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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...

This article is devoted to the modernization of the laboratory practical work of chemical disciplines studied by future bachelors of the technical university with a view to strengthening the research-teaching link, creating conditions for the development of research competence of future engineers while attending junior university courses. On the basis of grounded by us earlier the concept and structure of the information-and-activity-based educational environment for the fundamental chemical training, the structur...

The conducted research concerns the self-reflection of young teachers as a factor identifying their professional needs. The theoretical assumptions referred to the concept of self-improvement. Moreover, the concept of an open intellectual / author's personality / intentional man and self-understanding was referred to. The aim of the article is to show the importance of visiting blogs by the young teachers (in the context of their self-development). Research questions concerning motivation to satisfy their professi...

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-...

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...

Sentiment analysis for the French language remains an under-developed research area. At the same time, sentiment analysis works well for identifying conflictual discourses in English. Today, identifying sentiment in social networks and microblogs, including Twitter, is a growing area of studies, but despite French is one of the most popular post-colonial languages online, the studies of user sentiment in this language are still rare enough. Also, there are practically no studies that would link sentiment analysis ...

The majority of information has a spatial context that can be represented in the map. For some kinds of users, the map is not only the possibility but also the necessity. In such cases it is highly important that presented information is correctly understood by the target group of users. Among these belong people with visual impairments, for which, however, the conventional map is insufficient. The number of visually impaired people increases every year and to their full-fledged integration into society is devoted...

The curriculum reform was introduced in practice in the Czech Republic in 2005. The previous detailed curriculum for the courses was newly defined by the Framework Educational Program (FEP). This program declares the minimum educational content for longer periods of time; specifically for the first level of elementary schools in the 3rd to 5th year of study. In addition, individual school education programs (SEP) were prepared for schools in which individual ways of achieving educational content were selected. The...

The aim of the presented text is to analyse the level of health literacy in health promotion, namely in healthy lifestyles, in a selected population of seniors. The text first defines health literacy as a key concept, and explains the importance and models of health literacy, including the possibilities of measuring it. The paper presents the results of an empirical survey of a selected population of seniors, namely students of the University of the Third Age at Palacký University in Olomouc, where a higher degree...

The problem of assisting people who have committed crimes has always been one of the most controversial themes among society. Fact of prison isolation, as well as long-term custodial sentences, makes it very difficult for a person to adapt to the society after leaving it. Assistance and effective action on people who have left prison not only helps to adapt them to everyday life in society but also, in particular, prevents them from entering into renewed conflict with the law. These people cannot be left without h...

The main goal of our article is to present partial results of a qualitative study aimed at identifying health literacy of a group of citizens of the South Bohemian Region living below poverty line. Another goal consists in describing the relation of health literacy of the poor with selected socio-demographic variables. The partial results are presented not only in the context of health care but also in the context of health and social care. Health literacy is influenced by many factors, both at individual level an...

Confidence-building is one of the main conditions of Russia-EU relations normalization. For better understanding of the ways of confidence strengthening: the concept of confidence in the context of national and foreign policy of the states; legal basis of strategic partnership between Russia and EU (the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 1994); the contemporary state of Russia-EU relations; the reasons of Russia-EU relations deterioration; the available doubts of a possibility of strategic partners...

Introduction: Health literacy is a cognitive and social ability determining the individuals` capability of getting an access to information, comprehending and using the information in a way that promotes and maintains good health. It helps to choose healthy behavior and can influence skills achieved in the childhood. Goal: to identify the level of health literacy in children and adolescents between 12 and 18 years. Methodology: A quantitative survey, a questioning method, a face-to-face dialogue. Data collection u...

The article view the problem of evaluation of teachers’ readiness to solve professional tasks, designated in “Professional standard for teacher”, in the process of continuous training of pedagogical staff. Teacher professional standard – a document which includes a description of the level of knowledge, abilities, skills and experience required for the specialist to solve professional problems in education. Current trends and innovative processes in the system of training of specialists for educational institution...

This paper interprets the contents of family education, investigated through a historic analysis, written in discussions of annual reports of folk schools. Many authors refer to the period from the middle of the 19th century until 1918 as the “golden age” for their generation. The reports of folk schools dating from that period were analyzed, and in 40 of them, texts were found relating to the field of family education. This paper analyzes the contents of family education with which authors wish to act on raising ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the anxiety score, the quality of life and the functional status of the patients with occupational lung diseases. We have conducted a cross-sectional study on patients with occupational lung disease, referred to the hospital for their annual evaluation. The exclusion criteria were the presence of an acute disease, the presence of the exacerbation of the lung disease and a severe deterioration of the lung function. Beside the regular clinical and functio...

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 ...

The aim of the study was to find out the opinions of general public and healthcare professionals relating to primary prevention, and the patients` approach to their own health. Development of Health Literacy under the Conditions of the Czech Health Care System A quantitative method using a non-standardized questionnaire was chosen to meet this aim. This questionnaire was based on the standardized questionnaire called The HLS-EU-47 of the HLSEU Consortium for the European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU), which is d...

The unsatisfactory quality of schoolchildren's nutrition is one of the main causes of schoolchildren’s illness in Russia. The infant morbidity indicators are exacerbated by the adverse impact of natural-climatic and derived socioeconomic factors of the northern Arctic regions. The main negative factors of Arctic region are: a long winter, polar night, the lack of vitamins, unavailability some health necessary products and the higher prices for them, limited opportunities for the vacation beyond the Arctic region a...

The purpose of this article is to design the new method called by authors "mobile video" within the existing technique of blended learning. Creating an educational product on the basis of popular modern technology, we understand what needs to be defined, for what purpose it is possible to use "mobile video", what is its place in the system of teaching, in particular when studying Russian language by foreign students. We consider that "mobile video" as a teaching method well fits into the technique of blended learn...

The present paper presents new approaches in paramedics education in the framework of an Erasmus + project entitled “Use of Extraglottic and Glottic Alternative Airways Methods in Alternative Airway Management”. The project is based on collaboration between hospitals and Higher Education Institutes from Turkey, Hungary and Romania and aims to develop, test and adapt a continuous vocational educational medical programme, developed on an exhaustive needs analysis and focusing on a transnational approach for airway m...

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health and requires action across all government sectors and society. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency, monitors 52 communicable diseases, having programmes which cover antimicrobial resistance. The highest rates of non prescription use of antibiotics are in Romania (20%). Objectives: To determine if there is any significant difference between antimicrobial resistance of Gram negative bacteria isolated in hospi...

Companies producing lenses for glasses and contact lenses operate in the sector of high technologies, consequently, the production has high added value. Sustainable development requires a more rapid development of medium high and high technologies sectors. One of the options is development of production of optical vision correction means in Latvia, which would increase the proportion of medium high and high technology manufacturing in the common structure of manufacturing. The analysis was performed guiding by the...

This reflection is an attempt to determine the scope of audiovisuality research in literary text, taking into account theories of connection of literary work with media coverage. It is accompanied by transferring the focus from adaptive thinking (including one medium into another) to transmedia one, where literariness and audiovisuality function on similar rights. Such move is based on an assumption that a context for created new literature is no longer another written text but a media event or an audio-visual com...

The purpose of the study is to determine the essential features of the concept "teaching method" and to give its correct definitions. The materials of the study are definitions of this concept in didactic and methodological texts. The methods of the study are conceptual analysis, terminological analysis, and logical analysis of this concept. Results of the study are the following: 1) most of the existing definitions of the concept "teaching method" do not contain its essential features; 2) scientific definitions o...

University teacher is a factor which determines the level of the educational process, but also the level of scientific and research activities. Recently, there can be permanently witnessed the efforts at the national level by stressing the importance of the project and research activities in higher education institutions. In the process of quality assessment are mostly preferred quantitative indicators. The development of personality of students, however, contributes significantly to the level of teaching activity...

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 ...

The aim of the contribution is to acquaint readers with the development of new training methods for fire brigade members and their application within the “Training Simulator for Type Activities” project. This applied research has helped to create a special software tool for the training of fire brigades. Thematically, this project focused on the area of regular special preparation of fire brigades in response to selected emergencies when the joint action of Integrated Rescue System services is necessary – so-calle...

The paper outlines the importance of teachers in relation to students and their emotions in the classroom. The variability of students ' emotions in the pedagogical process of foreign language learning with a focus on the interpenetration of the psychologism - effects of relationships between students and teachers is shown in this study. First, we argue that the special relationship that develops between teachers and students leads to the emotional experiences of students. Second, using interpersonal theory, we as...

The inclusion of the elderly in the community as equal members and providing opportunities for the elderly to participate in work related activities is one of the main tasks of modern society. The goal of the study was to estimate the participation of elderly people in activities related to the work or volunteer activities. 120 examinees from 65 to 93 years of age who are users of centers and homes for the care of the elderly participated in the study. The study used a sociodemographic questionnaire and selected p...

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 migrant. ...

The end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century has been a period of rapid development of digital technology, which is a base for everyday functioning of the society based on knowledge. The growing importance of information caused rapid development of technologies facilitating and accelerating exchange of information, so called communicators. A new space for sharing knowledge and information has been created by the network of information and communication tools, which is now called cyberspace. It is simu...

The paper is a sociological analysis of Russian students’ position in relation to an important problem of science meddling into human reproduction sphere, to new scientific reproduction technologies that are supposed to meet the challenges of new generation reproduction and population control. The research covers the attitude of the young people to modern scientific advances in the area of new reproduction technologies (NRT) like artificial insemination, extracorporal fertilization and cloning. The respondents inc...

In a world of perpetual transformation, the awareness of social responsible education gains valuable meaning for higher education institutions which have the mission to frame and disseminate knowledge related to ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable practices. The paper aims to investigate the effects of teaching activities in social responsibility and civic skills, and to assess the outcomes of an intensive study programme (ISP) in this topic, designed and tested in UPB, during five teaching and learning...

Risk behaviours in youth are often the result of personal identity issues and internal conflicts, connected with the need for new and more complex excitement, and a new image about themselves. Such behaviours often precede delinquent behaviour or occur with delinquent behaviour. It also could be related to impulsive decision-making, negligent behaviour, conflict with peers or authority, and having a significant negative impact on the wider society. The aim of this paper is to gain insight the experiences of young ...

Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent progressive condition, with an increased impact on quality of life. Depression and anxiety are frequently encountered in patients with chronic diseases, especially in those with impaired health-related quality of life. The aim of the study was to identify and evaluate the burden of depression and anxiety in patients with COPD. Material and methods. We enrolled patients admitted in our hospital with the diagnosis of COPD, in which we eva...

Introduction: Besides the conditions under which an individual is born, grows up and grows old, health literacy is an important factor participating in the quality of health. Health promotion and prevention of diseases include, through all the individual`s life, a wide range of activities contributing to the health improvement of population in individual countries. The traditional areas contributing to the improvement of health quality include the public health protection and promotion and health education. The he...

Considered a common product, cheap food, poor people’s food and the plant of poor areas, the potato is actually a product that helps improving the daily diet being rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. For Romania, the potato is a strategic food, contributing to the national food safety system. Our country is ranked on the third position in Europe in terms of area cultivated with potatoes (after Poland and Germany). In particular, potato components have been shown to have favorable impacts on several measu...

This article deals with the use of information and communication technologies as a means of educational and professional self-realization of students in the process of university education. The essence of information and communication technologies as a necessary condition for successful student self-actualization is grounded. The main components of the educational and professional self-realization of students of a higher educational institution are revealed. The concept of educational and professional self-actuali...

The role of the family is to create a stable and secure environment in which the needs of all its members are met. Only a well-functioning family is able to fulfill this task to the optimum extent. There are many things influencing family functioning. One of them is also the birth and upbringing of a disabled child. The aim of our study was to find out which factors influence the functioning of the family with a disabled child. A quantitative research strategy was used. To measure the functioning of the family, a ...

Background: On the basis of the theoretical and empirical analyses published in the scientific literature, it can be stated that the concept of successful ageing presented in educational discourses is understood differently by authors and it is focused primarily on three issues related to 1/ spirituality, 2/ fulfillment of one’s own well-being, 3/ a sense of community. The article discusses research results aimed at comparing ways of understanding successful ageing in the scientific literature with ways of definin...

This article aims at assessing the potential of the social orientation and Romanian language learning programmes to encourage mutual understanding and fight intolerance. A comprehensive analysis of the linguistic education and the social integration programmes identified in Romania was conducted, based on a common and coherent analytical framework for all the national contributions of the countries which are partners in the RACCOMBAT project. Starting from the generic description of the Romanian language courses a...

Modern technological changes (and digitalization in particular) radically change social relations, character of labor and population’s employment. In politicians’ claims, urgent character of starting changes is manifested. In practice, that means that people will not have time for adaptation in new conditions. A new model of labor and employment, so-called “Job 4.0”, brings higher requirements to workers’ professional qualifications being applied to all professional groups without exception. “Job 4.0” is carried o...

The article deals with the usefulness of science experimental activity and interpersonal communication of school students analysing socio-significant issues (SSI). SSI is a controversial topic which discloses the positive and negative impact of research and innovation discoveries for the society. SSI has a scientific component and also incorporates other disciplines (political, economic, ethical), which allows to involve the evaluation of ethical and moral issues. The evaluation of the negative and positive side o...

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of economic cooperation between China and Japan in the era of the "World Financial Crisis". The global economic crisis of 2008, which became a powerful blow for the capitalist world since the Great Depression and inflicted a heavy blow on the economies of the United States and Western Europe, did not have such a strong impact on East Asia, China and even Japan, despite their greater involvement in the world financial and economic system. It confirmed the fact that the c...

The study was aimed at describing the value system of sexual workers in private sex business. The study used the quantitative research strategy and the technique of standardized VALS (Values and Lifestyle) questionnaire. Additionally to the questionnaires, the respondents were also subject to biographical-narrative interviews dealing with the motivation for work in sex business, risk behaviour and other topics. The research set consisted of women working in private sex business (N=37) and advertising their service...

Brain diseases or injuries are often accompanied by a serious neurological deficit and by a considerable socio-cultural problem. Coordinated approach under use of all rehabilitation elements is needed from the beginning of the disease. Coordinated rehabilitation includes a multidisciplinary team based on mutual cooperation of several experts from different branches. But the cooperation of such experts is often missed by patients after returning to their natural home environment. So the burden of the situation is o...

The neoclassical realist approach considers systemic stimuli (independent), and élites’ perceptions and capacities (intervening) as the variables of an explanatory model of foreign policy outcomes (dependent variable). Starting from the central assumptions of Ethology and Classical Élites Theory, with the view to delimitate élites as the foreign policy executive, or the geopolitical agent, this paper aims to reinforce the importance of the intervening variables élites’ perceptions and capacities in shaping the geo...

Designing public spaces has become one of the most relevant issues in contemporary cities thanks to their integrating and inclusionary character. Public spaces are playing a far more important role in promoting a healthy lifestyle and encouraging us to do different activities. Therefore, contemporary public spaces should enhance creativity, stimulate physical activity and influence mental health. The methodology used in the research includes literature survey, study visits and comparative analysis of some selected...

The paper publishes the results of the qualitative research that analysed the attitudes of the Slovak teachers towards the fundamental curriculum reform in primary and lower secondary education. The research was realized after 10 years from the curriculum reform that had been realized according to ISCED classification in 2008. The authors of the paper interpreted the research findings how Slovak teachers understood their role as creators of the framework of content learning. The paper clarifies and take measures t...