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More than six decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior published in The Maroon Tiger, an article called The Purpose of Education in which he emphasized the need to “train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking[1]”, since “to think for one’s self is very difficult”. Could we say wholeheartedly that modern education fulfills nowadays the indispensable needs Dr. King was talking about in the nineteen-fifties? Are we able to say that the chief aims of education are being achieved, and long term vis...

Nowadays Russian economy needs competent workers who are able to be effective in international environment. It means there is an urgent need for training equal participants of cross cultural communication in professional context. One of the major instruments in educational process is a textbook that is sure to be helpful for attaining the said goal. In this research I have used a modeling method. Cross cultural component of a textbook is considered here as being coordinated with an open element of the developed mo...

Numerous researches have demonstrated the enormous role of teachers in achievements of students. Educated and motivated teacher that cares about the success of students devotes more effort to preparing the lesson and thus provides the students better conditions for achieving results. The problem occurs when teachers are not equally qualified, motivated and prepared so it is justified to ask why some people even opt for the teaching profession if they have no motivation for this noble profession. The purpose of thi...

We aim to present some of our research findings interpreting the education of Roma children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds in the Czech Republic. Namely, we employed Foucault’s (critical) discursive analysis, discursive psychology and conversational analysis. We focused primarily on authors of articles (on education of Roma) in journals for teachers. We aim to explain our research findings within the context of power discourse and blended institutional structures.

This paper provides a synopsis of the chapter “Leading and Managing Action Research for School Improvement: The Case of Bahraini Schools”, published recently by Nova Publishers in Gina Abbott’s (2015) edited work “Private and Public Schools: International Perspectives, Management and Educational Efficiency”. This chapter provides a contextualization of action research in the Kingdom of Bahrain, by providing a historical account and background information of it. It also presents a theoretical discussion o...

The article presents the results of research from 2015 to identify teaching style of teachers? of Accounting at vocational secondary schools in the Czech Republic in terms of the proper usage of methods to enhance thinking, the application of interdisciplinary relationships and the impact of teacher’s motivation. The comparison of the attitudes of students and teachers on the subject of Accounting is presented. The article is based on the empirical research conducted in 2014 on the basis of a survey method, the ...

solution of deficiencies in anti-bias education and education towards respect for human rights in secondary education of students in the Slovak Republic. The project responds to the fact that in recent times, not only in Slovakia but also in Europe, we increasingly encounter, also among children and young people, intolerant behaviour towards others - with signs of hostility, fear of otherness stemming from the prejudices about people of another race, national origin, ancestry, of another religion, but also the dis...

The turbulent global environment intensively is changing the paradigm of managing organizations. Changes initiated visionary and proactive corporate coding based on permanent organizational learning based on quality management talents, knowledge and change. The experience of developed economies in the world shows that the functioning of modern organizations is not effective without implementing the system of management of intellectual capital. If the organization prefers to become a learning organization, then it ...

This article tackles assessment in the Business Communication class, looking at current practices in the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, in BA and MA programmes in International Business and Business Administration, and suggesting new ways of evaluating students’ so-called “soft” skills. The author argues for assessment as a learning tool, which engages students as individuals and as members of teams, and proposes that collaborative assessment can better prepare future graduates for the job mar...

Providing the psychological assistance is a complex process that depends largely on the inner well-being of psychologists themselves and their assessment of the social situation in which the assistance is provided. In this regard, the purpose of our study was to assess the aggression and violence in different spheres of life of modern Russian man. As the main method we used the survey. The study involved 118 future psychologists. The interviewed respondents believe that they live in an aggressive world full of vio...

The issue of effective and efficient foreign language teaching is relevant in today’s global world. More and more frequently specialized computer programs for foreign vocabulary training are used. They are not expensive and simple to create and use in comparison with published analogues and not less efficient. The paper considers systemic aspects of information base development for multilingual adaptive training technology, specifically the process of information collection of latent lexical relations and its em...

Benchmarking is one of the managerial methods used in many industries, but it could be applied with success in the educational system as well. In the introductory part of the paper, we present some features of modern benchmarking. Unfortunately, Romanian managers have strong reservations toward applying benchmarking in their organizations. In order to show their poor knowledge about benchmarking, we developed a research based on a questionnaire. The respondents were managers in small, medium or big organizations, ...

Social media have created zones for information sharing, collaboration, community formation and development, but despite their widespread use, little is known about the benefits or challenges of social media technology (SMT) use for academic purposes. Some publications declare that social media can make a good tool to blend pedagogy and technology in education, thus enhancing involvement of students who regard social networks as an inseparable part of their life. Furthermore, SMT is regarded useful to add to the r...

Modality in scientific texts has been investigated from various angles and has been found to be indicative of stance and dependent on various factors, such as discipline, culture and context. Cross disciplinary studies point out that, in English, the epistemic use of modals in scientific texts exceeds the deontic use, given the communicative purposes of such texts, i.e. the production and transfer of knowledge. The present paper explores the use of modal verbs in a corpus of scientific texts on Economics written i...

The article aims to evaluate the benefits of the trainings offered in the market after identifying the circumstances of increasing the competence in small and medium enterprises. The findings on how those who organise trainings can achieve a higher return on investments allocated to human resource development are presented in the article. Organizations must create a fair environment of sharing of the newly acquired knowledge between the employees and organize feedback after training, which would allow evaluating t...

This paper presents a case study realized at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, with the purpose of improving the educational process. The purpose of this case study is to present a project based on solving the existing problem using the six sigma methodology. The most obvious problem facing the organization is related to the absenteeism of the students. Using 6 Sigma methodologies, an analysis of the educational process and a problem-solving project was realized. In order to identify the causes, a brains...

The purpose of the research is to identify the parts of speech categories common for the blocks of the texts under investigation, to characterize their functioning and semantic meaning. The methodology of the paper: English magazine advertisements of decorative cosmetics and skincare products for women have been picked out with the help of continuous sampling method from the magazines Cosmopolitan, In Style, and Glamour. The method of structural-semantic analysis was used to reveal the structural-semantic blocks o...

The famous contemporary girl-oriented fiction, manga and anime production, the so-called culture of mini-komi (small informal communication networks) has their own origin - in mass media and Japanese literary works of the first part of the twentieth century. The tanka poet, writer and feminist leader Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) wrote some children stories whose heroines, little girls, differed from the mainstream of the young adult fiction. There are such stories like "One year from the life of Tamaki" ("Tamaki no ic...

capacity of technological communication, we witness the show of a social life jammed with contradictions, in which community civilisation are unable to find communication bridges. Knowledge and respect of heritage values of a community, lead to a deeper understanding of the complexity of the world we live in, of the mutual influences and conditioning in the social, economic, political and cultural life. Choir singing is one of the most straightforward and accessible methods of human and social communication, due t...

Puberty is a phase in which complete reproduction ability is attained. This phase can be described as a substantial hormonal process of physical changes related to changes of psyche in full realization of one’s own personality [6],[14]. Puberty is an important element of sex education [8][9] as well as a significant part of complex education of children in 21st century [8][9][10][15]. Puberty is a normal display of human development. The many changes in this phase of life influence not only the individual, but h...

The paper aims to reveal the pedagogical potential of cognitive-oriented teaching of the mother tongue. We started out from the theoretical premises provided by cognitive linguistics, both its American branch, emphasizing the body anchoring of meaning, and from the Polish orientation, concentrated on the theory of linguistic picture of the world and semantic profiling. The theories mentioned were modified in accord with the educational goals of mother tongue teaching and applied namely to the sphere of lexicology....

The research is related to the search for new forms, methods and tools for effective planning of scientific activities, primarily those that would be based on the state of the information space, formed in a separate subject area at different levels of its representation: the level of scientific team publications, the level of projects supported by Science Foundations and others. The purpose of the study is to develop cognitive-information models of scientific subject areas, developed by research teams, which refle...

The paper argues that communicative competence and reflective skills are necessary attributes of future managers and expected learning outcomes of university graduates with Master degrees. Though believed seemingly opposite, these core competences can complement each other being developed concurrently and ultimately benefit students’ professional competence. The methodology used as the base for elective course design is the theory of step-by-step development of mental actions, the Multiple Intеlligеnсе Thеo...

Pragmatic orientation of the article was influenced by the fact that communication and rhetoric (as a skill) is not part of education programs at the Technical University. If it is present, then only as partial subpart of some subjects (more or less social sciences subjects). In terms of current theory and practice the communication skills are considered as a key factor of success in entering individual to the labor market. Article follows the issue of communication skills, partial results of self-assessment of co...

Education is considered to be a life-long process. Successful managers in the hotel industry cannot do without involving in an effective company training, constant gaining new information and, above all, without its correct use in practice. Global market environment in which they work has been becoming more variable, demanding and critical to possible mistakes. Thus, managers are constantly forced to broaden their knowledge and improve their professional skills. In order to secure further development, hotels and h...

The study is based on a methodology proposed by European Association for Education Law and Policy for their research conducted in 2009 and devoted to commercialization, competition and corruption in European education. In the article, the attempt is made to apply their methods to analyze the competition in Russian educational market which existed before the adoption of new educational legislation which came into force in 2013. The subjects of examination in this article are: competition law in education, free and ...

The aim of the study is to identify the factors that act as facilitators and inhibitors in the inclusion of students with disabilities in secondary schools. Mainstreaming of disability can be defined as the systematic integration of the priorities and needs of persons with disabilities in all areas of life with a view to promoting equal opportunities. The current trend in Czech Republic proceeds further from integration towards inclusion. The idea of inclusive education is also a part of the declarations and laws ...

The report articulates an approach to identify and study various semantic contexts in humanitarian texts on the basis of full-text search on the respective databases. The expediency of application for this is based on a universal instrument: a multifunctional digital full-text library. The capabilities of such an approach are demonstrated by the example of the information system T-Libra (developed by «Constanta», Ltd., Arkhangelsk, Russia). As illustration we opted for an analysis of the theme “Explication of ...

In the last decades the focus of linguistic research has been significantly moved from the study of the language as the so-called “self-contained” system to applying it as a tool of investigating the whole world. Understanding the real meanings of certain linguistic phenomena often leads to gaining the insights of what speakers’ attitudes, connections and associations stand behind them. In this paper, we focus on applying the cognitive linguistics notions to allusive epithets in literary discourse based on t...

The main goal of this research is to determine the attitudes of academicians in terms of conflict, the types of conflicts they encountered and conflict management styles they applied. For this research, Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory was used to identify the academicians’ perceptions regarding conflict and conflict management styles. The sample data for this research is 186 academicians in Istanbul. In the research, participants emotional intelligence was assessed by the Emotional Competence Inventory (...

Our paper investigates the education of Roma children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. The issue is well covered in research, education scholarship and the policy level. Nevertheless, we ask whether Roma themselves participate in the education policy or whether they are an object of an interest and institutional power of decision makers in the Czech education system. We focus on the construction of the education of a Roma pupil from the point of view of Roma parents and Roma children. We collected the data...

The curriculum of training interpreters for special settings at a higher education institution includes primarily the development of foreign language skills and competences. As such interpreting is realized in such domains as medicine, law, education etc. interpreters-to-be should be aware and study the peculiar features of the setting implied for interpreting. Content and language integrated learning approach should be realized. Court interpreters are supposed to know different aspects of law domain and specific ...

cational space carry out the research of continuous training of teachers. To this end, a number of directions of experimental work are implemented: formation of psychologi-cal and psychodiagnostic culture of the teacher, formation of the creative person of the teacher, formation of teacher's professionalism. The article presents experimental data on the implementation of the system of formation of professionalism at the stage of university training and in the work with the teachers at school. Experimental data pro...

The value of the higher education, its availability and prospects of development is one of serious problems of modern society. A number of research works show that education stops being the channel of social mobility. In particular, the higher education in modern society gradually becomes the instrument of reproduction of a social inequality. Besides, this process is followed by transformation of system of values of people deprived of access to a quality higher education. This results in the growth of “ressentim...

In the paper the author deals with selected ways of language manipulation commonly used in media as well as in everyday communication, e.g. political correctness, euphemisms, euro-jargon, etc. Firstly, the author provides linguistic and contextual classification of the studied phenomenon along with examples. Subsequently, she follows with critical analysis and the possible way of their presentation at EFL classes as part of the curriculum for the university students of media studies, journalism, European studies a...

Cyber extremism takes a special place among all asocial acts in the virtual environment. The young adults are sensitive and defenseless to forcible and violent ideas and notions of extremism, xenophobia, intolerance and terroristic radicalization. Preventive measures of keeping/saving young adults from cyber extremism must be taken even in secondary schools. Thus, teachers should be competent in cyber extremism preventive measures, they should be instructed how to resist and stop the spreading of this violent ideo...

The article considers the various aspects of the potential capacities of school information–educational environment and especially its educational and developmental functions for the solution preventing pupils addiction to Internet.

The paper follows-up the ongoing reform in the Slovak educational system and, accordingly, we emphasize the need for the dialogue within the educational process. We study education as a dialogue and exclude several of its important characteristics. We examine the conditions necessary to enable the dialogue to be implemented in classes, we focus on the preparation of the dialogue, including the actions that the preparation includes (gaining and processing of facts for the dialogue; detection and animation of former...

In this paper, the using of e-learning by 3D multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) in mother tongue teaching is analysed. The focus is on didactic aspects of using a MUVE which enables the participants to meet people from different places in the same virtual space. As in a virtual space there are no geographical boarders or time limitations, we consider this environment naturally suitable also for language learning including mother tongue education. The aim of our research, though, is finding out the appropriatene...

The paper describes the results of a research study focusing on the perception of personal computer by university students in the Czech Republic and Poland. The objective was to find out whether they use it more as a learning instrument or leisure instrument and how often and how long they use it for these individual activities. The research methods were questionnaire and an optimised version of the ATER semantic differential. The research study was performed in autumn of 2014 and involved students from the Facult...

The necessity of Education for Sustainable Society and Development (ESD) is caused by the escalation of the environmental and human situation in the world. Its aims to develop students‘ knowledge, competences and skills necessary for sustainable development, many of which have a close relationship to citizenship education and are essential to promote the integration of basic components of sustainable development - economic development, social development, cultural diversity protection and environmental protectio...

Ecologic education represents one of the new types of education, being focused on a formative content which is adjacent to the contemporary world problematic, as it aims the formation of human conscience regarding the environment amelioration and its protection. Ecologic education, whose contents and objectives have as main landmarks motivation, interdisciplinary, globalization, but also the local and regional actions and among other things, has influence in formation of collective ecological behaviors, a life sty...

Ecotechnology / ecological engineering as a „partnership with nature” idea based body of knowledge and methodology for ecosystem management represents itself a reasonable innovation for sustainable development education enhancement. An inspiring example of such an ecotechnological approach rooted educational experience has been discussed; namely, relevant analysis has been focused on cognitive achievements gained through development of Professional Master study program „Ecotechnologies” at Liepaja Universi...

In agreement with the vision of life in harmony with nature brings up new areas associated with the biophile focus in education. The author connects its characteristic with environmental access in intention of eco-social theories of education. She also suggests the possibility of its development. She presents the possibility of a gradual transition from the anti-environmental to the proenvironmental orientation in primary school. She draws attention to the influence of a teacher’s beliefs with regard to biophile...

The subject of this article is to compare the structure of the frame “Educational Activity” in the mental lexicons of teachers and students – the social groups where people are connected by the fulfillment of contradicting activities but interdependent social roles. The research method is a kind of associative chain test, namely the method of revealing the actual lexicon. The qualitative analysis of the experimental data is based on the semantic classification of responses and allows representing the structu...

Methodology and content structure of communication and learning issues associated with an implementation of the European Strategy Development Document EUROPE 2020 and Framework Programme HORIZON 2020 are designed within this paper. The focus is on study programs oriented in the field of economics and management created within the study field of Economics and Management according to the European structure of fields of study. The designed concept of educational and communication model is based on the state-of-art of...

The paper aims at presenting the realities and factors that allow efficiency in educational communication starting with the inextricable relationship that is being established between communication and education and that enhances its complexity getting new values. In research methodology we have used methods and techniques of qualitative and quantitative research and data processing was done by bibliographic study, research in the field and discussions with the interviewees. The steps in the research on the polls ...

Based on Law no. 245/2008 Coll. on education and training (The School Law) it is necessary to realize the importance of emphasizing the development of key competences in the educational process. According to Millenium, one of the key powers are said to be communication skills and personal and interpersonal skills. At the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, bachelor and master studies are realised in the field of Citizenship Education. Students of the ...

The paper discusses effective forms of in-class and out-of-class work from the students’ and teacher’s perspectives. The research is based on the author’s 9 years personal experience of teaching literature at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Russia). Methods of research include personal observation, quantitative and qualitative analyses as well as chi-square test employed to interpret questionnaire survey of students’ needs and opinions on effective forms of organ...

In the conditions of the transition from the industrial society to the post-industrial one, the issue of the transformation of the existing qualities and their adaptation to new historical conditions becomes more topical. The significance of those heterotopies specifying the quality of the future dominants which will determine the elite quality of the elite has been growing. The authors analyze the knowledge system in terms of the elite education problem, directed on the production of the meritocracy as a new type...