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Enclaving the City; New Models of Containing the Urban Populations: A Case Study of Cairo
Authors: Ashoub Safa H. , Elkhateeb Mohamed W.
Published: May 2021

This article builds on theoretical foundations from enclave urbanism, authoritarian planning and neoliberal urbanisation to explore contemporary socio-spatial transformation(s) happening in Cairo, Egypt. Relying on a nationwide road development project, inner-city neighbourhoods in Cairo are turning into urban enclaves, whereby populations are being separated by a multiplicity of transport-related infrastructure projects. As these rapid planning processes are occurring, our article aims to explain why these developments are crucial and unique in the context of the post-Arab Spring cities. We argue that the new road infrastructure is creating a spatially and socially fragmented city and transforming the urban citizenry into a controllable and navigable body. We use an inductive approach to investigate the effects of the new road infrastructure and its hegemonic outcomes on the city. On a conceptual level, we propose that the enclaving of the city is a containment method that has erupted since the mass mobilisations of the Arab Spring. In doing so, we use qualitative analysis to explain empirical evidence showing how the city is being transformed into nodes of enclaves, where communities are getting separated from one another via socio-spatial fault lines.
Challenging Times and Planning: Origins, Endings and New Beginnings?
Authors: Oranje Mark
Published: May 2021

Planning was born in and of crisis. Given the multiple challenges facing the world, it may rightly be asked whether Planning would not be willing and able to assist in taking these on. In this short commentary, it is argued that the chances of this happening are slim, but not impossible, should a number of changes be made that put hope, belief, reason, and dream to collective task again.
THE USE OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Authors: Iliasova Yuliia , Shevchenko Ludmila
Published: May 2021

The article emphasizes the need for the application of innovative Internet technologies in medical schools. The authors submit some practical aspects of using educational blog Blogger, mental maps Mindomo and application Learning Apps in training of medical students when they study the professional disciplines. The results of a survey of would-be doctors and junior medical staff are described. They prove the effectiveness of the use of blogs, mental maps and online exercises by means of Learning Apps in studying of professional disciplines. The purpose of the article is to highlight the methodology and results of experimental work aimed at the verification of the effectiveness of using of innovative Internet technologies in medical schools. The experimental verification of the effectiveness of the introduction innovative Internet technologies on the training of future junior medical staff in study of special disciplines is presented. It was specified that future doctors and junior medical staff of the experimental groups at the formative stage of the experiment received better results, than the students of the control groups and they have a higher level of readiness for professional activity. The statistical verification also confirmed the effectiveness of the implementation of Internet technologies.
SOFT SKILLS FORMATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ VIEW: ANALYSIS OF SURVEY RESULTS
Authors: Lokhvytska Liubov , Martovytska Nataliia , Kolomiiets Olena
Published: May 2021

Fundamental changes in the educational paradigm of the Ukrainian education modern system have led to a revision of the process of improving the university students’ professional training. The issue of students’ soft skills formation as mandatory for the diversification of career opportunities in the labor market is relevant. Unification with European standards has led to the necessity to fill the new content of university education to ensure personal development and self-development of future professionals in the course of mastering fundamental and special disciplines and the soft skills formation, which determines the novelty of the issue. The purpose of the study was to carry out a theoretical analysis of the problem of students’ soft skills formation and empirical study of the students’ attitude (pedagogical specialty) of Ukrainian universities to this process in the context of preparation for their future career. The main method was a survey conducted by respondents filling out an author’s questionnaire “What is an ideal preschool teacher?” in electronic form on the online platform Google. Students of the specialty 012 “Preschool Education” of the first (bachelor’s) level of higher education (1‒4 years of study) from 2 Ukrainian universities (n = 191) were included into the sample. The results were processed both quantitatively and qualitatively and demonstrated that students are aware of the need to form soft skills in preparation for their own professional activities. However, more emphasis was placed on them by senior respondents, who, having mastered a large number of specialized subjects and had various types of educational practices, realized the importance of developing skills (soft skills) for personal growth. In this regard, changes are needed in the educational and professional curriculum of the first (bachelor’s) level of higher education, where it is important to outline the task of students’ soft skills formation as a mandatory component of future professionals’ training to meet the requirements of today’s labor market.
CRITERIA AND INDICATORS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICIAN’S TIMBRE HEARING
Authors: Zavadska Galina
Published: May 2021

Musical practice constantly lays down requirements to a musician’s hearing. An important tendency of a contemporary musical thinking is the intensification of the timbral beginning, which now starts to come to the foreground as one of the most significant expressive and form-developing means. Timbre hearing is one type of harmonic hearing (Teplov, 1947) and one of the most essential components at teaching a contemporary musician’s hearing, though in the teaching practice it has not been adequately reflected as yet. The development of the ability of hearing to perceive the expressive sense of a timbre sounding is a vital condition for achieving professionalism in a musician’s musical-performing activity. The precondition for a successful development of musical hearing, including that of timbre, is the process of diagnosticating its actual developmental level, which will help a teacher to organize a student’s musically-practical activity.The paper offers criteria and indicators for identifying the developmental level of musician’s timbre hearing.Research Aim: to study the theoretical basis of timbre hearing and to develop criteria and indicators of its development.Research methods: monitoring, modelling.
THE LEADERSHIP OF EDUCATION RESEARCHERS IN LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITIES
Authors: Survutaitė Dalia
Published: May 2021

The article gives overview and analyses the changes and development of scientific research on educational sciences in Lithuanian universities in the period of 1990–2004. The prepared and successfully defended dissertations show positioning of the research field of educational sciences: the leadership of education researchers is reflected by the diplomas of habilitated doctors and certificates of pedagogical title of professor. The statistical overview and evaluation of doctoral dissertations in the research field of educational sciences (social sciences) in the period of 1990–2004 reveal that training of education researchers occurred both in separate universities and in the networks of universities. The distribution of researchers in Lithuanian higher education is also discussed. The statistical data on habilitated doctors in social sciences and doctoral dissertations in education defended in the period of 1990–2004 illustrate the need to develop researchers of highest qualification in Lithuanian universities. The case study of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences allows revealing the leadership of education researchers in training of doctoral students.
CHANGING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING STANDARDS AS A CONDITION FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES' EMPLOYABILITY
Authors: Vorontsova Marina , Klyukina Evgeniya
Published: May 2021

The main aim of the study is to substantiate a new foreign language teaching standard in the universities of Russia closing the gap between the standards and the modern job market demands. In order to achieve this aim it is necessary to define the vector of the changes and correlate them with the bachelor and master students’ requirements. The main changes which the modern labor market is undergoing are the emergence of new related professions, blurring borders between professions, difficulties defining narrow vocational standards. The study hypothesizes that foreign language teaching standards should be transformed towards greater interdisciplinarity and development of soft skills rather than a merely linguistic component in the course. The main methods of research, namely analyzing literature on the soft skills in demand with employers, polls of bachelors and masters on the need and possibility to develop soft skills in the ELT classroom, allowed identifying the soft skills which are in greater demand in terms of employability in the modern job market and received a positive feedback from the respondents – communicative competence, learnability, critical and creative thinking, collaboration skills. A similar poll was conducted among the graduates of the CAAS MSU working in various spheres. The study resulted in developing the new foreign language teaching standard which encompasses teaching two European languages, instructing with the help of interdisciplinary materials and forming soft skills on all the stages of foreign language acquisition.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PARADIGMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Radchuk Halyna , Adamska Zoriana , Chopyk Solomiia , Sviderska Halyna , Oleksiuk Viktoria
Published: May 2021

The article presents a theoretical and methodological analysis of modern educational paradigms and presents axiological vectors of higher education development. The authors identify four basic educational paradigms: cognitive informational, personal (humanistic), competence based and cultural (humanitarian). It has been found that, unlike instrument-oriented learning, which provides the translation, reproduction and assimilation of knowledge, skills, technologies (cognitive informational and competence paradigms) and therefore is secondary to the processes of personality development, education should firstly be focused on development of a holistic personality, ensuring its nature and uniqueness (personal and cultural paradigms). It has been proven that at the theoretical level there has been a drastic narrowing of the semantic field of scientific and pedagogical reflection: the focus is on the production of the amount of knowledge, programmed social behaviour, technologies of activity of the future specialists. It has been shown that higher education institutions are more and more inclined to provide pragmatic education, and training professionals-functionaries. It is determined that the reform of modern education should be based on the idea of integrity, which actualises the problem of careful reflexive and methodological support of the modern higher education system and the development of specific humanitarian educational technologies.
STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN EMERGENCY REMOTE LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT IN SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING TRAINING
Authors: Krouglov Alex
Published: May 2021

The paper covers some issues of student performance in Simultaneous Interpreting modules during the emergency remote training in March – June 2020 when many universities around the world had to switch quickly to online synchronous training. Simultaneous Interpreting was chosen for this research since the existing IT platforms for online training are not sufficient in view of the complexity of simultaneous interpreting training which requires special equipment and the availability of two channels of communication. The research explores the main challenges facing trainers and students when they had to move to emergency online teaching and learning and assesses the performance of students in synchronous online simultaneous classes and final examinations or assessments. The study is based on qualitative methods guided by grounded theory and engaged 17 teachers and 24 students at seven universities teaching Simultaneous Interpreting modules. The results of the research showed that the move to emergency remote teaching and learning did not have any significant impact on the performance of students and their assessment in the remaining part of the module. Academic teams came up with a number of innovative solutions for remote teaching, learning and assessment which should be studied further in order to develop effective tools which could be used in synchronous online simultaneous interpreting teaching and learning in the future.
TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AS THE COMPONENT OF THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ELEMENT OF STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION
Authors: Chopyk Roman , Hrybok Nina , Zakalyak Natalya , Lukjanchenko Mykola
Published: May 2021

The problem of studying the significance of teachers’ professional skills as the component of the quality of higher education and the element of students’ motivation is being analyzed in the article. The purpose of the research is study and analyzes of students’ attitude towards teachers’ professional skills as the component of the quality of higher education. The research has been conducted with the help of theoretical and empirical methods. Connection between the quality of higher education and teachers’ professional skills has been established with the help of dialectical method. The use of comparative method allowed us to implement the raking division of students’ attitude towards teachers’ professional skills. The empirical base of the research consists of the results of the survey of 175 students of Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University. The following teachers’ professional skills: the ability to arouse the interest for the subject; clarity, accessibility and comprehensibility of the information layout; the ability to create a teamwork, motivate to achieve goals have been granted the highest ranking according to students’ attitude towards teachers’ professional skills. Such skills as objectivity and transparency of evaluation; goodwill and tactfulness; creative approach to studying; subject competence; erudition and culture of speech are highly evaluated. The following qualities: the culture of a dress code; organizational culture; the ability to act accordingly with moral, ethical and legal standards; the ability to recognize, formulate and solve problems constitute the interim position of the general ranking. Content significance and accessibility of the information which is being taught; skills of informational technologies; the ability to choose forms and methods of teaching which comply with student-oriented approach have been positioned at the lowest point of the general ranking according to the survey.
METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHER TRAINING FOR THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES WITH PUPILS
Authors: Kazmirchuk Natalia , Baranovska Iryna , Mozgalova Nataliia , Shcholokova Olga , Podorozhnyi Vadym
Published: May 2021

The research was conducted as part of the project of Erasmus + (Module Jean Monnet) “EU experience of soft skills development of preschool and primary school age children by theatre activities in teacher training”.The purpose of the article is to find out the educational value of theatrical activities, to reveal the methodological aspects of preparing teachers for theatrical activities with pupils. The study used theoretical methods: analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, synthesis, comparison, method of modeling and generalization of research results; diagnostic methods: interview, survey, observation, interview: methods of processing experimental data for quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of diagnostic tests.The concept of “theatrical activity” is specified, the educational and developmental potential of theatrical activity is revealed, the technique of introduction of theatrical activity in practice of modern school is developed, methodical bases of preparation of teachers for theatrical activity with schoolchildren are opened.The results of empirical research have shown that most teachers do not use theatrical activities in their own pedagogical practice. Only certain elements are introduced in art and language lessons: staging of literary works or songs. We are convinced that theatrical activities are a powerful effective means of moral, aesthetic, promotes the development of social skills (soft skils), because it allows to involve students in various types of artistic creativity: literary, musical, visual, stage, choreographic. Through participation in theatrical performances, creative potential is revealed, high moral values are formed, sufficient communication skills are needed to model social behavior in the children's team, in the family and society as a whole. The study allowed to confirm the importance and practical feasibility of using theatrical activities as a means of education and development of youth
UKRAINIAN-LATVIAN COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: COMMON EUROPEAN VALUES AND CURRENT CHALLENGES
Authors: Topuzov Oleh , Malykhin Oleksandr , Usca Svetlana , Aristova Nataliia
Published: May 2021

Knowledge on universal values in general and common European values in particular and their influence on the process of providing university education to current and future generations may become a basis for building a cohesive world community. In that context, university education has an invaluable role to play. To live in peace and harmony for years to come, people should acknowledge and respect the diversity within the global society. This will be possible only if the content of higher education programmes in universities throughout Europe provides the next generations with insight into European and world culture and multiculturalism. This is most evident now when all the nations of the world have expressed their willingness to help each other in combating the Covid-19 pandemic placing the highest value on the person. In this regard, the article is aimed at investigating the problems Ukrainian and Latvian students face as a result of current challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, providing some scientifically backgrounded ways of their overcoming and reducing their negative consequences. The problems whose essence was found out through conducting a web-based questionnaire were generalized by means of content analysis method. Research sample included 109 Latvian students and 98 Ukrainian students.
SPACE LAW - THE NEW SUB-BRANCH OF LAW STUDIES IN LATVIA
Authors: Grasis Janis
Published: May 2021

Latvia became an associate member of the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2020. The ESA is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space. According to the Article II of the Convention of establishment of a European Space Agency, the purpose of the ESA is to promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among European States in space research and technology and their space applications, with a view to their being used for scientific purposes and for operational space applications systems. “The Space Strategy for Latvia 2021-2027” (Strategy) recently was collectively developed by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia. It establishes a focused framework for the cooperation of Latvia with the ESA and contributes to the achievement of the objectives, priorities and actions defined in the Latvian National Development Plan 2021-2027, the National Industrial Policy Guidelines 2021-2027 and the Science, Technological Development and Innovation Guidelines 2021-2027. As it is indicated in the Strategy, Latvian higher education institutions ensure the development of an adequate base of   expertise and skills in graduates to be able to serve the needs of the space sector in Latvia. It is proposed in Strategy that Universities in collaboration with local industrial partners develop higher-education courses and lifelong learning programmes to respond to the national space industry need. Novelty of the research: this is one of the first academic research concerning the possible studies of space law in the Latvian higher education institutions. Just now law studies are provided by 8 higher education institutions; but no one offers single study course on space law. The research aim is to analyse necessity to teach space law in the universities of the Republic of Latvia, taking into account the fact that Latvia now is an associate member of the ESA. The author has used descriptive, analytical and deductive-inductive research methods in the article. After review and analysis of the legal acts, policy planning documents and different reports, the author has made conclusions and recommendations. Preliminary it seems that space law must be teached as separated study course (or at least this topic must be included in the study course “International air law” or similar study course); publication of teaching book “Space law” also is desirable in latvian language.
PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODEL OF FORMATION OF CADETS' READINESS TO ENSURE INFORMATION SECURITY IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Authors: Dvoretsky Dmitry , Kolesnikova Natalia , Makarkina Oksana , Lagvilava Kira
Published: May 2021

The mass introduction of information technologies in the activities of state structures has made it possible to transfer the efficiency of their functioning to a qualitatively new level. Unfortunately, as a means of action, they have characteristic vulnerabilities and can be used not only for good, but also for harm. For the state, as a guarantor of the stability of a civilized society, the issue of ensuring the security of information processing is particularly important. Despite the automation of many information processes, the most vulnerable link in the work of information systems remains a person. A person acts as an operator of information systems and a consumer of information. The entire service process depends on the competence of the operator and the quality of his perception. There are areas of government activity where the cost of error is particularly high. These include ensuring the life and health of citizens, protecting public order and the state system, and ensuring territorial integrity. The specifics of the spheres must be taken into account when ensuring the security of information. This study concerns official activities that are provided by paramilitary groups. Currently, there is a discrepancy in the level of competence of new personnel in the first months of service. The author traces the shortcomings of general and special professional qualities in the field of information security. The purpose of the study is to substantiate certain pedagogical means of forming cadets ' readiness to ensure information security. As forms of theoretical knowledge, we will use the traditional hypothesis and model, as well as functionally distinguishable judgments – problem, assumption, idea and principle. Empirical forms of knowledge will be observation (experimental method) and fixation of facts. To evaluate the effectiveness of the developed pedagogical tools, we use statistical methods: observation (documented and interrogated) and calculation of generalizing indicators. To formulate conclusions, we will use logical methods: building conclusions and argumentation. The approbation of certain pedagogical tools described in this article showed a significant positive trend in terms of competence in information security issues.
FORMATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’SAFE BEHAVIOUR WHILE TERRORIST ATTACKS
Authors: Veretenko Tetiana , Trebe Anton , Bieloliptseva Olena
Published: May 2021

The attention is drawn to the possibility of terrorist attacks in Ukraine. The essence of safe behaviour during a terrorist attack is revealed in the article. The purpose of the article is to determine the rules of behaviour for high school students in the case of a terrorist attack, the action algorithm of high school students on receiving information about a terrorist threat; rules of safe behaviour in social networks, which are actively used by terrorists, who attack high school students to participate in their groups and terrorist acts; to present a formation program of high school students’safe behaviour while terrorist attacks and show its effectiveness.The results of the experimental implementation of the program for formation of high school students’safe behaviour during terrorist attacks and emergencies are analyzed after asurvey carried out. According to the results summarised a conclusion is made to activate social and pedagogical work in the field of forming students’safe behaviour while terrorist attacks and emergencies.
DO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LIKE MATHEMATICS?
Authors: Vragović Anica , Klasnić Irena
Published: May 2021

Importance of mathematics as a school subject is evident in a fact that it is a constituent part of core curriculum for basic education in all education systems in the world. First few years of education are of crucial importance to the formation of attitudes towards mathematics. Attitudes are important because they navigate our actions and by doing so, influence our reality and our future as well. Research on attitudes towards mathematics has considerably increased over the past few years, since the importance of mathematics is getting continuously more accentuated. In the context of schools and education, it is emphasized how positive attitude towards mathematics influences students’ relationship with school-work, studying, confidence and behaviour. The aim of the study was to determine primary school students’ attitudes towards mathematics. One hundred and seventy-one students from 3rd to 8th grade from III Primary School Varaždin, Croatia participated in the research. The data were analyzed with t-test and one-way ANOVA for independent samples. The research has shown that there is no statistically significant gender difference in attitudes towards mathematics; however, age difference was confirmed. It was also found that younger students in primary education had a more positive attitude towards mathematics than older students. Practical implications of acquired results could be in providing additional support to 5th and 6th grade students when the change from positive to negative attitude happens.
THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH OF THE ATTITUDE TO THE CONCEPT PATRIOTISM AND OF THE DEGREE OF ITS COMPREHENSION AMONG LATVIAN TEENAGERS UNDER CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION
Authors: Marcenoka Marina
Published: May 2021

Succession of generations, especially under conditions of globalisation, polyculture and integration processes in circumstances of socially economic transformation of the society and state leads to the collapse of the system of traditional values and alteration of the content and meaning of numerous phenomena and concepts. The given processes in the modern society are eroding such socially moral and value landmarks as respect and love to the Motherland, self-sacrifice and patriotism, wish and ability to work for the sake of the country, aspiration to be useful for it. The Aim of the research is to determine the attitude and degree of understanding of the concept “patriotism” among Latvian teenagers. The theoretical analysis makes it possible to conclude that the main idea of the concept patriotism consists of considering it as one of the highest values of the individual and is the basis of life orientations, defining the strategy of the individual’s development, harmonisation of the society and the state. In the empirical way, the particular and the general understanding of the concept ‘patriotism’ by Latvian teenagers was defined, how patriotism is manifested, the level of pride for one’s country, ways of upbringing of patriotic values, personal qualities of a patriot / an antipatriot and the activity directed towards motivation of active actions for sake of one’s country.
CHALLENGES OF ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Malogorski Jurjević Martina , Đuranović Marina , Olčar Diana
Published: May 2021

The teaching profession has always been complex and dynamic, but now the challenges are posed to a society as a whole by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the research was to determine teachers' perceptions of the challenges of conducting online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. 413 teachers from Croatia participated in the research. Respondents were distributed according to the level of education at which they work in three groups (primary school teachers - grades 1st to 4th, subject teachers – grades 5th to 8th of primary school, subject teachers - secondary school). According to the results of the research, teachers estimated that difficulties in online teaching generally occur occasionally. There were statistically significant differences in some of the items in the perception of the challenges in online teaching among teachers depending on the level of education at which they work. Still, in general, teachers at all three levels of education experienced approximately the same amount of challenges. More challenges in online teaching have been related to a higher level of burnout and correlated positively with higher numbers of students to teach. Age has been unrelated to challenges in online teaching. Since difficulties in conducting online teaching hinder the educational process, this research could serve as an indicator of problems and an initial step to solving them.
MEDIA LITERACY IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Authors: Vanek Katarina
Published: May 2021

This research has been set in view of the increasing exposure of children and youth to the media and the challenges of the modern education system. The aim was to establish the existence and representation of extracurricular activities in school curricula aimed at media literacy of students in primary schools in the area of Virovitica-Podravina and Požega-Slavonia Counties in the Republic of Croatia. The data were collected by studying the documentation - analysis of 25 school curricula for the 2020/2021 school year, which are available on websites of the schools. The results are described by the descriptive method and point to the existence of extracurricular activities aimed at media literacy of students, but not in all schools. Such extracurricular activities are more represented in higher grades of primary school (5th -8th grade) and are mostly oriented toward journalism, while in lower grades (1st - 4th grade) the most frequent activities are related to Computer Science or a specific aim set within media literacy education. Finally, this research can be a starting point for other research projects for determining the causal links that led to such results and an incentive to improve educational practice in Croatian schools.
THE EXPRESSION OF LEARNING ORIENTED ASSESSMENT CULTURE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ASSESSMENT
Authors: Raudiene Irena
Published: May 2021

This article presents the results of a thematic analysis conducted after informal interviews with 10 teachers and a head teacher of one secondary school in the city of Vilnius about their classroom assessment practices. Part of a larger critical ethnographic research exploring the change of school culture when introducing assessment innovation, this analysis reveals common classroom assessment practices, teachers’ beliefs about the role of assessment, and the anxiety the  school community shares around standardized testing and examinations. Literature suggests that both formative and summative assessment practices have great potential for improving students’ learning. Teachers are encouraged to integrate assessment into their teaching in order to identify where their pupils are in their learning and the steps they need to take for improvement and progress (Gardner, Hayward, Harlen Stobart, 2008). However convincing the arguments in favour of change are, the external school evaluation data shows that the real change in the way teachers assess students’ progress is very slow and hardly noticed. The concept of learning oriented assessment culture (Birenbaum, 2014) could provide more understanding about the nature of good classroom assessment and necessary conditions that help to sustain school efforts in improving assessment practices.
JOB SATISFACTION: ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RELATED TO JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS IN THE VIDZEME REGION
Authors: Dombrovskis Aivis
Published: May 2021

This study analyses the socio-demographic factors of a group of teachers and school headmasters and their job satisfaction. It explores potential correlations and links between socio-demographic factors, the subjects which they teach, their role at the educational institution and the level of job satisfaction. The data were collected from 128 female respondents (N=128) from nine regional communities in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Respondents were between 22 and 73, with an average age of 49.  They were divided into five categories on the basis of age. There were also eight categories for subjects, teaching levels and the performed roles - the arts, the humanities, the social sciences, other sciences, preschool teachers (with students aged 1-7), primary school teachers (7-10), elementary school teachers (7-16) and headmasters. The study shows that job satisfaction among teachers is closely linked to the issue of whether they do or do not have children. Socio-demographic indicators such as partnership, the number of marriages, the number of marriages of their parents, and the existence of siblings - these indicated links, but not statistically significant ones in relation to the job satisfaction of teachers. The Likert scale was used to measure job satisfaction. The collected data were analysed with non-parametric methods.
ARTISTIC ACTIVITY AS A COLLABORATION TOOL IN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL CULTURE FORMATION
Authors: Kardašienė Aušra , Strakšienė Diana
Published: May 2021

The article analyses and scientifically evaluates the aspect of collaboration through manifestation of artistic activity as an opportunity to form an inclusive school culture. It is maintained that school culture grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education and enriched with advanced educational processes oriented to artistic/musical activity not only marks the school’s uniqueness but also unites and enables the education process participants to collaborate and work together naturally to achieve a shared goal. The main idea of the empirical research presented in the article is to reveal students’ attitude towards artistic activities as a means of collaboration, which helps to form the inclusive school culture. The study involved students studying at school and attending a musical activity collective (choir). The research has revealed that in creating the inclusive school culture, artistic activities promote community participants to collaborate, share best practices; they improve the microclimate, ensure the manifestation of the success situation in the educational process, concert activities, and the like. The musical activity grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education becomes an opportunity developing the inclusive school culture that undoubtedly helps to create the society grounded on collaboration and tolerance towards differences, which seeks to envisage every learner’s needs and opportunities.
VALUES CREATED BY MUSIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS
Authors: Läänemets Urve , Kalamees-Ruubel Katrin , Kiilu Kristi , Kaja Kadi , Sepp Anu
Published: May 2021

This is the final part of research started in 2014 when development of the new National Curricula (NC) was initiated. The role of music education had to be mapped to prove its meaning as a traditional mandatory subject in the NC. According to the research program, different aspects, related to music education (content, integration of art subjects, informal and non-formal music activities, supportive learning environments, etc.), were analysed. The research of 2020 is summarising the values music education can provide for development of educated, responsible, ethical and creative people. The data collected from essays of school students and (future and in-service) music teachers (n=166), were analysed by qualitative methods. The values were classified by the following categories: social, cultural, cognitive, moral, aesthetic, personal. The research results can be used as arguments for developing music education syllabi in the NCs from kindergartens to gymnasia. The whole program of research is already being used for further development of music teacher education.
GENDER REPRESENTATION IN THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS OF MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Authors: Grigaliūnienė Monika , Kačinskaitė Roma
Published: May 2021

Balanced gender representation allows stereotype threat effect to be avoided so it is important in any type of educational materials, but it is even more so in national assessments as in some cases their outcome determines opportunities for young people. This study is centered on gender representation in the country-wide [Lithuanian] assessments of students' mathematical knowledge and skills, particularly, on the national assessments and exams level. The research data was analyzed using the authors' evaluation matrix. There were seven categories of topics found in contextual problems: free time and socialization, housework, movement, sagacity, shopping, skillfulness and sports. Study shows that some types of assessments represent genders in a more balanced way than others. When compared to other educational or entertainment sources of written information, national assessments of mathematical achievements seems to represent gender in a more balanced way.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HUMANITARIAN PARADIGM OF EDUCATION
Authors: Alijev Roman , Chehlova Zoja , Keviša Ingrīda
Published: May 2021

The research problem is the development of the personal self-determination of secondary school students in the process of learning based on the humanitarization of education.  The research has been underpinned by the humanitarian paradigm of education, which is the result of the development of pedagogical methodology. In the 21st century, pedagogy is viewed as a social-humanitarian science with the predominance of the humanitarian component. We regard humanitarization as a contemporary technology of the educational process. The aims of the study are to analyse the characteristics of the personal self-determination of adolescents, identify the structure of the personal self-determination of secondary school students and determine conditions for the development of the personal self-determination of secondary school students in the process of learning. The research methods include observation, survey, conversation, an establishing experiment, mathematical statistics.  The research results:1.     there was determined the structure of personal self-determination of secondary school students as the system of inter-connected components;2.     it was established that the humanitarization of the educational process is the key precondition for the development of the personal self-determination of secondary school students both regarding the logic of the subject and the logic of the process of learning (changing the style of relationships), as well as the logic of education (understanding culture as the world of human attitudes and meanings);3.     the key values of secondary school students were identified, which were mainly pragmatic values.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION SKILL AS A COMPONENT OF SOCIAL SUCCESS OF JUNIOR PUPIL
Authors: Mytnyk Alexandr , Matvienko Olena , Guraliuk Andrii , Mykhalchuk Nataliia , Ivashkevych Ernest
Published: May 2021

The article proves that in order to achieve success in a person's society, it is important to be not only intellectually developed, but also to be able to work effectively in a team. The analysis of a scientific literature shows that there is a lack of research aimed at the purposeful development of students' ability to interact constructively with others. The purpose of the article is to reveal the theoretical and practical foundations for the development of the ability to constructively interact with others in primary school students. The following methods were used: theoretical analysis of a scientific literature on the problem of research, modeling, in order to describe the technique of constructing tasks for joint activities; empirical methods: diagnostic techniques, psychological and pedagogical experiment; methodology for building teaching as a holistic creative process.The article describes the essence of constructive interaction between the subjects of the educational process, presents the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the development of students of primary school age, the ability to constructively interact with others, namely: the introduction of the course "Logic" in the educational process of primary school in grades from  2 to4, tasks, related to the content of the course "Logic", in the lessons on the disciplines of the humanities and natural-mathematical cycles; the use of interactive teaching methods in the educational process; creation and implementation of tasks for joint educational activities, providing for the "I - inclusion" of everyone in joint work. A system of tasks related to the content of the course "Logic" is presented, examples of tasks of a combined nature are given and the process of working on them is described. The creation of tasks for joint educational activities in large and small groups by means of ICT is described, examples of such tasks are given, the process of working on such tasks is described.With the help of the introduction of certain diagnostic techniques and the organization of experimental research at the all-Ukrainian level, the positive dynamics of the development of students' ability to interact constructively with others and, as a consequence, the effectiveness of the named psychological and pedagogical conditions for the development of the presented skill have been proved.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE TRAINING IN LATVIAN SCHOOLS AS THE TOPICALITY OF NOWADAYS EDUCATION
Authors: Kreija - Gaikšte Sandra , Katane Irēna
Published: May 2021

Continuous changes in the global geopolitical space are highlighting our national interests in security matters, when thinking about the sustainability of our society and country. Both civic readiness to act in crisis situations and civic participation in strengthening national security are important. Therefore, following the introduction of a comprehensive National defense conception in Latvia, the acquisition of the subject of National defence training in secondary education programs will be compulsory from the academic year 2024/2025. The aim of the research was to substantiate the implementation of National defense traning in Latvian schools as a topicality of modern education. The new curriculum is included in the following areas of study: Health, Safety and Physical Activity and Social and Civic Learning. Nowadays,  in the framework of pilot project, the new curriculum in the field of national defense is already being experimentally tested in 69 educational institutions: secondary schools, gymnasiums, vocational schools, colleges. The results of the research allow to conclude that: 1) the concept of comprehensive national defense has four dimensions (military, informative, psychological and civic dimensions); 2) all these dimensions were respected in the development of the National Defense Training curriculum. The content of education in the field of national defense will serve as a means of patriotic upbringing, but the training process itself will have an upbringing function. The implementation of National defense training must also be based on an ecological approach in providing an appropriate educational environment, paying attention to the contexts of indoor and outdoor environments.
METHODS OF CORRECTION BY SPEECH THERAPY IN ESTABLISHING OF VERBAL COMMUNICATION FOR NON-VERBAL CHILDREN IN PRE-SCHOOL AGE
Authors: Anosko Lucija
Published: May 2021

According to the experience of many speech therapists, lately, there is a growing number of non-verbal children. Such a tendency is observed not only in special pre-school education institutions but also in general pre-school institutions. These children need the help of a speech therapist who can determine the speech therapy conclusion and choose the methods of correction. The goal of the research is to explore and analyze the effectiveness of the methods of corrections by speech therapy in the creation of verbal communication for non-verbal children in pre-school age. The correction activities consist of several stages, and as a result, children learn the skills of verbal communication and according to their abilities, use this type of communication in their daily life. Conclusions. The corrective work by speech therapy is done in a way that the speech disorder in pre-school age is eliminated or minimized. The complex impact can bring optimal results in the correction of speech disorders.
TRUE AND HOLOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE
Authors: Reihenova Austra
Published: May 2021

The article deals with the direction of philosophy - epistemology, it is a study of knowledge and cognition. The main aspects of epistemology are the dimensions of knowledge, the sources of knowledge and the reliability of knowledge. The education system deals with the acquisition of knowledge, the use of various sources of knowledge and the reflection of the reliability of knowledge in curricula. Learning content includes knowledge that helps to find, create and use new knowledge. Modern curriculum requires a review of all school knowledge, conceptual and factual apparatus of school education. Mankind has accumulated a tremendous amount of knowledge. Essential preconditions for the selection of educational content: that the acquired knowledge covers the basics of various sciences; so that the curriculum covers different types of knowledge; that the student acquires knowledge from different sources of knowledge and uses different dimensions of knowledge; so that in order to explain the processes taking place in the universe, the student uses the true knowledge, which is formed on the laws of eternal harmony, is structured and maintains the whole of the world. The topicality of the article is related to the modern study content, which is based on true structured knowledge. The aim of the article is to review the content of the curriculum so that students have access to quality knowledge that is organized in a system and considered as a whole, and explains the processes taking place in the world.
SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE GROUPS
Authors: Burenina Svetlana , Kalinina Svetlana , Petrash Elena , Borisov Boris , Shpak Alexey
Published: May 2021

The article tells about the experience of the state budget institution of social services of the Pskov region "Rehabilitation center for children and adolescents with disabilities" from Velikiye Luki in the rehabilitation of children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years with disabilities in mental and physical development, ensuring their fullest and timely social adaptation to life in society, family, education and work through the organization of mutual assistance groups. The effectiveness of this form of work with a family raising a child with disabilities is shown by teaching parents to understand their children, identify their abilities and needs for their further development. These theoretical positions were confirmed by experimental work that took place in three stages, including the social project "All together" with an inclusive component, which allowed to develop the huge internal potential of families raising children with disabilities for their more effective rehabilitation.