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Preventive Risk Management of Resource Allocation in Romanian Higher Education by Assessing Relative Performance of Study Programs with DEA Method
Authors: Olariu Gabriela Vica , Brad Stelian
Published: October 2022

Risk management is a key activity in every organization. The identification and evaluation of all risks in higher education institutions lead to the continuous monitoring of investments in people, high technology, and innovation. This paper evaluates the relative efficiency of study programs in Romanian higher education using the DEA method. This study is based on 38 study programs from a public university in Romania, using a traditional DEA approach: CRS-DEA and VRS-DEA models, with an output orientation for three academic years (2016–2019). To avoid distortions in the efficiency scores, we decided to implement the bootstrap method to correct DEA efficiencies. The results show that only four study programs were efficient during this period under the CRS-DEA approach, and eight study programs were efficient under the VRS-DEA model. According to scale efficiency and the bootstrap method, the results also showed that four study programs were efficient during the period analyzed. Finally, we observed that the inefficiency of study programs is relatively persistent (89%), compared with efficient DMUs (11%). Based on these findings, higher education institutions should consider the possibility of increasing the quality of study programs correlated with the degree of attractiveness of various programs in the current socio-economic environment.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls Interactions with Water—Characterization Based on the Analysis of Non-Covalent Interactions and Energy Partitioning
Authors: Wojtkowiak Kamil , Panek Jarosław J. , Jezierska Aneta
Published: October 2022

Although polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been long banned from use, both they and dioxins are still considered persistent organic pollutants. The reason is twofold: their relative inertness (especially to oxidation) and their ability to accumulate in fat tissue. The current study sheds light on the interactions of PCBs with water, chlorine, and chlorine dioxide. Necessary insight is gained from Atoms in Molecules (AIM) and Non-Covalent Interactions (NCI) index and analyses for the 1:1 complexes of PCBs with water and chlorine (Cl2) molecules. Further, Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory (SAPT) calculations reveal the strength and nature of the intermolecular interactions, and the presence of halogen bonding is demonstrated in AIM, NCI, and SAPT studies. The stability of water, chlorine, and chlorine dioxide (ClO2) complexes with PCBs is discussed using the supramolecular MP2 approach. Finally, analysis of microsolvation shells of PCBs showed the origins of the hydrophobicity and environmental persistence of these chemicals. Our results are applicable to the sustainability of water treatment strategies providing a description of forces and interactions at the molecular level.
Spatiotemporal Response of Ecosystem Service Values to Land Use Change in Xiamen, China
Authors: Zhang Tianhai , Qu Yaqin , Liu Yang , Yan Guanfeng , Foliente Greg
Published: October 2022

This research aims to identify the key indicators of land-use change that affect ecosystem service in the coastal city of Xiamen. The methods of transfer matrix and land-use dynamic degree are used to analyze land-use change, and the spatial distribution of ecosystem service values (ESV) is mapped from 1989 to 2018 using cluster analysis. During this 30-year period, the built-up land expanded rapidly through occupation of farmland and landfilling of the watershed. The biggest contribution to the reduction of ESV in this stage is the loss of farmland followed by the loss of watershed. By 2018, the spatial distribution of ESV had become very unbalanced and polarized. The high-value areas are mainly distributed in the northern mountainous areas, with the low-value areas concentrated in the flat areas near the coastline, and only a few medium-value areas of ESV remained. Generally, from 1989 to 2018, the ESV in Xiamen decreased by about CNY 200 million in total, with the largest proportion of ESV reduction (CNY 120 million) occurring in the 2000–2010 period. Considering ESV categories, the significant reduction of Regulating Service (53.5–57.8%) was mainly due to the loss of water areas (CNY −70 million) to low ESV areas (built-up land) in urbanization, followed by the loss of farmland (CNY −50 million). This means that Xiamen should strengthen the protection of ecological lands in future urban planning to alleviate and reverse the current ecological imbalance.
X-Education: Education of All Things with AI and Edge Computing—One Case Study for EFL Learning
Authors: Hwang Wu-Yuin , Nurtantyana Rio
Published: October 2022

Education usually only focuses on how to educate human beings with pedagogical or technical support. However, with artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing, education can be extended and considered not only to educate human beings but also all things, such as physical or digital things. In this study, all things are given the opportunity to learn more about themselves and build their knowledge through interactions with other things, people, and AI agents. Thus, the X-Education framework is proposed in this study for educating all things, including human beings, physical, digital, and AI agents. One preliminary study for EFL writing was conducted to investigate not only whether all things can speed up their knowledge but also whether EFL learners as humans can also obtain the benefits of using X-Education. Further, the forwarding mechanisms of questioning and answering (Q&A) were designed to speed up interactions among all things. In total, 22 learners were divided into two groups, the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG), with/without the Q&A forwarding mechanisms, respectively. A mixed-method approach with the two experimental phases was used in this study. The results showed that the knowledge of all things in the EG increased significantly more than the CG. Moreover, the EG received better EFL answers from the on-device AI with the forwarding mechanisms. They also felt that X-Education could help them to learn EFL writing better through Q&A. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that X-Education can accommodate not only humans but also all things to improve their knowledge.
Study on Phosphorus Removal Pathway in Constructed Wetlands with Thermally Modified Sepiolite
Authors: Gao Pan , Zhang Chao
Published: October 2022

Constructed wetlands, as natural sewage treatment ecosystems, have been widely used in the fields of rural domestic sewage and sewage plant tailwater treatment. However, the synchronous removal of phosphorus in most constructed wetlands is not ideal. This study aimed to prepare thermally modified sepiolites with high phosphorus adsorption capacities and design a constructed wetland based on them. Thermal modification was adopted to enhance the adsorption capacity of sepiolite based on its high specific surface area and ion exchange capacity. The physicochemical properties and adsorption performance of thermally modified sepiolite were studied. The results showed that the specific surface area and adsorption capacity of thermally modified sepiolite were higher than those of natural sepiolite, reaching 19.494 mg·g−1. The concentration of effluent and the removal of constructed wetlands based on thermally modified sepiolite was 0.07 mg·g−1 and 91.05%. An analysis of the phosphorus forms in constructed wetlands proved that the main phosphorus removal pathway is the adsorption of substrate, and the form of phosphorus was mainly Ca/Mg-P and Fe/Al-P.
Is Self-Efficacy for Exercise Predictive of Leisure-Time Physical Activity among Police Officers? A Pilot Study
Authors: Streetman Aspen E. , Becker Alex , Mailey Emily L. , Heinrich Katie M.
Published: October 2022

Leisure-time moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is an essential indicator of overall health. Given the physical nature of police work, it is critical to understand variables that predict officers’ engagement in MVPA. Self-efficacy for exercise (SEE) may be a variable directly related to officer engagement in MVPA. This study aims to examine the relationship between SEE and MVPA among police officers in two departments in a small urban midwestern city. A cross-sectional survey was completed by 32 officers (male = 26, female = 6; aged 35.9 ± 7.1 years). Regression analysis was performed to explore how anthropometric and demographic variables affected SEE’s ability to predict MVPA. When combined with SEE, the model containing age had the highest predictive ability of officers’ engagement in MVPA (p = 0.011; adjusted R2 = 0.2145). Adding other predictor variables reduced the model’s ability to predict MVPA. SEE significantly predicted officers’ engagement in MVPA when age was added as a predictor variable. SEE alone could not predict officers’ engagement in MVPA, but adding other variables besides age to the model did not improve its predictive ability in our study. Police organizations should explore wellness initiatives that increase officers’ SEE and promote MVPA, particularly as officers age.
Harnessing Residual Biomass as a Renewable Energy Source in Colombia: A Potential Gasification Scenario
Authors: Pérez-Rodríguez Claudia Patricia , Ríos Luis Alberto , Duarte González Carmen Sofía , Montaña Andres , García-Marroquín Catalina
Published: October 2022

Currently, developing new or more efficient ways of producing bioenergy has caused governments from around the world to formulate compromises. These compromises translate, on a national scale, into government policies and strategies that aim to decarbonize the energy matrix of each country. The first step for efficient development is the quantification and energy-potential characterization of the available biomass. Using this framework, this study establishes the energy potential of the residual biomass produced by agricultural, agro-industrial, and forestry processes in Colombia, with gasification being the selected transformation technology. For this purpose, data from primary and secondary sources were analyzed. Next, some biomasses were prioritized according to their availability and physicochemical properties. Then, the theoretical energy potential of the total biomass produced in these productive sectors was estimated by using its physicochemical properties. The technical biomass–energy potential of the country (204.8–235.3 PJ) was estimated by considering the current level of unused biomass and evaluating the logistics and conditioning requirements of the gasification process, while accounting for the peaks and off-peaks of production in the country. Thus, if all the biomasses were processed in a gasification plant (22.2–24.0% efficiency), as proposed in this study, then the installed capacity—if the plant-use factor was 85%—would range between 1696.7–2111.3 MW. The results of the present research were validated by representatives of unions, companies, and government entities.
Simultaneity in Renewable Building Energy Supply—A Case Study on a Lecturing and Exhibition Building on a University Campus Located in the Cfb Climate Zone
Authors: Gehlert Gunther , Wiegand Marlies , Lymar Mariya , Huusmann Stefan
Published: October 2022

A major issue in the renewable energy supply of buildings is to establish a simultaneity of the fluctuating renewable energy generation and the energy consumption in buildings. This work provides a new case for a better understanding of how to establish this simultaneity. Future solutions are being explored in practice on the campus of the FH Westküste University of Applied Sciences in the Lecturing and Exhibition Building (LEB). The motivation was to design and operate a case building for research in energy science for teaching the bachelor’s program Green Building Systems as well as for demonstration purposes for the general public. With a floor space of 207 m, the LEB is supplied with renewable energy from the adjacent energy park consisting of a 10 kW wind turbine and photovoltaic modules with 10 kWp. The heat and cold generation system consists of two reversible heat pumps: one is an air–water heat pump with approx. 7 kW heating and 6 kW cooling power, and the second is a brine–water heat pump with approx. 8 kW heating power and a depth of the two boreholes of 80 m. To match the energy generation and the energy consumption, different kinds of storage units, i.e., batteries with 3 × 8 kWh and storage tanks with 1000 L heat storage and 600 L cold storage, were installed as well as a smart automation system with a database. This paper evaluates measurement data from 2021. It is demonstrated that a fully renewable energy supply of the building is possible for most of the time from spring to autumn. In winter, an additional long-term energy storage, e.g., hydrogen, is necessary for certain days.
Is PET an Adequate Index to Determine Human Thermal Comfort in Mexico City?
Authors: Ballinas Monica , Morales-Santiago Sara Ivonne , Barradas Victor L. , Lira Adriana , Oliva-Salinas Gerardo
Published: October 2022

The urban heat island (UHI) is mostly due to urbanization. This phenomenon in concert with the high temperatures caused by global climate change may profoundly affect human thermal comfort, which can influence human productivity and morbidity especially in spring/summer period. The main objective of this investigation was to determine changes in degree of thermal comfort of Mexico City’s inhabitants and compare it with the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) to evaluate whether PET and its categorization are adequate to be applied in Mexico City. A series of microclimatological measurements to estimate PET were made at four sites including the city’s center. Concomitantly, a series of surveys of thermal perception were applied to 1300 passersby. The results show that PET has increased from 1990 to 2020 from 0.1208 °C/year to 0.1498 °C/year in the study sites, in addition to overestimating the degree of thermal comfort of people according to the stablished categories or classes. It is concluded that it is necessary to adjust thermal stress categories. Knowing the percentages of people without thermal comfort will lead us to determine different ranges in environmental parameters to define an acceptable environment for most people.
Field and Economic Studies on Mine Waste: Sustainable Reuse as Aggregates for Low Traffic Pavement Structure
Authors: Amrani Mustapha , Taha Yassine , Kchikach Azzouz , Benzaazoua Mostafa , Hakkou Rachid
Published: October 2022

The phosphate extraction and processing has followed a traditional linear consumption model, where wastes are continuously produced and surface land is filled in rock piles. Thus, to promote a circular economy in a mining context, more eco-friendly and sustainable solutions at the regional level are needed. This paper deals with the potential utilization of phosphate screening waste rock 0–100 mm (SWR) as alternative aggregates for pavement applications. Detailed in situ and laboratory tests have been made for SWR characterization, and the practical modalities of implementation have been defined. The findings proved that SWR (10–100 mm) materials can be successfully used without treatment in capping layer construction for low-volume traffic pavement projects. Due to its high apatite content, the remaining fraction (0–10 mm) can be exploited to recover the residual phosphate using the processing method that is currently followed by the mining company. Furthermore, the environmental investigations showed that SWR does not present any potential contamination risk to the surrounding environment. The economic feasibility analysis confirmed the workability of SWR reuse in a radius of 100 km around their dumps due to its lower cost compared to conventional aggregates. This simple amendment may ensure a smooth transition from a current linear extractive approach to a circular economy.
Herding Behavior in the Market for Green Cryptocurrencies: Evidence from CSSD and CSAD Approaches
Authors: Lobão Júlio
Published: October 2022

Green cryptocurrencies have been recently created to reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution by adopting alternative mining practices. This paper examines for the first time the market of green cryptocurrencies for indication of herding behavior in the period of January 2017–June 2022. By using two measures that capture the proximity of asset returns from the market consensus, we conclude that herding behavior among investors in green cryptocurrencies was absent in the whole sample. However, the results of a subsample analysis and rolling window regression show that herding dynamics varied significantly throughout the sample period. The recent COVID-19 pandemic amplified the observed levels of herding behavior, suggesting that opportunities for diversification for investors operating in this market may have become more limited lately. For this reason, financial regulators should focus on the market of green cryptocurrencies if they want to promote the market’s efficiency necessary to attract additional investors.
Flood Susceptibility in the Lower Course of the Coyuca River, Mexico: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Model
Authors: Morales-Ruano José Vladimir , Reyes-Umaña Maximino , Sandoval-Vázquez Francisco Rubén , Arellano-Wences Hilda Janet , González-González Justiniano , Rodríguez-Alviso Columba
Published: October 2022

Flooding due to climate change is recurrent and has intensified in the lower course of the Coyuca River. This paper implements a multivariate analysis, including conditioning and triggering factors to develop flood susceptibility mapping in an information-deprived region to help prevent/mitigate flooding. Flood-susceptible areas were identified using the multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methodology, specifically, with the hierarchy analysis process (AHP). Four conditioning and one triggering influence factors were analyzed. The influence weights of each variable were determined using Saaty’s methodology (AHP). Thematic maps for each variable were created and multiplied by their influence value using the raster calculator and added to their variable group to obtain the flood susceptibility map. The findings showed that the susceptibility to flooding was very high in 41.82%, high in 35.95%, medium in 21.25% and low in 0.98% of the study areas. It was revealed that 44.44% of the localities occupy areas of very high susceptibility to flooding. Susceptibility increases in the localities closest to the river.
OUV Analysis and Global Comparative Study of Karakoram-Pamir World Natural Heritage Potential Area
Authors: Xu Ruiyao , Yang Zhaoping , Xu Xiaoliang
Published: October 2022

The analysis and global comparison of World Natural Heritage values are important for the assessment of World Natural Heritage and are relevant for the sustainable development of the nominated potential areas. Pamir Plateau, known as the “Spring Ridge”, with the world’s largest mountain junction—Pamir mountain junction—is known as the ancestor of mountains and the source of rivers. The nominated Karakorum-Pamir site was inscribed on the World Heritage Tentative List in 2010. In this paper, the characteristics of heritage resources in two areas of the Karakoram-Pamir heritage potential area are systematically analyzed according to the standard of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of world heritage by comprehensive analysis and geographical comparison. It puts forward that the aesthetics, geology, and biological ecology of this region are of global outstanding universal value. It is concluded that the Karakoram-Pamir Heritage Potential area meets the criteria of world natural Heritage (VII), (VIII), and (X). By comparing with 15 large mountain heritages listed in the World Heritage list, it is concluded that the Karakoram-Pamir area in Xinjiang has an OUV of world heritage and a potential of declaring world natural heritage. This study lays a scientific foundation for the declaration of Xinjiang Karakoram-Pamir as a World Heritage site.
Application of Sensory Marketing Techniques at Marengo, a Small Sustainable Men’s Fashion Store in Spain: Based on the Hulten, Broweus and van Dijk Model
Authors: Jiménez-Marín Gloria , Alvarado María del Mar Ramírez , González-Oñate Cristina
Published: October 2022

(1) Background: the present research addresses sensory marketing to check its possible potential in making the consumer shopping experience in physical points of sale more sustainable and efficient, both for potential buyers and for the selling company. (2) Aims: the main purpose of this study is to check whether, by applying sensory marketing and merchandising techniques in a shop, the business can be more economically profitable and, thus, make it more sustainable. The main objective is, therefore, to find out how consumers respond to different communication strategies in an experimental men’s fashion shop located in a Spanish municipality. (3) Methodology: researchers adapted the so-called Sensory Marketing Model to a real case. Based on scientific evidence and documentary review, an experiment of implementation of sensory marketing tactics (visual, sound, olfactory and haptic) and its subsequent quantitative analysis based on the before-after, cause-effect relationship was carried out. (4) Results: the results obtained shed light on the importance of sensory marketing, as this study showed a considerable increase in sales, customer retention and customer satisfaction in the shop, following the deployment of appropriate sensory marketing strategies. (5) Conclusions: the Sensory Marketing Model is valid and reliable for implementation, not only to increase sales, but also to make the store more sustainable, as all actions carried out involved a decrease in material resources typical of retail shops.
Selection of Renewables for Economic Regions with Diverse Conditions: The Case of Azerbaijan
Authors: Nuriyev Mahammad , Mammadov Jeyhun , Nuriyev Aziz , Mammadov Joshgun
Published: October 2022

The objective of this paper is to study the specifics of the selection of renewables for regions of Azerbaijan with diverse conditions. Information is obtained through the analysis of the regions’ conditions and experts’ opinions. Analysis reveals that geographical position, diversity of natural resources, and a variety of other factors of the five economic regions of the country require subdivision of these regions in the selection of renewables. Given that the selection of renewables is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) task under a high degree of uncertainty, Z-number-based models have been developed, and Z-extension of the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method has been used. Solutions have been derived based on direct calculations with Z-numbers. In this paper, results obtained for two regions are presented. In the case of one region, for the first part (mountains and foothill) of the Karabakh economic region, renewables are ranked as hydro, solar, and wind. For the second part (plain), the ranking is as follows: solar, hydro, and wind. For the Guba-Khachmaz economic region, the rankings of renewables for parts of the region are also different: the wind is preferable for the seaside, and solar is more appropriate for the foothills. Results show that in the case of uneven distribution of renewables and significant differences in factors influencing decision-making, it is necessary to subdivide economic regions and use different models for the selection of renewables.
Does Land Certification Mitigate the Negative Impact of Weather Shocks? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Authors: Solomon Haddis , Kijima Yoko
Published: October 2022

This study examines the effects of weather shocks on household consumption and how the land registration and certification program facilitate coping strategies to mitigate the negative income shocks. Using the difference-in-differences (DID) approach and household panel data from Ethiopia, we find that weather shocks negatively affected household consumption expenditure. As expected, households are not able to protect themselves from weather shocks. However, the land certification program facilitated coping strategies (obtaining credit and receiving gifts and assistance from informal sources) to mitigate the negative effect on food consumption against weather shocks. This effect is only found among smaller landowners. Therefore, the program is pro-poor and beneficial for improving the welfare of poorer households and protecting vulnerable households from entering into poverty traps.
Confront or Comply? Managing Social Risks in China’s Urban Renewal Projects
Authors: Mai Yetong , Wu Junzhu , Zhang Qianying , Liang Qiqi , Ma Yingying , Liu Zhuojun
Published: October 2022

Social sustainability is a major concern of planners and local officials when urban renewal projects are being conducted. Extreme individualism can potentially cause conflicts of interest, making urban renewal in Western cities fraught with various types of social risks. As a country with a deep-rooted socialist tradition, urban renewal projects in China are influenced by collectivist culture and show different features from those of the West. The objective of this research is to investigate how different stakeholders in urban redevelopment projects, including local residents, social organizations, the local state, and developers, interact with each other and how the associated social risks are hedged against. Using a recent well-known project in the city of Guangzhou, the authors attempt to present the latest progress in social risk management in China. With support from a government-sponsored project, the authors have conducted a questionnaire-based survey with a year-long fieldwork follow-up. Using ATLAS.ti software, we found that that “residents’ demand”, “status of collaboration”, and “degree of trust” are the keys to risk management. The results of an ordered probit model show that residents are worried about overall planning, the relocation timetable, and whether their personal needs are taken into account. It is also indicated that the timely disclosure of project information, high-quality public participation, and a reasonable compensation plan can possibly boost the support rate. The authors suggest that utilizing China’s collectivist culture could be an effective way to mitigate social risks, and residents’ personal interests should also be respected.
Institutions of War and Peace
Authors:   Moscow State University, M. V. Lomonosov, Moscow, Grishaeva L. E.
Published: October 2022

The author conducts a comparative analysis of international institutions that emerged as a result of two world wars in the twentieth century — the League of Nations and the United Nations, and shows their fundamental diff erence. The author rightly believes that the League of Nations was unable to prevent the Second World War due to the imperfection of its Charter and the lack of universal principles embodied in it. These shortcomings, according to the author, were due to the instability of the Versailles-Washington system, which failed to overcome the contradictions that later led to a new world war. Unlike the League of Nations, the United Nations, established after the Second World War, was able to take into account the systemic shortcomings that were originally embedded in the statutory principles of the former organization. The author focuses on the "veto" rule, which is the fundamental principle of the UN Charter, and shows its fundamental diff erence from the principle of "liberum veto" of the Statute of the League of Nations, which allowed any dissenting state to block a decision regarding the defi nition of a threat to peace and condone aggressor countries to freely exercise their expansionist plans. The author takes into account that the UN is an organization of the “nuclear age”, since the Yalta system determined the status of permanent members of the Security Council as victors in World War II and leading nuclear powers in the UN Charter. The author argues that complex international confl ict situations can only be resolved through the joint eff orts of the world community. With the help of various international mechanisms, regional confl icts must be resolved by political and diplomatic methods, and they must not be allowed to develop into a global confl ict, since a new world confl ict in the context of globalization can only be at the nuclear level. The UN Charter lays down the principles for resolving international regional problems and their settlement by political means. The author comes to the conclusion, that the United Nations is a stable international institution to prevent a new world war and maintain international security. Unlike the League of Nations, which failed to prevent the Second World War, the UN is an institution for actually preventing world crises and building a new post-war world order, which has been ensuring the sustainable development of mankind without global wars for more than 75 years.
INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGICAL MANAGEMENT AS EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
Authors: BABENKO I. , SHKOLJAR S. , DZEKUN Y.
Published: October 2022

The article considers innovative pedagogical management as a means of transforming pedagogical systems into a qualitatively new state, as a tool for building a new, more prosperous and developed society as a whole. The main changes that every manager needs to make if he wants his educational institution to be able to fully realize its potential are outlined.

Innovative pedagogical management involves solving two interrelated tasks: first, the management of technological, organizational and economic innovations; secondly, managing the process of development and distribution of new highly effective pedagogical technologies, new methods, techniques and tools of teaching, education and personal development. Its characteristic features are systemic, collegiality, democracy, flexibility in the preparation, adoption and implementation of management decisions and more.

In today's dynamic environment, the long-term effectiveness of the educational institution is increasingly dependent on targeted changes that are continuous, affecting the mode of its operation by the management of controlled adjustments to preset statistical indicators. To achieve recognition and satisfaction of students, parents, the public, the head of a modern educational institution must not only create a functioning system that works in a certain, consistently repetitive mode, but also be able to update it and thus bring it into dynamic balance or harmony with changing environments.

The authors study the process of creating and using educational innovations, emphasizing the importance of translating it from spontaneous to purposeful, planned. It is shown that the main directions and tasks of innovative management should be considered: development and implementation of a unified innovation policy; defining a system of strategies, projects, programs; resource provision and control over the course of innovation activity; training and education of teachers; formation of target teams, groups that implement solutions to innovation projects, creating an innovation environment.

The content of innovative pedagogical management in the educational institution involves, firstly, a targeted policy on the organization of education based on new information technologies in traditional educational institutions, and secondly, the development of new types of organizational structures, institutional forms characteristic of modern education. Formation and development of the system of innovative pedagogical management is evolutionary in nature and is achieved through the coordinated actions of the entire teaching staff.
TOWARDS LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL SPACE: TEACHERS’ IN-SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVANTS’ TRAINING IN THE SYSTEM OF ADULTS EDUCATION
Authors: BODYK O. , SHEREDEKA G. , SALAHUB L.
Published: October 2022

This article focuses on the implementation of digitalization and its features into the teachers’ in-service and civil servants’ training in the context of modern Ukrainian postgraduate pedagogical education. It is one of the actual themes and important necessities of the present situation.

The main objective of the study is to summarize and generalize the practical experience of Ukrainian scientists on the peculiarities of in-service training of subject teachers and civil servants and to find effective mechanisms for working with adults in the digital space.

To achieve the objective some problems have been solved such as: to analyze technical ability and accessibility to work in modern online and offline conditions during teachers' in-service training, to determine the steps of actions while introducing the online educational hub platform. It was stated that the process should be focused on participants’ hard and soft-skills development.

While writing this article the following research methods have been used: 1) theoretical: system analysis, abstraction, generalization, comparison, systematization and classification of the received information and its interpretation; 2) empirical: method of survey and questionnaire, method of comparative analysis of the obtained results, expert evaluation.

The conclusions show that a modern educational environment should consist of two components: an online platform that will accelerate training services provision and an educational hub equipped with up-to-date facilities. It will also help us to promote the Institute's educational services not only online but offline using modern educational methodologies. In general, the project will promote more active cooperation between territorial communities’ of Ukraine.
TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CASE STUDIES IN CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY LECTURERS
Authors: BORM J. , GRYNOVA M. , LUNYOVA T. , KOHUT I.
Published: October 2022

The article addresses the issue of developing a continuing professional development programme (CPD) for university lecturers that will embrace a cross-disciplinary approach to case studies. First, it dwells upon the research and reflections in the domains of CPD for educators, cross-disciplinarity in science and case study as a methodology and builds upon the relevant benchmarking findings within the UTTERLY project. Then, it provides reflections on the UTTERLY project CPD course that had the case of the Arctic studies in the University of Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines in its core and required the application of the cross-disciplinary approach on the part of the course participants. Further on, the conceptual background for the arguments in favour of the cross-disciplinary approach to case studies included into CPD programmes is sought for in Humboldtian model of higher education and Jean Malaurie’s idea and ideal of the university. Arguments to advocate the application of a cross-disciplinary approach to case studies included into a CPD programme are put forward. It is suggested that the conceptual framework for cross-disciplinary approach to case studies in continuing professional development of university lecturers should be grounded upon the concepts of “flexibility”, “holistic approach”, “appreciation of diversity”, and “attention to the uniqueness of needs of educators and their students”.
RESEARCH-EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MODEL OF STEP-BY-STEP PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR THE FORMATION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: VOLYK I.
Published: October 2022

The article describes the results of a research-experimental test of the effectiveness of the future teacher training model for the formation of civic responsibility of elementary school students in the educational process. The model and pedagogical conditions of training of this type are presented. The results of the complex effects of all components of the developed model on the preparation of students for the formation of civic responsibility in students are characterized: conceptual-purpose, content, procedural, diagnostic-resultative and organizational-pedagogical conditions of successful training of this type. Three stages of research and experimental work are revealed: adaptation (object-subject adaptation to learning to fulfill normative requirements of civil society, independent socially significant activity); individualization (subject-to-subject adaptation of training to the individual educational and personal capabilities of applicants, providing their individual personal and professional qualities with adverse effects on the training process); integration (object-subject interaction according to a personally chosen individual educational and professional trajectory, independent choice of content, methods and forms of organization of training for the formation of civic responsibility in students based on self-regulation by students of their educational activities). Levels, dynamics and the presence of statistical differences in students' acquisition of readiness for the formation of civic responsibility of students according to cognitive-intellectual, motivational-emotional, behavioral-volitional and spiritual-moral criteria were determined. The existence of a significant connection between the level of readiness of future teachers for the formation of civic responsibility in students and the implemented model and pedagogical conditions of student preparation for the formation of civic responsibility of elementary school students in the educational process has been proven.
PECULIARITIES OF METHODS OF TEACHING EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS OF ART AND DESIGN DIRECTION TO FUTURE APPLICANTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: GRYTSENKO L. , SRIBNA Yu.
Published: October 2022

In the article, the methodical aspects of the development of the lighting components of the artistic and design directive to the future workers of the higher education are considered. It was appointed that in the structure of pedagogical training of artistic and design directives, future education in science and science, the subsystem "teacher" and "artist" should be called. It was revealed that when teaching the educational components of art and design to future students of higher education, such methodical and pedagogical conditions should be created and implemented, which would contribute to the integration of all components of art and design into a single whole. It is emphasized that the skill of complex application of knowledge, its synthesis, transfer of ideas and methods from one science to another lies at the basis of a creative approach to the scientific, engineering, artistic and design activities of future students of higher education in modern conditions of scientific and technical progress. Methodical aspects of the artistic and design direction reflect the relationship with pictorial, artistic activities, as well as graphic abilities and allow to distinguish the following educational components: motivational, cognitive, procedural and reflective. The application of project-based learning technologies in the process of art and design training of future students of higher education will stimulate the cognitive and creative development of the individual, contribute to increasing the motivation of future students of higher education to improve their art and design knowledge, develop important qualities in them, and develop the ability to constructively solve any situations in further.
ASPECTS OF FORMATION OF CRITICAL THINKING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE PROCESS OF STUDYING PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED DISCIPLINES
Authors: KOVALENKO O. , MOSKALENKO O. , MOSKALENKO Yu. , CHERKASKA L.
Published: October 2022

The ability to think critically is an important quality of the individual, but it is now, in the face of social and economic changes, that it becomes essential. Critical thinking is an integrative characteristic, since it involves the generalization, unification and development of a whole range of qualities, skills and socially important features that contribute to the comprehensive harmonious development of the personality.

For a future teacher to succeed in his professional activity need, in particular: the ability to perceive new information, to comprehend it, to balance different points of view and to critically comprehend them, the ability to critically understand professional situations, objectively assess their capabilities. For him, criticality is therefore a vital quality that ensures the development of analytical and reflective abilities.

Since critical thinking does not automatically arise as a by-product of learning, it is necessary to systematically work on its improvement.

Development of critical thinking is a mandatory requirement to the results of the first (bachelor) level of higher education program of the subject specialty 014.04 Secondary Education (Mathematics) in the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University in terms of formation of general and professional competence of the graduate.

An important role in the synthesis of the student’s knowledge in the direction of his needs as a future teacher of mathematics belongs, in particular, to such professionally-oriented bachelor disciplines as «Methods of Teaching Mathematics», «Selected Questions of Methods of Teaching Mathematics», «Elementary Mathematics». In the process of teaching these disciplines, the development of critical thinking occurs in three aspects: sociocultural (through the organization of the educational process in relation to life and professional situations), technological (through the formation of sustained interest, motivation of educational activity, search for information aimed at solving the task, its awareness and reflection), methodical (through a set of methodical methods, providing assessment, self-control, criticism, forecasting). Practical and methodical tasks, which correspond to the areas identified in the research process, are a fundamental basis for the development of critical thinking as an important component of the professional competence of future highly qualified teachers of mathematics.
ETHICAL COMPETENCE - A BASIC COMPONENT OF TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM
Authors: KUCHAI T. , KUCHAI O. , ROKOSOVYK N. , ZOROCHKINA T.
Published: October 2022

The article considers ethical competence as a basic component of the teacher's professionalism. The process of forming ethical competence should be systematic and requires the application of a holistic mechanism of professional development of the student's personality during training. The teacher's abilities regarding ethical competence, as well as its components, are highlighted.

A necessary condition for the formation of students' ethical competence is the use of the latest pedagogical technologies and teaching methods in addition to traditional ones. The process of forming a teacher's ethical competence is complex, dynamic, multifaceted and multifactorial. The substantive basis of ethical competence is pedagogical ethics. Pedagogical ethics studies the features, content, principles and functions of pedagogical morality, the nature of the teacher's activity and his moral relationships in the pedagogical environment, develops the basics of pedagogical etiquette, which is a set of rules for teacher communication and behavior. Ethics is not reduced to a certain system of sanctions in pedagogical activity, because its task is to explain the social and psychological expediency of observing certain professional norms and rules. It is ethics, from the standpoint of a holistic approach to the individual, that insists on considering the education and upbringing of the individual as its spiritual saturation, which unfolds in spiritual dialogue, communication between equal subjects. The vocation of a teacher is not only the transfer of knowledge, abilities and skills, but also the comprehensive development of the student's abilities and capabilities, the upbringing of a decent, responsible, conscious citizen of the country. The professional activity of a teacher is based on the supremacy of universal human values, norms and principles of morality. When performing it, the teacher acts as the bearer of responsibilities in relation to: the student, the student's parents, the professional pedagogical community as a whole and individual teachers, himself, society.
MODEL OF MONITORING THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE
Authors: OSEREDCHUK O.
Published: October 2022

The article substantiates the model of monitoring the quality of higher education in Ukraine. The model is represented by the main concepts (blocks): theoretical (philosophy of education, trends in the development of the content of definitions of education monitoring, concepts of monitoring the quality of higher education, regulatory and legal support of education monitoring); methodological, which is based on methodological approaches, functions, principles, methods, information technologies; methodological, which is based on four pedagogical conditions for monitoring the quality of higher education. The used theoretical, methodological and methodical concepts (blocks) as the basic ones in the process of researching the theoretical and methodological foundations of monitoring the quality of higher education in Ukraine and when justifying and using the model of connections in the concept of monitoring the quality of higher education made it possible to formulate a control-resultative block in which determine the result of the study: increasing the level of monitoring of the quality of higher education.
GENERALIZATION OF IDEAS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF V. SYDORЕNKА IN THE CONTEXT OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Authors: SAVCHENKO A.
Published: October 2022

The article summarizes the scientific and pedagogical ideas of Professor Viktor Sydorenko in the context of the development of higher technological education, analyzes and interprets the scientist's experience based on the program of the special course "Problems of training future teachers of labor education in the scientific and pedagogical heritage of V. K. Sydorenko (1951-2013) ". The relevance of Viktor Kostyantynovich Sydorenko's activity in the context of innovative development of modern higher technological education is characterized. Ways of updating the scientific and pedagogical heritage of V. Sydorenko in the conditions of modernization of the training of future teachers of labor education are presented. The methodological guidelines of the scientist's instructions regarding the reform of modern higher pedagogical education in Ukraine are indicated. The peculiarities of the development of scientific-pedagogical views and ideas of the scientist in the domestic technological-pedagogical educational space of the late 20th-early 21st centuries are determined: multi-vector, complex research and experimental orientation of educational initiatives; advocacy of the opinion regarding the fundamentalization of the training of future teachers of labor education by means of integration of its content; giving priority in the construction of the components of the content of the training of future teachers of labor training in the higher education institutions to the tasks of labor training defined by the State educational standards and school curricula.