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This paper focuses on the subject of learning patterns in higher education. In a traditional way, learning patterns, styles, strategies, and regulation mechanisms are regarded as stable across time and contexts. Recent research argue the flexibility of learning patterns across contexts, persons, and time. The article proposes the analysis of both approaches based on the results of a study conducted on undergraduate students in regular universities. The research was based on a qualitative approach, blending photovo...

Article will include research of existing best practices of cooperation amongst High Education Institutions (HEIs), Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), science institutions and public. Continued with more recent research findings in project Nordic-Baltic Network for Internationalization of SMEs NOBANET and EKOSOC-LV State Research programme of Latvia, Part 5.2.2. Final findings will also include field research on most appropriate model for successful cooperation to improve education of 21st century entrepreneurs.

This study aims to establish the level of self-esteem at young people who are active and who practice regularly physical activities. The methodology used in this study is an instrument developed in 1965 by the american sociologist Morris Rosenberg, Self-Esteem Scale. This is a ten item scale which reveals information about what people think about their own person, about how satisfied are about themselves, if they think they have qualities that are equally proficient in doing things as well as others or better than...

In the paper we will focus in detail on the field of literacy and its relationship to chosen cognitive theories and models of information processing, which have influenced the reading comprehension since the 50?s to these days. Reading comprehension is a very difficult process that uses analysis and synthesis of various text levels, it has a relational character. There are three basic types of connection that are necessary: connection between the phenomena of objective reality with text elements that refer to thes...

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 paper on the professional self-concept of a pre-service teacher presents the results of the qualitative research into the professional self-concept of students (n=204) at the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic. The research presented is a grounded theory research using a multi-method approach for collecting data. Thus, the free response was proven to be a valid tool for studying professional self-concept. The part of the paper in which the results are presented highlights th...

Background The mean is the instrument used to act for reaching the targeted goal. In the field of physical education and sport, it is defined as a motor action of instrumental value, designed and programmed to reach the goals specific for different motor activities. The physical exercise is the main mean for the physical education and sport. The means used in teaching swimming are of special nature due to the horizontal position designated to practicing, the special aquatic breathing, the pressure always exercised...

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 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 ...

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 interaction between the integrated management of the issues regarding the policy of urban architecture and the development of the design of a material environment is a topic important to be explored in order to attain environmental, economic and social sustainability. To achieve coexistence and harmony, innovative teaching methods have become an important instrument. The problem-based teaching/learning method (PBT/LM) is one of the techniques analysed for understanding its peculiarities and applications. The g...

Purpose – Based on the communication skills of adults it can be made correlations between these skills and those of children, as a means of highlighting the importance of heredity in development, but also to highlight the importance of practicing communication from an early age. To improve communication skills of employees in order to increase performance across the organization, you can make different training, personal development activities etc. Communication is the mediator between people and also the mediator...

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 ...

Higher Education in Kosovo has been through difficult periods and has undergone a long transition period. There have been many changes from its beginnings of educating Kosovo society, always focusing on adapting itself from the old system to that of the Bologna System. From the 1990s the Education System functioned under extreme conditions, because Serbia’s Government did not allow Albanians to study in the Albanian language. Between1999-2005 when Kosovo was governed by the UN mission, there was not much improveme...

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 empl...

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...

Ever since ancient times, the Project Management appeared as a tool for planning, coordinating and controlling the activities. The specialized literature appreciates that the project management is the best way to organize the activities in the modern institutions. The school is such an institution, and it is common practice to have projects developed in schools or by schools in Romania. Furthermore, it is well-known that each school should have a high potential of earning resources and credibility by participating...

The current development of information technologies is changing the world dramatically. Paper and book printing are rapidly passing away. Information technologies started to form the new culture for scientific and educational publications. The focus of this article is on the historic, philosophic and practical aspects of this process, and definition of the main challenges facing the new culture of publications: namely dynamic nature of information, improvement of visualization of the humanities. The authors presen...

Inspired by our experience as an associate assistant of English with the 2nd year students at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology Dumitru Staniloae, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, this paper purports to account for the gaps that need filling in a less developed branch of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), namely theological English. After overviewing the status of the discipline, we intend to make suggestions towards the improvement of the Orthodox content for the purpose of developing students’ p...

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 Thеory, lеa...

As a model system of life long engineering and technology education in direction new production including additive technologies have been proposed three-dimensional model of quality providing continuous of educational and administrative kinds of activity at all levels such as school, technical school, university and postgraduate education. It was shown that the quality of life-long engineering and technology education in direction new production including additive technologies in present time it can provided when ...

This article describes the process of teaching foreign language to disabled schoolchildren in grades 9-11 in virtual learning environment, considers its specificity and indicates recommendations for the use of remote resources for educating students and developing their foreign language learning competence.

The purpose of the research is to investigate and analyse main factors influencing on equal opportunity in education of rural pupils in different regions of Russia. Rural schools are not provided enough with the support and resources they need to keep pace with today’s educational demands. Rural schools failed to respond to current developments, changes, and trends in education. Methodology of our research included surveys with more than 1000 respondents to study educational conditionals of rural schoolchildren in...

In paper attempts to analyze the differential stress stability of the schoolboys by mean of the Russian company "Ramen" instrument. As an indicator of stability are considered a heart rate variability of the circulatory system. The observed incomplete development of the autonomic system schoolboys linked to their small physical activity, in particular, improper organization of school and sectional sessions of physical education and poor organization of work and rest of students. The correlation in health schoolboy...

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 his...

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 brainstorm...

Our undergoing research in action started half a year ago and focuses on pupils as well as teachers. The proposed article focuses on the teacher (author), whose main goal is to transform from transmissive education style to a constructivist one – specifically, the scheme-oriented education developed by M. Hejny and his team. We focus on the changes that take place in the pedagogical views of the teacher; their behavior patterns, teaching preparation, execution and evaluation, and in their relationship to mathemati...

Multicultural education represents a tool for positive utilization of cultural differences in the overall educational process. In this process, classrooms and schools become models of democracy and equality among people in society. In order to achieve such results, a large number of factors is required, starting with the teaching cadres that will act in accordance with the following rules: -Put the student in the focus, i.e. in the center of the overall teaching/learning process; -Promote human rights and show res...

The importance of education and training in the area of first aid in helping professions reveals its significance in our research sample, conducted with the students of secondary and higher education, who study medical, social and pedagogical training bound with their future profession. The aim of our research was the area of competences in the context of providing the first aid by the persons preparing for contact work with people and where the professional dispositional factors for its application exist. At the ...

The paper is based on the author’s experience of organizing intellectual quiz competitions, held in English, German and French among high-school students and university students since 2009 in Novosibirsk (Russia). The research is based on the analysis of the impact of the intellectual quiz competitions on the development of students’ socio-cultural competence as well as proficiency in a foreign language. For this purpose a questionnaire was constructed and distributed among the participants of the contest includin...

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...

The debate concerning the constitutional wright of freedom and religious education reached maximum level in Romania at the start of this year. In this debate has employed both estate authority and also the public opinion: social structures, cultural institution, mass-media, the NGO’s and so on. The reason was the act of contestation at the Constitutional Court of the default enrollment of the Romanian scholars at the classes of religious education. The debate was centered on the legal write of individual liberty o...

Purpose: the aim of this research is to fulfill a comprehensive analysis of the static balance of visually impaired people. This experimental study wishes to improve balance by applying some differentiated operational modules, created in accordance with the results obtained in the initial evaluation. Methods: in this study we used as method the differentiated instruction. In special schools, because of the low number of the pupils from each class, the differentiated instruction becomes a prime element for orientin...

The contemporary education-cooperation process around the world enables every researcher to join various international projects that investigate different problems or create a product that could be used by different communities. The number of projects is so huge that they could be classified according to some criteria as a research material. They could even become cultural ambassadors that promote the cultural identity and uniqueness. The question was if the project platform was used effectively and how it could b...

The description of a vineyard in the Hebrew Scripture gives us an accurate picture of a vineyard in Old Israel but also of a vineyard as metaphor. Grapes and wine are metaphors for the relationship between God and Israel, the Torah as Word of God, instruction and Covenant and their implications. Yavne, a Hebrew centre for instruction and rabbinic authority, is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud most often referring to rabbis who taught in the „vineyard of Yavne". Moreover, the space intended for scholars meetings ...

In Macedonian, the process of zero derivation is prototypical, inflectional or marginal depending on the presence or absence of changes in the corresponding lexemes, respectively. In the prototypical type of the process, which is subject of this research, when nothing changes in the source and in the target lexeme and, in morphological terms, they are absolutely identical, of all directions; the most productive one is the zero derivation of nouns from verbs. This is due to the fact that Macedonian is a ‘verbal’ la...

Process oriented quality management systems are applied by successful business enterprises. With the process approach these organisations can manage their operations effectively. The defining of organisational processes is useful to understand what organisation really does, the measurement of these processes helps to identify development opportunities or necessity. So the organisations can use quality improvement projects based on data and indicators which provide increasing organizational performance greatly. The...

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.

Discourse markers are elements of the language that have grammatical-syntactic, conversational-pragmatic and cognitive function. The first function is evident in the different parts of speech used as discourse markers and their position in the context, the second one explains that these elements aim to start and sustain conversation as one of their basic roles, and the last function requires the markers to fill in slots that naturally exist in language, by using the cognitive abilities about which elements would s...

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 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 ...

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...

Romania and Hungary, two former dictatorships in Central and Eastern Europe, have started on their post-communist project having pretty many similarities. At least, in the beginning they adopted the same soviet model of social organization and similar institutional framework. Although, until the end of the regime they matured following divergent paths, some societal subsystems evolved in quite similar ways in both countries. On the one side of the border Hungary was boiling its “goulash communism” while living in ...

Authors of the paper consider writing as a process of activation and further development of students’ thinking. They introduce fundaments based on unsatisfactory state of a written expression of present young generation. It is often characterized by no concept, chaos, incoherence, shallow-thinking, illogicality or inaccuracy in language expression. Stated defections also point out problems in cognitive and metacognitive area. During the creation of the mentioned conception the authors focus mainly on pubescent stu...

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...

Both teachers and parents aim obtaining educational success, but the perspectives and the meanings assigned to it by each of these two parts are different. The ideal state is achieved when the both parties work together for the benefit of the student, when both have the same objective, namely: achieving the educational success. This paper presents an applied research study, focused on primary school pupils’ educational success, pupils that are attending courses in mass education schools. The purpose of this study ...

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...

The aim of the paper is to describe the attitudes to identifying and developing talents in Slovak enterprises. The research in developing talents in the business environment is based on two research questions: 1. We assume every business pays attention to their key employees and organizes all activities to promote their development. 2. Businesses pay attention to succession planning, the aim of which is to ensure the continuity of talents for key positions defined. For purposes of statistical processing, we used m...

Tibetan writing was invented in the 7th century A.D., based on the contemporaneous Indian Gupta script. Because of its intensive usage by the state bureaucracy and Buddhist monastic community, it gradually produced a series of cursive styles. Its original form was used almost exclusively for writing sutras that were considered sacred as the representation of the Word of the Buddha. As a result, a famous calligrapher of the 11th century Khyung bo g.Yu khri wrote a treatise describing letters’ forms, shapes, proport...

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 of the main...