The changes that have occurred in the field of education over the course of the last couple of decades have been associated with increased demands that are not only placed on individuals from both within and beyond the education system, but also on the support they require to make successful educational choices. One central way this need is being addressed is through educational and vocational guidance provided at different stages and transition points of educational trajectories. The aim of this article is to provide a context for the research findings presented in the subsequent articles of this special issue by illustrating the ways educational trajectories are regulated through the organization of schooling and the structures of educational and vocational guidance in the eight countries that participated in the Governance of Educational Trajectories in Europe (GOETE) research project. This article presents three country clusters of education and welfare based on the comparative analysis conducted by the project.

The aim of the text is to analyze the changes in household consumption and spending due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. These changes resulted from the necessity to adapt to the existing pandemic restrictions and new forms of the functioning of the economy and of the labor market. The analyzes presented in the text are based on the diary research material (448 diaries) obtained in the „Everyday life in the time of coronavirus” contest. We focus our analyzes on the following three threads: (1) observations and experiences of panic buying and identification of a crisis situation experienced in the first weeks of lockdown; (2) experiencing disrupted routine and the need to change the consumer basket and the way of shopping; (3) changes in the subjectively perceived comfort of consumption in the context of social comparison. We show that the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on reducing consumption, although they were unevenly distributed, both due to the financial situation of memoir writers and to the particular categories of consumed goods and services. By lowering the level of consumption, the Covid-19 made it more thoughtful and reflexive. At the same time, the pandemic made the housing living space gain new functions, thus converted it into an „Oikos” – a universe of all household activities and a center of consumption practices.

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie wstępnych wniosków wynikających z analizy materiałów zebranych w ramach konkursu pamiętnikarskiego „Życie codzienne w czasach koronawirusa”. W artykule skupiamy się na tym, jak w kontekście pandemii COVID-19 była przedstawiana w pamiętnikach polska wieś i jak pandemia wpłynęła na życie codzienne jej mieszkańców. W pierwszej części tekstu prezentujemy metodologiczne aspekty konkursu przeprowadzonego wspólnie przez SGH i UMK od 23 marca do 19 lipca 2020 r. oraz wskazujemy wybraną do analizy grupę pamiętników prowadzonych przez mieszkańców wsi oraz osoby związane ze wsią więziami rodzinnymi. Następnie omawiamy kluczowe wątki, które dominowały w relacjach pamiętnikarzy: 1) kreślenie obrazu wsi jako azylu i oazy bezpieczeństwa; 2) pojawiające się obawy, napięcia i uprzedzenia wobec przyjezdnych; 3) przewartościowanie relacji we wspólnotach wiejskich; 4) zmiany w codziennym funkcjonowaniu wsi i wyzwania z związane z realizacją podstawowych aktywności życiowych.

The article analyzes the problems that influence the personal situation of the convicts, hindering their rehabilitation and social readaptation. Four main factors are specified: lack of family and intimate relationships, addictions, debt, recidivism by choice. The four areas are discussed in detail on the basis of the research conducted by the Author. The article also presents the circumstances that increase and decrease the chances of readaptation.