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The present work tries to clear a multi-disciplinary approach involving not only the technology-oriented aspects but also the educational system, the economics, socio-organizational and legal issues. The study is conceived to build a comprehensive scenario, to find and clarify the strategic options and to indicate in terms of organizational development, in order to develop a model of centers for additive manufacturing in universities. The identification of the key variables for the structural analysis it was perfo...

Two Russian authors, Roerich Nikolay (1874-1947) and Eroshenko Vassily (1890-1952), left numerous works that considered a vivid portrait of the vanished colonial Asia, from one point, and as the first examples of the future globalization in this continent, from the other one. Both they lived in the period when Russia, China and India were involved in the political and economic collapse, but their works were free from any kind of panics and depression, that is why the contemporary reader can gain the knowledge of t...

Contemporary rapid development of technology, science, progress and changes that are taking place on a global scale as well as general knowledge in workplaces cause that each working person or intending to work, is forced to constantly expand their knowledge, skills and gain new qualifications. This is done usually through education at an appropriate level, learning and improving their skills and gaining new competence. This is possible thanks to so-called lifelong learning and the increasing level of education. A...

The problem of languages interaction is investigated in the context of different scientific paradigms, in particular, sociological, sociolinguistic, linguistic, and psycholinguistic and others. In this article languages interaction is examined at the level of individual consciousness, i.e., from the psycholinguistics point of view. Psycholinguistic approach to the study of languages interaction assumes a study of those changes, which occur in the consciousness of individual, who manages several languages or who st...

The development of reading literacy has been a very topical issue in recent years, not only in the Czech Republic, based both on the results of research of international surveys PISA and PIRLS, and the results of many other, less significant studies of reading literacy. Over a long period, Czech pupils have been showing decreasing reading comprehension level and demonstrate overall downward trend in international comparisons. We carried out a research that investigated how reading literacy has been developed in Cz...

This paper presents the preliminary results of a study developed under a PhD thesis in of a doctoral program in ICT and Education'. Among other objectives, this study aimed to analyze the practices and proficiency levels in digital technology usage presented by the Portuguese school principals. The study was organized according to the post-positivist research paradigm and is assumed as an exploratory and descriptive study. These preliminary results involved 133 participants of a universe of 831 principals of the P...

This article presents a model of teacher's essential competencies as a manager in education. A teacher is an important link in the organization of educational communication of students as adult learners and in the education process direction. Because the duties of a modern university teacher grow, his professional competencies should include those of manager in education. Today the teacher needs a knowledge on general theory of management, on educational management fundamentals and on peculiarities of organization...

The complexity of the educative action is noticeable not only at the structural level, as far as the normativity of education is concerned, but, mostly, at the level involving the factors of education determined in the context of pedagogical community. The content of education is presented on the form of common value and on the standards of human becoming. This context implies a permanent valorization of human's interaction and also the transfer of value from a generation to another, from a culture to another. The...

The purpose of the present study was to test context predictability of words in norm and schizophrenia and to reveal whether the context factor influences on discourse perception and comprehension. The hypothesis of a loss of context predictability in schizophrenic speech is upheld by the analysis of modified cloze test data. Two text types were used: a static text (descriptive sentences) and a dynamic text (sequence of events following swiftly on one another). The results showed that: 1) context predictability of...

The article highlights effective ways of using drama activities in an ELT classroom. Why are those activities useful? Who are they intended for? What goals are to be set and results obtained? What hidden obstacles prevent a performance from being a success? How to overcome the barrier of incomprehension? What kind of plays to choose? How to facilitate the task of staging them? A number of other issues relating to the role of drama activities in ELT are addressed. The approach offered is based on the author's conce...

The paper deals with the curricular reform in elementary school that was implemented in 2008. The paper analyzes current requirements in (not only) student assessment in primary education. The paper interprets partial research results about teachers' beliefs about assessment in primary education. This part of research was conceived through Q-methodology with 12 primary teachers. It mentions teachers' professional needs to develop their assessment competence in the 21st century.

The importance of tolerance is increasing in the globalised and multicultural world. Tolerance, like any other virtue, requires the correct understanding and the correct extent. Poorly perceived tolerance ceases to be a virtue. In this paper, the author addresses the definition of tolerance and methods for developing tolerance in ethics education lessons, mainly in relation to other ethnics, cultures and religions.

In modern Russia there has been a situation when less young people choose career of statisticians. In this regard Moscow state university of economics, statistics and informatics (MESI) with Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) support since 2010 started carrying the national student statistical competition. The main goals of carrying the national student statistical competition are: п‚·promote statistics, increase of statistical literacy and general statistical culture; п‚·identification of talented youth a...

The key factor of modern National Research University development is its international activity. With the aim to integrate into international research and educational community, and enhance their global competitiveness, Russian universities have started to make substantial changes in the requirements for faculty and staff. Among such requirements is a high level of language proficiency. Priority is given to English because of its international importance. However, the majority of research and teaching staff in Rus...

The article is devoted to the results of an empirical research of peculiarities and dynamic of ecological good breeding of the students – ecologists being at different grade levels (I, III, V courses). As concrete diagnostic techniques were used questionnaires of S. Deryabo and V. Yasvin: technique of diagnostics of intensity of the subjective relation to the nature "Naturephile" and verbal associative technique of "EZOP". It is revealed that in the conditions of existing practice of training in higher education...

The paper examines the effectiveness of the primary prevention in the field of stress management and use of alcohol by students second and third years of secondary school. The research was relized in cooperation with center of primary prevention. In generation the paper describes theoretical points devoted to this subject. For this work, we chose a quantitative research, which works with two research-non prevented and prevented pupils of high school. Both of these research files are further divided by gender. Ther...

It is a well-known fact that the problem of information support is one of the urgent issues in didactic linguistics. It is thus obviously necessary to provide the process of education with modern means of e-support in different knowledge domains. The terminological tools play an essential role in various application fields of term representation, and thesaurus is one of the most effective tools. The research group at the Department of Applied Linguistics (Kazan Federal University) is creating a number of electroni...

E-learning technologies have become very important nowadays. It is stated that e-learning is a step to an available and qualitative education. The main purpose of writing this paper was to research and analyze the problems with the e-learning in Russia and establish the development prospective. While writing this paper different methods were employed. The descriptive methods were used to describe the situation with the development of e-learning in Russia. The method of statistical analysis was employed to show the...

The purpose of this paper was to explore Erasmus incoming students' expectations and core competences development during their period of stay abroad. Competences were analysed regarding European framework on key competences for lifelong learning. Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the exploratory research was carried out in two stages, namely at the beginning of the semester (to analyse expectations) and at the end of the semester (to analyse core competences development). Our main findings were tha...

Life-long education is really important nowadays, this idea is probably also linked with establishing of the Universities of the Third Age. It has been proved that study activities have a positive impact on seniors – an active life style helps to lengthen the period preceding that time when elderly citizens´ health complications grow and worsen. The text focuses on the comparison of the organizing principles of U3As, and deals with seniors´ opinions concerning their studying in the U3A courses in foreign langu...

Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovak Republic, prepares its students in the study program of Citizenship Education, graduates will be teachers of civics. The intention of an article is to give a picture about changes in the education of citizens since the second half of 19thcentury, as well as on the nature of the current training of future teachers, with an emphasis on the need for sociability. Changes in organization of school system reflect t...

It is difficult to recommend general pedagogical principles, strategies and methods in a variety of learning situations that have a different character at higher levels than at lower levels of education. There is an urgent need to develop pedagogy of higher education at the most of higher education institutions. Even more important is pedagogical and psychological knowledge for university teachers- engineers with no previous teacher education. There are also various barriers and adverse circumstances of economic o...

The study identifies ICT and new media impact on Arabic acquisition as a supplement to traditional face-to-face learning within the framework of formal education system. For the last three years more than one hundred teachers of Arabic from seven Russian institutions have participated in the study under the advanced distance training program “The Arabic language and innovative education” (hereinafter – the Program). The one-month-long Program was developed and implemented by the authors of the present study....

Currently the Russian Federation is getting through higher education modernization process as a part and acceleration factor of innovative country development. One of the aspects of this modernization is updating approaches for measuring the professors work efficiency. The results of professors work have to measured by evaluating students and then graduates competences. Today there isn't any method to deter dependence of professors work results and competence level of students and graduates competences. This fact ...

The aim of this paper is to provide an objective overview of the impact of teacher salaries on the educational achievements of students. It is often debated about teacher salaries and improvement or jeopardizing their standard, but educational consequences that may ensue as a result of these intentions are rarely addressed. Teacher's role in student's achievement outcomes is unquestionable. There are many factors that have an impact on student achievement, but this paper will analyze only the impact of teacher's i...

In the 1990s in the Anglo-Saxon world legitimacy of the discipline history of education as well as historical-educational research was largely discussed, e.g. D. Hargreaves [5], Ch. Woodhead [22], J. Tooley – D. Darby [19]. The discussion was held in terms of a doubt whether we still need history of education (e.g. R. Lowe: We Still Need History of Education? [13]). This, on the other hand, led some of the historians of education to re-evaluation of the substance of the discipline history of education and its re...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of Higher Education in the last three decades and the effects of the recent Portuguese economic crisis, officially started at 2011 with the intervention of International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Commission. Based on the statistical data produced by national and international organizations we show that the process of “massification” of higher education in Portugal is late compared with other European countries – it only started in the middle eigh...

This article is result of the research done in a special direction for solving problems of methods of teaching mathematics by using geometric dynamical systems: the formation of geometric concepts. Any DGS have own tools, with which you can quickly construct models of geometric concepts and explore their properties. DGS allows users of these programs create new tools concepts the learners. The article presents examples of problems that can be solved at different stages of formation of concepts based on design tool...

In the introduction of the paper the authors characterize current education reform in the Czech Republic based on the analysis of curricula documents and concept of education in primary and lower secondary school. Among its key principles we include communication education and integration of knowledge. In the next part of the paper we therefore offer the possibilities of integration of selected educational areas and focus on music education and language teaching (Czech language). They use examples from the works o...

In the recent 10 years, the effort for inclusion of people with specific needs has become a significant all-society phenomenon across the globe. Etymologically, the term inclusion is derived from the Latin “inclusio”, which marks a process of acceptance and involvement into a whole or a unit. In case of people with specific needs, inclusion is especially associated with the area of education, possibly also with the processes of socialization, i.e. social inclusion. Our text focuses on the specifics of people w...

Background: this article focuses on the analytical presentation of the main components of the concept of postmodern discourse, still insufficiently studied by modern linguistics or comparative discourse study, as terminological distinction between linguistic concepts of text and discourse in modern philology and linguistics is one of the most sophisticated issues. Discourse is interpreted as a semiotic process, realized in various types of discursive practices. Accentuation of this article is posed for considerati...

Education, competences and learning outcomes are the key topics of curriculum policy in most countries of the European Union, striving to become the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world in terms of knowledge. One of the main components of this approach is the promotion of key competences and the new culture of learning, supported by integrative processes. In this context, many educational, but also employment theorists and analysts, alongside professional competences, emphasize the importance of gener...

The purpose of this article was to identify which are the most important values of youths, which is their hierarchy and how they contribute to fixing aspirations and, hence, to the crystallization of professional options, in order to an efficient insertion on the labour market. The article's purpose was to verify the applicability of certain theories, such as, for example, that of P. Bourdieu and JC Passeron on the factors that are influencing young people's aspirations and professional guidelines or the theory of...

The paper deals with the interdisciplinary concept of intercomprehension, becoming increasingly of use in today's linguistics, educational science and sociolinguistics. Based on the idea of searching for cues towards comprehension between languages belonging to the same language group, presenting both genetic and typological affiliations, it became a rich source of reflection and a basis for didactic applications. The aim of the paper is to see the evolution of the concept and to identify some of the basic paramet...

Foreign language teaching methodologies make a frequent use of linguistic know-how. Intercomprehension, or interlinguistic comprehension, may be a part of it. The aim of the paper is to present the concept and see its utility in translators and interpreters training keeping in mind that the theoretical and methodological framework for strenghtening intercomprehensive (receptive) skills of translator trainees must always be developed in a close connection to the translatological basis.

Strategic goal of political socialization of young generation of the Republic of Kazakhstan should be idea of forming people with the creative mindset, high culture, innovative approach, physically and spiritually developed, highly skilled professionals. However, young people in Kazakhstan remain the most socially disadvantaged group. According to material security of young generation is not observed homogeneity, they are differentiated the same as all the population. The modern youth problems are highlighted, fir...

In the increasingly globalized world, primordial connections of people based on religion have been downplayed. Nevertheless, growing uncommunicativeness among representatives of various religious groups living in relatively monocultural settings demonstrated a great need for a careful study of the influence of the religious factor on the nature of coexistence of people from similar cultural but different religious backgrounds. Different religious roots of communicants often involve sets of quite different experien...

The paper presents the results of Net Promoter Score application research for measurement and evaluation of students' satisfaction with the content, organization and quality of university lectures.. In business activities the Net Promoter Score (further just NPS) is still more often and effectively used to evaluate the customer's satisfaction. The method and metrics, originated in the USA, is beginning to be applied also in a number of Czech firms and companies of various activity fields. It enables not only to me...

The intention of the article is pointing out that the simple businessman is starting a driving force for the start and development of the company. When deciding on starting a business should be carefully reconsidered objective and subjective conditions for business. Theories and researches have shown that the success of an entrepreneur has often been correlated with his/her personality type, subjective prerequisites for a successful business. The research part is focused only on some results of personal assumption...

Higher education institutions are currently facing high market pressure due to competitors' unprecedentedly increase in number and diversification, along with impressive rise in educational customers' expectations. Given this background, universities are increasingly searching for means and opportunities to develop and enrich their competitive advantage on the crowded educational market. One method that is rapidly growing popularity in the academic world is evaluating students' satisfaction. Although it is a topic...

In this paper we present a mathematical model of the degree of interest of students for educational activities in the field of quality and sustainable development, held in the student center. The idea of probabilistic forecasting model of this degree is to assess the likelihood of student participation in a particular educational activity. Also, we show how, the information obtained from the analysis of the mathematical model can be supplemented with details obtained through statistical analysis software SPSS 16.

In this article the main tendencies of the development of the modern economic methodology are pointed out. The increased role of mathematical modelling in economics results that students receive applied education, far away from fundamental. Nevertheless, modern education requires the development of applied skills on a par with fundamental knowledge in the field of study, as the main mission of the university is to create a general cultural level in the first place, and then - in the development of science and educ...

Just being aware of the dimensions of motivation is not enough. As an educator, you may have students who display weak motivation and you will need to use a variety of strategies within your classroom to engage and motivate them. Although all dimensions of motivation are intertwined, depending on the student and the given activity or situation, one dimension of motivation may be more prominent than the others. Some research-based strategies for motivating students to learn can be: become a role model for student i...

At present time, due to the active participation of the Russian Federation in the Bologna process, organizational, methodological and, most importantly, regulatory and legal framework is being developed. Thus, on the 29 of December 2012 the Federal Law в„– 273-FZ "On Education in the Russian Federation" was passed, according to it postgraduate studies became a part of the third level of higher education, namely training of highly qualified staff. Therefore, a number of issues, which are mainly connected with outda...

At the turn of the last two decades of the 20th century, major changes occurred in the social, political and economic systems of Central and Eastern European countries. Authors in their paper relate to the economic fundamentals of a state in the conditions of a mixed economy. They note that in this type of an economic arrangement, private sector co-exists along with the private sector, and economic activities are being carried out via market mechanisms as well as public institutions. The aim of the paper is to ide...

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the impact of support or subsidies under Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 on wood biomass or fuelwood production and rural development. The tasks of the study presented in this paper are: (1) to evaluate resources and development of fuelwood in Latvia, comparing with other Baltic States and the EU countries in the Baltic Sea Region; (2) to investigate the measures encouraging fuelwood production under RDP 2007-2013; (3) to analyze the impact of Latvia's support (s...

The aim of this study is to understand how teachers appropriate and use digital technologies as structuring resources for their students learning science and mathematics within an interactive science centre. In order to understand how learning happens, a conceptual framework and guidelines were developed for teachers to prepare and run activities with children. Teachers use the framework to setup activities to promote interaction of children with existing modules in the exhibitions, making experiments, collecting ...

Social media, including blogs, wiki, social networking, YouTube, virtual social worlds and virtual game worlds, provide their users the most modern way of communication. Instant interaction and feedback as well as low costs are the advantages that enable learning through many-to-many communication. This paper questions are aimed at theoretical definitions of online communication and social media. The hypotheses are verified through an independent research. The aim of this research was to determine how students per...

The article discusses the different approaches to the concept of lifelong learning based on an analysis of Russian and foreign researches. In connection with the transition to level-based education there are changes in the structure of higher education in Russia. This necessitated a change in the educational process in universities. Global informatization processes at almost all spheres of human life demand methodical system of training future teachers of the humanities in the study of the use of information and c...

In existing theories of human behavior the concept of self-interest is of immense significance. Debates over the self-interest in the economic theory have grown in scale as models of individual economic behavior within the rational choice theory and economic theory of welfare gained currency. The aim of the study is to explore modern concepts of self-interest and reveal trends in development of the self-interest theory as based on identification of preconditions, factors and criteria of rational behavior in hired ...