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The popularity of smart mobile devices is growing fast. These digital devices represent a new generation of technological tools that offer remarkable access to content as well as opportunities for creative use even by young children. Most of the best-selling apps in the education category are targeted towards younger children. At the same time, the educational value of those applications is difficult to determine. Parents and educators in Poland, who are turning to those devices for the potential educational benef...

Hospice care is a specialized, integrated form of health, social and psychological care provided to patients of all indication, diagnostic and age groups for which a reasonable life expectancy is judged to be less than six months based on reasonable medical judgment and for which active treatment has been discontinued. It is essential to treat pain and care for other symptoms of the terminal stage of the disease, as well as to address the psychological, social and spiritual needs and problems of the sick and conse...

This paper presents a study looking at the music education at general secondary schools in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The principal research problem the study aims to focus on, or draw attention to, is the necessity and benefits of the music education as a part of general education at upper secondary level. It presents a content analysis of selected curricular documents: the Framework Education Programme for General High Schools (Ramcovy vzdelavaci program pro gymnazia), the State Education Programme for...

Currently, you can find many social processes that are not well explained from the position of sociological theory. These include the growth of practices of symbolic consumption, an increase in the level of deviation and crime, the spread of social and mental stress in society. Sociologists offer many explanations for these phenomena, but they are explanations of symptoms and effects, not causes. The most striking confirmation of the inability of the theory to exhaustively explain the processes taking place is the...

The paper actualizes the theme of social reality construction amidst the development of innovative technologies forming the techno-social space, in which technological and social aspects are closely intertwined in the context of mutually conditioned changes. Based on conceptual ideas of phenomenology, the mental bases of the social world exploration are accentuated and the inclusion of modern technologies in the processes of the social distribution of knowledge, transfer, and assimilation of information, in everyd...

Many researchers and scholars nowadays view the online environment as the ideal context for fostering transformative learning. However, although the growth of online education has resulted in a plethora of investigations, for the moment, few empirical studies exist about promoting transformative learning in online environments. This paper focuses on the application of the transformative learning model in two distinct online learning environments in higher education. The first is a traditional blended learning envi...

This paper aimed to understand how fashion design higher education programs are approaching fashion 'eco-design' initiatives and how or if this could influence the diffusion and adoption by the whole sector. Furthermore, this paper argued that online education, sustained by a lifelong learning perspective, would present a valid way to deliver and disseminate the knowledge about sustainable principles in business, technological, social and environmental practices, making them quickly available for professionals and...

In Romania, the physical education lesson goes through a stage of reforming in line with student requirements, adapting exercises to video and computer games. Thus, for six months, 40 students (aged 8-10 years) participated twice a week in work programs that had interactive games in their structure. Subjects were tested before and after the application of work schedules, following their progress in some components of motor capacity. The tests performed referred to the coordination, balance and speed. The statistic...

The significance of outreach and its impact in reaching victims is the focus of this article.Within the anti-trafficking field, outreach is an important topic and has been further developed by organizations to better address the difficulties that the crime of human trafficking present. The understanding and general awareness of human trafficking is fairly new. To address the growing problem of human trafficking, anti-trafficking organizations have devised outreach methods aimed at more effectively identifying, app...

The ability to provide a variety of services to trafficked persons is a key component of extracting the individuals from this environment. Organizations provide different services to victims and are able to provide these services based on their area of expertise. For example, some organizations are able to provide legal services, some counseling for trauma, medical and dental services, food and clothing . In addition, the aim of this article is to highlight the Pro Sentret NGO outreach model, Norway, which can be ...

Our research focuses on different ways of understanding parenting styles and the similarities and differences between conceptual understanding as well as statistical issues for 2 measurement instruments. Starting with Baumid vision of consistent and persistent ways of interactions between parents and child, there is evidence that these constant ways of interactions do have certain influences on child development. As it was shown in previous research, addiction to substance abuse, especially alcohol in adolescence ...

This study is focused on families of pre-school children with 1 type diabetes mellitus. The aim of the study was to explore if there is any difference between parents of diabetic children and parents of typical children in their life satisfaction and their satisfaction with the kindergarten. Also the relationship between parent's satisfaction with kindergarten and their satisfaction with life is analyzed here. The research sample of 166 respondents was divided into two groups of parents of children with the diabet...

Aim: Purpose of this study was to explore the perception of motherhood among adolescent girls in Slovakia. Differences in perception of motherhood according to demographic factors and reproductive plans were examined as well. Method: Data collection was carried out at four high schools in central Slovakia; 200 female students were included in the research sample (age 18.35В±0.48). The semantic differential was used in order to measure the perception of motherhood, containing 10 rating scales (7- point Likert scale...

The article is dedicated to the current issues of self-development of teachers and is aimed to identify the main reasons for their poor social and personal self-development. The issues addressed in the article are of particular relevance due to the growing role of teachers of higher education institutions in the modern society. The most important research method used by the authors was the pedagogic experiment, including such particular empirical methods as monitoring, tests, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, s...

High level of teacher training, as well as well-designed career development and long-life learning of teachers are considered to be very important standpoints for education from preschool to university settings. It is no doubt, that without professional competences of teachers, quality education of preschool children cannot be secured. European organizations explicitly argue for providing and securing high-quality early childhood education (e.g., European Commission, 2013; European Council, 2011). Several studies ...

In the postmodern society with its rapid changes, actors strive to find the most efficient means of social adaptation that would enable them to achieve their personal goals in the shortest possible time. The complexity of social relationships forces social actors to use provocations as a more advanced means of influence. Oftentimes, provocators resort to provocations in order to have an emotional impact on their opponents and galvanize them into actions that are programmed to damage them for the sake of realizatio...

Neoplastic diseases are among the most frequent chronic non-communicable diseases. In the Czech Republic, every year over 95,000 malignant tumours are diagnosed and over 25,000 patients die as a result oncological diseases despite the fact that their onset is largely affected by lifestyle. After cardiovascular diseases, neoplastic diseases represent the most frequent cause of death. For this reason, it is very important to know the basic information about this issue in order to prevent the disease and reduce the n...

The State Standards of Pedagogical Education in the Russian Federation envisage the core component of school-based experience for pedagogical students. The experience falls into obligatory and optional components and is organized throughout the whole course of studies. The paper describes the system of school-based experience in a selected Pedagogical University where all students are enrolled in the programs with double majoring. The methodology applied includes case study, evidence-based education research and m...

The possibility of attending a regular classroom close to home, having sufficient support from the school and creating the conditions for a full-featured development should be a matter of course for equal inclusion in society. In Slovakia, there are no optimal conditions for the education of children with different needs in mainstream education. The authors of the article describe the issue of inclusion of children with special educational needs which has been a topical topic for several years, not only in pedagog...

In the clinical and technical stages for the manufacture of fixed mixed prostheses, the metal frame analysis represents a relevant process. The professional communication among the main professional actors is a technical act of horizontal communication supported by the theoretical notions of both partners and exemplified strictly on the working model / dental abutment and metallic frame. The study material is the analysis of a number of 50 metallic elements representing the metal structure of fixed mixed prosthesi...

Being one of the most multi-ethnic areas of Russia, Tatarstan is home to representatives of over 115 ethnic groups, including 8 nationalities, and a “bridge” of tolerance between different religious communities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and people. Therefore, it is very important to construct a cultural interaction between different people where their needs should be recognized and united in terms of gender, race, belief, age, disability, and culture. The modern role of a language teacher in the edu...

Introduction: One of the objectives of complex education of diabetic patients is to prevent the development of diabetic foot syndrome. All diabetics, including seniors, should undergo preventive education on complex leg care. Awareness and compliance with appropriate foot care, which also includes the selection of high-quality prophylactic footwear, assists in the diabetic foot syndrome. In the paper we focused on the use of preventive footwear for the elderly people. In this article the attention was focused on t...

This research paper proposes a non-invasive hybrid brain-computer interface (hBCI) applicable in rehabilitation. In the first section of this research paper, the theoretical information about BCI and hybrid BCI are explained. A non-invasive hybrid BCI is a combination and parallel usage of electroencephalography (EEG - electrical activity of the brain) and additional technology. In this research paper, the additional technology is surface electromyography (sEMG - electrical activity of muscles). In this proposal, ...

The education and science system is among the priority areas for modernization and development of digital economy for the close future. It requires detailed consideration of the features of training specialists most demanding in the digital economy. Currently, of particular interest is the definition of directions, profiles and specializations of students education, which will require special approaches and methods not only in terms of the organization of the educational process of bachelors, but also in terms of ...

Training device prototype is primarily intended conditions research and the specifics of each part of the car and practical training cutting operations using a hydraulic recovery device. In practice, in delivering persons in traffic accidents, most often occurs to cut A, B, and C posts what they prove past experience and statistics. Since 2010 occurred several changes in the automotive industry from the point of view safety standards. Accelerate to incorporate high strength steel to vehicles is resulted in strengt...

The hyperdynamics and the ever-increasing complexity of social interaction forces social actors to build their relationships based on the principles of pure rationalization and moral nihilism. This spurs them on to look for the means of impact which can help them in realizing their interests and relatively quickly achieving their targets, with no retaliation from the side of their opponents. In this respect, an effective strategy involves provoking the opponents into taking the action that would benefit the provoc...

Being fraught with risks, postmodernity forces social actors not only to rationalize their activities and search for fleeting opportunities but also resort to means of influence that help achieve their targets in the minimal amount of time. The field of advertising is not an exception, as copywriters are in constant search for tools that could help them in maximizing the impact of their advertisements and targeting their potential addressees. The paper aims to analyse the provocative aspects of advertising; its ai...

Nowadays, it is already well known that people live longer than they did in the past. In relation to this trend, i.e. the aging of the population, it is not any different for people with visual impairment. Visual impairment affects the quality of life of people, not just seniors, but across the whole life of the individual. The aim of the review study was to analyze the research findings of the issue of the quality of life of people with visual impairment in the elderly age by means of the selection, evaluation an...

The World Health Organization reports that there are 285 million people with visual impairment in the world, 39 million of whom are blind people. The European Union of blind people estimates that there are approximately 30 million people with visual impairment in Europe. The Czech Statistical Office, based on a sample survey of people with disabilities in 2013, states that there are approximately 65,000 people with severe visual impairment in the Czech Republic. The paper responds to the current state of inclusion...

Nowadays, education is needed, more than ever, and this education cannot be done anyway. A nation is healthy, if the individuals, who compose it, are healthy. Starting from this undisputed reality, this work aims to address one of the most important issues, that of establishing and fulfilling managerial objectives in terms of public health and the Romanian health system. The transition and changes process in the Romanian society also its dynamics included the health system, in its attempt to adapt to the current r...

Pedagogical Faculty of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (PNU), the Faculty of Humanities of Mukachevo State University (MSU), and the Medical Faculty of Ternopil I. Horbachevskyi State Medical University (TSMU) within a four-year period (2013-2018) became a space for an intense research into intransient educative potential of arts and literature aiming to prove regional fiction power to nurture modern students spiritually and culturally competent despite their obvious alienation from reading. Metho...

Introduction: The development of professional burnout is influenced by numerous intrapersonal and situational factors, such as length of practice or satisfaction with health and private life. The results of some studies suggest that coping style may be another such factor. The aim of the present study was to assess the scale of professional burnout among midwives and to determine the relationships between coping styles and burnout symptoms. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with the research sample, w...

Occupational safety is a key condition of any work activity, especially in the sphere of education. The occupational safety aspect is a part of teaching technical subjects, including in a wider context (environmental, medical, aesthetic, economic, energy, and others), and constitutes the basis of the modern vocational training concept. According to J. Pechar and J. Pehe [9], occupational safety is a set of work conditions which limits the influence of hazardous factors in the work process. The goal is to handle th...

The effectiveness of school pupils' functioning is conditioned by many factors. One of them is the involvement of students referring to active participation in lessons and knowledge preoccupation. The positive attitude of a student to school, participation in school and class life as well as identification with the class prevents various forms of socially unacceptable behavior. Involvement causes students to have such traits as perseverance, creativity and effectiveness in achieving goals. The condition of commitm...

The writers of the article try to prove the necessity to teach Science and Technics History Course for a modern innovation engineer formation. They use general scientific research methods such as analyses and synthesis, comparative and also historical methods, such as narrative, historic-genetic, typological, structural and systematic approach. The authors claim that the given course is necessary for modern specialists as in technical as well as in humanitarian sphere to form their wide scientific knowledge, high-...

Effectiveness in cooperation with a group is a kind of special social competences that should be educated from an early age. The high level of self-efficacy in cooperation with the group not only allows the individual to get involved in the tasks longer and work harder to achieve the set goals [1], but also allows to notice the opportunities that can contribute to success. People with a high sense of self-efficacy in cooperation with a group are more ready to take on new challenges, flexible, engaged, persistent, ...

Relationships between principal and teachers in the school require communication skills through partnership and collaboration. The quality of this cooperation is very important, which consists in the increasing involvement and creativity of teachers. In order for the potential inherent in the teachers to be fully utilized, a person who will manage them properly is necessary - manager, supervisor, less often referred to as a leader. The role of the leader is to motivate attitudes aimed at achieving goals and to hel...

This article summarizes our current understanding of the construct of individual QOL as it pertains to persons with hearing (HI), visual (VI) or physical impairment (PhI) based on systematic review of expert articles discussing Quality of Life research. The article discusses what we have learnt about the QOL construct from the specific subjective point of view from persons with hearing, visual and physical impairment. The recent analysis is also directed on comparing generalized theoretical constructs with individ...

The research is devoted to the analysis of social entrepreneurship in the sphere of social service and problems of its development in Russia. Social entrepreneurship is one of the tools of modernization of the Russian social sphere and a source of additional resources, as well as innovative technologies. At the same time, its formation as a social institution in Russia is hampered by a number of barriers and difficulties. On the basis of empirical research the features of social entrepreneurship development in Rus...

In the most general understanding it is possible to say that service is a tool, manner, method of policy and practical application of the interests of the society towards the people that are dependent on certain type of care or assistance. The dignity of personal identity means that every person with reduced self-sufficiency has the right to choose your own way of life. Social services play an important role in human life. Social services are one of the following options for helping people in adverse social situat...

Social integration of youth from placement centers is a problem still faced by th e soc social assistance system in Romania, and the strategies adopted so far failed to fully resolve this issue. A lot of young people after the age of 18 years leaving placement centers receive no support from family and their integration capability is reduce reduced. Th is study aimed to explore the possibilities of social integration of young people who leave placement centers in Romania and especially their perceptions of their c...

The paper presents the most important aspects of the defensive positioning of football players according to the possible ways of approaching offensively the opponent. The study focuses on general principles, which are valid in all ways of positioning, as well as on some specific principles that are required to be used according to the characteristics of the own players in the direct relationship with their opponents. There are described ways of behavior of the players who are positioned in different defense system...

Nutrigenomics (NGx) is an emerging area of study focusing on the interaction between nutrients and genotype which is useful in understanding and preventing chronic diseases. It is also called personalised nutrition, an approach that uses individual information to develop dietary advice, products and services that are beneficial for human health. The success of the introduction of NGx depends heavily on public acceptance. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine Malaysian stakeholdersВ’ intention to adopt N...

Current discussions about future vocational teachersВ’ perspectives usually imply the notion of a strong personality and a competent professional. The idea of professionalism is inseparable from the idea of self-authorship the central issue of which is the formation and development of personal interior voice not only of students, but of young teachers as well. Self-authorship is regarded to be more than a skill that can be taught; it requires a transformation in young teachersВ’ attitude towards nature of knowledg...

Observing the growing diffusion of personal quantification devices, the research aims to deepen an area within which it is possible to derive real added value through the acquisition of data. Starting from a theoretical approach regarding the analysis of the emotional state of an adult in an automatic way, the paper comes to the definition of a system grounded on a theoretical knowledge using a tangible prototype in order to increase the emotional skills of a child in the age of development (social emotional learn...

In the life of a child, a pupil, student, the authority is fundamental and is of key importance for its further social experience. As a dynamic element, it is subject to a number of changes especially between childhood and adolescence. We cannot separate the authority from the educational process, as the constitutive element of the teaching profession it manifests itself in the social relationship between the teacher and the learner. The teacher plays an important role in this process, as the pupils are reliant on...

Our article focuses on the teacher`s individual concept aimed at the cooperation with pupil`s family. It analyses the individual concept of teachers as part of their professional competence which influences the way teachers teach and it also determines the teaching process. To a certain degree, it also has an impact on their communication and cooperation with families of their pupils. The article clarifies the understanding of the family-school relationship. It explains how to include parents into the teaching pro...

The article describes a role-playing game for sociology majors who study English as a foreign language. Drawing on the experience of American and Spanish authors we have developed a game that is instrumental in checking studentsВ’ knowledge of sociological terminology, translation skills and factual material. The rules of the game are easy to master even for people who have never played board games and its mechanics can be easily adapted to fields other than sociology. Anecdotal evidence from students reveals that...

The present study is based on the fact that nowadays the sphere of education is constantly developing. The clear majority of universities all over the world tend to provide their students with higher education that will be recognised globally. There is a wide range of universities in Russia that follow this trend. Institutions of higher education are designed for students with diverse language backgrounds among them there are universities that focus on teaching students with a different ethnic and linguistic origi...

A translator is a mediator between a recipient and an addressant. Such incumbency demands on the translator to be sensitive to all peculiarities of the source texts. Undoubtedly, dealing with translation one needs to elaborate special skills, which are taught in special establishments and on a special program “Translator in a sphere of professional communication”. Most students understand professional translational activity unclear and tend to catch this field of activity rapidly. However, translation is due t...