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The article reveals the importance of non-cognitive personality characteristics (NPC) for the successful professional activities of teachers. In the modern teacher training system, the role of the NPC is not estimated enough, the modern models of school and university socialization do not contribute to the successful formation of the NPC. The theoretical discussion of this research paper is based on the results of the mass survey (N = 929) of school principals’ attitudes on NPC. The findings show that school leaders recognize the importance of the NPC for professional success.
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Maternal assistance is a form of special protection of the child separated from the parents; A rich literature, evident from everyday life indicates a higher quality level of child care in this format than other forms of care. Insufficient number of foster carers invites reflection; Too few studies investigate theperception of foster carers about their work, the difficulties they face or the needs they have during such a complex process of caring for a child (Wilson, Sinclair, Gibbs, 2000). We conducted 5 focus groups with 30 participants, nurses aged between 29 and 58 years. We aimed to identify the way they perceive and describe their experience / profession, what are their grievances and what are the skills they must have in order to be considered a good parent. The findings suggest the existence of attitudes confirmed in other previous specialized works, namely, dysfunctions of the protection system, lack of support from social assistance structures, failure to focus on the best interests of the child in making decisions, etc. Dissatisfaction was reported regarding the status of the foster parent profession. It is recommended to be included in the DGASPC strategy, to increase the visibility of the foster care profession as an objective, to inform and sensitize the population about the specifics and complexity of this profession. We suggest ensuring the provision of support services, consultancy and counselling to maternal assistants and improving their dialogue with the staff of the social protection departments.
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The purpose of the study. This article focuses on the role of mindfulness in nutrition in improving teaching in fundamental theoretical and clinical disciplines. The specificity of the topic is an analytical approach to the application method of research – descriptive: comparison-for the analysis, synthesis and generalization of role of mindfulness in nutrition in the possibility of significantly improving the assimilation of the leading theoretical and clinical disciplines with the dominant influence of such spheres of human consciousness as thinking, intelligence. Scientific novelty. For the first time, an original, innovative, alternative approach has been introduced into practice, showing that for a deep understanding of the essence of the disease, for the formation of highly professional competencies, it is expedient to introduce of mindfulness in nutrition to increase the adaptive capacity, stress resistance, restoration of regulation mechanisms of teachers and students in the whole educational process. Conclusion. The introduction of mindfulness in nutrition into the educational process will allow to achieve the leading interests of fundamental theoretical and clinical disciplines of deep knowledge of the General laws of disease development, pre-disease, to ensure their leading role in the formation of students' fundamentals of clinical thinking and improving the quality of the educational process.
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The purpose of the article is to investigate the features of professional training of stage specialists in the context of the development of corporate culture in the information space. The research methodology provides a comprehensive approach using analytical, systematic methods, comparative, which allows to identify the main features and professional competencies that need to be mastered by students as masters of the stage in the development of the information society. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the actualization of professional aesthetic and stage competencies and skills of students of creative specialties, given the entry of the educational process in the information-oriented context of the development of artistic professional education. Conclusions. As a result of the research it was established that the educational and creative process involves the acquisition of aesthetic knowledge by students and the formation of relevant beliefs, needs, interests, habits, skills and abilities in accordance with the demands of the modern information society. The article reveals the concept of aesthetic education of students of art freelance as a purposeful and systematic process of formation of aesthetic concepts, tastes and ideals, attitude to the profession, to nature and art, to society and life, to communication and relationships, development of creative component of professional activity. The value aspect of the new paradigm of creative education directly determines the main tasks and directions of reforming creative education in Ukraine. This applies both to the main goal of the education system (creating conditions for the development and self-realization of each individual as a citizen of Ukraine) and the fundamental principles and priorities of creative development of stage masters.
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The purpose of the article is to analyze the opportunities and prospects for the development of open educational and cultural systems in Ukraine, aimed at meeting the special cultural needs of gifted individuals. The methodology of the research is general scientific principles of systematization and generalization of the researched problem, as well as interdisciplinary approach, which allows to study the problem with wide involvement of scientific achievements from different fields of knowledge, including culturology, art history, theory and practice. socio-cultural activities. Methods of questionnaires, surveys and expert analysis of written documents and video courses revealed the peculiarities of the development of open educational and cultural systems. The scientific novelty of the study is to identify the features of the interaction of a gifted person with artistic culture, opportunities to activate its creative forces and intellectual abilities by engaging in open resources of education and culture. During the research, students of National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts (Kyiv) were involved in working on the platforms "Coursera" and "Prometeus", after which their written feedback was analyzed. A survey of managers and specialists (hereinafter referred to as experts) working in the field of management, planning and development of artistic culture in Ukraine (2,100 respondent experts) was also conducted. The article presents the results of a study of the patterns of functioning of art (past, present and future) in the context of its impact on the cultural development of a gifted person; the possibilities of using the potential of open educational and cultural systems in order to meet the special cultural needs of a gifted person are analyzed. Conclusions. The results of the research work showed that in the process of interaction of a gifted person with art, there are certain problems in activating his creative forces and intellectual abilities, due to limited access to many types of artistic and creative activities in reality during quarantine. To this end, it is necessary to use the potential of open educational and cultural systems online, which contributes to the internalization and exteriorization of cultural values, meeting the cultural and artistic needs of the gifted individual in the structure of his professional activities and daily life; allows to more actively involve the young generation of Ukraine in virtual creativity, artistic design and modeling.
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Relevance of the research topic. Research actuality is predefined by that question of process control of reforms and decentralization of power for the sake of providing of steady development of country the reformation of educational industry is inalienably related to the process. Implementation of strategic tasks of reformation of the system of education, that will provide the increase of its quality and competitiveness, possibility of integration in European and world educational space, are possible only on condition of sufficiency of financial resources for its functioning and development. Thus the problem of sufficiency of the financial support of education remains actual on the modern stage of reformation of administrative-territorial system of the country. Formulation of the problem. One of the forms of financial participation of the state is educational subvention in providing education quality. Educational subvention is funds allocated from the state budget according to a special formula for financing educational institutions. The operating mechanism of its accrual can not be considered optimal. As a result - the volume of educational subvention does not provide a requirement in facilities on the remuneration of labour of pedagogical workers in the field of general secondary education on a due level. Analysis of recent research and publications. Modern aspects of solving the problems of decentralization and reforming the administrative-territorial system in the country are studied by such scientists as Pavlyuk A. P., Oliynyk D. I., Batalov O. A., Datsko O. I., Murkovych L. L., Molodozhen Yu. B. etc. [1-4]. The results of our own research on the problem are given in [5-11]. Selection of unexplored parts of the general problem. As there is a problem of imperfection of determination of educational subvention volume, the consequence of which is lack of money for maintenance of general secondary education in united territorial communities (UTC) on a due level, there is a need for solving the problem of development of system mechanisms of management education financing, as pre-conditions of quality educational services and steady development of society. Problem statement, research goals. By the above-mentioned circumstances the expediency of determination of ways of optimization of the system of calculation of educational subvention volumes is predefined, that would allow to provide the sufficient level of financing of education in united territorial communities (UTC), as the basis of steady development of the UTC. Method and methodology of research. In the process of conducting research, general scientific (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analytical grouping) and special (abstraction, modeling, etc.) methods of studying economic phenomena and processes were used. Presentation of the main material (results of work). A study of efficiency of distribution of educational subvention mechanism between local budgets is conducted on the basis of formula that takes into account many indexes. According to the results of 2018, the following pattern was established: the difference between the actual and estimated class size in a unit is converted at the end of the year in 1 thousand UAH surplus / deficit of educational subvention per student. Imperfection of formula of calculation of sizes of educational subvention is well-proven. It is set that substantial disproportions are, when in one local budgets the educational subvention volumes are sufficient for the legislatively set remuneration of labour, while in others - allowances for the prestige of pedagogical work are reduced, management of offices and workshops and replacement of temporarily absent teachers are not paid, salaries are not provided on time, pedagogical workers are warned about reduction of allowances in the coming months. To imperfection of operating mechanism of educational subvention, data of the analysis of situation conducted by us testify in relation to financing of educational sphere in the Zaporizhzhya area. Conclusions. A study of level of financial sufficiency of educational subvention on the example of the Zaporizhzhya area was conducted, and inefficiency of operating mechanism of financing of education in united territorial communities (UTC) was revealed. It is set that as a result of making alteration to the Budgetary and Tax codes practical steps are done in direction of budgetary decentralization, substantial changes took place in interbudgetary relations and filling of local budgets due to the redistribution of sources of tax receivables between the different levels of the system. But more detailed analysis of possible consequences of realization of some mechanisms specifies on that they restrain development of united territorial communities (UTC), create the threat of them to financial possibility and assist maintenance of inequality and disproportions in development of territories and do impossible providing of steady development to the country. Such an inefficient mechanism is, in our opinion, the current mechanism for providing educational subventions. It is well-proven that one of the reasons, that results in the deficit of educational subvention, next to the optimized not enough network of establishments and presence of schools/of classes with small filled, there is imperfection of formula of distribution of educational subvention that does not take into account part of envisaged normatively-legal acts Ministry of Education and Science educational services in secondary education. Therefore, the volume of the education subvention needs to be revised and the distribution formula improved.
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Introduction. The authors investigate the problem of discrepancy between regulations imposed by Federal state educational and professional standards and professional values and beliefs significant for modern educators. The aim of this article is to define and clarify value-based frameworks from the point of view of modern socio- professional teacher’ community. Materials and Methods. Methodological basis of the present research is a system approach connected with the concept of systemogenesis of the activity, designed by academician V. D. Shadrikov. Adopting the systemogenesis approach to academic research, the authors employed methods of morphological and psychological analysis of teaching and the method of operationalization of existing educational and professional standards, regulating the requirements for the level of teacher education and teacher functions. Empirical data were collected via a questionnaire developed by the authors. In order to process the obtained data, the methods of initial descriptive statistics, correlation, systemic-structural and factor analysis were applied. Results. The research findings show the most important instrumental values for teachers which are closely connected with value-based aims of such categories as ‘child’, ‘environment’ and ‘profession’. The analysis of empirical data highlighted such significant values as ‘profession’, ‘environment’, and ‘child’. The common structure of teachers’ instrumental values consists in significant quality-centered values, less important knowledge-centered values and the least important relationship-centered ones. Therefore, the authors have identified the predominance of external professional values for modern educators. It contradicts the educational standards which emphasize learner-centered approach and focus on fulfilling learners’ potential. Conclusions. The study concludes that socio-professional community of modern teachers does not consider the child as the main priority of teaching. Instead, they emphasize the values of ‘profession’ and ‘environment’.
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Introduction. Why do the ideas about time in ‘The Iliad’ and in the conditions of modern transmission speeds of large flows of information unexpectedly converge, and the key point is the study of the forms of stability of the process in time? What do we really mean by ingrained thinking and sustainable development, and how do they relate to the evolutionary nature of sustainable processes? The purpose of this paper is to present the form of a sustainable process, its constructive deployment in time by means of a natural science analysis. Materials and Methods. Based on the materials and methods of measuring time-varying quantities, as well as set-theoretic prerequisites for branching the process, it is proposed to look for natural scientific grounds for analyzing the sustainable development of trends in culture in general, in information processes and the education system, in particular. Here we will also try to take a well-known point of view (K. Lorentz, I. Prigozhin), when time, irreversibility, randomness in some constructive process relate to inanimate matter, to life, and to human. Results. Based on the analysis carried out by the author, the answer to the question of whether there are natural conditions for the sustainability of the object-process, in what aspect we can discuss the constructiveness of time, the evolutionary rooting of sustainable processes, branching points and the ‘stretching’ of a sustainable educational process into the future is presented. Conclusions. Our ideas about the processes in time and the conditions of their sustainability in the broadest cultural aspect, including the education system, need to be clarified. The constructive deployment of the process in time has its own structure that ensures the evolutionary rooting of the process and, in particular, the educational process.
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Introduction. The paper presents the research findings of investigating the problem of training healthcare leaders in the management of sustainable development. The purpose of the article is to analyze the international practice of training managers in various industries and to assess the effectiveness of using ‘Process Factory’ in the development of professional competencies related to quality management of healthcare settings. Materials and Methods. The study used general empirical and theoretical research methods, general logical methods and techniques, as well as methods of system analysis, comparison and analogy, and generalization. The key criterion for selecting research papers was focusing on the problems of training healthcare managers in the quality of medical care in the context of sustainable development management. In order to solve this problem, a business game called ‘Quality management of medical care’ based on the ‘Process Factory’ was developed. The empirical data were processed using a standard software package. Results. The authors have identified the following problems in the quality of training healthcare managers: low involvement in the educational process, denial of the best experiences, and an authoritarian management style. At the same time, the research has shown that managers need professional competencies in the field of analysis of multifactor processes, team management, projects, skills to integrate strategic development tasks into the current activities of the organization. The business game developed by the authors is based on the model of training in ‘learning factories’ as the foundation for training in lean manufacturing. Using the business game has led to the following outcomes: the interest of trainees increased by 9 times, involvement in the educational process-by 20 times, mastering skills – by 2 times, performing skills – by 8 times, readiness to apply the obtained skills – by 17 times. Conclusions. The article concludes that the constant implementation of changes in the healthcare system requires non-standard solutions from the leaders. The conducted educational experiment showed that the proposed educational technology makes it possible to model various situations in the learning environment. In the process of conducting a business game, the leader acquires competencies aimed at conflict management, encouragement of personnel, and receiving reliable information about the activities of the healthcare organization.
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Introduction. This study analyses how changing requirements for results and processes of general education determine new or updated roles and responsibilities of teachers in the context of building a qualification framework in the field of education. The purpose of the research is to develop and test a technology for modeling roles and responsibilities and corresponding professional qualifications of general education teachers determined by changing requirements of the labor market and employers. Materials and Methods. The study follows the process approach and methodology of structural and functional analysis of professional practice. The authors applied the following research methods: modeling, questionnaires, approbation, comparative analysis, generalization, classification, interpretation as well as methods of graphical representation of information in data processing and interpretation. In order to collect empirical data, the authors developed a questionnaire through modeling roles and responsibilities of teaching staff based on legislative materials as well as theoretical and practical evidence reflecting the requirements for processes and results of general education in the Russian Federation. Results. The article presents a technology for modeling prospective roles and responsibilities and corresponding professional qualifications of general education teachers developed and tested by the authors. The system of current roles and responsibilities of subject teachers, class teachers and academic counselors has been established. The authors developed a set of prospective roles and responsibilities for education practitioners, the institutionalization of which is required for an appropriate response of a general education setting to changing requirements for processes and results of its work. The study reveals how employers evaluate the importance of current roles and responsibilities of education practitioners and the demand for prospective ones. The authors summarize the ideas of employers about pursuing a career in the field of education. The study reveals an apparent discrepancy between the employers’ recognition of diversification of professional activities within educational settings and the stable professional and social stereotype of a ‘universal teacher’. The hypothesis about the hybridization of teachers’ roles and responsibilities as a basic way of developing the qualification framework in the field of education has been tested and confirmed. Conclusions. The efficiency of the developed technology for modeling prospective roles and responsibilities and corresponding professional qualifications of general education teachers in accordance with the changing requirements of the labor market has been proved.
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The paper observes and critically analyzes the implications of neoliberal ideology in the field of higher education. In recent years neoliberalism is dominating in social, economic, political, cultural, and educational institutions around the world. Starting thesis is that neoliberalism has changed the purpose, structure, identity and priorities of higher education. While in the past the humanistic purpose of higher education prevailed, today economic terms such as efficiency, mobility, competitiveness, and the market are often used to define educational goals. Knowledge is understood as a product in the market, and students as consumers. The influences of neoliberal ideology in higher education needs to be critically considered. Questions are asked: What should be the purpose of higher education? What is the value of knowledge? Should knowledge be equally accessible to all according to ability? What values should be promoted in our education systems? Reducing educational goals only to economic ones diminishes the quality of education and question the humanistic ideal of education. If we want to have a society in which individuals will be self-actualized people who think critically and who are willing to actively participate in creating benefits for all citizens, educational policies in the field of higher education should align humanistic and economic goals.
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Introduction. Purchasing power of national currency varies widely across countries and regions, thus inter-regional comparisons pose a problem of financial and economic indicators comparability. In Russia, this issue is being currently solved by using the state budget expenditures index and the cost of a fixed set of goods and services (consumer basket) calculated for each region. The aim of this article is to propose and evaluate an alternative method of improving the accuracy of inter-regional price differentiation estimates. Materials and Methods. This study is based on the research investigation by Costa et al (2019) conducted on a sample of more than 300 regions of OECD countries. Relying on that research, the authors collected relevant data on Russian regions and analyzed a multiple linear regression model. Within the model, a consumer basket cost was a dependent variable, and the average income, the share of industry and the share of services in gross regional product were considered as independent variables. Results. The parameters of the model revealed an acceptable level of its explanatory power (R2 = 0.76), as well as a significant influence of all factors. Applying the model, the authors received the predicted consumer basket cost. Both types of the consumer basket costs (actual and predicted) were correlated with the external factors of regional price differentiation, selected from the literature as evaluation criteria: transport infrastructure quality, social inequality level, market competition level, regional fiscal policy, etc. The analysis revealed that significant correlations with the external parameters were higher for the predicted consumer basket cost as compared to the actual one. The possibility of using the results of this study to improve the accuracy of the comparative interregional analysis of financial and economic indicators is illustrated by the example of comparing the nominal and calculated adjusted values of teachers’ average salary in all regions of the Russian Federation. Conclusions. The findings suggest that the predicted consumer basket cost allows to conduct more accurate assessment of the differences in the national currency purchasing power in Russian regions. The results of the study can be used to improve the accuracy in comparative inter-regional investigations of financial and economic indicators.
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Introduction. The article summarizes the results of studying the process of students’ adaptation to the learning environment in a wide range of degree programmes provided by higher educational institutions. The purpose of the article is to identify the characteristic features of students’ psychophysiological adaptation to the learning environment, taking into account the peculiarities of autonomic regulation, with the subsequent assessment of the effectiveness of using RSA-BFB therapy. Materials and Methods. The study involved 209 second-year medical and biological students. The study of neurodynamic characteristics was carried out using an automated psychophysiological complex. Heart rate variability indicators were evaluated by means of cardiorhythmography. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the mean values and identified the correlation between neurodynamic characteristics and indicators of heart rate variability of students doing academic degrees in various fields. RSA-BFB therapy was used to increase students’ adaptive capabilities. Results. The characteristic features of adaptive reactions were revealed depending on the initial vegetative tone and the type of functional response. The combination of psychophysiological and medico-biological constitutional approaches used in the work enabled the authors to expand and clarify the ideas about the mechanism of the functional self-regulation system and classify the types of adaptive reactions in the process of educational: adaptive, compensatory and maladaptive. After the RSA-BFB therapy for students prone to maladaptive reactions, in comparison with the control group, there was an improvement in the strength of the nervous system and the mobility of nervous processes. Using RSA-BFB therapy contributed to overcoming chronic stress and developing reaction patterns inherent in adaptive types. Conclusions. The use of RSA-biofeedback therapy, taking into account the individual-typological characteristics, has contributed to balancing ergotropic and trophotropic processes, restoring the body's functional reserves and improving the efficiency of adaptation to learning environment.
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The concept of social pedagogy can be studied from different perspectives and with diverse foci. According to Eriksson & Markström (2000) there are three main ways to study the phenomenon of social pedagogy: as an area of expertise, academic subject or professional action. In this article the main focus is on social pedagogy as an area of expertise or in other words its knowledge field and territory. Alternatively, according to Brante (2003) the core, the periphery and limits of social pedagogy.
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Recent research speaks of a 40% decrease in empathy in the last 20 years, especially among young people. Some experts believe that this decline is related to the penetration of digital technology and the Internet in the world and life of contemporary man. The conclusion of the specialists is that, using the benefits of digital technology, we must cultivate our real, living relationships in the concrete world in which we live, and by no means those developed in the shadow of the screens and in the shelter of anonymity.
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Today we work in the knowledge economy. Whoever owns the information, implicitly has economic power. In this research, we have looked at the migration of human capital and international talent flows through the prism of the educational systems of various countries. The object of our research is human capital, talents and their flows. As research methods we mainly used observation, comparison, analysis, synthesis and inductive reasoning. Inter alia, we have set out to tackle the causes of mass migration, including of the brain drain, and the consequences of these phenomena on the development of various states. We examined how the educational systems of the countries of the world influence the international talent flows, and what is the role of quality education. The paper can serve as an indicative map on the subject of international talent flows and will be particularly useful for researching both the international economic relations, and the global economic issues.
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This article investigates the validation of the internationalization imperative in higher education institutions of the Nordic countries. These countries have achieved significant successes in the economic and social fields, and at the same time, like Poland, have a semi-peripheral status in relation to the world’s empires of knowledge. Therefore, their strategies can provide an interesting frame of reference for the phenomena taking place in our country. In the analysis I focus on the goals and motives of activities supporting internationalization, but also on the manner of their habitualization and institutionalization in the practice of organizational management in higher education. In particular, I take up the issue of the legitimization of institutional changes by means of rationalized myths that create durable dispositions for specific practices, changes in the procedures, and attitudes in a given socio-political setting. I draw empirical examples from the Nordic countries to show the reasons for this state of affairs, as well as practical solutions and strategies developed under semi-peripheral conditions. I conclude by pointing to the latest trends in the Nordic internationalization policy that may be an inspiration or a reason for reflection for other countries.
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This article presents an analysis of discourse created by the authorities around the reform of education in Poland from 2017, using Critical Discourse analysis as the research method. In the first part, a few sociological concepts from the field of education that were useful in creation of analytical categories are discussed. The second part presents the theoretical assumptions of CaD and the conceptualization of the analysis, as well as research questions and hypotheses. The third part is devoted to the actual analysis of chosen discourse fragments, followed by the results of the analysis.
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