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This paper deals with the technology of Augmented Reality and other innovative e-learning tools for educational purposes. In the age of the development of modern technologies, it is necessary to include the usage of gadgets in educational processes together with modern e-learning technologies, to make the routine of school life interesting and memorable, so that students feel like active participants in the educational process. The authors have created a textbook that allows students to learn the sights of the stu...

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...

Implementation of a virtual environment for doctoral students afford a more effective communication between the Coordinator and students, offering a great accessibility to information about news in the field of research. Using cloud technology in the research process specific to PhD students can be extended to many fields of scientific research, allowing a thorough understanding and concepts key rates chargeable a documentation concerning advanced statistics trends of the situation existing at a given time, or per...

The world is continually changing, and one of the determining factors is technological progress, which has also led to the formulation of a specific ideology. Yet, it is precisely the ideology of technological progress that has thrown humanity into a moral crisis and has led to the emergence of new phenomena, such as resource diminution, environmental pollution, forest destruction, acid rains, greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, massive garbage accumulation, mass unemployment, excessive armament storage etc., rep...

Non-systemic, empirical observations on the last two generations of graduates in Preschool and Primary School Teacher Training bachelor's degree programs showed changes in students profile; also, it seems to be linked to changes in ability to succeed during educational tasks, the ability to succeed on different assessment categories of tasks (information processing) and individual capacity of systematic study. Research such as Coe and Aloisi (2014) [1], Gafoor and Babu (2013) [2], Ko, Sammons and Bakkum (2014) [3]...

Today we live in complexity and uncertainty about our future; the technological advancement is changing the role of human and decay the disciplines, we are living the rise of the leisure and post-work society. Therefore there is a growing need to find new ways of living and working. In the latest research, different scholars have described a series of advanced thinking principles (e.g., Design Thinking; Future Thinking) which ought to be the ones that enable people to activate themselves on creating todayВ’s-fit s...

From the analysis of the demographic situation and social changes at European and Romanian level, it is necessary to train professionals in assisting the elderly at home [6, 9]. Aim of research: The purpose of the present research is to carry out a professional training course for a new profession, codified in the Romanian Catalog of Occupations (R.C.O), namely: home caregiver for elderly [9]. Research methodology: The research was conducted on a sample of 27 trainees. An analysis of the training needs was carried...

Rural depopulation and shrinking are common processes for Latvia during last few decades that call for different ways of revitalizing of rural territories and communities. As the authors of the paper have discovered, better results for economic and social revitalizing of rural territories are reached when all involved social agents (local municipalities, NGOs, entrepreneurs, museums, religious organizations etc.) are linked in a horizontal network and have found ways for mutual cooperation. At the same time, Latvi...

The study is an analysis of the literature on the subject in the area of aspects of the transition of a young person from education to the labour market and the related implications for shaping the professional identity. The subject of reflection will also be the professional activity of young people, with particular emphasis on the dynamics and directions of changes on the labour market. A special role in preparing a young person for the transition process may and should be played by career counselling, which in ...

In the study we addressed the problem of personal safety and for this purpose used a social role approach and a psychological analysis of criminal cases as a research method. The method was based on the following social role criteria: a) the level of the criminalВ’s or victimВ’s knowledge of the social role; b) the degree to which they have mastered role-play; c) the knowledge of not only oneВ’s own action scenario in the social role dyad but also of that of oneВ’s counter partner; d) an ability to understand the ...

The more and more accelerated scientific and technological progress in advanced economies requires an increased complexity of the uncertainty and non-repetitiveness characteristics of the university activities. This calls more and more for the diversification, perfection and refinement of the evaluation methods for the efficiency and effectiveness of the university activity, in the short, medium and long run under the new conditions of globalization and assertion of knowledge-based society. This paper compares met...

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

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 purpose of this article is to demonstrate the effectiveness of electronic educational resources for classes in Russian as a foreign language for medical students. The article analyzes various electronic educational Internet resources, which are used in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The effectiveness of electronic educational resources in teaching Russian as a foreign language to medical students was determined by an experiment conducted in two groups of students of the fourth year of the seventh seme...

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

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the effectiveness of electronic educational resources for classes in Russian as a foreign language for medical students. The article analyzes various electronic educational Internet resources, which are used in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The effectiveness of electronic educational resources in teaching Russian as a foreign language to medical students was determined by an experiment conducted in two groups of students of the fourth year of the seventh seme...

Persons with severe visual impairment are trained by a large number of professionals, from doctors, special educators, social workers to lawyers or finance specialists. In the framework of our contribution, we would like to present a comprehensive overview of the complex services provided to individuals with severe visual impairment within the Czech Republic and then focus on visual therapists as professionals from the field of visual therapy. Visual therapy in the Czech Republic is relatively new field, where the...

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 studentsВ’ understanding of the concept of intercultural competence and its urgency for the profession they have chosen. Future engineers...

With studies on soft skills on the rise worldwide, they obviously play a very important role as a basis for employability requirements on the labour market. In Russia, soft skills are beginning to find ways into university curricula. The broad mismatch of the term connotations among educators, students and employers forces researchers to dwell upon the content and scope of soft skills. As there are various and often controversial perceptions and understandings of soft skills, the authorsВ’ primary goal was to defi...

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

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 ...

The basis of the paradigms Environmental Sociology uses roots in the 19th-century social thought. It is possible to elucidate the conceptions of the Classical Sociology theoreticians which constitute the basis for “Environmental Sociology”. Although ideas directly in relation to the environment were not included in the studies of Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber, it is possible to apply their paradigms to “Environmental Sociology”. Since Classical Sociology Theories take an important place in the b...

Introduction: Partial edentation is a common clinical situation in adult patients over the age of 40; treatment demands are frequently between 40-50 years for women and 50-60 years for men. Esthetics is a matter of great distress for patients receiving dental treatment, especially prosthetic treatment. Non-metal clasp dentures may be proposed as an alternative. “Non-metal clasp denture” is referred as the generic name of removable partial dentures (RPDs) with retentive elements (resin clasps) made of thermopla...

The paper deals with analyses of sports activities in pubescent (12 – 15 years old) pupils in the Czech Republic and some EU countries. The aim of the study is to analyse, to verify and to identify the status quo of children’s interest in locomotive activities at basic schools and their attitude to these activities including determinants that shape the attitude. The study is done with help of kinatropological research. We chose a method based on questionnaire survey and following analyses and syntheses of gaine...

Background: Health literacy is currently a hot and frequently discussed topic both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. The need of improving the awareness of this topic is confirmed by the fact that individuals with a lower level of health literacy show an impaired level of health, which is reflected by an excessive consumption of unhealthy food and prolonged hospitalization. Methods: This paper presents partial results of the RVO ZSF JU Project called Health Literacy in the Selected Groups of South Bohemian Popu...

During 2016, the international migration to Russia was consistently increasing as it was observed in recent years. Estimated migration growth is about 280,000 persons per year. Access to medical care is an important measure of the integration of international migrants, thus there is need to study factors facilitating and hampering engagement of migrants into health care as well as to study the ways of obtaining medical care practiced by migrants. The study was realized in Saint Petersburg and in Moscow. Nine exper...

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...

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...

Introduction: 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), refers to processes used to create a three-dimensional object in which successive layers of material are formed under computer control. 3D printing technology started in other industries (art and design, defense, aerospace) for rapid tooling and rapid prototyping, and has been adapted to work with dental. The outcome: single, personalized objects were manufactured. The aims of this paper are to provide an overview of recent advances of 3D printi...

Playing by ear, or picking by ear is a certain performing artВ’s activity based on a reproduction of a known music piece, without the written music (or not looking at a score). While playing by ear, different types of musicianВ’s activity are synthesized, which make him/her more like a universal musician of past centuries who was a composer, a performer and an improviser in one person. Playing by ear allows a music teacher to greatly enrich the repertoire of music lessons, including in it the unpublished works. In...

The concept of organizational culture is of maximum interest worldwide. The wish for performance growth in forms generated in the seventh decade of the 20th century preoccupations for the analysis of this concept. A particular aspect of organizational culture is the culture of the school organization, the school presenting specific, particular aspects. Analysing the organizational culture of the school institution, Elena Vacarescu School, starting from the model of Geert Hofstede, we found the following: В• Averag...

The role of the Diagnostic Center is to help children and parents to identify the most common causes of child behavioral disorders and to promote the development of their social skills. The Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic states that the role of the diagnostic centers is to involve children in the re-socialization, reeducation and also in the diagnostic process. Resocialization is the process of reeducation, the task and the goal is to alleviate or overcome the long-term social need of t...

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...

Introduction: Pregnancy is a period that imposes intense requirements on womenВ’s bodies. Anxiety is a very common problem of a pregnant women. It results from indefinite reasons and feelings, which are typical for pregnancy. The aim of the study was to investigate the anxiety symptoms of pregnant women. Methods: A standardized questionnaire, the Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI), was used as an exploratory method to measure symptoms of anxiety in pregnant women. CronbachВ’s ? for the BAI was 0.68. The participants were 30...

Nowadays, it has become evident that teaching a foreign language is ineffective if cultural aspects are ignored. A language being the instrument for cross-cultural communication serves as the medium for culture cognition. The English language is accepted as the language for international cooperation in a wide array of activities including political, social, and educational areas. In such circumstances, the simultaneous teaching of a foreign language and culture focused only on the Anglo-Saxon environment would cre...

In modern science there is a large number of typologies of universities. The most of them are linear, vertical. Typically, such typologies are based on quantitative characteristics. The rating of universities as one of the methods of their typologization is based on the same criteria. The Russian Federation today is divided into 8 macro-regions - federal districts, each of which has its own unique economic, political, cultural, social characteristics. The educational space of each of the macro-region has a number ...

An important factor in the development of critical thinking in high school students is the availability of critically rich information in the educational texts. The problem of this study was to find some kind of universal approach, ensuring the filling of educational chemical texts with critically saturated information. In accordance with the criteria of critically saturated information formulated in the context of the dialectical method of cognition, we have selected and classified the fragments of critically ric...

The analysis of stepping qualifies within the current scope of biomechanical researches that complete the set of investigations concerning the posture deficiency prophylaxis and recovery. This paper aims to compare the main stepping indicators of students with deficient posture with those of healthy students, bringing additional impartial information on the posture assessment. To reach such target, a research was carried out during the academic year 2016-2017, in which students diagnosed with deficient posture and...

There has been an increasing interest in studying associations among physical fitness, motor coordination and physical parameters in early childhood over the past decades. Available research data on the relationship between childhood obesity and motor competence at early ages remains rather inconclusive. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between physical fitness, motor competence indicators and somatic parameters in primary school-aged children. Data were collected from 213 prepubertal children. ...

The paper focuses on joint education of students with autism spectrum disorder in elementary schools. The paper presents the results of a research study, the principle objective of which was to assess the attitudes of teachers to the process of integration of students with autism spectrum disorder. The purpose of the research study was also to determine whether there was an association between the teachersВ’ attitudes to the integration of a student with ASD in the context of the teachersВ’ experience with educati...

Business digitalization nowadays is not only the recent trend but sooner the changes in human being minds putting all the processes in on-line mode. Digital marketing becomes completely necessary not only for business companies but also in the field of higher education. In Latvia, 71% of the population in the age 15 – 74 in average are using Internet in everyday life ((TNS Latvia Digital, 2016). The digital marketing with it’ alternative definitions as on-line or internet- or web-marketing, is becoming one of t...

Pituitary tumors often manifest through their local extension, involving the optic chiasm or the optic nerve and producing subsequent visual field alterations. Bitemporal hemi-anopsia is the most common visual field (VF) lesion in pituitary adenomas. According to tumor size and the degree of involvement of the optic chiasm, a variety of field modifications can occur. In the non-secreting pituitary adenomas patients, these alterations may very well predate the clinical features. The aim of this study was to report ...

The article deals with the potential of original feature films and television series to develop lingvopragmatic competence of foreign students of economic specialties in the field of business communication in conditions of a) real language environment of the Russian university (traditional learning), b) combined real and virtual language environments (blended learning). The named audiovisual sources, which usually performed the function of illustrative material in teaching Russian as a foreign language, are propos...

In recent years, both sports performance and sports sciences have progressed a lot. In this context, the assessment of coordination abilities is an extremely difficult action, because they are particularly complex and are found in a multitude of situations. The most significant techniques used to assess them are kinaesthetic sensitivity (measured with the kinesimeter) and the sense of balance. From a physiological point of view, postural balance is attributed to static kinesimetry and is achieved by the dynamics o...

Introduction: A birth plan is a way to express a maternal preferences during childbirth. Sometimes doctors and midwives show a feeling of distrust of birth plans. The aim of this work is to find out how is used birth plan in practice. We focused mainly on the degree of respect birth plan by midwives and maternal satisfaction with the use of birthing plan. Methods: The research method was a questionnaire of its own design. One for women who used the birth plan during labour, second one for midwives. The questionnai...

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...

In our research, we dealt with the phenomenon of teacher burnout in Hungary. It is a great issue, due to the parliamentary regulations of the public education in Hungary, where the teachers are working in a volatile environment, in which the challenge for them is to provide value by educating the younger generation. This increased pressure from the society increase the level of frustration, and teachersВ’ mental health may decline, while burnout syndrome may develop. Our future purpose is to create an intervention...

The Millennial generation comprises the majority of learners in the traditional university setting. This group of learners appears to have a different learning style and expectations towards university teachers when compared with previous generations of learners. In the present paper, the authors discuss the current challenges that millennial learners present. The aim of the research is to examine the expectation of Millennial students towards the role of university teachers in higher education. The research was b...

The paper examines the psycho-emotional state of tourists under conditions of cultural and educational tour to the Perm Region of Russia. The basic concepts of tourism are presented as well as analysis of literature concerning the assessment of the status of tourists. The paper proposes the method of assessment the state of the tourists under conditions of cultural and educational tour and presents the analysis of indicators. In today's world, cultural tourism provides mankindВ’s moral and educational unity, promo...

Nowadays, in the context of changes in teaching, the education of a man is coming to the foreground who would learn to link the knowledge of different fields of science to the knowledge and acquisition of values that promote the social way of life, living in associations of individuals. The teacher and his personality, professional competencies, ability to create a positive climate in the classroom are significant factors in fulfilling such education. The classroom climate greatly affects the overall results of sc...