological and Ethical Analysis(2004)

Joint publication editing

*''The Phenomenon of Cults from a Scientific Perspective'', Cracow 2007. *''Sekty jako problem współczesności'' ults as a Problem of Contemporary Reality Mysłowice 2008. *''Higher Education in Nigeria: Selected Aspects'', Bloomington, IN (USA) 2010.

References

External links

Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski in the academic base of nauka-polska.pl Website
(OPI)

*Articles by Piotr T. Nowakowski:

''Methods of Recruitment to Cults: The Social Influence Perspective''

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