Appearance of Triangulation in Teacher Trainees’ Research Plans

Author(s): Sántha Kálmán / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

This study investigates the emergence of triangulation in teacher trainees’ research plans. The main objective of the research is to detect the inap¬propriate uses of triangulation to point out didactic aspects that can promote the efficiency of educators teaching research methodology. Participants in research methodology courses had to design and document a research process related to school or teaching in the form of a research plan. They had a free choice regarding the topic of the research. The coding of the text corpora amounting to 400 pages was done by combining deductive and inductive logic. The reliability of coding was ensured by intracoding. The results show that inappropriate uses of triangula¬tion can be described as misuse of terminology, false equivalence of triangulation and methodological triangulation, and false equivalence of triangulation and mixed methods. The problems encountered have a double feedback function. First, they give feedback for the academic course, second, after drawing the conclusions they also serve as self-reflection to form education activities and thinking.

Applying Cloud Computing for a More Efficient Evaluation of Practical Projects

Author(s): Emil Delinov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Significant competitive advantage both for businesses and for the other entities are the well prepared, adaptive, and constantly improving staff. One approach of the education system for the creation and development of adequate to the needs staff, is the development of projects with topics from real economy. Important preconditions for successful realization of the project are the close collaboration between the trainer(teacher, lecturer, mentor, supervisor/consultant, etc.) and the learner and the motivation of the latter to create a product of high quality. The accurate and objective evaluation, set and announced on time, could play a significant role for the positive motivation and respectively for the successful outcome of the project and the acquisition and consolidation of knowledge. This paper considers some features of Cloud Computing used to increase the efficiency in the evaluation of projects with topics from real economy.

Ar institucinė inovacija reiškia naujus vadybos metodus? Transformacinė lyderystė ir darbuotojų įgalinimas profesinio švietimo įstaigose

Author(s): Žilvinas Židonis,Sonata Andriuškeviciene / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1/2019

This article aims to explain why modern public education initiatives in Lithuania do not deliver on expected results in spite of sufficient investments and government support. The paper focuses on institutional innovation in vocational education – the creation and management of Sectorial Practical Training Centres. Sectoral Practical Training Centres are primarily the instruments of the initial vocational education policy, seeking to improve and adjust the skills of the current and future workforce to the needs of private and public economy sectors. The article is based on proposition that newly created centres would be less exposed to administrative tradition, and should strive to employ modern management ideas, such as transformational leadership and employee empowerment. However, the empirical investigation revealed that there is a big lack of leadership, and managers rely on old-but-good administrative means. The employees stress that there is no support and feedback from management side; staff members do not see prospects for self-realization as well as for creativity and innovations. At the same time, the employees are keen to take more responsibility and to be more engaged in decision-making processes. The article concludes that one of the biggest obstacles for future organizational development is mismatch between current management practices and employees expectations.

Around the Bloc: Hungarian Teachers Strike Against Centralization

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/26/2016

Protest is first full-day strike since Prime Minister Viktor Orban took power in 2010.

Art Activities in Correctional-Pedagogical Work with Children with Special Educational Needs – Teachers and Parents Perspective

Author(s): Apostolia Euripidis Charmani / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2018

This article aims to present the innovative teaching methods of our century. The art activities are widely used as a tool to strengthen the learning performance of students and to build up a confidant personality. The use of application of art activities, applied to young pupils with special educational needs in order to encourage skills and talents in a way that evolutionarily to harmonize smoothly in the classroom and in the school environment generally. The aim of the work is the adequate understanding and familiarization of the method, the importance and the need to use in the school environment. Thus, this article present the meaning of art pedagogy and how is innovative with children with SEN and includes the teachers and the parents aspect of the necessity of art activities.

Art brut a surrealizmus v historickom kontexte s arteterapiou

Author(s): Martin Zbojan / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2017

The paper is the retrospective view into the history of fine arts intended to remind us the important artistic figures who, through their collecting activiteis and interest in artworks produced by people with handicap, both pointed at importance of creative activities in the treatment of individuals with intellectual disabilities and transferred these procedures to their artistic work.

AŞÇILIK EĞİTİMİ VE SEKTÖR BAŞARISI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: BEŞ YILDIZLI OTEL İŞLETMELERİNDE ÇALIŞAN AŞÇILAR ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Author(s): Nalan Aslan,Yeliz Pekersen / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 02/2019

Cooking is an occupation that requires talent and continuous work and there has been recent increase in care and interest towards the field. In proportion with the increasing interest in the profession, cooking education gained importance. It is required to produce and carter in the standards of the demand of a customer who pays a certain fee for their eating and drinking experience. This situation requires cooking education. Cooks, who received a nice education, raise the quality of their workplace. The education of the cooks is important both for their own careers and for the companies in which they work to increase the quality of service and provide customer satisfaction. This situation directly affects profitability while increasing the performance of the business. The aim of this study is to correlate the thoughts related to cooking education with the sector success. The study was conducted on the cooks of 385 managers working in five-star hotel enterprises operating in Istanbul. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the participants' thoughts on the impact of cooking education on the success of the sector were positive. In addition, there was no significant difference in the opinions of the cooks working in hotel enterprises regarding the success of the culinary education sector; gender, age, marital status, income level, education status, kitchen education degree, kitchen staff status, kitchen task status, certificates, occupation period and the working time at work. However, there is a significant difference in accordance with the education institution.

Aspects of the Practical Training of Social Pedagogues

Author(s): Tsveta Delcheva / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2019

The current article presents a study, which is a part of a broader study that aims to analyze, and – if required – to modernize or optimize the organization of the practical training of Social Pedagogy students in order to ensure its coherence with the dynamic conditions for professional realization. The article focuses on the final stage of the practical training of the students – the pre-graduate internship. The accent is the final product – a description of the pre-graduate internship; which is presented and defended at the state final certification examination.

Aspekty implementácie supervízie do praktickej práce sociálnych pracovníkov

Author(s): Lucia Ludvigh Cintulová,Jana Novotná / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2018

Aims: The paper deals with the importance of supervision in increasing the social worker's professionalism and the quality of the social services provided in the context of the possibilities of real implementation of supervision in practice, which is enshrined in the Social Services Act no. 448/2008 Z.z. Methods: Research was conducted at the end of 2016 and early January 2017, data were collected by semi-structured interviews on a sample of 12 social workers with experience in the social field and an average length of practice of 6.7 years. Results: We analyzed the research findings by open coding that allowed us to get answers to questions about motivation to practice a social worker's profession, we focused on the issues related to the implementation of supervision in practice, its advantages and disadvantages as well as ways of providing supervision or the its impacts on the development of a social worker's personality and the providing of social services. Discussion: Concerning the motivation for doing profession of social workers, the participants presented reasons such as the desire to help, the possibility of self-fulfillment, the achievement of personal needs, the diversity of social work, personal preconditions and temperament. Concerning the benefits of supervision, results have shown management, control, accompaniment, development, education as the most important; we have coded the disadvantages based on the codes such as: financial costs, low motivation and unwillingness, supervision as a duty, non-cooperation of social service facilities or lack of information. Conclusion: In conclusion, supervision brings many positive aspects, it strongly supports the development of the personality of the employees, improves the organization's mission and goals, it helps to improve the quality of the provided social services, motivation of social workers, just in case it is carried out regularly, systematically, supervision is provided by an external supervisor rather than an internal person, funding of supervision.

Aspetti pedagogici del progetto „Gioia di Vivere” nella missione francescana in Santo Domino de los Tsachilas in Ecuador

Author(s): Marek Konrad Szymanski / Language(s): Italian / Issue: 3/2016

The article discusses the educational activities of the Polish Franciscans in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Ecuador. First of all, it presents a pedagogical analysis of the “Joy of Life” project, conducted in cooperation with “Centro Caritas Antoniana Alegria de Vivir.” This reflection is a part of the current research area, designated by UNESCO (“Education for All”), relating to the inclusive measures. The article cites the results of the research carried out among three different groups involved in the project: its beneficiaries, volunteers and social assistants. In the beginning, the author outlines the educational actions of the Church in Central America in historical terms, and then, in this context, he describes the educational project carried out during the Franciscan mission. The specific features of this project are inclusive, educational and social activities, including those with intellectual and mental disabilities. Discussing the nature of these activities, the author shows how far they affect the transformation of social life. He shows the pedagogical effects of the project: the integration of local communities and volunteering as a tool for the youth formation. The experience described in the article is valuable for reflection on inclusive pedagogy.

Assessing Levels of CO2, CO, NO2 and SO2 in Indoor Air Using Dräger Sensors: A Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo

Author(s): Fatbardh Gashi,Shyqri Dumani,Naser Troni / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Studies in large cities revealed that indoor air pollution concentrations are at such levels where it can cause serious health impacts. The main source of the release of substances in the environment is the emission of gases (produced during the combustion process) such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and others. In this study the assessment of indoor air quality in 26 places in Prishtina city were investigated and the main objective of this study was monitoring of the air quality through the determination of gases concentration of C02, C0, N0x and S02. Also the ratio of CO2/CO2+CO was calculated. Concentrations of CO2, CO, SO2 and NOx were determined using “Dräger” instrument, model “X-am 7000 digital gas monitor”. Environmental risk assessment of air quality was done by comparing the obtained results with air WHO standards. During that period were found a permanent presence of some toxic gases in high concentrations in indoor areas. Results show that CO2 levels were ranged 300-4000 ppmv. The concentration of CO was ranged 0.6-17 ppmv and was reported to be under limits value in all locations. Also concentrations of SO2 and NOx (except air sample S6) were reported to be under WHO air limits value. According to gases concentration, many locations show values characteristic for highly and extremely contaminated indoor places.

Assessment by Constructed-Response Items in Teaching of Bulgarian Language Based on Data of National Study (Bulgarian Research) and International Study (PIRLS 2006 – Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)

Author(s): Tatyana Angelova / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

The main theme of the text is assessment by constructed response items in Teaching Bulgarian Language based on Data of National Study and International Study. The problems connected with creating of standards settings in school education are discussed.

Attitude and Self-Efficacy of Students with Motor Impairments Regarding Touch Input Technology

Author(s): Maria Doina Schipor / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

We address in this work the role touch interfaces could play in reducing the inequalities motor disabled students confront with. To this end, we conduct a between subjects experiment, involving students with motor disability and able bodied participants, investigating both the attitude and the self-efficacy with respect to the utilisation of touch technology in the everyday life. We rely on the well-established relationship between attitude, self-efficacy, and actual performance in order to explore strategies for increasing the actual performances through psychological means. The statistical analysis indicates significant differences between subjects with motor impairments and able bodied participants in the case of both attitude and self-efficacy. We connect these outcomes with strategies for reducing the inequalities for the students with motor disabilities in the context of educational activities.

Automatizáció és kreativitás a munkavégzésben

Author(s): CSABA MAKÓ,Miklós ILLÉSSY,András Borbély / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2018

The fear of job loss due to the labour-saving technological changes is rather old and dated back to the 19th century Luddites in Britain. Recently, similar fear reawakened due to the rapid expansion of the increasingly cheap and capable computers (digitisation). According to the empirical experiences of the European Working Condition Surveys (EWCS 2005 and 2015), every second workplace belongs into the category of ’creative work’, which is less threatened by automation; and every fourth worker carry out ’routine’ tasks, which will be easily excelled by computers. However, important country differences exist: creative jobs characterise higher than EU-27 average the Nordic, Continental and Anglo-Saxon countries, on the contrary, the highest rate of routine tasks prevail in the Mediterranean and in the Central and Eastern European countries. Hungary lags behind the European average and the tendencies of the last years are alarming

Az angol szakképzési és továbbképzési reformok a Brexit árnyékában

Author(s): Erika Zolnai / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2019

Since 2016, the focus of the almost 30 year old English educational reform has turned toward the development of the VET System. In this paper we review the most important measures and political dimensions of this process. We discuss this topic through the educational policies of three waves of English Governments: 1) Thatcher’s government and the New Right; 2) Governments of Labour Party; 3) Cameron’s coalition governments and present day May’s Government. Under the direction of Michael Gove Education Minister from 2010 the coalition government decided to increase education requirements and control. The main goals of their measures were to help the 16–19 year olds to enter the world of work successfully. The evaluation is accompanied by intense professional debates, which contains several financial and professional aspects.

Az iskolai rendszerű szakképzés egyéni és társadalmi megtérülésének alakulása 1999 és 2010 között

Author(s): Judit T. Kiss / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2011

Balancing of Oxidation – Reduction (Redox) Reactions with Higher Boranes Participation: Oxidation Number Method or Material Balance Method

Author(s): Ivan L. Dukov / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2017

As a result of the complex structure of the higher boranes, thebalancing of redox reactions with their participation by the oxidation number methodis connected with the acceptance of non-integer values of the oxidation numbers ofthe boron atoms which is in contradiction with some IUPAC recommendations. Analternative method is the material balance method (algebraic method) based on thenatural law of mass conservation in chemical reactions. Its modified form permitseasy and fast balancing of redox reactions without any restrictions.

BEHAVIOURAL STRATEGIES IN DIFFICULT SOCIAL SITUATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY ART SCHOOLS THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE PREDICTIVE SOFTWARE TOOLS

Author(s): Gabriela Gabrhelová,Imrich Andrejcák,Róbert Zeman / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

This article focuses on the thematic area of program development perspectives within secondary art education with regards to new approaches to how schools operate in the context of education and culture in the world and in Europe. The aims of our article are as follows to analyze as well as to identify behavioral strategies of male and female managers in difficult social situations within the management of the Secondary School of Art. The aims of article are as follows using a standardized questionnaire SVF78 to find out how male and female managers of the Secondary School of Art cope with stressful situations, which strategies they prefer to use and consequently to compare the results with standard results provided in the questionnaire. The article results can be inspirational when dealing with stressful situations in the field of art education and training.

Berufseingliederung der Hochschulabsolventen in der Sowjetunion

Author(s): Leonid Novikov / Language(s): German / Issue: 01/1980

The professional integration of graduates in the Soviet Union reflects various educational and economic policies that characterize the role of higher education in relation to the relationship between skills and employment. The occupational integration process in the Soviet higher education sector, which is based on the manpower approach and is clearly geared to the needs of the economy, is considered to be one of the key indicators of the functioning of this education sector. The analysis of this problematic area touches questions of the economics of education and the economic efficiency of investments in higher education. The study of the professional integration of graduates also makes it possible to raise some questions about the management of the labor force (through physical incentives, etc.) in the production process and service sector under the framework of the "real" socialist social system. This is possible in principle because the planned economic employment system as a whole and taking into account the proportions of specialists with different qualifications with the higher education (and the education system in general) not only interlocked, but also its position in the social system exclusively by its function in the social production is determined.

BIG DATA LEARNING ANALYTICS AND ALGORITHMIC DECISION-MAKING IN DIGITAL EDUCATION GOVERNANCE

Author(s): Raluca Balica / Language(s): English / Issue: 17/2018

This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning digital education governance. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Cowen, Deloitte, Forbes, Global Market Insights, Ironpaper, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, and Statista, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding U.S. artificial intelligence in education market share (by end-use, $ million), how smartphone users benefit from AI: awareness and usage of smartphone applications featuring machine learning (predictive text/route suggestions/voice assistants/voice search/translation apps/voice-to-text/email classification/ automated calendar entries/location-based app suggestions/automated photo classification), industries with the most machine learning talent, ranked by percentage of the total machine learning talent pool (higher education and research/IT and computer software/Internet/ finance and banking/management consulting), sectors targeted by machine learning application developers, and share of participants who believe AI applications will aid global education (by likelihood).