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The article delves into the problem of representation of various images (metaphors) of wellbeing which are constituted and reproduced in various academic disciplines. At the present time there are great numbers of scientific approaches and concepts of wellbeing which at times touch upon different aspects of manВ’s life. These approaches often do not agree with each other. This article presents an attempt to construct an integral matrix of wellbeing theories which will provide for the review of various wellbeing co...

The paper is devoted to the analysis of parentsВ’ beliefs about childrenВ’s video games in the contemporary Russia. The strategies of prohibition or permission of computer games used by parents rely on different background beliefs. Research of such beliefs as well as values they are based on is the purpose of our work. To do this, we analyzed the discourse of Russian parents of preschool and primary school children in a series of semi-structured interviews on children's video games. Interviews were conducted in 20...

Parents are the first and most important educators of their children. In order for children to succeed in school and later in life, parent- school cooperation is vital. Parent-school co-operation is also an indicator of the quality of school and teacherВ’s work. In high quality relationship between parents and school, co-operation is seen in socialization and respect for cultural differences among families, and therefore it offers different perspectives for creating positive school culture. All abovementioned requ...

Background: Renal disorders during pregnancy are variable, ranging from asymptomatic bacteriuria to end stage renal disease. Pregnancy increases the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs), especially due to the hormonal and mechanical changes, that are predisposing to renal and urinary stasis. UTIs in pregnancy are associated with high risks, both to the fetus and the mother, so adequate management is required. Aim of study was to monitor the incidence and prevalence of lower and upper UTI during pregnancy, as we...

Introduction Between 2010 – 2013 there were 255 478 patients with brain stroke in the Czech Republic (app. 2% from the Czech population). According to the WHO, in 2012 (the latest data) 6,7 million people all over the world died from stroke in 2012 (which represent 11,9 % of all deaths) – it can be called a silent [1]. This study is aimed at Coordinated Rehabilitation for people after brain stroke and it is supported by the Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (reg. No. 138/20146/S) with topic “Co...

The task of ensuring high-quality and high-quality education of children, regardless of their health status and opportunities, is set out in international, federal and regional normative legal documents. However, teachers themselves are not always ready for the manifestation of an adequate attitude and building interaction with children with special health opportunities. The relevance and necessity of the research of the stated problem is determined by the contradiction between the modern requirements for the natu...

The article presents the results of the diagnostic research of the expression of emotional perception of cultural phenomena by foreign language students in Lithuania. There is a close relationship between emotions and culture. On the one hand, emotions reflect a personВ’s inner state and regulate his/her communication with others in different cultural and social environments [8]. On the other hand, a particular culture affects human emotions via different cognitive and behavioural expressions. Living in a particul...

Pedagogical professionalism is analyzed from the position of the acmesynergetic self-realization methodology. Within the framework of this methodology, the article focuses on the importance of developing a nonlinear development of the creative subsystem of the personality that possesses the qualities of synergetic systems, which opens up new opportunities for self-improvement. Self-improvement is realized through the use of their internal capabilities, which is represented by a structural and functional model of t...

The ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) syndrome is a group of relatively well-established patterns of inadequate response in social situations which arose during the trauma of childhood in a family of alcoholics. As a result of painful experiences taken from home an adult child of an alcoholic is experiencing disturbances in cognitive and emotional processes of both the surrounding reality and himself. The cognitive and emotional distortions concern also the perception of parental attitudes. The idea of the ACA sy...

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

The purpose of this study was to research the level of physical activity and to establish the correlation between physical activity and the quality of life in the elderly suffering from type 2 diabetes and the elderly not suffering from type 2 diabetes in the Republic of Croatia. The study population included 120 participants from 65 to 93 years of age divided into two groups. The study used a sociodemographic questionnaire for the examinees, WHOQOL-bref questionnaire for the evaluation of the quality of life and ...

One of priority activities in EU is health promotion among all the age groups, resulting from health policy implemented by World Health Organization and European agencies. This is especially important among senior citizens since the precondition for successful ageing is to maintain a good psychophysical fitness through participation in various forms of sport and recreation. With reference to the theory of activity, all humans, even older adults, need physical exercise and being active. Activity and sense of associ...

Introduction: Significant post-training adaptation factors of the powerlifting players are the increase in muscle mass and strength, depending on the volume, intensity and time used in specialized training, with an ambiguous effect on cardiovascular and respiratory fitness. The aim of this study is to present the state of physical fitness, cardiovascular and respiratory systems in two group of powerlifters. Methods: In order to verify the hypothesis, 15 advanced (SEA) and 15 less advanced (LEA) powerliftwers were ...

The purpose of this article is to design the new method called by authors "mobile video" within the existing technique of blended learning. Creating an educational product on the basis of popular modern technology, we understand what needs to be defined, for what purpose it is possible to use "mobile video", what is its place in the system of teaching, in particular when studying Russian language by foreign students. We consider that "mobile video" as a teaching method well fits into the technique of blended learn...

The paper reports the results of an exploratory research aiming to investigate to what extent teachers and students in secondary education use Facebook to interact. Two related samples were selected based on availability and convenience criteria. Thus, 178 teachers and 136 students participated in the research study and completed a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised three parts: the first included socio-demographic items; the second consisted in the multidimensional Facebook intensity sca...

The article is devoted to the study of sport as a political phenomenon. Although it has traditionally been interpreted as non-political one, its political potential is clear even if a person is not interested in politics at all. Sport has long been a means of establishing national pride and a belief in a populationВ’s physical or at least cultural superiority. For example when boxer Joe Louis avenged his earlier loss to Max Schmeling with a first-round knockout it was considered a victory for American democracy ov...

The practice of extremism and terrorism is an actual threat in the modern world. The national security of Russia is no exception in this sense. In the context of negative statistics of extremism, the methods of scientifically based prevention of intolerance in all its forms acquire great importance. The scientific task of this research is monitoring of political tolerance of the population of the Russian Arctic region (Murmansk region) as well as the diagnosis of the risk groups of intolerant behavior. The paper p...

Life quality is a category by which characterize the material circumstances of population's life, determining the degree of every human person's dignity and freedom, comfort both within themselves and within the community. Life quality is very broad and ambiguous term to interpret. It is still not developed a unified approach to this concept content. Life quality is considered as a general sociological and socio-economic and as a purely economic concept. In modern scientific literature is widely used the term "Lif...

The article is focused on social work with persons after brain damage. A brain damage caused both by a disease or by an injury constitutes a problem in the whole society. The coverage of follow-up care for persons after brain damage and for their families, provided by social service organizations, is often difficult particularly from the perspective of availability, quality of financial demandingness of such services. The motive to research this issue consisted in the assumption that people after acquired brain da...

The topics and research related to positive education have become increasingly widespread over the last couple of years. Psychologists were the first ones to conduct research within this field, mostly focusing on primary and secondary schools, and to a lesser extent on higher education. However, studying this topic within the higher education system, especially teacher education, from a pedagogical perspective is of the utmost importance because teachers are the ones who will one day practice positive education. I...

Spatial orientation and separate movement is one of the most affected areas in individuals with severe visual impairment. We would like to introduce the development of independent movement and spatial orientation within the Czech Republic as well as the possibility of facilitating the integration of the individual into society through modern aids - maps, orientation elements, etc. In the paper we present both theoretical and empirical studies, which are currently solved in our locality. Both will be linked on the ...

The problem of assisting people who have committed crimes has always been one of the most controversial themes among society. Fact of prison isolation, as well as long-term custodial sentences, makes it very difficult for a person to adapt to the society after leaving it. Assistance and effective action on people who have left prison not only helps to adapt them to everyday life in society but also, in particular, prevents them from entering into renewed conflict with the law. These people cannot be left without h...

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

This article deals with the use of information and communication technologies as a means of educational and professional self-realization of students in the process of university education. The essence of information and communication technologies as a necessary condition for successful student self-actualization is grounded. The main components of the educational and professional self-realization of students of a higher educational institution are revealed. The concept of educational and professional self-actuali...

Being sentenced to imprisonment is one of the most severe penalties since it substantially limits the freedom of functioning. Imprisonment in a penal institution requires modification of the way the person functions and often forces the person to adjust to the internal principles used in the prison. Therefore, the mutual identity of women who are detained in penal institutions was adopted as the basis for the investigations. The analysis of the identity acquired in penal institutions was based on the theory of tot...

The aim of this study is to gain insights into social workers' experience of working and providing support, as employees of Centers for Social Welfare (CSW), to children with developmental difficulties and their families. Methods: Qualitative research has been conducted. The data were collected by means of a focus group, involving seven social workers, and a semi-structured interview involving twelve social workers with experience of working in the field of supporting children with disabilities and their families ...

The intensification of international migration processes in the modern world entails a number of issues, one of which is the problem of social adaptation and integration of migrants in the social life of the host country. This issue is on the agenda in all countries receiving migrants and refugees, including Russia. The Russian Federation is the center of regional migration processes, becoming the main state receiving migrants from the former Soviet Union countries, especially from Central Asian. Along with the po...

The transition to the use of new information technology means is a characteristic feature of the modern general education and higher school. The programs of informatization are being implemented and the means of education informatization are being developed in the educational process of the educational institutions of Tatarstan within the framework of the priority national project "Education". Modern educational standards also pay special attention to the need of competence development in the use of information an...

Supporting a gifted student in the conditions of early school education is associated with any problems concerning, above all, economic and organizational possibilities and traditions of the Polish school and finally - teacher's preparation. The article will analyze these last conditions. The aim of the research was to show the state of preparing teachers for the individual recognizing and supporting the ability of students from the first to the third grade. Research questions were formulated regarding to teachers...

Higher education institutions are accountable for recalibrating education systems to enhance social cohesion and entrepreneurial skills which generate value creation for economy, culture and society. The paper attempts to model the processes needed to transform the teacher-centred learning (TCL) into student-centered learning (SCL) based on the well-known SIPOC (Supplier-Inputs-Process-Outputs-Customers) technique from the quality management domain. The research methodology was built on two objectives: i) qualitat...

Some basic characteristics of university culture are considered from the viewpoint of socio-cultural, structural and resource approaches, some formal and informal features of a group of professors as an elite professional group in the professional entity of academic staff are showed, for they are the guardians of traditions and they transfer the university culture. The deformation ratio of formal and informal features of that professional group is reported. The emphasis is laid on the importance of the traditions ...

In the modern socio-economic conditions, professional socialization plays a significant role in the process of reproduction of highly qualified specialists, furthermore, it allows to carry out successful entry of a specialist into a professional space, in accordance with the market demands to transform the socio-professional structure of society. Professional space appears as macro-media, creates the conditions for the formation of a specialist with professional competencies, professional culture, professionalism ...

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

Enhancement of English language competence in professional communication can be a great challenge for both teachers and students. This scientific paper aims to showcase the effective implementation of project-based technologies in the formation of appropriate mastery of professional language proficiency among students of architectural and building specialities (on the basis of English language) through simulated professional situations. The application of project-based methods as a powerful technique for the devel...

The need for project training in professional education of bachelors in organizing work with young people is caused by specificity of professional activities with the youth - the development and implementation of projects in the youth environment is the main competence in this field of activity. At the same time, mechanisms for including students in initiating, developing and implementing projects were developed with insufficient thoroughness, and basic indicators and criteria for students' readiness for project a...

The article considers the issues of innovative development of educational organizations of the system of secondary vocational education of the Russian Federation on the example of the Sverdlovsk region. The authors determine the role of vocational education for the development of the Russian economy at the present stage, consider the features of functioning, and reveal the distinctive characteristics of the system. Special attention is paid to the analysis of negative factors in the functioning of professional edu...

The article presents the concept of anticipatory management of career development of graduates of higher educational institution. It is an important element of university strategic management system and providing its competitiveness in the regional, national and international educational services market. It is proved that forming of skills of planning of professional career and effective employment at early stages of training, development and their enhancement throughout all term of training, carrying out various ...

1) Background: Inclusive education in the Czech Republic has been officially in practice since September 2016, when the new School Act was approved. Available Czech literature associated with this topic usually focuses on legislative support, qualification of educators, opinions of teachers or parents, but the pupils themselves rarely become a subject of qualitative research. The aim of this literature review is to analyse foreign sources to find important research materials gained in environments with longer trad...

1) Background: Inclusive education in the Czech Republic was officially put into practice in September 2016, after the new School Act had been approved. The question is what this fundamental change has brought to both pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and intact pupils. The purpose of this literature review is to identify articles that deal with personal experience of the main participants of the inclusive educational system – the learners with SEN, specifically learners with physical or multiple disab...

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

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

Introduction: In Europe the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease has been estimated between 65.6 per100 000 inhabitants and 12 500 per100 000 inhabitants. It is one of the most widespread diseases affecting, of course, the patients` quality of life. The aim of our research was to determine the level of quality of life and depression as well as their mutual relationship in patients with Parkinson`s disease, and further to compare the variables monitored with a control group. Method: We adopted the quantitative resea...

Introduction The heterogeneous distribution of clinical manifestations in psoriatic arthritis has a major influence on the quality of life and physical function in these patients. Although impairment of peripheral joints is less severe than in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for an equal duration, the impact on functional and quality of life indices has been similar [1], with predominance of joint pain and socio-emotional disorders in patients with PA. Aim To determine the relationship between functional status...

The concept of quality of life is an important evaluation tool for the subjective benefit of an oncologic population and forms the basis of the rehabilitation process. The aim of this study was to examine the quality of life of people with malignant diseases and to evaluate differences between different groups of people with malignant diseases. A total of 129 people with malignant diseases participated in the study: 29 people with colorectal tumor, 39 women with breast cancer, 35 laryngectomized persons and 26 peo...

The aim of the study was to examine the degree of quality of life, as a whole and in domains, of elderly persons in the Republic of Croatia who are suffering from type 2 diabetes and those who do not have it. The study included 120 participants who according to chronological age belong to a group of elderly people. Participants were divided into two groups. The study group included 60 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes, and the control group had 60 elderly non-diabetic subjects. The WHOQOL-bref (The World Healt...

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

Both in current and earlier theories of crime and risky behaviour, the quality of close relationships is considered to be one of the key risk and protective factors. In accordance with these theories (mainly Hirschi, Bowlby etc.) are as the key family factors mentioned basic emotional ties, namely the quality of attachment and acceptation by parents. Another crucial relationship in the early age of children and youth is that with friends and peers. The aim of the research was to find out how the quality of relatio...

The paper describes the results of the longitudinal experiment held at the department of the extracurricular education – the Further Study Training Centre – at the RUDN University, Moscow. The study was aimed at measuring the added value gained throughout the course in English as a foreign language in the context of Academic skills development. The urgency of the study derived from the growing popularity of score-based grading evaluation methods commonly implemented in Russian educational institutions and in m...

The contribution focuses on homelessness as the current social problem of humanity in every stage of its development. In the Slovak Republic, after 1989, not only the political, but also the social and social situation changed significantly. The problem of homelessness has emerged and continues to the present, with dimensions growing. The theoretical part of the contribution defines a social group endangered by homelessness, presents approaches and legislation in the Slovak Republic, taking into account the intern...

After regaining independence, the homogenization of the education-centred system and the conceptions of upbringing, during the period of the Partitions determined by the political, cultural and social influences of the partitioning powers, became the task of Polish educational authorities. Political situation in our country, unstable at that time, and, changing in connection with that fact, the standpoints of the ruling parties, were finding reflections in the issues of education, including the matters of upbringi...