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The primary objectives of this paper are as follows: 1) to analyze the challenges, priorities and modern trends in training vocational educators in Russia; 2) to describe the experience of implementing innovative teaching methods in the educational process at Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University while training vocational educators; 3)to assess the efficacy of the pedagogy through qualitative and quantitative students’outcomes; 4) to discuss our experience and give recommendations for organizing trainee...

The intent of this paper is to highlight the topical problems of relationship between families and schools within the Czech environment due to deliberate action on targeted socialization of young people. In accordance with the objectives of the grant project no. IGA_PdF_2015_007 called Puberty - part of the sex educational system in the Czech and Chinese education we introduce to input information about the problems of relationship between family and school. We see that as fundamental building part for making the ...

In 2008 a curricular reform took place in Slovakia. This reform brought the ISCED 1 curriculum model to Slovak primary schools for the first time. In general, we may say that this reform cancelled the centralized model and established a two-level curriculum model. After seven years, it is clear that neither teachers nor executive workers at primary schools accepted the reform. Many negative responses have appeared calling for the re-establishment of the centralized curriculum model. The goal of this paper is to de...

The research into structural changes in national languages has been conducted on the basis of three languages (German, French and Russian). The results demonstrate that the expansion of anglicisms in the system of each language under consideration has been proved in all spheres of speech activity of national communities: from elementary verbal means to complex speech structures. While the English language penetrates the German and French languages more or less smoothly due to their common origin, the process of in...

Quality self-assessment provides the pupil with a feedback about the course of learning, the results achieved and the fulfilment of the desired objectives. Self-assessment of pupils with specific learning disabilities represents a very demanding component of the teacher’s activity in Russian languages teaching as second foreign language. The self- assessment method may have a significant impact on the student’s motivation to learn; his/her further performance, self-confidence and self-respect. The research inv...

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...

application in science classes for fifteen-year-old pupils in a real teaching process. In the paper introduction the definition of IBSE (Inquiry-Based Science Education) from the perspective of didactics of different scientific disciplines and with respect to educational psychology is presented. The authors also discuss theoretical foundations of IBSE and the development of ideas and theoretical paradigms reflected in IBSE. Attention is also paid to the curricular aspects related to the elements of IBSE. The last ...

Managing data collection for any research project can be a time consuming task. It can quickly become overwhelming if you’re collecting data on thousands of human subjects and have additional requirements of reporting results at multiple levels of analysis and producing thousands of standardized reports for many research stakeholders. As a result, more time is spent managing data than using data; taking precious time away from research. My team at the International Data Evaluation Center has developed reusable s...

During the last ten years, Slovakia has been undergoing a very significant reform of its school system. The basic social condition for meeting the goals of the reform lies in the attitude of teachers towards the implementation of the reform and the curriculum. The authors present some of their research findings proving that the teachers in Slovakia did not fully understood the real goals of the reform, mainly in the area of implementing the dual-level curriculum.

I would like to present the biography and thought of Anna Tenenbaum (born 22nd of December 1900). Anna Tenenbaum was one of the first women students at the Jagiellonian University who were officially allowed to study. Although, as a Jewish women, she was discriminated, she successfully finished her studies and made PhD. in philosophy in 1926 and even started to work at the university. She did a PhD in strict philosophy and the topic of her dissertation was devoted to Descartes – ‘Psychologia zwierzeca u Descar...

Youth and old age are very important stages of human life, which are different but which should be perceived to be of equal value. The research conducted in the Czech Republic indicates that the largest intergenerational gap lies between the young generation and the older population. This gap has continuously been widening, especially in connection with the entirely different ways of life of these two generations. The Czech society has not yet desisted from various negative prejudices and claims concerning seniors...

The fast progress in science and technology causes the global changes in teaching and learning process and requirements to qualification of a modern engineer. To meet the modern era requirements, the high engineering education system sets an objective to prepare competitive specialists and to establish conditions for professional qualities elaboration and personal enhancement. International cooperation extension and globalization processes that require high-level communication skills determine the need for lifelon...

One of the important sources of knowledge of the student teacher is not only the theoretical knowledge acquired in the theoretical preparation, but also the practical experience gained during practices. This practical student experience is used when educating without realizing it. Part of the knowledge has a hidden, tacit character. The definition of tacit knowledge is "tacit knowledge is capable of developing, initially not realised or less realised prerequisite to structuring the experience of the students or te...

Children’s education, and, by extension, the education of the young, represents a permanently topical problem in an age of conflicts and overturning of the value axis. For this reason, old pedagogical principles and elements are being made actual again, preserving their content, verified through the experience of many generations. Such an element is also the inner silence, acquired through prayer, and which represents a spiritual state specific of the Christian way of living and, consequently, an element specifi...

The twenty-first century has brought about a new type of society, the information-based society. Although this type doubtless provides a lot of opportunities for development and self realization, which are the top needs, according to Maslow hierarchy, we cannot but notice the existing downside as well. What is being promoted as a life motto worldwide is the combination of pragmatism and hedonism, which especially appeals to the youth. Such a combination presupposes that young people faced with overload of availabl...

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...

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...

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...

Purpose: the aim of this research is to perform an analysis of the level of strength for visually impaired pupils. This experimental study wishes to improve strength through the use of differentiated instruction. Methods: the study was realized during 2014 – 2015 scholar year, during the physical education lessons. The subjects of this research were pupils from the 6th grade (boys and girls) from the Gymnasium Special School for visually impaired pupil, Bucharest, Romania. For the experimental study, a number of...

This study is part of a complex research about the quality of life and aims to obtain information about most preferred activities in their spare time, on how much time students allocate for practicing physical activities and what motivates them chose to have an active life-style instead of a sedentary one. The methodology used in this study is an instrument we’ve developed, a 21 item questionnaire with 6 questions with open answers and 15 questions with closed answers (having 4 response options). The results obt...

The paper presents an experimental research of processing isolated foreign language words in code non-restricted settings carried out with bilingual (Komi-Permyak-Russian native speaking) and monolingual (Russian native speaking) classroom English learners. The received results are discussed from the point of view of bilingual advantage in foreign language acquisition.

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 meeting...

Verbal and non-verbal communication elements are widely studied especially in political discourses. This is predetermined by the fact that the political evidences or truth very often could be deciphered only after analyzing the non-verbal elements. The presupposition that political TV talk shows could be an excellent media revealing the possible incoherence between the verbal and non-verbal communication (body language) fostered this research. The format of these shows often provokes politicians to reveal or hide ...

The paper focuses on the significance and need to develop critical thinking in the educational process on the basis of the documents and recommendations of the Slovak government and of the Ministry of Education as well as on practical experience. The contribution assumes that the repetition of facts and information does not mean their comprehension. Information is processed only if a learner is able to explain, connect and use the acquired knowledge. The paper presents several methods of critical thinking applied ...

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...

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...

The article is concerned with the problem of adult people education where the behavioral habits transformation is involved. It produces participants’ resistance and may lead to low efficiency of education especially in some time after the educational course was finished. The mediation training course is an adequate object for survey of such problem, because of mediator’ need in neutrality and non-coercive approach to dealing with disputing parties’ disagreements content. Such model of behavior is very differ...

Introduction. Creative character of structures exercises promotes the continuous enrichment of contents, as confirmed by the dynamic development of sports in artistic gymnastics technique, but also branches of some contents that define new sports and new forms of gymnastics exercises practice for health. It can be remembered thus, aerobics, gymnastics on Kango-Jumps, trampoline, and jumping into the water, skating, fitness, ballroom dancing and all sports that require extreme performance movements rooted in mutual...

Education currently serves as a significant vehicle for socialization and acculturation based upon mutual interaction between teachers and students justified in terms of the teaching process. The education process comprises a number of factors. The research focuses on the issue of adaptation, education and integration of Russian-speaking pupils-foreigners studying at a Czech school and examines specific cultural, social and communication barriers that have arisen in including individuals from a different language ...

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 objective of the paper is to analyze the current situation of the non-formal education in Macedonia with a comparative overview of practices in the Kingdom of Sweden in which non-formal education has a long tradition, and its impact on the youth population in the Republic of Macedonia. One of the main topics of the discussions today is the role of formal education in the process of the development of the society. In the new millennium in many countries the question is how much classical formal education system...

Teaching experiment is the benchmark of understanding the credibility of the surrounding world therefore there is a need to provide optimal conditions for carrying it out. This experiment requires new modern means and methods that will develop and enrich methodology and teaching practice. The analysis of employment of the existing means and methods displays the underdevelopment of topics of experimental studies, low technical capacity of laboratories, and insufficient use of the opportunities of modern training re...

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...

The article is written as a reply to M. Barber, K. Donnelly and S. Rizvi the researchers of the global educational systems, in response to the question on the ways to improve the education efficiency. One of the ways the authors believe to be the interactive innovational technology of collective teaching method by V. Djachenko. This method the authors find one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century, since this technology of managing the educational process integrates the teaching and learning processes, w...

Preschoolers’ (N = 537) social competence, coping skills and peer-perceived likeability was assessed in Hungarian kindergarten groups belonging to the Romanian Educational System. We obtained measures both from parents and teachers in Social Competence Screening. A Coping Mechanism Questionnaire was answered by children and teachers as well. Sociometric peer nominations of acceptance, rejection and indifference were investigated to strengthen the findings of effective social behavior in the peer-group. As expect...

Background: symbolic representation is a specific, uniquely human form of objectification of the real world, a powerful means of communication activity of its reflectivity. Understanding of the phenomenon of sign representation, its modeling and the definition of the sign and its meaning depends on the sign language system and aspects of the language to be interpreted – dynamic or statistical, functional or structural aspects are taken as a basis. This article is an attempt to review the main components of the s...

The paper deals with one of the current problems of the Czech education – the development of literacy skills of primary and lower secondary basic school students. It draws attention to the persistent underperformance of Czech young students in international surveys of literacy, analyses representation of these issues in the existing curriculum documents and presents the results of a preliminary research focused on the role of public libraries in the development of children’s reading.

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 ...

The link between American accredited universities in non-English speaking contexts and the creation of traditionally staffed writing centers is examined in relation to enhancing student engagement. Although writing centers have become fairly commonplace as any other ‘academic’ subject at many universities in the US, there seems to be a deficit in writing center provision at universities outside of the Anglophone context. Research suggests that students are unaware of their need for writing assistance at univer...

The issue of health and safety at work and methods of risk prevention is one of the teaching subjects in schools preparing students for the job and further education of adults. The main aim of discipline Dangerous materials and processes is to obtain information about the hazardous substances and protection and prevention requirements necessary to achieve while handling them. Purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of occupational health and safety education as a form of prevention against accidents a...

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...

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, propo...

This paper draws on our work as associate assistant with the 2nd year students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania and its extension in Balti, The Republic of Moldova. During the Business English seminars, among other activities, we integrated translation exercises from English to Romanian and vice versa to develop our intermediate students’ productive and receptive skills in a communicative language teaching environment. Our main aim was to di...

Universities in the 21st century feel the need, more than ever, to brand themselves and to assert their identity in the area of higher education, be this in the realm of their national context or on the international arena. A crucial element of the effort for branding resides in selecting or adopting a name which can single out a particular university and help it assess its unique features. The paper aims to highlight the main types of names used in labelling universities, contributing thus to studies dedicated to...

Universities are considered as a social institution that provides knowledge production and intelligence renewal. "Universities crisis" is discussed in the context of necessary transition to cognitive university as new its type. Prospects for the universities’ development are associated with formation of "cognitive society". The work is based on the cultural and historical analysis of the universities’ existence and transformation; universities are understood as a social form of intellectuals’ self-organizati...

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.

Improving the quality of education, especially in the area of engineering, is a priority for almost all countries. This is owing to the rapid changes in technology and constant demand to prepare students, as engineers of the future, capable of providing solutions to problems and innovations. Therefore, in this context, we should look into the ways of achieving this goal. Educational technologies can benefit both teachers as well as students, in promoting change and in encouraging the development of skills for the ...

We are undoubtedly living in an intercultural and cross-cultural open-bordered world. Approaching specifically the university sector, there is a constant increase in well-funded European projects and worldwide initiatives meant to encourage mobility and permanent interaction among different academic realities. In this context, the introduction of multilingual courses, that teach simultaneously several languages belonging to the same linguistic family by means of the communicative and contrastive method of intercom...

Creation and development of functional reading literacy is presently a actual topic. The ambition of this paper is to highlight the current situation in reading literacy in the Slovak environment. The starting point of thinking are the results of the international survey under the Program for International Student Assessment, in which our students achieve below average. The author is looking for possible solutions to given problems, highlights the need to develop reading competencies in civics. The objectives of t...