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In this paper we see this research goal is to methodologically provide rationalization for the study of the academic entity development dynamics, which makes it possible to disclose the university culture transformation taking place during the higher professional education modernization process. The systemic character of university culture within the regional society development is reported. University culture is considered to be a special complex of corporate culture, based on the values of professional culture, ...

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...

Every year in Romania, a significant number of youth and children fall victim to different forms of exploitation: sexual exploitation, forced labor exploitation, exploitation for begging, exploitation by forcing to commit juvenile delinquency. According to the studies published by the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (ANITP), in 2016 the number of victims was 756, 14% lower than in the previous year. Adult victims prevail (402 victims, of which 294 women and 128 men), although the number of minor vic...

Computer games have become a part of everyday life of young people. They play not only on play station, stationary and mobile computers (as laptops and notebooks), but also on tablets, i-phones, cell phones and other mobile digital devices. They play not only in their free time, but also during their journey in bus or train, while waiting for the public transport or waiting for service in bank, or when they are in a row, waiting for tickets for a concert, theater or cinema. Computer games are popular not only for ...

Currently ecology is a special scientific discipline, which is of great importance both for society as a whole and for an individual. The protection of the environment and the conservation of biological diversity on the whole planet depend significantly on the results of environmental education. The purpose of environmental education should be not only the training of future environmental specialists, but also environmental upbringing aimed at the formation of a certain ethic of attitude towards nature. This is gr...

The study focuses on the social construction of relationships between social workers and clients in solving family problems. The concept of social construction is used to examine the categories of categorization, stereotyping. The goal is to find out how social workers are constructing relationships and bringing them closer to family intervention. We are focused on workers of social protection and social care in the Slovak Republic. The theoretical part looks at the problem of instability, threats, family crises i...

The aim of this study is to define the image of contemporary preschool education in Po-land in perception of representatives of various social groups. Theoretic analysis of the issue was supplemented by empirical studies. The method of diagnostic survey was used accompanied with the technique of questionnaire. The study aimed at finding how the preschool education was perceived in Poland, what was its social reception and how it fulfilled the needs and expectations of contemporary society. The survey showed that p...

Brain damages and injuries with their frequency and high mortality constitute one of the most serious diseases both in the world and in the Czech Republic. The individual who has suffered a brain damage faces a number of socio-economic changes. The precondition for full social integration of such individual is timely care and cooperation of individual professionals on the given case. But such cooperation and interconnection among professionals is often missing in subsequent organizations, which may slow down the i...

The balance is one of the most important skills of the postural control and ability to move. The data of many studies have shown that postural sway was reduced while participants perform a balance task concurrently with a cognitive task. There are some evidences that postural sway decreases under threatening conditions. The aim of this study was to examine the immediate postural responses evoked by head movements standing on foam surface. The study subjects were 32 first-year students. Participants ranged in ages ...

Czech Republic is a member of NATO since 1999. The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, in its 2015 framework document entitled 2030 Long-term Outlook for Defence, confirmed the political-military ambitions of the Czech Republic, where one of the priorities was the fulfilment of the obligations arising from NATO membership. These requirements include healthcare requirements. Military medicine has a long tradition and czech military healthcare service is a very important part of many foreign military missions...

The paper focuses on the quality of working life of deaf people. The main aim is to describe the possibilities of their employment with regard to the historical context of the labour market situation and current possibilities. Further, the other goal of the article analyses subjective perception of deaf people within their possibilities of employability on the labour market and overall satisfaction. To obtain the data a qualitative approach was implemented through a semi-structured interview with deaf people, who ...

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 are ...

Introduction. Psychological training is one of the factors that can make the difference between opponents in a sport competition. The paper aimed to identify the level of psychological abilities of the volleyball player and to compare the results between male and female players. Method. To determine the volleyball player's mental training level, a questionnaire has been applied, to measure the level of stress and other athletes’ psychological abilities. Thus, the subjects of the research were 18 male volleyball pl...

The article summarizes of materials sociological monitoring of student of Sverdlovsk region (1995-2016) – in terms of the motivation of choice University. Monitoring materials published [1], disclosed in the publication methodology and research technique, unsubstantiated picks and sample size. The sample included monitoring student survey III course on four main areas of learning (socio-economic, humanitarian, scientific and technical). A number of issues (in particular, of the reasons for the choice of the Univer...

Adaptive education model as a modern implementation of the well-known pedagogical principle of instruction individualization is becoming increasingly popular. However, effective adaptive learning cannot be effective and functional without adaptive testing. The paper examines the prerequisites for using models of adaptive instruction in general and adaptive testing in particular. The experience of using computer-based adaptive tests, in the context of a group of about fifteen students with different levels of train...

The study, which was supported by the grant project VEGA 1/0625/16 “The effect of physical activities on the development of motor abilities in integrated children with behavior disorders”, deals with the effects of exercise programs on the development of children’s motor abilities. The purpose of the study was to assess the levels of coordination abilities among nine and ten years old children by administering the KTK standardized test battery and to determine the relationship between their somatic parameters and ...

The effectiveness of scientific research belongs to the categories that are difficult to measure. Its assessment is generally subjective and based on various criteria. In the paper it is assumed that the effectiveness of scientific research is determined by a number of publication as well as the speed of commencing and concluding the doctoral conferment procedure. The effectiveness of scientific research is affected by many factors. The authors assumed that the most important ones is the knowledge of methodologica...

Developed communicative competence today is an urgent need of an individual, one of the ways for his intellectual, spiritual and professional self-affirmation and self-improvement. Its quality, according to the authors, is significantly determined by the nature and format of the teacher-student interaction in the classroom. In order to track the relationship between the influence of the educational interaction format on the development of general cultural and professionally oriented competences of trainees, we con...

The article provides data on motivational method of teaching students when developing a new sanitary and hygienic product intended for the use in food processing industry and agro-industrial complex enterprises. The research objective was introduction of a new methodology for teaching students when the method of "Game constructing " becomes "Motivational" and is included in the educational process that enables the establishment of universal, general professional and professional competencies of graduates with the ...

The paper deals with selected aspects of educational differences in physical training methods employed in the training process of hearing-impaired pupils. Training methodology issues related to the physical training process in pupils with hearing impairment are hereby addressed. A number of specific model situations pertaining to the didactic process in physical education are presented, including examples and recommendations for practice. The problem areas related to motor skills training in hearing-impaired stude...

Drug use in Romania is a dynamic phenomenon, being heavily influenced by a multitude of social and economic factors. Romania was initially a transit country, but soon it became one of the profitable areas of drug trafficking. This work started with an attempt to highlight the reasons for young people to initiate consumption, but also to see the importance of methadone substitution treatment for former heroin users in their effort to achieve abstinence. For this study, we selected 20 former heroin users currently u...

Research and studies of literature focused on prevention of cardiovascular diseases and didactic approach in education have led our project team to develop a program for group preventive activities. The program is aimed at familiarizing the clients with influence able factors causing cardiovascular diseases and at leading the clients towards healthy life style at theoretical and practical level. To meet one of the aim of the research project there was physiotherapist, nutritionist and psycholog also involved in th...

There has always been two main tendencies in foreign language teaching at universities. The first one deals with teaching language and culture as well as developing intercultural competence. The second one dwells upon the importance of job-oriented teaching to ensure the development of professional competence. This intercultural investigation sought to analyse Russian university students’ understanding of the concept of intercultural competence and its urgency for the profession they have chosen. Future engineers ...

Cancer of the esophageal-gastric junction is on the 6th place in the world in the structure of mortality from cancer. Russia is one of the regions with a high incidence of gastric cancer and mortality from this disease. Due to the borderline location of the tumor between the esophagus and the stomach, the world does not accept a single surgical treatment of gastroesophageal junction cancer. The classification of this cancer is discussed also. Esophagogastrostomy is the simplest method of reconstruction after proxi...

The issue of stress is ever spreading far and wide, affecting representatives of various professions at all levels of an organization. There is no doubt that this phenomenon will not be without consequences on the life of every human being. Stress may not be treated exclusively as an individual problem for every human being. It also affects an organization, exposing it to costs associated with reduced productivity and motivation, and in particular with greater occurrence of mistakes and accidents. This is another ...

The aim of the paper is to identify and explain regional differences in digital socialization indicators in modern Russia. Our study is based on Manuel Castell’s concept of digital society, T. Druckrey’s theory of electronic (digital) culture, on the model of digital socialization proposed by O. Soldatova and A. Sharikov’s model of digital literacy. The empirical basis of the research comprises the analysis of data from nationwide surveys, as well as the database of the research “Ecosystem of Network Public Admini...

Active learning, as an inevitable construct of contemporary teaching, is the basis of every student’s integral growth and development. It is based on the constructivism and socio-constructivism where the emphasis is on students as constructors and co-constructors of their own knowledge. Here, the process of learning includes the students’ experiences and interests, pre-knowledge, and the creation of their own interpretations. The constructivist active learning environment is directed to students ? they take the ac...

The article presents the mutual relations between art and technology from the Renaissance to the interactive art of today. It indicates important factors influencing the possibilities of imaging and interpreting reality by artists, ranging from the development of oil painting techniques, linear perspective, the invention of printing and photography, to achievements related to the development of information technologies (computers, interfaces), offering a range of tools to create and co-create a work of art by the ...

The paper aims to explore the potential role of contemporary art as a catalyst for social transformation and civic engagement. The research focuses on the visual arts and their power to change social attitudes in contemporary society. On the basis of theoretical, transdisciplinary approaches and analysis of artwork the paper investigates emerging forms of art and how they address pressing social issues and concerns that would otherwise remain unfamiliar. Artwork that reveals social phenomena and trends lying hidde...

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...

Information and Communication Technologies are one of the basic educations of areas in the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education to enable students to acquire a basic level of information literacy. The aim is to equip students with elementary skills in operating of computer equipment and modern information and communication technologies, but also to navigate in the world of information, creatively work with information and use them in further education and in practical life [1]. In the framework curr...

The article deals with social and legal problems faced by persons with Inborn Gender Identity Disorder Syndrome (IGIDS) in fulfilling social roles consistent with the perceived gender. It seems that the social functioning of these persons is extremely difficult, because disapproval of the somatic/phenotype sex hinders their self-fulfilment. Legal (formal) conditions of their social existence depend on medical procedures, which in turn are related with many diagnostic problems. In Poland, there is no specific diagn...

This article deals with the issue of the state of media literacy and the level of interpersonal and communication skills of social pedagogy university students. The theoretical basis of the thesis is based on the definition of basic concepts such as literacy and competence, especially with regard to information literacy and the definition of media socialization, critical media literacy. Reflected is education leading to the acquisition of media linguistics. The paper presents the results of a research study aimed ...

Professional communication of the professionals in social work and healthcare can be seen as a system based on internal language resources needed for an effective interpersonal interaction in the professional-professional and professional-client (patient) interpersonal systems and focused on exchange of professional information and providing of social or healthcare assistance to the persons who need this. A precondition for the success of the professional communication is the formation of a positive communication ...

Higher education plays an important role in the formation of an environmentally literate society. Currently, federal state educational standards in the Russian system of higher education presuppose the development of general, professional and special competencies among university students. The new paradigm of higher education makes it necessary to look for new teaching practices, in particular, to use active and interactive technologies in the educational process. Fallowing these ideas, the carrying out of educati...

The paper is devoted to the analysis of parents’ beliefs about children’s video games in the contemporary Russia. The strategies of prohibition or permission of computer games used by parents rely on different background beliefs. Research of such beliefs as well as values they are based on is the purpose of our work. To do this, we analyzed the discourse of Russian parents of preschool and primary school children in a series of semi-structured interviews on children's video games. Interviews were conducted in 2016...

Aim: Research aim is to explore the differences in the childbirth- related fear with regard to age, parity, previous birth experience and socio-economic factors. Another objective of the research was assessing the link between childbirth- related fear and symptoms of depression among pregnant women. Method: The research sample includes 136 women (age 29.82±5.68). Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (W-DEQ-A) was used for assessing the childbirth- related fear; and Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale was used f...

In 2003 Bulgaria enacted new legislation that introduced various reforms in the social sphere. These changes define a new philosophy of state policy in the area of social services and society’s vulnerable groups. Protected Housing is a social service that enables the transition from the traditional in Bulgaria institutional care to the services offered in the community and the family environment. The practical social work and the social worker in the service Protected Housing are the main subjects of analysis in t...

During all the times of destruction of social institutions and socio-cultural norms, there is a split in common social values and those which are reflected in social networks and electronic media. There are few meaningful values for modern women that could be identified: the value of kinship, the value of marriage, the value of motherhood, the value of career and self-made behavior, the value of leisure and hedonistic values. In the article the authors propose models (variants) of the images of mothers with many c...

This research gives the insight of creative technologies, a promising trend in science and pedagogy. Summarizing the findings of the latest research, the authors suggest that higher education be regarded from the point of view of creative discourse, by combining well known pedagogical techniques with the cutting-edge developments conventionally named as Creative Solution Technologies. The article is intended for practical application and helping the reader learn the practical skills with spoken and written, "inter...

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 interpersonal communication abilities and transformational leadership of senior school students. This article analyses only one domain of interpersonal competence – providing of emotional support. The aim of the research is to reveal the emotional support abilities of senior school students and explore how senior school students’ emotional support abilities relate to charismatic dimensions of transformational leadership. The results show that the transformational leadership of new genera...

Background – Rapid development of interdisciplinary academic connections highlights the importance of written communication. The necessity of the latest data sharing, on the one hand, the scientific achievements promoting, on the other hand, make an ability of health care professionals to written speech activity salient. Materials and Methods – The study is aimed at professional written speech activity of health care professionals. Quantative and statistical methods were used. The progress of respondents was being...

Analysis of pedagogical, psychological and musicological literature shows that musical education is a significant constituent element of future primary (elementary) school teachers' professional training. It is not only necessary for teaching one subject at school, but also for a teachers' spiritual and cultural erudition, communication with children and maintaining interdisciplinary connections. Therefore, the structure of teacher training should have adequate attention for future primary school teachers' special...

The study was supported from the grant project VEGA 1/0625/16 “The effect of physical activities on the development of motor abilities in integrated children with behavior disorders”. We have extended knowledge about motor coordination of 7 and 8 years old children by determining correlations between somatic parameters and total motor coordination expressed as the converted MQ scores. The somatic parameters measured included body weight, body height, and BMI. To determine the levels of motor coordination, children...

The article discusses the processes taking place in the system of higher education in Russia. The purpose of the article is to identify the key differences between basic undergraduate and graduate educational programs. The article discusses the conditions and mechanisms required to ensure the continuity between bachelor’s and master’s degree programs as a basis for quality higher education. The article contains a comprehensive evaluation of basic undergraduate and graduate education programs offered by the Russian...

In article is presented an analysis of the peculiarities of the consciousness and behavior of the student youth in the consumer sphere is presented. Based on a sociological investigation, the models of typical consumer practices of Sverdlovsk region students are outlined. Russia experienced a change of type of culture, value orientations in the XXI century. Formation of market relations contributes to formation of a market-oriented personality type. The concept is based on a relation to consumption as to a termina...

The increasing complexity of buildings and structures, the high rate of construction and the need to reduce design time, enhance internationalization and international cooperation in design and architecture, as well as many other factors triggered the rapid improvement of computer design tools. At present, this approach to design is commonly referred to as Building Information Modeling (BIM), and the related technologies and software tools are called BIM-technologies. All of the above logically leads to the conclu...

A majority of students have the opportunity to be the centre of attention (to present a speech, to read a report, to sing, to conduct, or to play) and to feel emotional strain. The latter touches us all but not in the same way. For some personalities emotional stress helps to mobilise their spiritual power, others change unrecognizably: a person becomes tense, confused, the colour of his/her skin changes, a person’s hands start trembling. The profession of the music teacher may also be regarded as a profession of ...

The need to ensure mobility of persons with disabilities is due to an increase in the absolute and relative number of people with disabilities, which is a global trend. The United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, adopted in 2006, was aimed at solving these problems. The actual problem of the Russian social practice is the provision of physical and social mobility of the disabled, the formation of a monitoring system of the rights of the disabled and the availability of infrastructure ...