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THE BYZANTINE HYMNOGRAPHIC GENRES REFLECTEDINTHEMACEDONIANMEDIEVAL MUSIC AND LITERARY TRADITION
Authors:   Instituteof Macedonian LiteratureSs. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Velev Ilija
Published: May 2022

In the Macedonian medieval music and literary tradition, an intense reflectionof the works of the Byzantine hymnographic genreshad occurred throughtheSlavic translations, transcriptions and creative compilations in the so-called original Slavic hymnographic compositions. More precise structural research has shown that even the Slavic translations of the Byzantine hymnography reflected particular authorial interventions inthe Byzantine form, as the translator was unable to fully adapt the original identicalversification or the music(the melody)fromthe originalinto its translation, and sometimes there was a disruption of the original acrostic in the canonical songs. However, even the so-called original hymnographic works intended to eulogize and celebrate, were composed from a textual and structural perspective only in support of the Byzantine creative cliché, and they were supposed to reflect the general Christian theological views and cult impressions.
Elbise-i Osmaniye – 1873 Viyana Sergisi – Kıyafet Albümleri
Authors: ÖZSUCA Fatma Filiz
Published: May 2022

Osmanlı resim sanatlarının saray ve çarşı ressamları tarafından gerçekleştirilen eserleri arasında önemli yer teşkil eden ‘kıyafet albümleri’, 1873 Viyana Dünya Sergisi katılımı için özel hazırlanan ‘Elbise-i Osmaniye’ kavramsal olarak benzerlik göstermekte ancak yapılış amacı ve kullanılan teknikler açısından birbirlerinden ayrılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, 1873 Viyana sergisi, Elbise-i Osmaniye ve kıyafet albümleri geleneğinin incelenmesi ve karşılaştırma yapılmasıdır. Kıyafet albümlerinin günümüze ulaşan örnekleri ve Elbise-i Osmaniye ile ilgili yazılan değerlendirmeler araştırılmıştır. Osmanlı sanatı çerçevesinde 16. yüzyıldan başlayarak gelişen kıyafet albümleri ile 1873 Viyana Sergisi için özel olarak hazırlanan Elbise-i Osmaniye karşılaştırıldığında kavramsal temelde benzerlikler gözlenmektedir. Osmanlı resim sanatının önemli bir dönemine ışık tutan Kıyafet albümleri hem resim sanatının gelişimini hem de Osmanlı İmparatorluğu sınırlarında yaşayan insanların yapısını yansıtmaları açısından önemli yere sahiptir. İlki 1851 yılanda Londra’da düzenlenen Dünya Sergilerinin temel amacı dünyadaki farklı ülkelerin üretim olanaklarının, kültürel yapılarının ve sosyal yaşamlarının tanıtımı ve bilgi alışverişine olanak sağlamaktır. 1873 Viyana Sergisi için hazırlanan Elbise-i Osmaniye bu temelden yola çıkılarak hazırlanmış ve Osmanlı ahalisini bölgelere, etnik kökenlerine, cinsiyete, mesleklere göre ayrıntılı sınıflandırma yaparak fotoğraf ile belgelemiştir.
Standard Operating Procedure for performing sweep net sampling of host-seeking mosquitoes v1
Authors: Staunton Kyran
Published: May 2022

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the materials and processes required to perform sweep net sampling of host-seeking adult mosquitoes. Description:Sweet nets can be used to capture mosquitoes that are attracted to a host and are flying the immediate vicinity. Human-baited sweep netting involves simply walking into a mosquito harbourage site and waiting for the mosquitoes to come to you. This method is effective for species such as Aedes albopictus which are aggressive biters. Target species and physiological states: Captures host-seeking adults of both sexes and many species. Note, that Aedes males are often captured as they congregate around hosts in search of female mates. Entomological surveillance indicators: Adult vector occurrence, density as well as adult vector behaviour (human biting rate, biting time, biting location). Advantage:The equipment and supplies are inexpensive and portable. The mosquitoes are capture before they have a chance to bite the host. Disadvantage:This method is labour intensive and requires trained staff. There is a low risk that field staff may become infected with mosquito-borne diseases. Sampling period: Sweep net collections are usually conducted for a standardised time period or a fixed number of sweeps. When sampling Aedes, collections are often standardized to 5 or 10 minutes or 30 to 50 sweeps per sampling station. Data:Total number of host-seeking mosquitoes per sampling effort (by species and sex). When necessary, field data is merged with the results of subsequent laboratory analyses. To watch a video of how to use sweep nets to sample host-seeking mosquitoes go to: https://youtu.be/F8aSAgkyyUs
Nuclei Prep from Frozen Mouse Brain Tissues with Optional Sucrose Column for single nuclei RNA-seq v1
Authors: A Perry Greggory
Published: May 2022

This SOP aims to extract nuclei from unfixed snap-frozen mouse prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and Striatum tissues (~3-15mg). It was optimized and tested on mice ranging in age groups from 3, 6, 14, and 15-month-old mice on different diets, including high-fat (45%) and regular chow (6%). Other differences included sex, strain, and genotype. These preps resulted in a minimum of debris for downstream snRNAseq HT assays on the 10X Genomics chromium X controller (HT, High Throughput chips). This protocol was also used to perform snRNAseq assays from human glioblastoma snap frozen tissues. Follow BSL-2 guidelines when working with human tissues. These preps resulted in a minimum of debris for downstream snRNAseq ST assays on the 10X Genomics chromium X controller (ST, Standard Throughput chips). This protocol enables to process up to 8 samples simultaneously.
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Mosquito vector surveillance, processing and storage v2
Authors: L Russell Tanya
Published: May 2022

The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to outline processes for the surveillance, processing and storage of mosquito samples in the field. A detailed vector surveillance plan is required to guide mosquito surveillance activities. The purpose and priority for vector surveillance should be outlined; as an example, routine surveillance may be conducted to understand: · Adult vector occurrence, species composition and behaviour · Vector insecticide resistance status · Immature vector aquatic habitats The work plan should map out the entomological indicators being monitored, timelines, milestones, staff requirements, sampling sites, sampling period, sampling methods, equipment, consumables, insectary maintenance, data management and dissemination, training and administrative requirements. The work plan will need to be fully costed within an approved budget. As mosquito densities can vary greatly within even a limited area, a representative sample of the density of mosquitoes in a given surveillance site (i.e., a village or neighbourhood) requires collection of mosquitoes at multiple sampling stations (e.g., houses) to provide an accurate estimate of adult mosquito densities (Box 1). As an example, a minimum of 6 sampling stations (houses) per surveillance site (village or neighbourhood block) might be used to estimate adult mosquito densities. Depending on the resources available and size of the surveillance site, the number of sampling stations may be higher. This sampling effort is then replicated across multiple surveillance sites. A wide variety of surveillance methods can be used to capture mosquitoes, and for each surveillance method a number of different collection tools may be used. The surveillance methods selected generally depend on the particular life stage and behaviour of the mosquito species being targeted (Silver 2008). Different methods may be employed to target different vector species of medical importance. The work plan will outline the surveillance methods and capture tools chosen for each vector surveillance site.
Nuova Versione Protocollo di Conformità di Riviste Scientifiche all'Open Access v1
Authors: Caldoni Giulia
Published: May 2022

Questo protocollo è stato utilizzato per indagare, a distanza di 3 anni dalla prima indagine (svolta nel 2019), la legittimità della definizione “Open Access Scientific Journals” indicata per le riviste curate dai Dipartimenti e dai Centri di ricerca dell’Università di Bologna e raccolte e pubblicate online da AlmaDL, la digital library dell’Ateneo (https://journals.unibo.it/riviste/). Altro scopo dello studio è stato quello di verificare la presenza di una specificazione esplicita della licenza dell’articolo nei vari formati in cui questo è stato reso disponibile. Come per la prima indagine, la conformità è stata valutata sulla base della definizione stabilita da Open Definition (https://opendefinition.org/). Abbiamo inserito i dati relativi al 2022 accanto ai dati raccolti nel 2019, per valutare (i) l'eventuale aggiunta di nuove riviste, (ii) l'eventuale modifica della policy open access delle riviste già esistenti nel 2019 e (iii) l'eventuale aggiunta (o eliminazione) di formati disponibili e dell'esplicita menzione della licenza dell’articolo in ciascuno di essi. In allegato sono presenti le slide in formato PDF, presentate dal prof. Silvio Peroni durante il seminario che ha dato origine a questa indagine nel 2019. Contengono informazioni preliminari utili per la corretta esecuzione del protocollo. All'indirizzo http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3344898 è disponibile il report elaborato a partire dasi risultati dell'indagine del 2019.
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A COMPLEMENTARY NOTE TO WELWITSCH’S MAP OF TRAVELLERS IN AFRICA
Authors: ALBUQUERQUE SARA , de M. FIGUEIRÔA SILVIA F.
Published: May 2022

This note complements the article “Depicting the Invisible: Welwitsch’s Map of Travellers in Africa,” published earlier in Earth Sciences History (Albuquerque and Figueirôa 2018). The note contributes additional information concerning previously unknown names on the map that did not appear in the list of explorers in that earlier publication. The names of ten additional explorers have been deciphered from the map and added to the list from the earlier paper, thanks to the assistance of colleagues. Of the 94 entries originally noted on the map, 88 have now been identified. There is strong correspondence between that list of explorers and the contents of Friedrich Welwitsch’s personal library.
SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON AGENTIC ENGAGEMENT: CLARIFYING A CO-CREATION PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Horlenko Kateryna , Kaminskiene Lina
Published: May 2022

Co-creation of learning has been conceptualised as a learner-centred pedagogical approach with implications for students’ proactivity, metacognitive, and collaborative involvement. Due to the complexity of the concept, it is difficult to distinguish and measure in practice, with studies reporting measures for co-creative practices mostly in the context of higher education. This paper reviews the literature on student agentic engagement in Web of Science, ERIC and Scopus, providing links to the existing views on learning co-creation at schools. The research instruments developed for studying agentic engagement and autonomy support are discussed in connection to examining co-creation at the secondary education level.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CROSSFIT TOOLS IN THE PROCESS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
Authors: Rymar Olga , Sorokolit Nataliya , Solovey Alla , Khanikiants Olena , Malanchuk Halyna , Petryna Roman
Published: May 2022

There is justified in the article the importance of the need to improve physical education process for high school students with CrossFit tools.There have occurred positive changes in high school students’ dynamics in the EG in functional indicators and physical preparation in the experiment condition.The optimization of physical education process for high school pupils with CrossFit tools. There were observed the indicators of physical condition of organism, physical preparation and experimentally checked the effectiveness of the program with CrossFit tools implemented into physical education process. There were 63 pupils as participants in the research (boys, 16 years old). Analysis of literature sources, phyiological methods of research, pedagogical researches (control norms passing); pedagogical experiment; mathematical statistics methods. There is presented and scientifically justified program of CrossFit tools implementation into physical education lessons for high scool pupils. The content of progam includes combination of power and aerobic exercises, stretching, and exercises to restore breath and to relax muscles. The elaborated program is implemented into studying program and there was proved its effectiveness. The results of research have shown its positive impact on fucntional indicators and physical preparation of hish school pupils, that is proved by mathematical statistics methods.
WORKING MEMORY IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING SONGS
Authors: Medne Dace , Vilde Ilze
Published: May 2022

The control processes and mnemonic strategies used in working memory are important both in the general learning process and in the music learning process. In the acquisition of music, the working memory determines the formation of auditory notions, which is an essential dimension in the development of musicality. Its qualitative indicators are (1) accuracy - accurate perception and reproduction of memorized music material; (2) persistence - duration of remembrance. Therefore, it is pedagogically important to improve it at the primary school age, because working memory forms the basis for creating more complex conceptual content constructions both in music and in other fields. The aim of the research is to promote the development of working memory in the process of teaching songs. In order to achieve the goal of the research, a song teaching strategy for the development of working memory has been developed, a pedagogical observation of the music learning process for a duration of three years at the primary school level has been performed, and the obtained data have been analysed using descriptive statistics. The sample of the study consists of 200 primary school students. The data obtained in the article allow us to conclude that the purposefulness and regularity with which the chosen exercises are used, the quality of music perception and attention, and musical thinking all contribute to the development of musical memory in primary school music education. The relationship between song acquisition and working memory described in this publication expands the understanding of music educators and helps them improve their professional skills.
SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING PHYSICS: HOW DOES INSTRUCTIONAL CLARITY IN PHYSICS LESSONS ENGAGE?
Authors: Peciuliauskiene Palmira
Published: May 2022

The article deals with the eighth-grade school students’ motivation for learning physics. The spectrum of factors influencing the school students’ motivation for learning physics is very wide. This study addresses the phenomenon of school students’ motivation for learning physics in the light of an educational factor. We analyze the role of instructional clarity in physics lessons on school students’ motivation for learning physics based on TIMSS 2019 data set of Lithuania and Finland. To disclose the influence of instructional clarity in physics lessons on school students’ motivation for learning physics confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) was used. The results of our research reveal that instructional clarity in physics lessons is directly and positively associated with school students’ motivation for learning physics. SEM results disclosed not only significance but magnitudes of associations between instructional clarity in physics lessons and school students’ motivation for learning physics as well.
PARAMETERS IN FORMULATIONS AND SOLUTIONS OF INTRODUCTORY PROBABILITY PROBLEMS
Authors: Sondore Anita , Daugulis Pēteris
Published: May 2022

Mathematical problems with parameters offer a higher semiotic complexity level of mathematical activities. The topicality of the research is determined by the fact that there are no studies on types of parameters in formulations and solutions of probability problems. The study aims are to analyse the current literature and propose an approach to classify parameters depending on their nature. Methodology - qualitative content analysis of probability problems from published textbooks and research papers. The main result - a parameter classification and interpretation scheme for introductory probability problems. The proposed parameter classification can help differentiate and individualise the study of probability theory and statistics.
USING DISTANCE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION TOOLS FOR GENERAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Authors: Gudzinskiene Vida , Mačiuikienė Diana
Published: May 2022

This paper discusses the use of communication and collaboration tools in the delivery of social services, based on the results of a qualitative study. The research question is what kind of remote communication and collaboration tools are used by social workers in the provision of social services. The paper focuses on the use of telecommunication and collaboration tools by social workers in their service delivery and activities. The study involved 22 social workers employed in social institutions in different parts of Lithuania providing complex services to families.The study found that social workers use mobile devices and that the most convenient and acceptable means of remote communication and collaboration are learning environments, audio and video data storage (YouTube), conferencing and chat software (MS Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, Facebook Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, Board Connect, Telegram), social networks (Facebook, Messenger), technical means (smart phone, computer, Internet connection).
COLLABORATORY COMMITMENT DERIVED FROM PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCES WITH COOPERATION ACROSS SERVICE-LEVELS
Authors: Bachke Carl Christian
Published: May 2022

The services of the sectors of health and education have become more specialized. To prevent services from appearing fractured, professionals must work together and coordinate their help. This study deals with what professionals have experienced as positive for the collaboration. Seven informants, four from the municipal level and three from the specialist level, have been interviewed about what create collaborative commitment in their help to people affected with mental disability and mental disorders. The findings show that four factors inclusive their sub-attributes contribute positively: (1) The professionals are committed to prosocial attitudes, like respect, humility, openness, trust/confidence. (2) They prioritize user-focus which means that what benefits the user is number one to-do. (3) They commit themselves to certain dialogically prosocial communicative and relation-building actions, e.g., listening/audibleness, giving feedback and praise, advising, negotiate joint decisions. (4) They are stimulated by internal motivation like learning pleasure and increased understanding and reflection of knowledge combined with a job-arena characterized by facilitating human relationships, communication availability and mutual accommodation, and an encouraging, commendable, and facilitating management. These findings are consistent with what other collaborative research has pointed out as quality-enhancing. Based on the findings a theoretical model of collaboratory commitment is constructed.
EXPERIENCES OF EXPRESSING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN NON-FORMAL ADULT EDUCATION
Authors: Zubrickienė Ilona , Anužienė Birutė
Published: May 2022

Social justice in education is a research area aimed at providing equal opportunities for everybody to participate in the educational system. Research in the field of social justice rather focuses on formal education, in which the perception of the social justice concept depends on the attitude framed by the state – it is inseparable from the form of governance, the set of basic principles prevailing in society, as well as from the historical and cultural context. On the contrary, non-formal adult education, as a relatively convenient and most accessible form of adult education to upgrade or acquire new skills, involves occasional studies of these service providers in terms of social justice. It is also limited to the generalised perception of this phenomenon and, usually, to the contexts of its expression that are not always regulated by the state. Therefore, it is not clear how non-formal adult education addresses the problem of perceiving and expressing the concept of social justice, what role the state might play in ensuring social justice for adults in lifelong development and acquisition of new skills. The article raises the following problematic questions: How do adults perceive and experience social justice when participating in and engaging in non-formal adult education? How and in what ways does social justice exist in non-formal adult education? The aim of the article is to show the authentic experiences of study participants, by identifying the concept of social justice and expressions thereof in non-formal adult education. The results of the study demonstrate the controversy of the concept of social justice. This helped to confirm that there is no single definition of social justice that would be acceptable in all contexts of education. The following key forms of expression of social justice were pointed out by the study participants: equal opportunities, access, non-compliance of non-formal adult education services with participants’ learning needs, goals, and objectives. This has revealed a partial aspect of implementing social justice in non-formal adult education.
POSSIBILITIES OF A COLLEGIAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR IMPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL CONPETENCES OF TEACHERS DURING REMOTE WORK
Authors: Kāposta Iveta , Sautiņš Nils
Published: May 2022

In educational institutions, collegial support groups as the form of pedagogical work have long been known and have been incorporated into the system of the organization of methodological work. These are mainly administratively formed long-term activity groups. This study focuses on the less studied so far freely formed short-term activity groups in an educational establishment. The analysis of the activities of the above-mentioned groups as a whole highlight their capabilities in remote working conditions. The study is based on literature analysis and pooling and analysis of structured interview data. The structured interview was designed to find out whether and how teachers come together in groups during remote work, to solve problems that have arisen during the work and what results this work has given. The study concluded that the remote activities of the collegial support group are successful, provided that the educational institution already has a sufficiently long tradition of organizing these groups.
GENERAL SECONDARY TEACHERS’ VIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF BLENDED LEARNING
Authors: Topuzov Oleh , Malykhin Oleksandr , Aristova Nataliia
Published: May 2022

The main purpose of the paper is to identify and generalize the tendencies of changes in the system of education influenced by the unexpected shift from face-to-face learning (traditional) to blended learning (as being regarded as a pattern of a certain mix of face-to-face and distance learning). The research is also targeted at investigating general secondary teachers’ readiness to respond to the educational challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper presents the information obtained at the very beginning of the sudden and unpredictable shift to total distance learning and then after the gradual transition to blended learning. The pros and cons of blended learning under conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic are revealed. The ideas that are closely connected with the accepting or not accepting absolutely new ways of teaching and learning from the points of view of general secondary school teachers, schoolchildren and their parents are given in the paper. The main problems of general secondary school teachers, schoolchildren and their parents face and practical ways to address these problems are enumerated and analyzed. The authors offer a variety of possible ways and means for overcoming the problems identified. Some certain innovative approaches and technologies, methods, techniques and means of blended learning aimed at delivering quality education to general secondary schoolchildren are mentioned. The research sample includes 3600 general secondary school teachers from different regions of Ukraine.
THE NEED TO IMPROVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS: STUDENTS' ATTITUDES
Authors: Braslauskienė Rasa , Klanienė Ilona , Lengvinas Donatas
Published: May 2022

Today, scholars raise the need for the development/self-development of social emotional competences in schools and emphasize the importance of its development for successful socialization of children. Scientific articles emphasize the importance of improving teachers' social emotional competences for social emotional education of children. The need to improve social emotional competences is underlined in Lithuanian and European Union documents that point to the importance of high-quality social emotional education and the need to improve teachers' competences. Recently, researches have been focusing mainly on the peculiarities of children's social emotional education, yet the problem of improving social emotional competences of pedagogues is left aside. The article reveals the attitude of students of the Childhood pedagogy study programme towards the existing social emotional competences and substantiates the need for its improvement in the education of future pedagogues. Findings of qualitative research (individual interview with the students) are presented. The results of the study have revealed that students do not always succeed in recognizing and managing the feelings that emerge, especially they lack knowledge and skills to control stressful situations. The analysis of students' perspective highlighted the need for the improvement of social emotional competences in the education of future pedagogues.
AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO IDENTITY EDUCATION AMONGST CROSS-CULTURE KIDS IN LITHUANIAN SCHOOLS
Authors: Chu Ling Yi
Published: May 2022

While Lithuanian schools face an influx of repatriated pupils post-Brexit and due to the COVID 19 pandemic, there is still no clear framework to support schools in integrating the increasing Cross Culture Kids (CCKs) and its school community and beyond. This paper examines the application of autoethnography as a pedagogical strategy for school agents to foster identity narrative spaces in classrooms and as a research method for investigating identity formation in educational contexts nurturing cross-cultural competencies in Lithuanian classrooms. This piece is part of the preparation work conducted for the upcoming serial cultural dialogue workshops with CCKs between 15-18, which borrows from the TARMAC ‘multicultural story’ framework (Ward and Keck, 2021). While autoethnography engages individuals in cultural-analysis-style interpretations of self-reflection, this process importantly aids the location of selves in one’s own narratives by exploring the self-other, personal-political, and self-society didactic- for all the stakeholders in the dialogue- such as the workshop facilitators/researchers and the CCKs and its non-CCK counterparts. This leads to the implications of philosophical and practical education approaches exploring identity and intercultural communication in alternative and non-traditional forms (Wall, 2006). Overall, this paper contributes to the formation of cross-culture transitional care awareness and strategies implemented in Lithuanian schools.
SPECIFICS OF ARTS THERAPISTS’ SELF-CARE STRATEGIES
Authors: Ozola Aija , Mārtinsone Kristīne
Published: May 2022

Covid-19 pandemic poses significant increase in hazards to professionals’ health and well-being in the helping professions. Thus, their ability to provide compassionate and effective care to the population is at risk. Self-care is one of available resources that can strengthen mental health and promote psychological resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study aimed to explore arts therapists’ self-care strategies and their specifics compared with those of other psychological help providers and functional specialists. Based on Self-Care Strategies Questionnaire, a survey was conducted between March 2021 and January 2022. Following two instructions, respondents assessed 63 self-care activities by their importance and attainability. All items were rated on a 4-point Likert scale. The sample of 289 respondents comprised 73 arts therapists, 159 other psychological help providers and 57 other functional specialists. Although the assessment of arts therapists’ self-care strategies revealed a high degree of heterogeneity, in all of strategies importance was scored significantly higher compared with attainability. Six out of 14 self-care strategies and one separate activity revealed statistically significant differences between arts therapists’ and other functional specialists’ self-care strategies. There was no significant difference indicated between arts therapists’ and psychological help providers’ self-care strategies.
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION SKILLS AT CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CARE HOMES
Authors: Gudzinskiene Vida , Raudeliunaite Rita
Published: May 2022

The purpose of the article is to reveal the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills in children living at children’s community care homes (further on CCCHs) based on the experience of social workers working at CCCHs. Problematic question: What are real opportunities for children to develop communication and cooperation skills while living at CCCHs? Nine social workers, who work at CCCHs in seven different locations in Lithuania, participated in the research. The study revealed that, while living at CCCHS, the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills change in the positive direction. At CCCHs, a positive family environment, in which closer and warmer relationships form, is created, more time is devoted to mutual communication. Children develop communication and cooperation skills  while creating home rules, negotiating and obliging themselves to stick to the set order, learning to create and maintain harmonious mutual realtionships, empasising attentiveness, politeness, empathy, as well as learning to resolve problems and conflicts in a constructive manner, conculting and agreeing regarding the ways to spend their leisure time. In addition, children, while expanding their social ties in their community, learn to coexist with others, as well as to develop social resilience while learning to resist the pressure of others, not to  give in to bad influences, to trust their own strength and to take decisions independently.
THE DIGITAL ARTISTIC CYCLE IN PERFORMANCE ART EDUCATION
Authors: Griniuk Marija
Published: May 2022

This research explores student performance art events in the current digital era. Public performance presentations by art students after the performance art course are intended to complete an artistic cycle. The artistic cycle in the digital era is divided into studio-based practice (when performance is planned, often in students’ home studios) and presentation in the digital space. For audience members, the experience of the performance artwork is significantly different in live and digital spaces since there is no possibility of touching the performer or items in the digital space. As a result, audience feedback for students differs greatly depending on whether the performance works are experienced live or virtually. Therefore, the present study suggests a new term of digital artistic cycle, which was developed after analysing a performance art course at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Faculty in 2021. The data collected are the author’s notes from her observations and interviews with the facilitator of the performance art course. The data are analysed using keywords and categories. The results generated recommendations for performance art course facilitators regarding what tools should be used to complete an digital artistic cycle at universities and art academies.
SCHOOLTEACHERS-PARENTS INTERACTIONS AMID DISTANCE AND BLENDED LEARNING: TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF OVERCOMING NEGATIVE INFLUENCES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Malykhin Oleksandr , Aristova Nataliia , Kalinina Liudmyla
Published: May 2022

The paper aims to show the shifts within the paradigm of schoolteachers-parents interactions amid distance and blended learning. The authors examine two-year experience of overcoming negative influence of the Covid-19 pandemic onto the system of general secondary school education. Two web-based questionnaires (for schoolteachers and for parents) were developed using Google Forms. The main objective is to get information from schoolteachers, on the one hand, and from parents, on the other hand, as for challenges they faced amid blended learning caused by the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on the system of general secondary school education. The research methodology targeted at summarising theoretical issues on the topic and collecting empirical data comprises both the theoretical method of analysis and synthesis and the empirical method of web-based surveys. The research sample includes 2269 respondents (619 general secondary schoolteachers and 1650 parents) from different regions of Ukraine. As a general conclusion the researchers identified and substantiated the system of psychological and didactic tasks that are to be solved for harmonising further schoolteachers-parents interactions amid distance and blended learning caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, the researchers do believe that the existing theoretical and methodological foundations of organising and providing the educational process at the stage of general secondary education are to be radically reviewed.
PECULIARITIES OF SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF A PANDEMIC
Authors: Gelbūdienė Edita , Demidenko Valentina
Published: May 2022

The article deals socio-educational support for women experiencing domestic violence in the context of a pandemic. Domestic violence is a fairly common problem, but it is still often overlooked. It is usually analysed from a purely social or criminogenic perspective. There is a lack of a holistic approach to the phenomenon of violence, emphasizing the possibilities of educational empowerment. In the context of the pandemic, the possibilities for both social assistance and educational empowerment have changed. The information disclosed in the article is relevant for institutions and communities that face with the need to organize professional help for domestic violence victims during the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The theoretical parts of article contain the analysis of the publications made on the domestic violence and socio-educational support, educational empowerment process of the review. The empirical part of the research present how Covid-19 pandemic situation affects the provision of socio-educational assistance to women experiencing violence.
INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN REFORMING OF UKRAINIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Authors: Kuchynska Iryna , Blashkova Olena , Rodiuk Nataliia , Holiuk Oksana , Polishchuk Svitlana , Ivanytska Nina , Mnyshenko Kateryna
Published: May 2022

The processes of creation, development and application of innovations are increasingly spreading in the education system and pedagogical science. The specific historical situation in Ukraine necessitates the restructuring of education, its reforming and approximation to European and world standards. The aim of the study is to study the purposeful impact of these processes on the constant formation and renewal of Ukrainian pedagogical theory and practice with further rethinking the importance of innovation to increase the rating of higher educationinstitution and increasing its competitiveness.Basic research methods are surveys, observation and statistical analysis.The article emphasizes the key values of improving the modern sphere of education, pays attention to the innovative processes that take place in the modern school, and pedagogy, in particular. The peculiarities of the introduction of innovative education in higher education institutions are highlighted. The authors analyze the importance of the application and management of innovative educational processes that can help to increase the level of quality education for the success and competitiveness of higher education institution.The author's team studied the structure and dynamics of the development of educational innovation processes of modern higher education institutions, as well as the scheme of division of the innovation process, which was called the "life cycle of innovation". The importance of developing individual perception of a particular applicant of the proposed innovations during studying at the higher education institution is proved.It is noted that it is important to develop the initiative of teachers of Ukrainian higher education institutions before making decision about necessity to introduce innovations of a certain type.
ICT SCAFFOLDING FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
Authors: Ignatova Natalija , Kasperiuniene Judita , Galkiene Alvyra
Published: May 2022

The COVID-19 situation, where the educational process had to be as flexible as possible, revealed that the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has become a challenge for Lithuanian schools. In early 2021, we conducted focus group discussions in four Lithuanian schools to investigate how educational technology can enable an inclusive educational process. The analysis of the key determinants of pedagogical success and schools’ decisions on the unified use of ICT to include all students in learning, the scaffolding of the educational process using ICT revealed the two main factors. These factors ensuring the scaffolding process are: (1) how teachers remove the learning barriers and support students by use of educational technologies; (2) what helps teachers to transfer responsibility to students and enables their participation in the educational process. When we examined the potential of ICT to engage students, we found several differences between schools, namely: technology provision, the teachers’ ICT skills, the experience of the school community itself, the readiness of the school, teachers, and students to teach and to learn by distance or blended learning applying new ICT-based educational scenarios. The study results showed that the gains made during the COVID-19 lockdown in Lithuania in combining teaching solutions with the use of technology can become the ‘new normal’ and can help schools address the issue of inclusion for all students.
CULTIVATING IMAGINATION IN EDUCATION PROCESS: CONTEXT OF PRIMARY TEACHERS’ OPINIONS
Authors: Bilbokaitė Renata , Bilbokaitė-Skiauterienė Ieva
Published: May 2022

The importance of imagination in the process of education is unquestionable - by developing the ability to create and retain images, sounds, feelings as a reflection of one’s thoughts, the basis of thinking is constructed. All this helps students to discover and create something completely new, solve problems, move to other spaces, understand others.The article theoretically substantiates the importance of developing children’s imagination and empirically reveals the opinion of primary school teachers about the aspects of developing imagination and visualization skills in the educational process.The written questionnaire study was carried out in January – July of 2020. The study involved 390 primary school teachers which shows the validity of the data and reflects the opinion of the majority of Lithuanian primary school teachers in the context of the analysed object. The data were processed using descriptive statistics (frequency) and analytical statistics (Mann Whitney U Test).The results of the research reveal that the imagination of primary school students is usually developed through fairy tales, character role plays, and in language teaching subjects, images are usually conveyed through verbal codes. In Maths, language teaching and Science lessons, students usually depict fantastic objects, diagrams, tables and charts, draw folk symbols, and produce visual instruments.
EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM 'MOTHERSHIP' IN HEA AND PUBLIC NGO RESEARCH SYNERGY
Authors: Kropáč Jiří
Published: May 2022

As academics, we cannot influence our students' social and economic early conditions easily. Family roots and social-economic parents' position of upcoming students to HEA institution is given. Education purposes are not just a degree. Pathway to those achievements in HEA is crooked and theoretical content transferred by lectures' good faith in systematic preparation leads to curricula fulfilment only. The HEA level is dealing with various challenges daily. Those hidden challenges may be invisible insurances of bright future for students in the non-ideal institutional world, balancing on the curricular theoretical framework without functional connectivity. A starting position of our PhD students is poorly supported, especially in the EU context policy for humanities in an early carrier trajectories of research skills development. The endeavour to transfer an excellent practical outputs, developed by students in institutional conditions, research and practice go hand in hand. This analytical study introduces mixed methodological design Interpreting the results of content analysis of interviews conducted with students in PhD programmes and proposes strategies for the best practice transfer to a legal NGO entity. Firstly, monitoring questionnaire analysis helps to create essential structure of the interviews with PhD students' according to their needs. Outputs of this analysis reinforced the transfer of non-governmental professional support for early carrier academics already since 2018. Moreover, it identifies factors of early academics' identity belonging under institutional support curricula. Secondly, National policy content analysis points in 2022 to fundamental improvements in early carrier academics institutional policy, based on practice connection in scientific research HUB. Although, presented outputs are new outcomes of pilot cooperation with NGOs' association Máma studuje z.s., they already represent an applied output for further scientific students' development and suggest how to enrich entrepreneurship with research and teaching excellence to make an impact on other societies out of academia.
DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL VALIDATION OF THE SECOND VERSION OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL SCALE (MSCS V2)
Authors: Maķevica Dina , Šuriņa Sanita , Perepjolkina Viktorija , Mārtinsone Kristīne
Published: May 2022

This article describes the development and initial validation of the second version of the Multidimensional Social Capital Scale (MSCS V2). The scale is based on the concept of Social Capital (SC) developed based on the results of the Rapid Review. The developed theoretical concept covers such types of SC as bonding, bridging, and linking, and there are two dimensions in each of these types: cognitive and structural. The initial version of the Multidimensional Social Capital Scale (MSCS) covered only the cognitive dimension of all three types of SC. This study aimed to develop an improved second expanded version of the MSCS V2 and to evaluate its psychometric properties. Data were collected online in the period from 11th June to 3rd October 2021, using a cross-sectional study design and a convenience sample strategy (N=353, 87% women and 13% men), aged between 18 and 80 years, M=41.8 years). As a result, the 25-item version of the MSCS V2 was developed. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed a 6-factor structure that encompasses the following types and elements of cognitive dimension: two types of bonding (Perceived social support or family members and close friends and Sense of belonging), two types of bridging (Perceived social support for acquaintances and General social trust), one type of linking (Institutional trust) and for Structural dimension: one type of bonding (Social participation). This 6-factor structure was approved using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Overall, the items are internally consistent on all scales (α = .73 - .90).  Findings from this study showed significant evidence for the reliability and validity of the MSCS V2 and it would be advisable to repeat the study in a homogeneous sample, including full socio-demographic data.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF RELIGIOUS STRUGGLE WITH EXPERIENCED EMOTIONS, EMOTION REGULATION SKILLS AND SELF-RATED PHYSICAL HEALTH IN A SAMPLE OF LATVIAN CHRISTIANS
Authors: Putniņa Laila , Trups-Kalne Ingrīda , Lietaviete Inese
Published: May 2022

Studies to date have linked religious struggle to poorer health outcomes. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between religious struggle, emotions, emotion regulation skills, and self-rated physical health and to search for possible mediating variables explaining this relationship. The study examined the mediating role of negative emotions and emotion regulation skills in the association of religious struggle with health outcomes in a sample of Latvian Christians. The study involved 306 participants aged between 16 and 74, belonging to different Christian denominations. Instruments used for data collection include the Religious and Spiritual Struggle (RSS) Scale, Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (ERSQ), and The Physical Health Questionnaire (PHQ). The results of the study demonstrated an association between religious struggle and poorer health outcomes and confirmed the mediating role of negative emotions and emotion regulation skills in these relationships. Emotion regulation skills are associated with a higher frequency of positive emotions and better health outcomes. The findings from this study could help in designing more effective interventions for individuals experiencing religious struggle in crisis situations.