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Our article analyzes the stylistic characteristics of Stabat Mater in the history of music, for the last four hundred years. The Stabat Mater is a XIII th-century Catholic hymn to Virgin Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during His crucifixion. Stabat Mater Dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest Latin hymns of all time. The hymn is sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Stabat Mater has been set to music by many Western composers, most famously by Palest...

The article suggests the results of the All-Russian study, one of the tasks of which was to measure some indicators of the quality of life of Russians. The indicator of the quality of life and its components can be used not only in the static assessment, but also to show the dynamics of the change, linking it with the administrative decisions on the development of territory adopted over a specified period. As a topic of comparative research, the quality of life can establish real positions comparing territories, s...

Today, in the face of the rapidly growing threat of terrorism and extremism, the issue of creating a peaceful international and inter-confessional dialogue acquires an urgent significance. The research is devoted to the study of aggressive behaviour aimed at inciting interethnic hatred and discord via the comments on YouTube Videos. The Internet is used more and more in everyday life, at the same time, the potential threat of manipulative influence on the individual, especially young people, is increasing. Young p...

More or less stable elements of human identity are inevitably formed during the whole life of a person through interactive processes and socio-cultural factors. This process builds a system of basic features – somatic, psychical, social and intellectual aspects, which are carried by three levels of identity: biological, psychical and social. Personality is based on the biological sphere as it is the primary structure related to empirically experienced anxiety of existence. The features of primary personality tri...

The teacher has a crucial role in the process of education. Educational studies suggest that the essential qualities of good teachers include the ability to be self-aware of one's biases; to perceive, understand and accept differences in others; to analyse and diagnose student understanding and adapt as required; to negotiate and take risks in their teaching; and to have a strong conceptual understanding of their subject matter. An ideal teacher is someone who has a combination of qualities, such as being very kno...

Education of young people through a quality education system and in line with the requirements of the time is the main goal for each country, especially for developing countries. In the case of Kosovo characterized by the young population and at the same time with a low degree of development economy, the creation of a quality education system should be a top priority. The theoretical part of the paper deals with the advantages and weaknesses of the public and private system in secondary schools as well as the opin...

Speech, language and music have much in common. Training in listening affects the perception and recognition of speech and language prosodic properties. Prosodic features of the second language learnt can be very well implemented through music. There are numerous ways in which music can be integrated in the process of the second language teaching. The presented study investigated the issue of the impact of music in the process of teaching the second language to learners of different age levels in the Czech Republi...

Introduction: The SES status belongs to the most important health determinants in developed countries. Individual susceptibility for acute respiratory diseases is influenced by many factors: age, nutrition, presence of disease, genetic determination, global health status. Children are a focus points in the health protection considering possibilities of early organs and functions impairment. Material and methods. Cross-sectional study of respiratory health included parents questionnaires collected data about socio-...

The article deals with the process of applying heuristic methods of training in vocational education. For this purpose, the main features of heuristic technology were identified. It is noted that the student's work acquires efficiency in his ability to evaluate his actions, bring the solution to the end, while noting the importance of flexibility in thinking, the ability to update and organize information in the task at hand. The definitions of the concepts "heuristic rules", "heuristic task" are distinguished. Th...

The present paper deals with marketing of educational services, while the focus is on the factors of designing and providing these services. The authorsВ’ intention is to present partial outcomes from the research project KEGA ?. 014EU-4/2016. One of the issues explored in this project is also the analysing educational services and identifying efficient multi-professional and interdisciplinary approach to the provision of these services. The issue is discussed in three chapters, while the first two parts introduce...

The paper presents the results of a comparative study on a frequency of the representation and implementation of teaching a cultural heritage content outside classroom on an elementary level in Slovene and Croatian primary schools. Learning cultural heritage content should derive from the studentsВ’ personal proximity which enables them to learn and experience cultural heritage more easily. Didactic recommendations for teaching cultural heritage content in school subjects Environmental studies and Social studies i...

Immersion in a language environment is a method developed to teach people in a second language that assumes that the language being studied is used just for educational purposes. Immersion education is not only suitable for most students but may also be the only opportunity for some students to learn a foreign language. In some cases, when a student lags behind in development and cognitively, termination of an immersion program is beneficial to the student. Deciding which way one or another student should go is up...

Down syndrome (DS) and intellectual disabilities (ID) persons from Romania need to have leisure activities (LT) that can be a good modality to integrate them into the society. Also it can be a physical activity form that can take many enjoying form. Objectives. The purpose was to characterise the LT activities of persons with SD from Romania. Methods of research. The article brings into the attention the leisure time activities that can be the expression of being physically active of SD and ID, what kind of activi...

The training of junior football players involves a specific methodology that will include in its planning the mental - psychological factor. It has been found very often that what makes the difference in winning a match is the character, the motivation to participate and the intelligence as the basic components of the athlete's personality. That is why we wanted to highlight a practical way of doing psychological training, integrated into the usual training, which is a model for all coaches working with older juni...

This article is devoted to the actual problem of forming a system of independent evaluation and self-assessment of basic and professional competences in mathematics (with the mastery of programs of secondary general education and vocational education) on the basis of fuzzy modeling in the digital economy. The methodological basis for solving this problem was a synergetic approach. In the context of improving the methods of pedagogical diagnostics, this approach determines the interrelation between the diagnostic a...

Since the political changes supported in December 1989, the Romanian social protection system had underwent through various stages of evolution, development and restructuring. During the same time, sets of laws, that supported the reform of the system, and minimum quality standards were set up to ensure that services were provided, indifferent of the nature of the supplier - public or private - with the same quality. However, aside from the prerequisites that need to be fulfilled by the contractor in order to be a...

Introduction: The issue of the social integration of young people and the role of physical education in this integration process was debated by the international authorities in Strasbourg in the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the International Committee for Physical Education and Sport.A component of the educational approach, sport contains essential values of life in the community,favoring group integration by assimilating these values by citizens:respect for others, to the law (rules, regulations), discipline (se...

Today, environmental education is a priority issue in predicting the ethical attitude to the environment to prevent its further degradation. The Southern Urals is a unique region of the Russian Federation; there are more than 15 thousand industrial facilities polluting the environment of the region. Negative trends in the region contribute to a deterioration of quality of life. The aim of this article is the development of a regional environmental aspect in education focused on the formation of an environmental cu...

The article deals with the expandability of the traditional distance learning by Internet technologies. The basis and the advantages of the Internet technologies application are described. The authors analyze the international experience in the creation of educational content. The most large-scale projects: Coursera, edX, TedEd and others are reviewed. It is revealed that the open educational resources available in Russia are at the stage of formation. The establishment and widespread use of OCW and MOOC in the un...

Background: The goal of the study was to find out how and to which extent patients are informed before and after their vascular prosthesis implantation. The criterion for being included in the study was to achieve at least 24 points of Mini Mental State Examination and to meet the established indication criteria for the surgery. The ethical committee of the health care facility and all participants, who were informed on the purpose of the study, agreed with the study. Crohnbach`s alpha was calculated to identify i...

The article presents a brief analysis of sound environmental, economic and technological policy in solving the problem of education in the field of municipal solid waste (MSW) management. The authors make emphases on methodology features of educational activity when training specialists in the field of solid waste management. It is revealed that the creation of a new productive industry is impossible without professional training of specialists, who comprehend the problem, have a good handle in the solid waste pro...

Internationalization of education space and international collaboration have become one of the top global priorities, which is reiterated in the missions and visions of education institutions worldwide, as it is a significant indicator of global competitiveness. It is widely acknowledged that countries with high number of international students benefit from the contribution they make to domestic research and sustainable development of the society. In the case of Latvia, strengthening international cooperation and ...

Background: The authors analyze the current situation associated with the methodological aspects of the forming of research competence of medical students in the process of their learning fundamental natural scientific disciplines. The task of forming research competence of students of medical universities in the process of their education is socially significant and is called for by the need to increase the scientific potential of modern medical education. Despite this, scientific and methodological research on t...

International trade is the oldest and most development form of international relations. The current conditions of globalization of the economy have become a powerful stimulus for the development of international trade, especially within the existing customs, trade and economic unions. Despite the fact that the USA and Mexico are traditionally the main partners of Canadian foreign trade policy in the framework of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in recent years the countries of the European Union (E...

The current age is characterized by the leadership of professional as well as layman discussions about the nature and importance of education, about its quality and direction as one of the most important premises for the creation of a knowledge society. Issues related to raising the level and quality of university education are gradually coming to the forefront. Regarding this, it is important to emphasize that the main purpose of university education is to increase the knowledge, cultural, scientific, technical a...

Globalization is one of the major trends of todayВ’s world, and at the same time a challenge, not only to the tourism industry, but also to tourism education. The modern civilization model is focused on overcoming intercultural barriers, national, language and cultural boundaries, on integration of the best national cultural achievements. The aim of this paper is to discuss the necessity of building intercultural competence for the effective performance of tourism employees in a multicultural environment. The fact...

Intercultural competence is undoubtedly one of the most talked about elements of language teaching process, but the assessment of it isnВ’t without a problem. The range of tools and mechanisms of intercultural competence evaluation is wide, but the interactional and procedural character of this phenomenon makes it difficult to use them in real communication. Distance learning where virtual instruction replaces the face-to-face communication with a teacher creates a new educational arena. New educational scene requ...

A high priority task nowadays is to improve the quality and effectiveness of education. Systematic education on, consequent acquisition of and active identification with the philosophy of reducing waste production plays a crucial role as early as primary and lower secondary levels of education. One of the specific objectives of the project is to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature and the deep interconnection of sciences integrated into traditional school subjects. This paper aims to give information about the ...

A high priority task nowadays is to improve the quality and effectiveness of education. Systematic education on, consequent acquisition of and active identification with the philosophy of reducing waste production plays a crucial role as early as primary and lower secondary levels of education. One of the specific objectives of the project is to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature and the deep interconnection of sciences integrated into traditional school subjects. This paper aims to give information about the ...

The article discusses the relevance of using the Intergenre Model of Scientific Text while teaching master students how to write primary genres in English. On the basis of the analysis of the Federal State Educational Standards for Higher Education in Russia the importance of teaching master students as research-oriented ones to write in English a scientific report and an abstract for a conference is emphasized. The characteristics of the primary scientific genres are given in the article while distinguishing betw...

The issue of propaganda and its challenges goes hand in hand with development of new patterns for information consumption within society. Via digital media information cannot be filtrated, authorised or double-checked as in traditional media, but can be delivered directly to population, more than this, across the borders and even ignoring national legislation. In these circumstances propaganda has reshaped its outfit and widely used both for aggressive purposes (like hybrid-warfare tool - s.c.hard propaganda); and...

An essential part of European social policy is the children's and youth policy that should become a priority area for EU politicians. It must use the best tools for the fostering of the child and youth wellbeing. Interest in childrenВ’s well-being is increasing in Latvia and Europe, particularly in the field of science and at schools, e.g. schools are increasingly offered to participate in surveys concerning childrenВ’s and young peopleВ’s well-being. In order to improve the level of well-being of children and you...

The paper examines the issue of “two cultures” (natural science and humanities) in relation to the realities of contemporary education. The peculiarities of the humanities rationale are analyzed. The authors demonstrate that educational practices are based on incorrect assumptions regarding the correspondence between intellect and affect, the non-critical perception of which promotes an undesirable dissent between the two above mentioned cultures. The historical origins of the entrenchment of such assumptions ...

The article is devoted to the topical issue of the struggle between China and Japan for political and economic influence over the Korean peninsula in the modern era. After the division of Korea into two hostile states in the middle of 1950-s, the struggle of world powers for influence over the peninsula has not ceased for nearly 70 years. In recent decades, in addition to the traditional actors as the United States and Russia China which is rapidly gaining power has joined the struggle. In response to the ChinaВ’s...

The article addresses the problem of militarization in the East Asian region in the context of the unfolding crisis in Japan-China relations. Numerous territorial disputes between China and Japan and other countries in East Asia being divided into two hostile sides in the recent past, the complicated history of the last century along with innumerable military conflicts, the deficiency of effectively operating security organizations in this region, the inequality of economic development between countries, all these...

Background Knee osteoarthritis is an interaction of biological, mechanical and biochemical factors which is complicated by injury, with an accelerated pathological processes of the joint. Especially the athletes, particularly those with a history of knee injury that can lead to posttraumatic osteoarthritis, are diagnosed earlier than other people with same age. The aim of this paper was to find the most effective rehabilitation treatment for these patients to reduce pain and inflammation and improve knee joint mob...

The article focuses on the professional competence of the teacher to cooperate with the family of the pupil. It emphasizes the importance and meaning of the cooperation in the primary and secondary environment of the individual. The authors analyse the cooperative competence of the teacher and its contents with the emphasis on the communicative skills. The aim of this article is to clarify the concept of self-efficacy. The authors perceive this concept as the conviction about human abilities and all the possibilit...

This paper focuses on youth worker as the educator, who must prioritize and integrate lifelong learning ideas. Firstly, the youth worker is explained as adult learner and on the other side, as the promoter of non-formal education (NFE) in youth center (YC). The formation of a learning society has become a key issue and it is realized through the concept of lifelong learning, which requires the involvement of all parts and opportunities for implementation. European Union lifelong learning basics (the youth self-rea...

The following thesis focuses on the issues regarding life satisfaction and the impact of well-being on physical and mental health of coalition soldiers during their deployment on a military operation in the Middle East area. The authorsВ’ fundamental research question is how the military operational environment affects the life satisfaction of deployed soldiers and thus affects their health. Obviously, life satisfaction is influenced by the military work activities and specifically in an armed conflict environment...

The paper touches upon problems of liguocultural adaptation of Chinese students to training at a Russian higher school in terms of learning Russian as a foreign language (RFL) at a preparatory stage. Chinese students are known as one of the most difficult contingents of Russian universities, which is largely explained by fact that they speak not only a different language, but also have other culture, other pedagogical tradition, family, school and university training. Against the background of an increase of the n...

The aim of this review study is to map out the concepts of literary education that were found to be relevant in the pedagogical-psychological and didactical research for improving the quality of teaching and to find out whether and how these concepts are approaching the educational reality. Firstly, the discussions about the target strategies, content and interpretative methodology of literary education that were evoked by the changes declared by the curricular reform are mapped out. Subsequently, the concepts of ...

Background Taking into account, that many recent research papers about functional anatomy, emphasized strong connections between motor cerebral areas and pre-frontal ones and that professional training performed on a period of time longer than 5 years, produced cerebral hemispheres functional plastic modifications, we consider opportune, to study the effects of long term physical effort, over cerebral activity at athletes, with a professional sportive experience longer than 5 years, from different sports as handba...

Background: Fragmentation of health and social care systems requires intense coordination among various stakeholders in order to provide continuity of care that reflects needs of patients, especially those with complex needs. Almost two decades of trials to approach problems of care fragmentation and poor outcomes for patients by policy makers and professionals in the Czech Republic have not lead to any substantial change in the way how care is provided. The objective of this study was to identify the main barrier...

The article discusses the issue of the sustainable development of the EU in relation to the concept of eco-humanistic globalization. The processes of globalization are closely related to the increased flows of people around the world, mainly for economic purposes. The number of migrants for work purposes is increasing. Emigration countries generate losses and immigration countries acquire new social capital (these immigrants work for low wages as compared to domestic employees by performing work in services, const...

Background: In article psychological features of formation of self-educational activity of students at the age of 17-18 years are considered. Social and personal self-determination is characteristic of students of this age. From a position of our research an important condition of personal development is the information educational environment. Purposeful work on the organization and development by self-educational activity of students assumes management of this process. Methods: Authors of article for studying of...

There are two fields of state social policy linked in this paper – migration policy and policy of the social protection. This paper is relevant for the terminology of social sphere. For the state, which wants to implement integration policy towards migrants, it is necessary to examine the establishing of care for migrants in one subsystem of social protection – social insurance. The main objective of this paper is to examine measures (instrument) of social insurance and their application in the life of a migra...

Modern training approaches combine both traditional and new electronic learning technologies. The interpretation of some concepts is different in educational environments, that is why the notion of В‘combined learningВ’ and В‘blended learningВ’ in Russian pedagogical reality is analyzed. Variety of electronic environments offers a choice of the most appropriate for educational organization. Approaches to the selection of software platforms for supporting various forms of training are discussed. Description of elec...

The article proposes a marketing approach to forecasting the needs of aging visitors and museum product development taking into consideration the results of the visitors studies. According to the recent research aging visitors became an active part of museum and other cultural institutions public. At the same time they have different needs which havenВ’t understood by these organizationsВ’ management. Art and scientific museums aging visitors are not only grandmothers and grandfathers escorting their grandchildren...

For decades there has been a general presupposition that the main aim of an academic degree is to guarantee good career prospects and fulfillment of economic and other material needs of an individual in future. However, recently the focus has finally shifted from the concept of personal welfare to the concept of global wellbeing and universal sustainability. This positive change has been embraced by the leading educational institutions which resulted in adapting the curricular to the modern scenario of the common ...

An optimal health, viewed ontogenetically, is a desideratum that combines several essential factors such as: the physical and mental activity determined by the genetic inheritance and own ideals, correct nutrition, in relation to the physical and mental effort, and rest in accordance with the other factors. All the listed factors apply to the human body as a whole. This paper aims to measure and evaluate the body composition of the students from the University Politehnica of Bucharest by means of the bioelectric i...