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The vital need of the present-day development of Russian society regulates the theoretical conceptualization of the notion of civic participation, determination of the conditions under which it can develop, and identification of barriers obstructing this process. Promotion of the local populationВ’s social participation in public activities of municipalities is one of the primary tasks for a local government. The aim of the research is to identify means and conditions for promoting civic engagement in local commun...

Practice represents the most important aspect in a performerВ’s life. It is a creative process that improves musical and functional abilities that one needs in order to master music for performance. Practicing strategies that focus on meta-cognitive skills for deeper understanding and learning, like setting and monitoring goals, or developing the ability to persist in spite of the problems that may appear and also cultivating a growth mind-set (especially in young instrumentalists and singers), have been shown to ...

The purpose of our article is to describe the teaching of synthetic speech activities as a new technology, which we use when teaching Russian to foreign students. The development of this technology is conditioned by the fact that, at the present stage, various texts of network discourse are used as didactic materials, i.e., newsfeed texts, media projects, videos, and interviews. Changes in the quality of didactic materials require new forms and methods of working with them. All the above-mentioned reasons have led...

This article is devoted to the peculiarities of teaching microsocial studies of students and PhD students in universities. The authors substantiate the difference between microsocial research and sociological research, placing emphasis on the need to study first as much as the latter. The fact is that the problems of a small sample and a deviation from a normal distribution can be solved by using nonparametric statistics, qualitative methods, big data, web 3.0 and case-study strategies. This article details the fe...

This article is devoted to the modernization of the laboratory practical work of chemical disciplines studied by future bachelors of the technical university with a view to strengthening the research-teaching link, creating conditions for the development of research competence of future engineers while attending junior university courses. On the basis of grounded by us earlier the concept and structure of the information-and-activity-based educational environment for the fundamental chemical training, the structur...

The relevance of the research is conditioned by the need to change approaches to the formation of common criteria and mechanisms for motivating the students' abilities and readiness to effect in non-standard situations. Students have had a social and ethical responsibility for made decisions "in real time". The existing approaches are obsolete, since mutations of extraneous biological objects in the technological processes of different types of products at enterprises occur faster than before Such a situation requ...

The article analyzes, through the lens of linguistics, psychological problems faced by migrants trying to adapt in contemporary Russian society. The authors consider the “pain points” of people’s language disunity from the standpoint of the anthropological approach to ethnolinguistics and make a hypothesis that it is language that is the main problem of migrants’ adaptation and one of the main reasons for the polarization of society that divides it into two camps on the “friend or foe” principle. Most of...

The article deals with the results of an empirical study conducted within the framework of the project "Social risks of international youth migration in contemporary Russia". The purpose of the presented study is to identify and assess the main social risks that are constructed in the Russian society in the context of international migration. The telephone survey was used as the main method of gathering empirical information. In 2017, two surveys were conducted covering 15 regions in all federal units; the total n...

Background: Mobbing is one of psychosocial risks; it is a serious and latent problem of many workplaces resulting in a psychological injury and an adverse working atmosphere. Increased staff turnover is a rather common consequence. The aim of our research was to determine the level of bullying in health professionals and the relationship between mobbing and intention to leave a job. Method: The research was designed as a questionnaire survey and took place in 2017. Participants should be employed in their job for ...

The need to ensure mobility of persons with disabilities is due to an increase in the absolute and relative number of people with disabilities, which is a global trend. The United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, adopted in 2006, was aimed at solving these problems. The actual problem of the Russian social practice is the provision of physical and social mobility of the disabled, the formation of a monitoring system of the rights of the disabled and the availability of infrastructure ...

The article deals with the topic of the mobility of socially excluded Roma women. It is aimed at analyzing how mobility can work as a reaction strategy of solving social exclusion and the related poverty. The topic is based on the theories describing space mobility as motivation for improvement of life conditions, particularly in case of poverty. The study was implemented by the qualitative research strategy, the method of questioning and the technique of biographic-narrative interview. The research set consisted ...

The paper introduces the general model of andragogical vocational consultancy. Based on the theoretical research drawing from theoretical approaches of Slovak and foreign authors and arguments resulting from the current socio-cultural and socio-economic conditions, this paper explains the meaning of the educational consulting support aimed at adults who are healthy and (potentially) productive in their work during their vocational life. The authors consider the andragogical vocational consultancy as a process para...

In today's global world an image of a certain country and its society plays a significant role in international relations. The creation of such image depends largely on the attitude of the mass-media and their ownersВ’ policy. For the past several decades research is done over many different aspects of the modern communication processes in search for better target audience impact methods and models. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the principal model of forming an inter-country communication within a spe...

The article analyzes the innovative potential of game technologies for developing studentsВ’ professional dialogical competence. The authors make a historical journey to look at the game theory in the format of interdisciplinary scientific interests, examine a technological model of a training business game in relation to speech studies, and show the educational attractiveness of game technologies for a modern higher school. Consideration is given to didactic aspects of innovative learning models aimed at developi...

Background: The article discloses some problems of upbringing in recreational activities of children and young people based on innovative trends, forms and methods of work that contribute to their inclusion into the proclaimed humanitarian ideals and values both declaratively and objectively. Special attention is given to SpArtan games that are conditioned by the necessity to solve important modern socio-cultural and pedagogical problems that contribute to recreation and leisure, as well as spiritual and physical ...

The author aims at the Ethical Education teaching introduction realized at primary and secondary schools in the Slovak Republic. This subject creates a main supporting area for pupil’s and student’s moral development. Besides the education aspects, the author points at the importance of critical and analytical thinking processes development within this class as a mean of helping and enabling to deepen the understanding and internalization of moral values and norms.

The article provides data on motivational method of teaching students when developing a new sanitary and hygienic product intended for the use in food processing industry and agro-industrial complex enterprises. The research objective was introduction of a new methodology for teaching students when the method of "Game constructing " becomes "Motivational" and is included in the educational process that enables the establishment of universal, general professional and professional competencies of graduates with the ...

The article describes a multilingual educational-methodological complex, “Medical Russian”, which was proven to be the most efficient and intensive, methodically verified, relevant and consistent in conditions of strict time limitations and insufficiently formed competence in Russian as a foreign language. In this multilingual educational-methodological complex, where there is a common “Russian part” but other components are different, the author realizes the methodological strategy for developing professi...

The paper presents the results of the first phase of research focused on the evaluation of effective factors of multisensory approaches in the field therapeutic education. The research focuses on -qualitative observation of interventions in people with autism spectrum disorder that were implemented in the year 2017 in Slovakia. Extraction of effective communication factors was accomplished through qualitative methodology using the Atlas software. Multisensory play takes place in a pre-prepared environment that all...

Analysis of pedagogical, psychological and musicological literature shows that musical education is a significant constituent element of future primary (elementary) school teachers' professional training. It is not only necessary for teaching one subject at school, but also for a teachers' spiritual and cultural erudition, communication with children and maintaining interdisciplinary connections. Therefore, the structure of teacher training should have adequate attention for future primary school teachers' special...

A brain damage accidentally originated in the course of life may be caused by injury, brain tumour, intoxication, inflammation or brain stroke. Brain strokes are one of the most frequent causes of death and permanent disability both worldwide and in the Czech Republic. From the very acute phase of the disease, it is important to interconnect the individual rehabilitation components within coordinated rehabilitation and involvement of a multidisciplinary team. However, such interconnection and activities of the mul...

The present paper presents new approaches in paramedics education in the framework of an Erasmus + project entitled “Use of Extraglottic and Glottic Alternative Airways Methods in Alternative Airway Management”. The project is based on collaboration between hospitals and Higher Education Institutes from Turkey, Hungary and Romania and aims to develop, test and adapt a continuous vocational educational medical programme, developed on an exhaustive needs analysis and focusing on a transnational approach for airw...

Rehabilitation after brain injury involves many professionals from hospitals, general practices and local structures. The present paper presents new approaches in rehabilitation education of medical professionals in the framework of an Erasmus + project entitled “Interdisciplinary cooperation in rehabilitation of children and youth with acquired brain damage NEUROPED-REHAB”. The project is based on collaboration between hospitals and research centers from France, Denmark and Romania and intends to describe a c...

The paper is a sociological analysis of Russian studentsВ’ position in relation to an important problem of science meddling into human reproduction sphere, to new scientific reproduction technologies that are supposed to meet the challenges of new generation reproduction and population control. The research covers the attitude of the young people to modern scientific advances in the area of new reproduction technologies (NRT) like artificial insemination, extracorporal fertilization and cloning. The respondents in...

Backgound: The kidney is an essential organ in regulating the electrolyte balance. With the progression to advanced renal insufficiency, disturbances occur, with frequent increases in the level of potassium, which lead to a significant increase in morbidity and mortality in this group of patients, most commonly by cardiovascular complications - arrhythmias and sudden death. Since chronic renal failure has become a global problem and is frequently under-diagnosed, it is very important to have a correct diagnosis an...

Mankind is currently experiencing one of the serious crises, whose symptoms can be characterized by various attributes, such as post-factual time, migration crisis, confidence in public policy and democracy, information explosion, etc. Part of the process is the emphasis on economic growth, profit growth, consumption growth, preference for technical education, education appropriate to the needs of the labor market and directly supporting the economic growth of the countryside and the consumption of its inhabitants...

An important place in contemporary systems of social assistance in European countries, including Poland, is taken by non-governmental organizations (NGO). They collaborate with local governments in order to extend and improve quality of public services. Support activities of the organizations are mainly aimed to help groups threatened with marginalization and social exclusion, whose members find it difficult to cope with meeting life needs because of their age, disability, poverty, or life helplessness. Associatio...

Falls constitute a serious problem primarily in elderly persons. The highest prevalence of falls can be expected in hospitalized persons and falls are considered undesirable and hazardous incidents that may have serious impact on the expected therapeutic outcomes. The assessment of risk of falls provides basic information to determine the right interventions efficient for preventions. The nursing activities of care for patients endangered by fall include: identification of risk of fall in the admitted patient, its...

Information technologies and the related disciplines are the most popular and rapidly developing areas in the modern society. The competences of a graduates have to meet modern requirements. However, to meet them, the student must be aware of both new computer technologies, methods, models, and master the basic knowledge of their subject area, as well as understand other scientific fields, since computerization is impossible without integration with other sciences. Here we encounter with a contradiction: the incre...

The issue of stress is ever spreading far and wide, affecting representatives of various professions at all levels of an organization. There is no doubt that this phenomenon will not be without consequences on the life of every human being. Stress may not be treated exclusively as an individual problem for every human being. It also affects an organization, exposing it to costs associated with reduced productivity and motivation, and in particular with greater occurrence of mistakes and accidents. This is another ...

The article focuses on foreign language studentsВ’ involvement in certain activities in different areas of culture. Some authors [1; 2; 4; 8; 10] claim that only an intelligent or cultured person can participate in the activities in different spheres of culture, as well as follow, interpret and assess their manifestations. Therefore, one of the main trends of the involvement into cultural activity is a personВ’s cultural intelligence. Considering the approaches of western of scholars [1; 4], the following aspects ...

Authors analyze the current situation connected with planning, development and realization of ethnocultural aspect in teaching mathematics in national schools of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. The mathematics teachersВ’ task at schools with the Yakut, Evenki, Even, Dolgan, Chukchi and Yukaghir ethnocultural component is not only to transfer to pupils the knowledge of the subject, but also to form the understanding of mathematics as part of universal culture. Experience of holding a competition of methodological dev...

Medical Latin has been taught to medical students in Riga Stradi?Вљ University (Latvia) since the foundation of the university in 1950. In the 21st century, along with the development of technologies, the Medical Latin course has undergone significant changes. E-assessment has been acknowledged as more convenient than traditional one. The previous study, which was carried out at the university in 2017, clearly showed no statistically significant difference of opinions on such e-test taking factors as immediate fee...

Using e-learning platforms in universities in Romania has become a habit, surpassing trends and integrating naturally in a modern educational system. The objective of this article is to show what are the most used platforms in major universities in Romania and why they have been chosen. If high schools in Romania e-learning platforms were introduced centrally through a project of the Ministry of Education, universities have relied on university autonomy. We have identified and analyzed the main e-learning platform...

To implement the various forms of training in MSUFP, there are two educational environments: Moodle and iSpring. Moodle environment is used to organize the educational process for full-time, part-time and part-time forms of study for students in the areas of higher education. The iSpring environment is used for full-time, correspondence and correspondence forms of education with the use of distance educational technologies for advanced training and retraining. The Moodle system has been used in MSUFP as an e-learn...

Modernizations in the educational system is impossible without the readiness of teachers to accept and implement these changes. Readiness to be a part of innovative processes is a necessary condition for the teachersВ’ successful work. TeachersВ’ activity nowadays should be based on an creative position, the desire for self-development and self-improvement. However, research shows that teaching stuff of most of Colleges shows resistance to innovation. Teaching staff due to various reasons (personal, organizational...

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...