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In the present paper the author discuss architecture as an art and its language which is architectural drawing, the oldest and most efficient system of its representation. Although drawings such as sectional views or projections are expressed by means of unequivocal symbols that are generally understood and leave no margin for interpretation, there exists a whole sphere of more abstract notions which includes sketches as records of individual ideas that often only remain on paper but sometimes create a new reality...

The curriculum reform was introduced in practice in the Czech Republic in 2005. The previous detailed curriculum for the courses was newly defined by the Framework Educational Program (FEP). This program declares the minimum educational content for longer periods of time; specifically for the first level of elementary schools in the 3rd to 5th year of study. In addition, individual school education programs (SEP) were prepared for schools in which individual ways of achieving educational content were selected. The...

The aim of this work was to obtain and analyze information concerning the perception of the landscape by children from one of the Kenyan slums. The paper presents the results of research carried out at the MCEDO school located in the Mathare slum (Nairobi, Kenya). Research was carried out in January 2015. The preparation stage consisted in making contact with the school management, preparing the materials needed to carry out the workshops, selecting respondents and conducting the library query. The research consis...

Glass in architecture, on the one hand, is an extraordinary, colourful detail ranging from the stained glass in Saint Chapelle to the door of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Munich. On the other hand, it is also a timeless vision of the new art connected strongly with architecture, which reflected and still reflects the avant-garde aesthetics, like the Crystal Palace. A series of prophetic visions of architects links "glass" as a synonym of progress in the technology and understanding of architectural detail as ...

Drug use in Romania is a dynamic phenomenon, being heavily influenced by a multitude of social and economic factors. Romania was initially a transit country, but soon it became one of the profitable areas of drug trafficking. This work started with an attempt to highlight the reasons for young people to initiate consumption, but also to see the importance of methadone substitution treatment for former heroin users in their effort to achieve abstinence. For this study, we selected 20 former heroin users currently u...

Background: Recently, health literacy, in connection with trans-cultural problems and associated cultural competences, has become a hot topic of a number of specialties as a result of the globalized world, where the frontiers between individual states have become just imaginary lines on the map. The trans-cultural approach is closely associated with the individuals` integration in the society. The Romany, whose care of health has often been problematic, represent the most numerous minority in the Czech Republic th...

The voice of every child is individual and depends on its anatomic and psychical qualities. Therefore, the aim of teacher is to show the direction for correct formation of the voice and to disclose individual vocal abilities of every child. The aim of the research is to reveal peculiarities of teaching singing to junior school children in the context of various musical activities. The methods of the research include semi-structured interview with teachers, qualitative content analysis and educational project. On t...

Czech Republic is a member of NATO since 1999. The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, in its 2015 framework document entitled 2030 Long-term Outlook for Defence, confirmed the political-military ambitions of the Czech Republic, where one of the priorities was the fulfilment of the obligations arising from NATO membership. These requirements include healthcare requirements. Military medicine has a long tradition and czech military healthcare service is a very important part of many foreign military missions...

This study seeks to improve the training process of the students in the representative football team of the University “Politehnica” of Bucharest. The paper aims at promoting a complex of methods and means for improving the strength of the lower limbs and at experimentally validating their efficacy. This scientific research purpose was to make a contribution to improving and assessing the level of development of the lower limbs muscles in the training lessons. This was due to the methodology applied in the tra...

Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent progressive condition, with an increased impact on quality of life. Depression and anxiety are frequently encountered in patients with chronic diseases, especially in those with impaired health-related quality of life. The aim of the study was to identify and evaluate the burden of depression and anxiety in patients with COPD. Material and methods. We enrolled patients admitted in our hospital with the diagnosis of COPD, in which we eva...

In a world of perpetual transformation, the awareness of social responsible education gains valuable meaning for higher education institutions which have the mission to frame and disseminate knowledge related to ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable practices. The paper aims to investigate the effects of teaching activities in social responsibility and civic skills, and to assess the outcomes of an intensive study programme (ISP) in this topic, designed and tested in UPB, during five teaching and learning...

While analyzing various models of socialization and construction of self, it is argued in favour of Milton Bennett's developmental model of intercultural sensitivity and the importance of intercultural communicative competence. Classical developmental models elaborated by authors such as Sigmund Freud, Lawrence Kohlberg, Peter Berger and, Thomas Luckmann emphasize the relevance of primary and secondary socialization; some of them also considered defence mechanisms against alternative cultural and symbolic worlds. ...

The purpose of this paper was to study the degree of students' satisfaction by the quality of teaching the discipline “philosophy”. The research method was the survey. Introductory questionnaire allowed to clarify the expectations of students in relation to lectures and seminars, the qualities of the teacher and the role of philosophy in broadening their world view. The analysis of the final survey demonstrated an increase of students' interest in this subject, a high degree of satisfaction with the assimilati...

Introduction: Motherhood is an important part of life of every woman. The aim of our study was to find out views on motherhood among adolescent girls. Methods: The non-standardized questionnaire of our own design was employed in the study. The study sample consisted of 141 female students of secondary school. The age of the respondents ranged from 17 to 20; the average age was 18 В± 0,79 years. For data processing we used a simple descriptive statistics. Results: In analyzing the results, we found that most respon...

This reflection is an attempt to determine the scope of audiovisuality research in literary text, taking into account theories of connection of literary work with media coverage. It is accompanied by transferring the focus from adaptive thinking (including one medium into another) to transmedia one, where literariness and audiovisuality function on similar rights. Such move is based on an assumption that a context for created new literature is no longer another written text but a media event or an audio-visual com...

Aim-This paper presents a pilot study on the application of the Best Worst Model to evaluate the teaching style and the lessons from the perspective of the secondary school students and from the perspective of their parents. The study was conducted in a secondary school from Romania, in June 2017. I used as respondents both genders, boys and girls, mothers and fathers, in almost equal proportions. Design/Methodology/Approach-Three traditional methods (Best minus Worst, the rank weights and the square root of the r...

The data quoted on the legal employment of foreigners do not show the actual employment rate of immigrants in our country. Firstly, due to Poland's membership in the EU, citizens of other EU countries who take up employment in Poland do not need to register this fact, do not need a work permit and are (in accordance with EU legislation) treated as employees of the target country1. Secondly, and it is resulting from the first fact, there is a lack of statistics on the number of actually employed citizens on the bas...

The study aim was to determine the papers published on “critical thinking in primary education” in Web of Science Core Collection Index database. The papers in all categories in this database were checked without a time limit being restricted to "critical thinking" and "primary education". There was retrieved 47 publications published between 1900 and 2018. The publications of the concerned topics start just in 2006. The average citations for an item is 0.74, and there are only 3 publications (6.3%) reaching h...

The article is devoted to topical issues of application of the blended learning methodology for teaching foreign languages in a higher educational institution. According to the author, blended learning, mediated by network interaction using computers and the Internet, can be successful if the role of students and their autonomy is strengthened in the learning process, and the emphasis is shifted from teaching to training, from teacher to student. Based on conducted practical experience, comparative analysis and in...

The article shows the relationship between the development of information technologies, the characteristics of the information society and digital art. The broad possibilities of the digital world related to recording, storing and processing data (cyber text, big data, smart services) and the creation of virtual worlds are pointed out. The influence of the development of information technologies on the character of the works of art (their variability and availability) is also considered. On the basis of representa...

Business ethics is a wide subject that can be applied to all moral or ethical issues that arise in a business environment. Recent business ethics scandals have created a moral minefield of shifting expectations and growing uncertainty about the responsibilities of business. Economies fare better thriving in environments free of scandals, in morally cleaner firms. Firms often start out making good, ethical decisions, but the line separating right from wrong can be easy to cross. The article aptly illustrates that 1...

With the advancement of the Internet, the rise of the Big-data, rapid evolution of the computer science, huge progression in robotics and programming caused the development of the Artificial Intelligence, which leads it to deal with complex issues and task. Further, this technology seems to be able to generate contents as different as music, poems, paintings, movie or news scripts, jokes along with creative problem-solving. However, can machines create paintings or produce images as an art? Firstly, this paper bri...

Background & Aim: To investigate the potential of cardiovascular disease as risk factor for periodontal disease in the context of current etiology model. Methods: It was used a cross-sectional sample consisting of 374 dentate adults, age >30 years. Subjects were selected from patients attending periodontal care between years 2016-2017 in the Faculty of Dentistry Constanta Romania, South-Eastern Europe. Ethical approval was obtained from the local ethics committee and each patient signed an informed consent form. T...

This article aims to demonstrate how career counsellors perceive discrepancies between requirements of the labour market and education of job seekers. We delivera closer perspective of view of a young and employed people on the labour market as well as the requirement that employers have on job seekers. Young graduates are disadvantages by the lack of work experience. Employees often prefer people with larger work experience although they may have lower qualifications as well as job seekers who speak some foreign ...

Cervical cancer is a major worldwide health problem that can be prevented by using a simple exam, a cervical-vaginal cytology or Pap smear. Romania has the highest incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer in Europe. Romanian people have a strong fear towards cancers and, paradoxically, toward screening measures for cancer. Objectives: To determine the efficiency of Romanian Health Programmes regarding cervical cancer. Materials and Methods: The last six decennial periods were analysed from the point of view...

In European countries, including Poland, parents and psychologists are starting to pay more and more attention to overload of children with school duties and additional classes and tutoring before starting attractive studies or even working to earn extra money. According to UNICEF, around 150 million children all over the world aged 5 to 14 years are forced to work, with the highest number in African and Asian countries and in Central and Eastern Europe, which represents ca. 5% of global population. This has a neg...

The article summarizes of materials sociological monitoring of student of Sverdlovsk region (1995-2016) – in terms of the motivation of choice University. Monitoring materials published [1], disclosed in the publication methodology and research technique, unsubstantiated picks and sample size. The sample included monitoring student survey III course on four main areas of learning (socio-economic, humanitarian, scientific and technical). A number of issues (in particular, of the reasons for the choice of the Univ...

The purpose of the publication is to classify the European Union countries with an application of the modified HDI indicator for year 2005 and 2015 The index, which will be created, is treated as a modified Human Development Index due to the fact that it will be completed with the added information. The modified synthetic index will be calculated for the following determinants: economics, science and technology, health, education and living conditions. The source data will be obtained from Eurostat databases. The ...

In our paper we have examined in what way Czech elementary schools implement dialogic communication in teaching. The basis for our research was the finding that teaching is no longer dominated by frontal methods, but that dialogic form of teaching is increasingly growing in significance. Therefore, we have not observed the teaching dialogue from a quantitative viewpoint but we have focused on its quality. In particular we have been trying to discover whether the cognitive potential of dialogue is utilized, which e...

It would be appropriate to use various forms of activity for students in order to effectively educate at the lessons of foreign languages at higher education institutions. They include the combination of collective, group, frontal and individual forms of work. Collective or team work stimulates studentsВ’ cognitive activity, promotes development of their creative abilities, makes discipline, forms application to work, partnership and other moral qualities. It is better to couple the collective form of work with th...

Professional communication of the professionals in social work and healthcare can be seen as a system based on internal language resources needed for an effective interpersonal interaction in the professional-professional and professional-client (patient) interpersonal systems and focused on exchange of professional information and providing of social or healthcare assistance to the persons who need this. A precondition for the success of the professional communication is the formation of a positive communication ...

Until September 2017, only children who had a diagnosis were entitled to help and support in education in the Czech Republic. Whether the amendment to the Education Act is criticized by experts, it has mainly brought comprehension to Czech education. Not only in its theoretical level, it should offer and, of course, provide support and training aid to all who need it. One of the groups that did not apply to the original section 16 on special educational care was also a group of children living in substitute family...

This article deals with the issue of the state of media literacy and the level of interpersonal and communication skills of social pedagogy university students. The theoretical basis of the thesis is based on the definition of basic concepts such as literacy and competence, especially with regard to information literacy and the definition of media socialization, critical media literacy. Reflected is education leading to the acquisition of media linguistics. The paper presents the results of a research study aimed ...

The aim of the study was to analyze the factors influencing the depression score in patients with occupational lung diseases. We have conducted a cross-sectional study on patients with a diagnosis of occupational lung disease evaluated for their current health status in the Colentina Clinical Hospital during October 2017. Patients with severe reduction in lung function or during exacerbations periods were excluded from the study. The patients' status was evaluated based on the standard medical procedures of the cl...

This article proposes the concept of development of the method for teaching Italian as a second foreign language based on the three most common foreign European languages - Spanish, English and French. Basing on the experience of teaching Italian as a second foreign language, the main problems encountered in the course of study and preventing the achievement of the minimum required level of preparation in the second studied language were identified. Primarily, there is significant heterogeneity of the students in ...

The study is based on the hypothesis that various extracts from Usnea barbata L. have antibacterial action. In this work, six lichen extracts of different concentrations in: 96% ethanol, acetone and water, have been studied. Their inhibitory action was tested by diffusimetric antibiogram method, on Gram-positive bacteria from the oro-dental cavity: two Streptococcus species: Streptococcus intermedius and Streptococcus oralis and two Staphylococcus species: Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. Our ...

This paper presents the results of a quantitative research study focusing on the comparison of the classroom climate in a traditional school and the most common types of alternative schools in the Czech Republic - Waldorf schools and Montessori schools. The research was based on the premise that one of the characteristics of alternative schools is the paidocentric approach to the child and a greater emphasis on teacher-student communication, and access to a teaching approach, which more respects the individual cha...

The aim of the paper is to analyse social work with groups in selected social welfare services in Slovakia and to identify the benefits of social work with the group (social group work) as compared to social work with the individual (social casework). The authors have chosen a qualitative research strategy; the research method was a structured interview. We have established research question: What are the typical features, advantages, but also disadvantages, which provides social work with a group in comparison to...

The realization of laboratory and field work as a specific form of teaching natural science in subjects of physics, chemistry, biology and geography is part of their state educational programs in Slovakia. While physics and chemistry as experimental sciences a laboratory is a central space for practicing and realization of school experiments; for geography, the space is a landscape, in which fieldwork is carried out in various forms (e. g. trip, excursion, opinion survey, mapping, material collection). Both labora...

In this paper, one of the "problem zones" of mathematics is presented by computer and mathematical modeling. The study concerns the problem of learning of complex concept of the surface area mastering by students understanding. Students construct the multifaceted surfaces of Schwartz cylinder (or "boot") using computer and mathematical and adapt the most important generalized constructions to the actual position of mathematical knowledge concerning the analysis and the essence of the "problem zone" of surface area...

The influence of media, in particular computer and Internet, has increased over the last several decades. They play now a significant role in everyone's life, independent of his or her age. The overwhelming influence of computer on the development of next generations is visible while observing behaviors of young people and listening to their talks. Computer and Internet have started to attract attention of the young users and, developing very dynamically, have forced their way into almost all fields of everyday li...

In the article the questions of mathematical education of law students focused on computer modeling of professional tasks with discovering of mathematical potential synergy in professional competences formation and personal development are actualized. A synergistic approach has been chosen as an effective strategy for the implementation of this problem. The authors explore the potential possibilities of self-organization and self-development of students in relation to mathematical education. The search and actuali...

The influence of media, in particular computer and Internet, has increased over the last several decades. They play now a significant role in everyone's life, independent of his or her age. The overwhelming influence of computer on the development of next generations is visible while observing behaviors of young people and listening to their talks. Computer and Internet have started to attract attention of the young users and, developing very dynamically, have forced their way into almost all fields of everyday li...

The most effective means of teaching mathematics, based on information technology, dynamic geometry software (DGS) are internationally recognized. The purpose of this study is the theoretical grounding of methodological features, the development and pilot testing of the effectiveness of the methodology for teaching the geometry of students in basic school using DGS. The article formulated conceptual approaches to the teaching of geometry in the basic school with the use of DGS, defined the forms of organization of...

Active learning, as an inevitable construct of contemporary teaching, is the basis of every studentВ’s integral growth and development. It is based on the constructivism and socio-constructivism where the emphasis is on students as constructors and co-constructors of their own knowledge. Here, the process of learning includes the studentsВ’ experiences and interests, pre-knowledge, and the creation of their own interpretations. The constructivist active learning environment is directed to students ? they take the ...

The paper aims to explore the potential role of contemporary art as a catalyst for social transformation and civic engagement. The research focuses on the visual arts and their power to change social attitudes in contemporary society. On the basis of theoretical, transdisciplinary approaches and analysis of artwork the paper investigates emerging forms of art and how they address pressing social issues and concerns that would otherwise remain unfamiliar. Artwork that reveals social phenomena and trends lying hidde...

The article view the problem of evaluation of teachers’ readiness to solve professional tasks, designated in “Professional standard for teacher”, in the process of continuous training of pedagogical staff. Teacher professional standard – a document which includes a description of the level of knowledge, abilities, skills and experience required for the specialist to solve professional problems in education. Current trends and innovative processes in the system of training of specialists for educational inst...

Introduction: Physical activity, by the exercises it puts in hand, is coming to offer a way trough which someone can achieve a perfect body structure, removing the adipose tissue and shaping the musculature. One of my purposes in the undertake didactic experiment, was to draw up a methodological system to action and making it part of pshysical education didactic activities with University of Bucharest's students and making the systematic practice of physical exercise, a habit. I've also followed the awareness of s...

The present paper focuses on intervention methods aimed at children with behavioural disorders in the first stage of elementary school in the Czech Republic (EU). This was achieved by a qualitative approach, which uses the methods of observation and interview to analyse whether cooperation between the school, educational and psychological counselling centre and parents supports the inclusion of children in the first stage of elementary school with behavioural disorders. The objective of the paper was to identify a...

Brain damages and injuries with their frequency and high mortality constitute one of the most serious diseases both in the world and in the Czech Republic. The individual who has suffered a brain damage faces a number of socio-economic changes. The precondition for full social integration of such individual is timely care and cooperation of individual professionals on the given case. But such cooperation and interconnection among professionals is often missing in subsequent organizations, which may slow down the i...