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The notion of “academic leader” refers to all the roles a teacher should play in order to make teaching efficient, informing, dynamic, motivating, pleasant and stimulating for students who should be eager to discover more about the taught subject. The purpose of this methodological paper is to present nowadays academic teaching from the point of view of integrating modern technology and teaching strategies. Because teaching a foreign language involves the development of multiple skills, what are the techniques...

Nowadays, in a time of rapid expansion of large amounts of information, it is necessary to use information systems in almost all spheres of life, including the education process. Building a large information system is an extensive and complex process and is usually implemented through projects. Using information systems in educational institutions automates the delivery of teaching materials, facilitates information exchange and communication in general, and simplifies the recording and evaluation. In the last thi...

The purpose of the research was to develop and implement self-study support materials to facilitate the French for Specific Purposes (FSP) curriculum implementation in mixed-speciality groups of engineering students. The context in which the course emerges and characteristics of mixed-speciality groups of engineering students are given in the paper. It is concluded that students have to get the majority of work hours through self-study. The authors hypothesized that such self-study support materials should be deve...

Authors of the paper focus on research of written expressions of youngest language graphic system users; it means children aged 7 - 9. Conception of the research survey and its theoretical base is built on the present unsatisfactory state of the written expression of young generation that often misses thought and communicational coherence and thus whole meaningfulness. Our objective is to describe basic coherence means of text elements of pupils at elementary school who do not know all the syntactic rules and work...

The contemporary advanced world is representative of the increased interest in continuing professional education. The environment in which today's specialists work and continue their education is ever more volatile, more demanding, and more critical of possible mistakes; therefore, specialists are constantly forced to expand their knowledge and improve their occupational skills. In everyday life, the formal and non-formal learning ranks among the most common categories of continuing professional education, which d...

Elite Engineering Educational program (EEEP), implemented in Tomsk Polytechnic university (TPU) in 2004 creates the conditions for personal and interdisciplinary competencies formation and provide an opportunity to apply them in practice. The article contains analysis and recommendations to IT that can be involved in project activities while training technical specialists as well as monitoring of the competences formed during the educational process.

As part of this research we therefore wanted to determine which competencies are necessary to support inclusive environment. For the present investigation we used a research technique that we call "5P" (5positive features). In the three-member team, we have observed common teaching lessons in schools that are according to their school curriculum declared as inclusive schools. Simultaneously, these schools decided to cooperate with our faculty and to support arguments self-analysis and self-evaluation of the pedago...

Transdiscursive communication between an expert and nonexpert presupposes processes of special knowledge transfer and acquisition. Asymmetrical levels of communicants' knowledge cause ambiguity in term conceptualization during communication. This paper introduces direct metaphor as an efficient linguistic tool for term disambiguation and leads to improving transdiscursive knowledge communication.

In this paper, we introduce a summary of the terms of inclusive education in primary education. We present the selected results of a case study in which we focused on the conditions and processes of inclusive education in one outstanding school. In this paper we describe the research methodology of the whole research, but in the interpretation of the results due to the limitations of the paper we focus only on selected conditions (organizational) that have a significant impact on the quality of inclusion in the sc...

The Czech Republic has joined and actively pursued the outcomes of the UNESCO 2nd World Art Education Conference on artistic education, held in Seoul in 2010, and the follow-up documents. For over 10 years, the Czech Different Hearing programme has been implemented in the spirit of these outcomes. The programme is unique in the Czech Republic in terms of its focus, strives to find new ways of extending the traditional model of school and out-of-school music education to encompass activities aimed at nurturing crea...

Background: Studies on the modern society we live in reveal that people have an increasingly saturated cognitive environment but socio-emotionally deprived. Systematic analyzes of the educational process demonstrate, complementary, the maintenance of a gap between the educational cognitive environment and the socio-emotional environment, influenced by the social-familial context. Through this study we proposed the creation of an educational program by means of which to balance both areas, involving two of the key ...

The Faculty of Economics of the University of South Bohemia in ДЌeske BudД›jovice launched its own model of providing foreign language education two years ago. This model consists of three steps: entrance exams, which identify students with a lack of knowledge of languages needed for studying at the faculty, compulsory lessons with a final test, and optional courses focused on professional language (which means mostly economics and business). Teaching in compulsory and optional courses matches the international st...

In the field of education in Kosovo there are taking place various reforms. These reforms are closely connected with general development of science, technology, and information technology. Especially ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is being paid a special attention because today, without the use of ICT cannot be imagined an overall development of a modern society. Since the technology is accepted as something inevitable in the education system there are becoming preparation and rehabilitation effort...

The paper describes a psycholinguistic experimental research of word-to-word code-switches performed by native Komi-Permyak – Russian bilinguals learning a foreign (English) language in classroom settings. Peculiar features of switches between the three languages and their non-equivalent distribution in bilingual consciousness are discussed.

The article summarizes the best practices of integration of education and business as a decisive factor in Russia's transition to an innovative economy. The article reveals the mechanism of realization of partnerships and its benefits. The article examines the impact of cooperation between universities and business to improve the quality of engineering education in the road construction industry.

This article analyses traditional and modern forms and methods of higher education that are implemented as a common part of educational process at universities and colleges. The main goal of this study is to determine current priorities in these methods and forms and to characterise the role and importance of e-learning in the overall process. In order to conduct this analysis we had to find out to what extent the discussed educational methods are part of the scientific and research activities, i.e. to what extent...

Nowadays organizations, in particular the industrial ones cannot function effectively without a process approach to all activities. This requires the identification: definition, design, validation and planning processes in organizations. In this paper the authors develop a conceptual model for the quality and reliability validation of planning and designing processes.

The relationship between learning music and academic achievement has been discussed in numerous contexts. According to the literature, students involved in learning music obtain higher results in several school subjects. This study intends to examine the influence of musical training on the academic performance of pupils in schools providing specialized artistic education, controlling for socioeconomic status and intelligence. We analyzed the composite academic achievement score and the average marks in nine schoo...

With an ever-increasing need to integrate information and communication technology into the teaching process, examining the possibility of introducing computer games as a new aspect of teaching strategy and a new teaching tool in teaching history is particularly interesting from the aspect of modernization of the teaching process. It is an irrefutable fact that the modern generations of children, at any level of education, live in a networked world with technological development being its integral part. Computers,...

At the present stage of social development, when turning to the knowledge economy, a demand of the information society for full trustworthy and scientifically based official statistical data regarding social, economic, population and ecological processes increases. As a result highly-skilled experts in the field of statistics are required for the collection, processing and analysis of data. Russian statistics has a branched information network and 68 official statistical authorities are engaged in the statistical ...

The article describes the principle of founding of mathematical knowledge for linear algebra and analytic geometry in the plane and shows its using in the implementation of university students successive remote settlement projects. We apply these topics in mathematics (settlement projects "Arithmetic operations with matrices", "Solving systems of linear algebraic equations " and " Study of various parameters of an arbitrary triangle in the plane "). Information system, stages of learning mathematics and student's ...

In the Romanian literature, as well as in the world literature, one can see indications of existing concerns of that era. They relate to fashion, customs, but also to readings or literary concerns. Thus can be measured the high or low level of education and the psychological involvement of the author. It is the case of the characters in the work of Camil Petrescu, Romanian interwar writer (1894-1957), promoter of authenticity, as a policy of his novel. The present research sets sight on the characters from the two...

Formative assessment is essential in teaching and learning process. Tests play an important role as a tool for formative assessment, especially in the process of information retention in long-term memory. However, pen and paper format exhibits many constraints, such as time consumption in the correction and feedback, which difficults a systematic use. In this way, the online digital tests are presented as a viable alternative with clear benefits compared to pen and paper format. This study assumes a sequential exp...

The article is devoted to the questions of improving the quality of teaching mathematics using tasks of logical designing, which includes: a) separation into parts; b) classification; c) designing of the object with specified properties from certain parts; d) construction of logical schemes; e) making up programs of activities. The proposed method of teaching by means of logical designing was carried out through learning algorithmic actions by school students.

In this paper, the authors propose a conceptual model for measuring the performance of design and planning processes. Thus during the development of this research were carried out both graphical models and a mathematical model designed to optimize the activity measurement of these processes.

The present research paper presents the benefits of team working in higher education using as a case study a participatory student research-led project - Up-Tim project Retrofix for Solar Decathlon 2014 - from this perspective. Solar Decathlon (SD) is an international competition that challenges university students to design, build and operate solar houses. But it is more than that: it is about generating and sharing knowledge, linking university research with industry, the real market and society, raising social ...

The development of the common European Higher Education Area and the internationalization of higher education have led to challenges many higher education institutions (HEIs) have never encountered before. The evolving educational paradigm takes roots in significant changes in the political, economic, etc. systems of Latvia, first due to regained independence of the Latvian state and the change of its ideological paradigm in the beginning of the 1990-ies, later due to the accession of Latvia to the European Union ...

The text focuses on senior education which must not be ignored at present times characterized by ageing of population. The necessity of continuous and life-long learning and self-development, which has become a priority in the present system of education, is linked with the necessity of learning and speaking at least one foreign language. Teaching in courses in foreign languages given to seniors has to be adapted to the specific features of adult learners. The author presents her personal theoretical and practical...

The paper presents the results of the pilot study that was used to test the design of the full-scale experiment. The following research is going to be focused on evaluation of school subject (Ethical Education) and its influence on pupils´ prosocial behaviour. During preparation of our pilot study, we identified some issues. At first, there was no recent study in Slovakia that could prove effect of Ethical Education on pupil´s prosocial behaviour. And second, our research was focused on pupils in age 11 – 12 y...

During the last decade, the Romanian educational system was focused to the change of the content centered curriculum to the competences centered curriculum. Many initiatives have been made in terms of didactic strategies, teaching methods, type of resources, all of them having as main objective the increasing of the educational process quality. A lot of educational research studies have been made at the secondary education level not only in Romania, but also in other countries, concerning the needed premises of a ...

Smart mobile devices started to be affordable and the massive use on educational processes is expected in the near future. By the end of 2014, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the number of people on Earth. Contemporary educational level of social development approves the necessity of M-learning as a parallel method to the traditional methods of education. The main objective of the research is to identify the readiness of students in the Slovak republic to participate in the learning process usin...

The quality of teachers, the training of initial teachers and professional development, seems to be the challenges of the national education systems, in many developing countries. Changing the Kosovo education system was necessary due to the new circumstances of social and political development of Kosovo. This study provides an analysis of the work of the Kosovar schools and the impact of teacher professional development activities in improving school performance. For data collection we used the structured intervi...

Each family has its own specifications and different volume of cultural capital which more or less stimulates the child development. Very specific is the case of book ownership in the family. The paper analyzes material and cultural environment of present-day families in the north-western part of Slovak republic. The author presents the results of observation of some material conditions in Slovak families with primary school children and finds out their impact on the children's school success.

The information society stage shaped by the quick changes in information technologies affects the economical, social, cultural and educational areas. It can be said that there are lots of ways technology used in academic life and impact students' success. The concept of using the educational resources has changed significantly. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have greatly expanded into the field of education in last two decades. The global adoption of new technologies and internet into education p...

The paper Research in Russian Language Instruction for pupils with Dysgraphia focuses on effective methods and techniques recommended for the teaching of pupils with specific learning difficulties. In the chapter the author aims to provide an overview of current trends in the education of pupils with special educational needs and specific learning difficulties in Russian language teaching and learning and to present the results of a research project investigating the situation in Russian language teaching to pupil...

The contribution has theoretical character analyzes and focuses on the current state of professionals in school (psychologists, special pedagogues, social educators and education counsellors) and their impact on quality of life in education. The author with several years' experience in the operation of a school psychologist aims to present concrete aspects of professional activities in school and surveys the impact of exposure of professionals and counselling facilities to prevention and elimination of the problem...

One of the particular aspect of school education is quality of school life. Inclusive approach to education of children with disability is nowadays worldwide concept required by Convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities. The study is oriented to the quality of school life children with disabilities at segregated and inclusive settings. The aim of study is to show which approach according to international research leads to better quality of school life.

Based on previous studies on methods and techniques that teachers apply in the class during foreign language teaching, this study has to do with Code-Switching strategy, which is the use of both teacher's and students Native Language while teaching and learning English Language as a Second Language in the classroom. This technique is often used without any consciousness by both sides, teachers and students, during teaching and learning processes, and it seems to be very needed by the students and welcomed as well....

This study reports the results of a survey exploring students' perceived learning and satisfaction on a pre-primary and primary teacher education program at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania. Taking into consideration the fact that this program, called Pedagogy for Pre-primary and Primary Education, is new in this university, we think that such an investigation is needed and useful for the process of optimizing this teacher education program. The participants of this study were 22 final year stud...

The paper reports on the concept and results of the survey for teachers of informatics subjects and case studies of the development of information technology competencies pupils and implementation of ICT into the school educational environment, which were used as research methods within the project realized in 2013. The project was focused on a complex issue of curricular, process and organisational aspects of informatics, or information technology education in primary and lower-secondary schools in the Czech Repu...

In 2013 a research study concerning the status and development of information technology competencies in primary and lower-secondary school pupils in the Czech Republic was realized. The target research group was informatics teachers and their pupils. The primary research method was a questionnaire that was provided to teachers, through which relevant data from more than 1000 primary and lower-secondary schools were obtained. Those interested in greater participation in research from 167 schools were then invited ...

The paper focuses on employers' need for skills by assessing their perception on the importance of various skills required from higher education graduates, as well as on the satisfaction about the current level of different skills. Also the paper aim to sketch the future and to identify the importance of different skills in the recruitment process in the long run. We propose a comparative analysis in between Romania and Bulgaria, taking into account also specific companies' characteristics. We base the paper on th...

During the past decade the discussion about the link between teaching and research has been vivid. The discussion can be organised according to two opposed theses: the compatibility thesis and the incompatibility thesis. In the incompatibility thesis research and teaching are opposed to each other and time devoted to one implies less time for the other. The compatibility thesis holds that teaching and research have a positive influence on each other. Research on the beliefs or perceptions of academics or administr...

Streamlining the integration process of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder is an essential condition of the education system to ensure the formation of responsible and independent persons. Using Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment Program, children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder will acquire strategies and methods for problem solving, will increase self-esteem, and will be able to better manage their own behavior, becoming thereby autonomous, assuming their own actions and...

The objective of this paper is a thorough study of a pressing problem that adolescents face today. The paper approaches an aspect of deviant behavior of adolescents at psychosocial level, namely the problem of tobacco, alcohol and drugs consumption and the impact this has on the daily life of the adolescent, on how it affects their behavior in family, school, in society in general. Deviant behavior in adolescents is a very controversial topic because of how the freedom is perceived by young people.

For an efficient dialogue, the teacher needs not just to know and understand the student, but especially to be able to communicate to him the way he feels and understands him, the empathic ability being the one that makes the action itself possible. The present study consists in determining the extent to which the non-verbal communication between teachers and students has beneficial effects on the teaching approach. The study was realized during the university year 2006-2007, on a number of 490 subjects, out of wh...

The beginning of the year 2007 is, for Romania, a crucial moment of regaining its place of European Nation with equal rights in an united Europe. Apart from the earned rights, after becoming a member of the European Union, our country has to fulfill a number of various obligations, including the adaptation of the education requirement criteria demanded by the European forums. Thus the university education complied with the European reforms in this field and adapted its analytical programs and curricula to the 3-2-...

In an ever-changing values system, education is still the core institution of the contemporaneous society. Given its importance, education is under the spotlight as it is currently undergoing substantial challenges. The major reforms started once the Bologna Process became a reality of the European educational setting. 15 years after this reform started, there is a crucial need for evaluating the steps took until now, as well as establishing future development steps that education should undergo. Therefore, the cu...

Textbooks and their content have an important role in educating new generations. But if the transmission of information to users - students and teachers are at the service of ideological and political propaganda – this intentionally leads towards educating generations that encourage ethnic conflicts while at the same time obstructs the mutual recognition of values and building of a better future. The analysis of history textbooks in Serbian language reveal that the past and present are misused in regards to the ...

The article analyses the relations between the pre-service technology teachers' creativity and their cross curricular visualisation abilities. In Lithuania technology (home economics) teacher training is based on the interdisciplinary content. The technology content consists of four related components: textiles, nutrition, construction materials and electronics. The cross curricular content encourages students to apply knowledge to new situations and develop their creativity. A person's creativity can be judged by...