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The article presents the results of an insufficiently discussed issue in the Bulgarian literature about the professional burnout of social workers in the service "Protected Housing". In the real practice, the social worker is a typical social mediator between the vulnerable groups of people and regulating social institutions, civil communities and generally accepted moral norms. At the same time, he is assigned to perform his tasks in a social environment in which social relations are regulated by different legal ...

The proposed paper introduces the research focused on the implementation of mobile technologies into Physical Education lessons. Mobile technologies can shorten the users´ time spent in physical (particularly motoric) activities. Our intention was to exploit the attractiveness of mobile devices and implement them in common lessons of Physical Education at the lower secondary school, and thus use their potential to support motoric activities. The paper is a follow-up to the pilot research conducted in 2016. It aims...

The purpose of this article is to attempt of the authors which is based on an analysis of current theoretical approaches to develop a model for the professional identity of civil servants, which will contribute to the systemic and structural solvation of the problems of the public administration system. In the methodological plan, numerous studies do not give an unambiguous definition of the concept of professional identity, nor a single understanding of its essence. Special attention is paid to the acmeological a...

In order to develop the model of analysis there is a need for definitions of a variety of approaches and policies with regard to conflict sensitivity and social inclusion. One of the precondition of building multiethnic society is to design public policies that are conflict sensitive and socially inclusive for all the segments of the society. This analysis will focus on policy making process in terms of ethnic inclusiveness and sensitiveness. For the purpose of this report at this stage, we will present the follow...

In the article the authors put a strong emphasis on the whole system of education (higher vocational and additional vocational for adults) for the preparation of competitive specialists-managers of social control in public administration and business administration spheres in modern Russia, taking into account national socio-cultural characteristics, as well as accumulated foreign progressive experience. From this point of view the opportunities of achieving qualitative and effective impact of society and the stat...

Proverbs and sayings, traditions and customs of the country serve as a bright reflection of national identity. They are collected and transmitted from generation to generation in written texts, primarily in works of fiction. In the process of reading and translating texts containing a large amount of linguistic and cultural information, foreign students are faced with the problem of understanding these words. This is due to the fact that they belong to the layer of nonequivalent lexis, which is present in every la...

The present article is primarily devoted to the issue of the idea of culture as a factor that helps to create a symbolic level of specific form of the identity. In the first level, we are dealing with different definitions of the term culture. In the second level, we are talking about mythology as an aspect, which also forms a kind of cultural and political context. In the second level then we are talking about mythology as the aspects which also shapes the social and political identity. Social identity helps shap...

According to the Rssian tradition, an activity is regarded as a purposeful activity which implements the needs of the person. Soviet scientists while exploring the human in all aspects of the life, have come to realize that the activity itself, the conditions for its implementation, implements, etc. have a strong impact on both physical and mental health. The activities of the students as the subjects of the educational process have their own characteristics. On the one hand, in activity the students realize their...

Nowadays youth feel freer and less limited by rules and dogmas. Is family influence on the choice of specialty as strong as before? This paper analyzes the changes in family influence on students’ career choices last five years in Russia (2010/2014). The factor of interest is the correlation between the students’ and graduates’ specialties and what some family members previously studied. Based on the RLMS-HSE data collected in series of nationally representative surveys the panel data discrete choice model is cons...

The purpose of the article is to identify the features and trends of the migratory intentions of modern Russian students, caused by revolutionary changes in the education system. The authors rely on the theory of academic revolution, globalization and transparency of education, global circulation of talents, etc. Methods of research were the analysis of data from sociological research, social and statistical data, and a mass survey of students of several universities in the Urals. As a result of the analysis it wa...

The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the efficiency of the ethnomethodical model of teaching Russian as a foreign language (RFL) on various aspects of language and types of speech activity. The article analyzes various approaches to teaching Russian as a foreign language. An intensive approach based on ethno-oriented methodology seems to be the most promising. Taking into account the results of the analysis, the authors created an ethnomethodical model of intensive teaching of Russian as a foreign language...

This contribution is connected with the deviant behaviour of children from socially excluded areas in the Czech Republic between 14 -15 years of age and their self-evaluation of such inappropriate behaviour. The theoretical introductory part of the work characterises the most common social pathologic phenomena which are more frequent during puberty. Also the issues of socially excluded areas will be discussed including the social handicaps, which are overt among children from these areas. A certain amount of atten...

Providing opportunities of lifelong learning is the actual problem of modern system of training in the field of education. The last research to achieve the lifelong learning allowed to set that it is not only the articulation between all the existing institutions with administrative measures which could include high school and training system. The matter of this appearance is providing for individ the problem area for a continuous process of self-realization and creative self-development. In our research work the ...

The aim of the study is to clarify the specifics of individual media platforms operating in the Internet environment. At the same time, its goal is to point out the consequences of media convergence, as well as terminological chaos in the area of Internet media. The author of the study defines the causes of this situation. The first one is a relatively short history of media operating in the Internet environment and the second one is the absence of their exhaustive theoretical reflection. According to the author, ...

Background: The main aim of the research study presented in paper was finding out the level, relationships and differences in acquiring of technical competences by pupils in 4th grade at primary schools in Slovakia. Research sample consisted of 82 pupils from four 4th grade classes at elementary schools in Central Slovakia. Investigation was carried out during pedagogical practice at lessons of technical education (working lessons) in October – December in 2014 - 2016. Methods: A set of research methods was used, ...

The article presents the author’s methodology of reconstruction of Max Weber’s conception of political power. Its universal character allows to apply this methodology to reconstruction of theories of any other classics of social science. Scattered thesis of Weber about power and domination are systematized in the logical verified conception, using of which allows either to conduct a comparative analysis with other theories of power and to analyze practices of state governance and work out directions of state polic...

Financial literacy is a certain level of knowledge and skills in the financial sector, which in conditions of market economy enables the citizen to rationally assess the real situation and make the right life decisions. The problem of increasing the level of financial literacy in recent years and especially after the aggravation of the global financial crisis has become one of the priority tasks for governments in many countries, including the Russian Federation. The results of the conducted studies indicate that ...

The article is devoted to the study of the axiological sphere of students. The reflection of life plans and expectations, ideas of success in the sphere of professional self-realization, according to the authors is directly related to the realization of the value of self-development. The thematic justification of the professional and value orientations of young people within the framework of sociological and social-psychological approaches to the study of student youth is determined firstly by the importance of th...

Background: Stress has turn out to be an important topic in academic environment as well as in our society. Many studies, in the field of behavioral science have carried out extensive research on stress and its outcomes and concluded that the topic needed more attention. The profession of medicine and dental medicine are considered extremely stressful for all stages of the medical career. The aim of this study was to identify different factors of stress among dental and medical students at Faculty of Medicine and ...

Attraction of foreign resources has become more topical for international companies in order to be able to assure good results of their business operations, as there are often situations that the resources and expertise available on the domestic market may appear to be insufficient for the development of the business, and this is a key reason why the studied international information technology company involves foreign personnel. The aim of the study is to investigate the most significant deficiencies in the proce...

The research aim was to examine the role of family life quality in the aetiology of antisocial behaviour. A multidimensional nine-part questionnaire was implemented during 2015 with 1300 participants aged 15-16 (N=799, 60%) and 17-18 (N=496, 40%) in Croatia. Boys reported higher delinquent behaviour (p<,001), antisocial behaviour and criminal acts (p<,001) and parental approval of risk behaviour (p<,001). Older adolescents reported more delinquent behaviour (p<,01). Adolescents with lower academic success reported...

The Republic of Macedonia, as one of the youngest countries in the world has been faced with many challenges and obstacles in its strives towards democracy, building of democratic institutions and above all establishing a functioning and generally acceptable democratic culture of mutual cooperation, trust, understanding and tolerance. Besides, being a country of many ethnicities, the Republic of Macedonia has a very characteristic religious landscape. Representatives of the three largest monotheistic religions, in...

Introduction: Excess body weight adversely affects human health and the body strives to adapt to any increase in weight. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine physical performance and presentation of the cardiovascular and respiratory fitness under the conditions of maximum exercise load in obese and overweight men. Methods: The study involved 12 obese men (OM), 12 overweight men (OWM), and 12 men with normal body mass (NBM). All subjects were of a similar age. After determining the somatic data, the re...

Education is essential to the survival of any social group, since a community secures its continued existence and development only through the transmission of its accumulated knowledge, derived power, and ideological aims to the next generation. Education may be simply (and brief) defined as the process of teaching and learning, the imparting and acquisition of knowledge and skills. The need for education was no less true for the students included in „The Burning Altar” movement, who regularly attended Antim at th...

The present paper proposes to identify the perception of the students of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, the largest technical university in Romania, regarding the quality of the university educational services through a quantitative, descriptive research. This study is a conclusive research, the collected data being the subject of a quantitative analysis. Their purpose is to test hypotheses and to analyze the relationships between variables. The sample consists of students from the master and doctoral course...

The paper is a presentation of selected results of the second stage of research project KEGA 014EU-4/2016 – ?Preparation of the content and structure of subject disciplines focused on the development of knowledge and skills of graduates from non-economic health service fields of study”. The focus is on the current need of graduates in health service fields of study for the knowledge of economics and entrepreneurial skills. To identify educational needs while considering the current situation in an organisation, th...

The article is devoted to the problem of developing an inclusive approach in the framework of modern education. The authors seek to show that the inclusive approach plays a decisive role in providing high-quality education for all students without exception. The article describes the legal foundations of inclusive education, substantiates its relevance to the present day and examines its main functions. The authors describe the barriers that can arise on the way of introducing inclusion in the educational process ...

The current state of education in Romania might be described as follows: Unhappy students, unhappy teachers and unhappy parents. There is a widespread feeling that corruption, moral degradation and inefficiency are suffocating the education system. There is also a widespread perception that after any attempt to ”reform” education the situation got worse. The purpose of this study is to explore ”The dysfunctional paradigms hypothesis”: It is possible that one or more dysfunctional paradigms may become dominant in a...

One of the factors of specialist competitiveness increasing in any field is foreign languages skills. Requirements to foreign language skills assume professional communication forming of future specialists of the technical direction and for this purpose it is necessary to create a situation close to real communication. The article is devoted to foreign languages training of future civil engineers by individual approach on the example of the national and regional unit "Construction of Yakut traditional dwelling Bal...

The objective of the paper is to present an overview of the findings about applicable models (algorithms) in the area of Breaking Bad News (BBN). The paper presents an overview of selected models with an emphasis on their practical application. The overview was produced by means of an analysis, comparison, discussion and synthesis of relevant findings. The search procedure was performed in line with the specifics of the research strategy using keywords (aimed at methodologies, procedures, and models applied in rel...

Active introduction of computer technologies which influence the improvement of students training quality within the training process of educational institutions is an inseparable part of modern education. The article considers the organization matter of the training process in Physics with the “Educon” helping as an electronic support. One of the most important factors significantly impact on the physics teaching effectiveness in high school is the students' willingness to cognitive activities, in-depth and detai...

The present study aims to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and satisfaction of using speech technology in the future specialists and experts in the field, students at master speech therapy. Participants were 60 subjects, 30 with speech expertise and 30 students preparing for work in this specialization. The methods used in this study were two questionnaires, including a questionnaire in order to investigate the level of emotional intelligence and a questionnaire regarding satisfaction of using...

The purpose of this study is to examine (on the basis of the analysis of regulatory support) and identify the models for implementation of educational programs, based on networked learning practices, in institutions of higher education. The study is based on a benchmark method that allowed to compare and analyze national (Russian) and foreign networked training and learning practices, as well as statutes, standards and other legal documents, related to regulation of the implementation process of networked learning...

Background: The education to the faculty of dental medicine has a special part, the clinical education that require the transfer of learned information into the practice. How learning and teaching take place in the clinical training for the preparation of dental students to progress and to be able to provide patient clinical care on one’s own is a fundamental attribute of dental clinical supervisors. The aim of this study was to assess the students’ and clinical teachers’ perceptions about effective clinical teach...

The aim of our paper is to carry out a two case comparative study comparing two social A two case comparative study applies the following methods: comparison, questionnaire method. The result at which we arrived rests in finding out with which facility of social services the clients are more satisfied. Our premise is that the respondents in the questionnaire express that they are more satisfied with the private facility of social services. The future research in the given area should make research into costs of pr...

Each stage in a man’s life is important, at each moment the individual grows up, develops, evolves, changes; yet, the preschool period is significant in this process, because now one lays the basis of the future personality, and the most important acquisitions take place, both physically and especially psychically. Called by some specialists the “golden age”, the period comprised between 3 and 6 years is characterized by a strong desire to know, to discover the world around and to master it; the child is curious, ...

Background Faculty of Dental Medicine is teaching facility that is the favorite option for comprehensive dental treatments due to their reputation, affordability and professional competence of the clinicians. The dental care delivered to the patients is primarily by the students under guidance of experienced faculty clinical educational staff. The need to teach students about providing good quality dental treatment to the patients is a major concern for clinical training faculty. Because the success of an oral hea...

Czech society has gradually formulated a number of requirements in its educational policy area especially in the last two years. Pre-primary school is associated with these 3 items: Pre-primary school 1) attendance became mandatory for children in their last year before entering primary school, 2) two-year old children get enrolled. 3) Pre-primary school was tasked with jointly educating all children within mainstream schooling. The research objective was to determine whether the requirements concerning the pre-pr...

Leisure time activities pursued by children are influenced by many factors, and a specific role is played by parents. The paper deals with the outcomes of the research of the relationship between leisure activities pursued by today’s children and leisure activities pursued by their parents in their childhood. The research was carried out in the Czech Republic in 2016 and 2017 and focused on children between the ages of 11 and 15. One of the key research questions was: In what way and to what extent the parents’ ex...

Contemporary architectural education consists in a repetitive trial and error learning model. First year students, with no previous architectural education, are expected to create and design by using their innate talent and previous knowledge, as well as their subjective opinions and instincts. Since such a model can scarcely encourage the development of independent and critical thinking, architectural education needs effective teaching strategies in order to improve learning efficiency and the development of crea...

Main theme of the paper is comparison of the educational trends in project management at School of economics and management in public administration in Bratislava and one of Metropolitan College, Boston University. Current situation in business area urgently requires readiness of university students to be able to apply their knowledge of project management in their professional career. Actual hiring trends in all sectors of labor market needs project management educated employees. Trends in demand of employers sho...

Second Language Learning is thought to be a fast developing sphere of applied linguistics. The increase in international contacts in all spheres of communication has provided an abundant practical material to analyze verbal communication and new approaches to teaching English as a foreign language. Contemporary studies in linguistics and psychology have proved that verbal communication should be considered an interaction of people with the intention to produce a motivated persuasive affect on the communication par...

The quality of life is at present estimated both on the grounds of material values determining the society’s standard of life and through non-material values, which affect the level of human satisfaction with life, such as good health, leisure time, a level of independence or social relations. Measuring the quality of life is a complex task, because it regards subjective aspects, which are difficult to express on a numerical scale. This article presents problems of constructing a universal meter describing the lev...

This paper reports on empirical survey data conducted with 437 Croatian adolescent participants in 2017. A total of 194 male (44,4%) and 243 female (55,6%) adolescents in the age from 15 to 19 years old were examined. The research is aimed at studying the relation between risky behaviour and adolescent beliefs and value orientations, with special emphasis on the most important risk and protective factors. Results show multiple significant statistical differences based on gender, with boys reporting significantly h...

The current educational system and market economy orientation, in the context of the European Union’s educational policy, create an interconnected and complex relation. Therefore, the integral topic of the European educational system is to flexibly react to socio-political changes and increase a nation’s productivity. Thus, pressures from the economy significantly influence not only educational policy, but also pedagogical theory and practice. Schools and universities increasingly adopt the new public management p...

Backgrounds: A long-term, as well as acute, exposure to stress and the specific demands of working as a helping professional increase the amount of subjective distress and may trigger the symptoms of psychological and physical disorders. The screening survey analyses psychological outcomes of working as a social worker and verifies the role of salutoprotective lifestyle factors during one’s exposure to distress. Methods: The following standardised questionnaires were used: the Symptom checklist-90 (SCL 90; Derogat...

The aim of the paper is to analyse the historical perspective of changing the social status, role and position of the woman and to focus on the women’s self-realization in the public sphere and the labour market. Statistical data not only from the Czech Republic, or more precisely, from the EU, but also from other developed and developing regions in the world reflect the unequal position of women in the labour market, access to education, their limited representation in positions and posts connected with decision-...

This paper focuses on communication skills and methods in the context of crisis intervention, the aims of the paper are to detect and identify what procedures, methods and principles of work with the client are the most used by the staff of the crisis intervention in Slovakia and to analyse communication skills during crisis intervention. A quantitative research strategy has been chosen; we carried out research of procedures, methods, principles of work with the client and communication skills of professionals wor...

The paper presents a brief summary of the research on the educational principles of national public broadcasting systems the new media environment. Background: the purpose of the study is to provide versatile and objective examination, comparison and analysis of foreign experience of public television educational programs and to identify general principles of its functioning. Methods: for the purpose of verifying the theoretical ideas the analysis of foreign web-publications on the establishment and development of...

A plethora of indices and indicators is used in modern social sciences to evaluate the general trends and specific aspects of society. Alongside with core social and economic measurables, such as inflation and compensation, unemployment, and technical indicators, many generalized indices reflect the state and dynamics of social climate. While easily accessible, such indices, however, are often limited to fragmentary reflections of social climate, are subjective, and lack standard interpretation scales. The notion ...