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Influence of Teacher staffing levels on quality of education in public day secondary schools in Embu County, Kenya
Authors: Mbogo Simon Muchira , Khatete Ibrahim , Akala Winston
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Amongst all educational personnel it is teachers who arguably play the central role of giving purpose to the learners and enthuse in them the drive to work hard so as to succeed in in life. By virtue of this vital function, number of teachers and their qualifications are key determinants of student’s test scores, completion rates, enrollment rates, repetition and dropout rates as indicators of quality of education. The study envisioned to examine the influence of teacher staffing levels on quality of education in public day secondary schools in Embu County, Kenya. The study used correlational research design and targeted 192 principals, 1743 teachers and 35124 students from all the 192 public secondary schools in Embu County. Schools were stratified into the five Sub-Counties of Embu County. Public day secondary schools were purposefully sampled followed by another purposeful sampling of form four students. The study used a sample of 516 individuals comprising of 35 school principals, 97 teachers and 384 students. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedule and an observation checklist. The SPSS software was used to aid in data analysis. The study revealed that teacher staffing levels had strong correlation with quality of education. Chi-square statistics computed at α=0.05 established a significant relationship between number of teachers and quality of education. The findings of the study revealed that public day secondary schools were understaffed pursuant to the curriculum based establishment. The study recommended that the government through the teacher service commission should employ more teachers to alleviate the shortage of teachers
The Role of State Management for Independent Audit in Vietnam
Authors: Lai Thi Thu Thuy , Lai Tuan Dat
Published: December 2022

This article aims to find out the current situation of external management for independent audit activities in Vietnam, which is mainly about the level of compliance with standards or commitments to related parties and reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the article discusses the development strategy of accounting and auditing in Vietnam until 2030, including necessary activities to enhance the role of state management in independent audit activities in Vietnam
A Synthesis of Sustainable Public Transportation Logistics Model
Authors: Chutikorntaweesin Ornpapha , Yodthong Thuchaphon
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this research was to synthesize the sustainable public transportation logistics model. The researchers reviewed the related literature in the 5 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research process began with searching, reviewing, analyzing, synthesizing and summarizing the data. The results showed that the key components of the sustainable public transportation logistics model consisted of 3 components:

Corporate of Governance: it included 1) Urban Form which were (1) Physical Form and Land Use, (2) Land Area and Density, (3) Centralities and Regionalism; and 2) Transport Policy which were (1) Regional Integration, (2) Funding and Finances.
Logistics Management: it included 1) Physical Flow which were (1) The Speed of Transportation, (2) The Economies of Transportation, (3) The Safety of Transportation, (4) Quantity of Vehicles in Transportation, (5) The Convenience of Transportation, (6) The Certainty and Timeliness in Transportation; 2) Information Flow which were (1) Internal Communication, (2) External Communication; and 3) Financial Flow which were (1) Determine the Appropriate Fare, (2) Smart Card, (3) Common Ticketing System.
Sustainable Public Transportation: it included 1) Economic Dimension which were (1) Funding, (2) Demand Management; 2) Social Dimension which were (1) Differences in Spatial Distribution, (2) Travel Expenses, (3) Health, (4) Public Safety; and 3) Environmental Dimension which were (1) Greenhouse Gas Emission, (2) Fossil Fuel, (3) Renewable Energy.
Antimicrobial Resistance: The Moral Compass of Health
Authors: Pricop Laura
Published: December 2022

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the simplest terms describes a paradoxical and disproportionate relationship between the irrational consumption of antibiotics and the real needs. The developing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is considered one of the most serious public health issues which in the last years have started to be perceived as the real threat it is. The paper has a double purposes: a) to critically analyze the methods in which such a complex phenomenon is conceptualized and b) to better understand the possible available approach methods that specialists in the field of public health have in their ongoing attempt to slow down and reduce the momentum of this phenomenon. The overall reasoning of the paper is to better understand the current correct decision-making of a healthcare provider regarding the use and the restriction of antibiotics on a patient.
Psychometric Properties of the Questionnaire Covid-19 Stress on the Romanian Community Sample
Authors: Miclea Bogdana , Nicoara Romulus-Dan , Coman Horia-George
Published: December 2022

The objective of the present research is to adapt the 36-item COVID-19 Stress Rating Scales to the Romanian population. It is a self-report scale used to assess the stress caused by COVID-19 through six dimensions: Danger, Socio-economic consequences, Xenophobia, Contamination, Traumatic stress, Verification. A total of 160 medically qualified participants, aged 19-59 years, completed a socio-demographic data sheet and the COVID-19 Stress Rating Scales. A high internal consistency was obtained for the 6 scales of the instrument, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients in the range 0.74-0.86. Exploratory factor analysis and Confirmatory factor analysis were also evaluated. The results indicate that the Romanian version of the CSS has good psychometric properties, being a suitable instrument for the assessment of stress caused by COVID-19.
Individual and Psychological Characteristics of Law Enforcement Officers as a Basis for Effective Psychological Selection of Personnel for Modern Police Organizations
Authors: Okhrimenko Ivan , Ostapovich Volodymyr , Barko Vadym V. , Barko Vadym I. , Smirnova Olga , Hruzynska Iryna , Marchenko Olga
Published: December 2022

The distinguishing features of a specific type of modern law enforcement activities (criminal police, patrol police, security police, pre-trial investigation bodies, district police officers) require a law enforcement officer to have certain individual and psychological characteristics, the absence of which make it impossible to successful perform their service tasks. Individual and psychological characteristics must be taken into account during the psychological selection of personnel for law enforcement agencies. The aim of the research is to undertake the comparative analysis of the individual and psychological characteristics of law enforcement officers who carry out various types of law enforcement activities. 986 law enforcement officers engaged in various types of law enforcement activities took part in the research. The research was carried out on the basis of a systematic approach using an optimal set of psychodiagnostic techniques. Professionally significant individual and psychological characteristics of law enforcement officers who undertake various types of service activities were singled out. It was found that the representatives of the criminal police and security police units are emotionally more stable compared to other categories of police officers. On the other hand, high levels of confidence, independence and leadership are expressed among patrol officers and investigators. Police officers in all types of law enforcement activities are particularly characterized by high self-control, responsibility, conscientiousness, thoroughness, and discipline. The obtained data will contribute to the improvement of the mechanism of psychological selection of personnel for modern police organizations.
Art Therapy as a Means of Psychological Correction of Emotional Disorders
Authors: Savytska Olha , Shkrabiuk Veronika , Pedorenko Valentyna , Sytnik Svitlana , Naichuk Victoriia , Nazarevych Victoriia
Published: December 2022

The article reveals the essence and specificity of psychologically corrective work with the help of art therapy in the theoretical and methodological analysis of the problem of correction of emotional disorders. Types of emotional disorders, their causes, and also directions of art therapy and some rules of introduction of art therapy techniques in psychologically corrective practice are considered. Some psychological recommendations for the use of isotherapy methods in the correction of emotional disorders, compliance with which can attest to the high professional competence of the consultant in mastering art therapy techniques have been developed. Art therapy work is offered for consideration as emotional "auto-training" of harmonious interaction with the social environment, a strategy of preservation of emotional health and a psychological means of self-help of the self-sufficient person for the purpose of prevention of emotional deviations. The use of art-therapeutic means is offered to consider as innovative health-saving technology. Theoretical and methodological developments in the introduction of art therapy in the psychologically corrective process by foreign and domestic researchers, which can be considered as successful recommendations for the use of art therapy techniques for the psychocorrection of emotional disorders are summarized.
Neuropedagogy in Contemporary Formal and Non-Formal Education
Authors: Gvozdii Svitlana , Bakhov Ivan , Pienov Vadym , Palamarchuk Svitlana , Dudnyk Nadiia , Petrukhan-Shcherbakova Lyudmila
Published: December 2022

The article reveals the concept of neuropedagogy, in relation to current forms of educational practices. In the conditions of significant advances in the field of neuroscience, the relevance and expediency of research is determined by the opportunities that open up before the use of research on brain activity and neural processes in educational activities. On the one hand, discoveries in the neuroscience can increase the effectiveness of educational activities, their formal and non-formal areas. On the other hand, there are a number of paradigmatic and practical limitations associated with the use of the neuroconcept in various forms of educational activities. Opportunities include: increasing attention, overcoming personal limitations, detection of specific neuro-consistent methodic and didactic techniques. The limitations include some paradigmatic conditionality of the neuroconcept, which to some extent limits the heuristic qualities of thinking due to the dominance of mental practices and various formalizations. Thus, the balanced and appropriate application of neuropedagogical approaches in both formal and non-formal education is of great importance. Neuropedagogical methods are becoming extremely important in the context of digitization of the space of interaction between people and the emergence of the so-called Z-generation. Critical evaluation and timely application of neuropedagogical practices, in our opinion, can significantly expand the potential for both formal and non-formal education.
Psycho-Pedagogical Experience of Intellectual Education in the Views of Ukrainian and Foreign Pedagogues as the Basis of Modern Neuropedagogy
Authors: Tsymbal-Slatvinska Svitlana , Maksymchuk Borys , Saienko Volodymyr , Babii Inna , Behas Liudmyla , Lemeshchuk Maryna , Chepka Olena , Dychok Taisiia , Maksymchuk Iryna
Published: December 2022

It is extremely important to reconsider psycho-pedagogical experience in the problem of intellectual education that is mainly highlighted on the pages of the leading periodical “Sovetskaya Pedagogika”. The research hypothesis is the possibility of using the pedagogical experience of the journal’s co-authors to justify the basic principles of neuropedagogy, which became widespread after its publication had ended. The research aims to identify and generalize the main areas of intellectual education on the pages of the journal based on a holistic retrospective analysis of professional publications and, thus, identify the factual material and theoretical approaches which have formed the basis of modern neuropedagogy. Research methods involve a set of general scientific and psycho-pedagogical methods: systematic search methods (identification, theoretical analysis and systematization of historical-and-pedagogical works and materials of pedagogical periodicals); historical-and-retrospective methods (analysis of the content and characteristics of reflection and solving of problems related to intellectual education on the pages of the journal); comparative methods (comparison of events, phenomena and facts mentioned in the journal, in particular, the views of national and international theorists and practitioners on the problems of intellectual education, which have formed the basis of modern neuropedagogy). In the paper, theoretical generalization and a new approach to solving a topical problem of generalizing the main areas of intellectual education on the pages of the periodical, namely, the problem of intellectual education in the context of developing an idea on the individual’s harmonious development; a comprehensive approach to the problem of intellectual education on the pages of the periodical; the problem of intellectual development as the basis of intellectual education on the pages of the periodical “; promotion of cognitive activity and independence as an effective means of intellectual education; pedagogical views on the problem of intellectual education on the pages of the periodical; foreign experience in promoting intellectual education on the pages of the periodical have been presented. The stages in the history of forming and developing the periodical “Sovetskaya Pedagogika” (1937–1991) have been concretized following the status and subordination. Particular facts, concepts and problems of the prominent educational journal in the context of establishing the ideas of neuropedagogy and neuropsychology have been specified. The significance of pedagogical periodicals as an important source of psycho-pedagogical research has been justified.
Preschoolers with Intellectual Disabilities: Research in Communicative Competence
Authors: Chobanian Anna , Boriak Oksana , Kolyshkina Alla , Chebotariova Olena , Bodarieva Mariia
Published: December 2022

The formation of communicative competence as a leading component of speech activity of senior preschoolers with intellectual disabilities is a long-term, multi-stage process. In accordance with the objectives of the study, we have substantiated and identified the features of the criteria of communicative competence. Methods of comparison and systematization of research material are applied; deductive - for a systematic description of the phenomenon under study; systematization of the results of empirical research; empirical: diagnostic complex for the study of the formation of communicative competence; mathematical and statistical: Fisher's angular transformation criterion to establish the reliability of differences between the indicators of experimental groups.
It was found that children with intellectual disabilities of older preschool age have a complete lack of communicative competence in general. Insufficient level of cognitive-motivational criterion revealed the predominance of zero level of communication skills, situationality of statements, prevalence of situational-business communication, which is characteristic of younger children with normal development, as well as a tendency to avoid problematic situations. There is a significant predominance of zero level of formation of the behavioral criterion, which is manifested in the lack of adequate ways of communication, the lack of communicative techniques, both the use of verbal and nonverbal means of communication. Lack of mastery of non-situational forms of communication is manifested in the lack of stable motives for communication with adults, reduced need for communication, low development of speech communication, lack of interest in contact, inability to navigate communication, predominance of protective reactions of avoidance and aggression.
The Influence of Parents’ Mutual Support on the Socialization of Children with Special Needs in Rehabilitation Centres: Neuropsychological Aspects
Authors: Sarancha Iryna , Maksymchuk Borys , Kharchenko Sergey , Linnik Yurii , Dovbnia Sofiia , Pavelkiv Vitaliy , Maksymchuk Iryna , Shakhina Iryna , Saienko Volodymyr , Bashtovenko Oksana , Silaiev Vitalii , Radovenchyk Anastasiia , Zhytomyrskyi Leonid
Published: December 2022

The article presents theoretical and methodological aspects of social support for families with adolescents with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in rehabilitation centres. In particular, it describes the process and results from the implementation of the author’s work with mutual support groups of parents of adolescents with MSDs. The article aims to determine and quasi-experimentally verify the methods of rehabilitation of individuals with MSDs and prove their effectiveness in rehabilitation centres with the involvement of parents. During the implementation of the programme, social work with families in centres for social rehabilitation of children with MSDs consists of the following main areas: family therapy, family psychoprophylaxis, providing social assistance to families, mediation in resolving family conflicts, family counselling, social and pedagogical work with families.  The content and forms of social and pedagogical work with the family are determined by a group of the following factors: a family type, problems in the family; areas of professional training of the specialist providing services to the family. The quasi-experimental group (EG) consists of 40 leavers from the Vinnytsia Centre for Social Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs “Promin”, who are diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and six leavers with mild mental disorders. The control group (CG) consists of 40 individuals diagnosed with cerebral palsy and seven individuals with mild mental disorders. The age requirement for EG is 14-19 years old. The formative experiment also involves 27 parents of children with MSDs. The measures taken during the experiment have contributed to developing the skills of conscious psychological separation from constant parental care, taking responsibility for their lives, setting real-life goals and destroying the position of helplessness in individuals with MSDs. The article shows that a set of causes and factors affecting families’ well-being positively or negatively determines the interpersonal relationships and the traditions of family education. The international relevance of the article lies in the effective combination of social support for families with adolescents with MSDs in rehabilitation centres and parents’ involvement. The author’s methodology forms the basis for the new aspects of synergistic family and institutional rehabilitation and support.
Enquiring into Experiences of Fear, Posttraumatic Stress and Nutritional Habits of Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: KOCAAY Funda , AYYILDIZ Pınar , ŞANLIER Nevin
Published: December 2022

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effects of fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and post-traumatic stress disorder on eating disorders and eating habits.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study employed 562 (167 males, and 395 females) medical students, utilizing the fear of COVID-19 scale, COVID-19 peritraumatic distress index (CPDI), SCOFF (REZZY) eating disorders scale and Mediterranean diet adherence screener (MEDAS) scale.
Results: Of the participants, 292 (52.0%) had an adequate/balanced diet, and 339 (60.3%) students had an average sleep time of <8 hours. The REZZY scale score showed 198 (35.2%) students had an eating disorder risk, and MEDAS scores exhibited 320 (56.9%) students had incompatible diets. A significant correlation was detected between the REZZY score and the fear of COVID-19 scale score (p=0.003) and CPDI score (p<0.001). The CPDI scores of the underweight participants and those with normal body mass index (BMI) class were significantly higher (p=0.009). A significant difference was spotted in respecting REZZY scores according to BMI classes (p<0.001). The ones with normal BMI class had significantly higher MEDAS score (p=0.031). Females were 2.315 times more likely to develop eating disorders. BMI value affected the risk of eating disorders (p<0.001). When BMI (kg/m2) increased by 1 unit, the risk of eating disorders would increase by 1.220 times. Adequate and balanced nutrition had a significant impact on the risk of eating disorders (p=0.018).
Conclusion: Assuring adequate and balanced nutrition and eliminating fears and stresses experienced during epidemics are essential.
Fixed and dilated pupils by pupillometer in lateralized periodic discharges: a case report in the neurocritical care unit
Authors: Primiani Christopher Thomas , Husari Khalil Salim , Mathur Rohan , Geocadin Romergryko Guance
Published: December 2022

Background: Fixed and dilated pupils (FDPs) have become synonymous with devastating neurological damage and brainstem injury commonly associated with mass effect and herniation. Infrequently, changes in pupillary light response have been described with seizures; however, the loss of pupillary response with documented Neurological Pupil index has not been well established in patients with seizures.Case Report: We present a case report describing a middle-aged female patient with focal status epilepticus with intermittent FDPs. An abnormal pupillary response occurred with right hemispheric lateralized periodic discharges and resolution with anti-seizure medication escalation. To our knowledge, this is the first description of objective documentation of reversible FDP as a possible clinical correlate of lateralized periodic discharges. Conclusion: The use of handheld automated pupillometry in conjunction with electroencephalogram (EEG) has provided the therapeutic direction. Further research is warranted to fully describe the mechanistic underpinnings of these observations.
Factors, associated with effective control of arterial hypertension in the general working-age population
Authors: Kaveshnikov V. S. , Trubacheva I. A. , Serebryakova V. N.
Published: December 2022

Objective. To analyze determinants and their contribution to efficiency of arterial hypertension (AH) control in the hypertensive population.

Design and methods. In the cross-sectional study a total of 334 men and 436 women derived from a representative sample of the general population aged 25–64 years, meeting criteria for AH, were examined. All subjects signed voluntary informed consent to participate in the study. A standard questionnaire based on adapted international methods was used. The associative analysis included sets of socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial, medical and biological variables. We used univariable (χ2, Fisher exact test, Student’s t-test, Mann–Whitney test) and multivariable statistics (logistic regression). Effective AH control was considered in case of blood pressure (BP) < 140/90 mm Hg. Probabilities of error < 5% were considered statistically significant.

Results. Irrespective of gender, use of hypotensive drugs was the most influential factor in ensuring effective control of AH in the population. A major barrier to reaching target BP levels in women was the number of current metabolic risk factors (RF). Age (more significant in men), general obesity (both sexes), history of kidney disease (men), elevated glucose and triglycerides (women) were also associated with ineffective AH control. Angiotensine receptor blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), sympatholytics/ spasmolythics in men and ACEI, beta-blockers and diuretics (at moderate or higher affluence only) in women were associated with a higher probability of reaching BP targets. Knowledge of cholesterol level (both sexes), cardiovascular disease, use of statins, reduced quality of life (difficulty with daily activities), sedentary working activity and affluence in men were also associated with effective control of BP.

Conclusions. The data obtained demonstrate that with an increase in the coverage of the hypertensive population with antihypertensive treatment, an increase in the proportion of people reaching the target BP levels may be significant, but still the most important issue is the treatment efficiency. The need to correct behavioral factors that lead to the development of metabolic disorders, especially obesity, but also other RF, remains the most challenging issue in this regard. The findings convince us that it is advisable to take measures to increase awareness of the main cardiovascular disease RF, to involve patients more in controlling their RF, to prescribe statins more frequently, to create conditions for taking antihypertensive drugs in the so-called “mobile” types of working activity, to keep developing infrastructure for mass participation of population in sport activities, and to improve economic conditions.
Prognostic significance of gender and sexual risk factors in the development of arterial hypertension in an organized population
Authors: Bastrikov O. Yu. , Grigoricheva E. A. , Isaeva E. R.
Published: December 2022

Relevance. Persistent high levels of morbidity and mortality of the working-age population from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Russia require the search for new targets for screening programs and subsequent development of evidence-based prevention models in organized populations showing their clinical and economic effectiveness in long-term prospective follow-up.

Objective. To carry out a comprehensive assessment of the prognostic factors of arterial hypertension (AH) according to the data of 8-year prospective study of an organized sample taking into account gender and sex characteristics.

Design and methods. We conducted a two-stage study: a one-stage integral study of an organized population (400 people) followed by a prospective 8-year follow-up of a group of relatively healthy subjects without clinical manifestations of CVD (193 people aged 21 to 64 years, mean age 49,0 [42,0; 58,0], of whom men 48,2%). Stage I indicators under study: sociodemographic characteristics; clinical and physical findings; behavioral factors; family history of early CVD; occupational interview and degree of work stress; psychological characteristics; biochemical indices of stress response; cardiovascular remodeling indices. Stage II indicators under study: newly diagnosed cases of AH.

Results. The pattern of prognostic factors for AH depended on gender. Among women, prognostic factors for 8-year incidence of AH were: marital status (widow) (Hazard ratio (HR) 10,1), diastolic blood pressure level (HR1,1), and physical activity outside work (HR0,3). In men, in addition to behavioral (smoking history, HR1,1) and clinical (high normal blood pressure, HR4,1) factors, there was also an independent contribution of a psychological factor (personality anxiety, HR6,5).

Conclusions. Our findings substantiate the need for a poly-professional approach (physician-internistpsychiatrist-medical psychologist) to the prevention of CVD in the studied organized population, taking into account gender-specific features.
Research of the rs11064153 variant of the SCNN1A gene in patients with arterial hypertension and in healthy people in the Trans-Baikal
Authors: Pokoeva Z. A. , Pushkarev B. S. , Bolshakova O. V. , Ilyamakova N. A. , Vitkovsky Yu. A.
Published: December 2022

The aim of the study was to evaluate the putative association of the rs11064153 variant of the SCNN1A sodium channel gene with arterial hypertension (AH) among patients suffering from AH and relatively healthy people in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

Design and methods. The present study included 106 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of AH. All participants were included in the study after signing informed consent. The control group consisted of 98 practically healthy people. The groups were comparable in age: the average age in the group with primary AH was 45 ± 9,7 years, in the control group— 42,5 ± 5,8 years. The number of men in group 1 was 73,6% (78/106), in group 2–55,1% (54/98) of the total number of cases (Chi-square = 7,62, df = 1, p < 0,005). Molecular genetics typing of the studied genes was carried out. SNPs of the sodium channel genes SCNN1A (rs11064153) were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. We have evaluated the subordination of the distribution of genotypes of samples to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, χ2 -test, and also estimated the odds ratio (OR).

Results. Carriage of the T/T genotype in the group of patients with AH was more frequent than in the control group (97,4% and 86,6%, respectively; χ2 = 8,60, p = 0,01). Thus, carriage of the T/T genotype of the SCNN1A gene increased the likelihood of AH in patients (OR = 2,27, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1,29–4,01, p = 0,01). Among patients, the T allele was detected 1,5 times more often with a frequency of 0,78 compared with the group of healthy individuals — 0,22 (χ2 = 7,28; p = 0,007). The C/C genotype was detected only in three patients from the AH group (2,8%) and in seven patients from the control group (7,1%). It was found that the C allele of the SCNN1А gene (rs11064153) 5 times less often than in the control group, and its frequency was 0,22 versus 0,34, respectively (χ2 = 7,28, p = 0,007). The carriage of the C allele (C/C+T/C genotypes) is associated with a lower incidence in patients with AH (OR = 0.54; 95% CI 0,35–0,85, p = 0,007). In the samples examined by us, the carriage of the C allele reduced the likelihood of AH by 2,3 times.

Conclusions. We have found that the T allele and the T/T genotype of the rs11064153 variant of the SCNN 1A gene increase the likelihood of developing hypertension. Carrying allele C and the C/C SCNN1A genotype (rs11064153) reduces the likelihood of developing AH.
CPI Special Issue: "Posthumanism: A Desire for a New Humanity" (Introduction)
Authors: Fairchild Nikki , Lee Carol , Sidebottom Kay
Published: December 2022

Introduction to the Summer 2022 (Volume 14, No. 1) Special Isssue of Cultural and Pedigogical Inquiry with the guest editors Nikki Fairchild, Carol Lee and Kay Sidebottom. This is Part I of a double special issue that is grounded in the tenets, perspectives and  the assumptions of posthumanism.
Ethics are Not on the Test: Diffraction and Affect in Education Policy
Authors: Bateman Kathryn M. , Sherman Brandon , Jeong Sophia
Published: December 2022

Baradian (2007) agential realilsm provides conceptual possibilities for the author, a science teacher, to entangle with the narrative and the ethical implications of science educational policy, specifically standardized testing and science standards.
Becoming Haunted by a Data-Ghost in Early Childhood Education Documentation Practices
Authors: Albin-Clark Jo
Published: December 2022

In telling a ghost story, the author notices what (her) ghosts are doing in a study of early childhood education documentation practices; she uses hauntology, affect and sticky data to help her imagine the documentation as ghostly matters.
'Making-With' in Music Education
Authors: Cooke Carolyn
Published: December 2022

Music making is a general term used in music education  that has little specificity, it could mean a tool for cognitive development, a performance of musical mastery, a site for discrete skill building, or in the case of the author, improvisatory music play.
Learning Relationships and the Entanglement of Sound and Noise
Authors: Rennolds Natasha
Published: December 2022

The author looks at how sound as noise is entangled with other bodies in the formation and maintenance of relationships amongst adults and young people in non-formal learning environments.
Too Much Kin in the Game? The Intimate Reciprocities Available in Not Speaking
Authors: Churchill Dower Ruth
Published: December 2022

For young children with selective mutism, having expansive spaces for kinaesthetic and sensory attunement provide them with a venue where they have lots to say.
Moving and Mattering with the Wall-ed Feelings: A Posthuman Movement between Possibilities and Impossibilities of Becomings in Educational Research
Authors: Zarabadi Shiva
Published: December 2022

Taking an affective and material turn, the author maps British-Bangladeshi Muslim schoolgirls' embodied and embedded experiences of racial harassment and racializing assemblages in London.
Tribute to Dr. Mavis Burke (September 10, 1928 - July 7, 2022)
Authors: Lee Enid , DePass Cecille
Published: December 2022

Tribute to prominant educator, Dr. Mavis Burke who passed away July 7, 2022 by Multicultural Educator  Dr. Enid Lee and by  Cecille Depasse, Professor Emeritis and Co Editor of CPI.
All that Glitters is not Gold: Culturally Responsive Online Assessment and Pedagogy in Uncertain Times
Authors: Koh Kim , Ercikan Kadrye , Lock Jennifer , DePass Cecille
Published: December 2022

Call for submissions for the Summer 2023 Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry: All that Glitters is not Gold: Culturally Responsive Online Assessment and Pedagogy in Uncertai Times.
Frank Cunningham’s Pragmatic Perspective
Authors: Holden Meg
Published: December 2022

This article is a longer reflection on Frank Cunningham's Ideas in Context in light of the pragmatic philosophy of John Dewey.
The Promise of Financial Inclusion for Developing Economies
Authors: GIGAURI Iza
Published: December 2022

Financial inclusion is considered to be a tool to tackle poverty, promote equality, and support economic growth. Sustainable development goals can be achieved through financial inclusion as it implies access to and availability of financial services to disadvantaged groups, especially in developing economies. Despite the fact that financial inclusion is included in the political agenda of many countries, the studies are still scarce in particular from different perspectives and contexts. This paper outlines the characteristics of financial inclusion and aspects shaping financial inclusion. Moreover, implications of Financial Inclusion for developing and emerging economies are investigated and digital technologies in FinTech for financial inclusion are explored. Finally, the recommendations are suggested to eliminate poverty and ensure equality through the financial inclusion agenda.
Język w dyskursach internetowych i językowo-komunikacyjne normy, zasady, reguły…
Authors: Kita Małgorzata
Published: December 2022

Artykuł ma charakter przeglądowy, dotyczy językoznawczej refleksji nad językiem w internecie w kontekście norm, zasad, reguł mających regulować jego używanie. Internet to środowisko komunikacyjne, w którym rola języka pozostaje ważna. Jest zbudowany z tekstów sensu stricto, językowych, i sensu largo, innomodalnych i różnomodalnych. Teksty zaś, osadzone w kontekstach, tworzą dyskursy. Językoznawcy wielokrotnie stawiają badawcze pytania o jakość języka dyskursów w internecie, o zgodność z normami poprawności językowej. Interesujące staje się pytanie o zasadność wprowadzenia pojęcia językowej normy internetowej. Autorka wymienia koncepcje dotyczące zasad języka w użyciu, które są szersze niż normy poprawności językowej lub tylko gramatycznej. Zasadne jest potraktowanie ich jako narzędzi do badań nad normatywnymi i jakościowymi aspektami językowej komunikacji w internecie. W niektórych przypadkach należy jednak dokonać modyfikacji i aktualizacji takich norm, zasad, reguł, by stały się operacyjne wobec dyskursów internetowych.
Internet communication and language dynamics and norm
Authors: Szkudlarek-Śmiechowicz Ewa
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the research the results of which are presented in the article is to show the language dynamics taking place under the influence of internet communication and in internet communication, on the example of selected syntax structures representing two mechanisms contributing to language dynamization, namely substitution and multiplication. In the article, based on quantitative corpus research in a diachronic approach, impact of internet communication, with observable distortion of the language standard, on the general standard Polish language is proven. An example of that impact is variability of the syntax structures selected for the research in scientific texts, that is in texts representing the highest correctness standards, subject to multiple linguistic corrections.
Nazwy blogów a norma ortograficzna w zakresie stosowania wielkich i małych liter
Authors: Banach Agnieszka
Published: December 2022

W niniejszym artykule analizie poddany został sposób zapisu nazw polskich blogów tematycznych w kontekście stosowania wielkich i małych liter. Ich autorzy sięgają po jedną z pięciu opcji: zapis zgodny z polską normą ortograficzną — pierwszy człon wielką literą, zapis zgodny z angielską normą ortograficzną — wszystkie człony wielkimi literami, złamanie wszystkich zasad ortograficznych — wszystkie człony małymi literami, zapis wszystkich członów wersalikami lub zapis nieszablonowy. Ukazuje to brak jednoznacznych reguł dotyczących pisowni w przestrzeni wirtualnej. W artykule podjęto również próbę wskazania motywacji blogerów oraz funkcji, jakie mogą pełnić poszczególne formy zapisu.
Przekroczenie normy językowej w memach internetowych jako strategia perswazji
Authors: Wójcicka Marta
Published: December 2022

Mem internetowy to funkcjonujący przede wszystkim w przestrzeni internetu multimodalny gatunek mowy, oparty na intertekstualności, wielokrotnie powielany i rozprzestrzeniany (Wójcicka 2019: 24), który pełni głównie funkcje perswazyjno-ludyczne. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza: 1) memów, których tematem jest przekroczenie normy językowej przez bohaterów memu, oraz 2) zasad tworzenia memów ukazujących przekroczenie normy językowej przez aktorów sceny politycznej lub zwykłych obywateli. Artykuł stanowi próbę odpowiedzi na pytania: 1) Jakie elementy językowe spoza przyjętej normy (zarówno wzorcowej, jak i użytkowej) są ukazywane w memach? 2) Jaki obraz bohatera wyłania się z jego wypowiedzi usytuowanych poniżej normy językowej? 3) Jaki autowizerunek kreuje nadawca memu, piętnując nieprawidłowe użycie języka przez bohatera? 4) Jakie są funkcje memów ukazujących wypowiedzi spoza normy językowej?
Quantitative assessment of crop residues in no-till technology according to remote sensing data and field soil cover survey
Authors: Ermolaev N. R. , Yudin S. A. , Belobrov V. P. , Drediger V. K. , Gadzhiumarov R. G.
Published: December 2022

The key feature of the no-till technology is the preservation of crop residues on the soil surface. Crop residues quantitative assessment is an important task when introducing technology into production. On the basis of field and remote sensing data, different approaches to this assessment are considered. The research was carried out in the Budennovsky district of the Stavropol Territory in the fields of farms using both traditional technology (TT) and no-till (ПП). Images of the Sentinel-2 system were used as remote sensing data, on the basis of which the spectral indices NDTI and NDVI were calculated. Three methods were used to estimate the projective cover by plant residues: 1) weight accounting of plant residues per unit area; 2) field determination of the projective cover by the method of line transects; 3) desk analysis of photographs of the soil surface. Based on the obtained results, models of the linear dependence of NDTI values on the projective cover of the soil surface with plant residues were constructed. The possibility of quantitative accounting of plant residues only on the basis of remote sensing data was also analyzed. The highest coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.97) with the smallest square root of the standard error (RMSE = 7.93) was obtained by modeling based on the analysis of photographs of the soil surface covered with plant residues. Based on the model of the dependence of NDTI values on the projective cover of plant residues obtained as a result of the analysis of photographs based on Sentinel -2 satellite data for the growing season 2020–2021, data were obtained on the dynamics of soil coverage with plant residues (CRC) on the scale of a single field an d different tillage technologies. As an approbation of the approach and an assessment of its use for solving production problems, the dynamics of the projective cover with plant residues was analyzed under different crops and different relief conditions. An analysis of the dynamics of CRC values made it possible to distinguish between different stages of crop cultivation under traditional technology (TT) and no-till (ПП), and also on the scale of an individual field revealed the heterogeneity of the projective soil cover with plant residues associated with the features of the mesorelief.
Blockmodeling for analysis of social structures: studying the structure of St. Petersburg community of sociologists
Authors: Kim Aryuna , Maltseva Daria , Shcheglova Tamara
Published: December 2022

The article shows the possibilities of using the blockmodeling technique as a method of clustering network data in sociological research by conducting the secondary analysis of data related to structure of the community of St. Petersburg sociologists. The methodology of blockmodeling, data and results of the original research are briefly described. Using the blockmodeling algorithm of the CONCOR program, colleagues initially identified three clusters – “West End”, “East End” and “North End”, which differed in affiliation to organizations, publication strategies and orientation of scientists to the Western and domestic scientific community. The article describes the procedure of the blockmodeling algorithm used for secondary analysis, based on an indirect approach and hierarchical clustering. Using this method, we discovered a community structure similar to that found in the original study, but also, we had the possibility to take a deeper look at the selected groups, referring their structures to the “core-periphery” type in a complex form. The intersection of clusters obtained by different methods makes it possible to cross-validate the results of the analysis carried out by two independent research teams. The work can serve as a guide for researchers from other fields dealing with the problems of identifying related subgroups, since the described blockmodeling algorithm is universal and does not depend on the specifics of the subject.
Peculiarities of ARDL modeling in sociological time series analysis (the case of economic news in the dynamics of CSI in 2010–2017)
Authors: Pashkov Stanislav
Published: December 2022

The Consumer Sentiments Index (CSI) reflects views of the population of Russia on the economic and financial policy of the country and contributes to the understanding of recessive changes in the economy. Current methodological approach singles out inflation, exchange rate, unemployment, intensity of economic events coverage in mass media as the primary factors that guide consumers in their assessments when “rational” signals arise. The article pays attention to the peculiar features of using the ARDL approach in sociological research based on the example of assessing non-economic factors on CSI in 2010-2017, including “socially significant” factors such as mass media. In autoregressive models with distributed lag (ARDL) it is possible to use the “non-economic” indicators that are difficult to include in classical vector autoregressive models (VAR). The article shows that ARDL modeling improves the interpretation of models in the presence of mixed series, and a two-month lag in the news intensity can demonstrate a decrease in consumer sentiments. The approach used in the current study allowed to identify episodes of desynchronization of the dynamics of macro indicators since the 2010s, which, on the one hand, indicates actual changes in the corresponding indicators, and on the other hand, brings more certainty to people’s understanding of the current situation in the economy and opportunities for making large purchases. Additionally, the article examines the methodological and analytical benefits of the CSI data and describe the specifics of including various “sociological” parameters and indicators into the analysis.
Integration of survey data and digital footprints: an overview of the main methodological approaches
Authors: Saponova Anastasia , Kulikov Sergey
Published: December 2022

The main purpose of current study is to review the main existing methodological approaches to the integration of survey data and digital traces that are used in sociological research. The paper examines key arguments in the current methodological discussion about the place of big digital data in contemporary social science research. The authors make an attempt to scrutinize the practice of integrating survey data and digital traces through the concept of “reactive – nonreactive” measurement. The possible functions of digital traces in the design of the study are indicated (on the example of social media data). On the example of three research areas (the study of media consumption, media effects and electoral behavior) general methodological principles for integrating data of different nature are demonstrated and possible prospects for the development of these approaches is described. The article discusses a wide range of methodological issues: problems of the data linking validity; potential threats to the validity of digital traces; opportunities to improve survey questionnaire, to enrich data, to search for new valid indicators of socio-political processes and to provide cross-validation of research results. The current practices of integrating administrative data are considered as well.
Social Security of Persons with Disabilities: Accessibility for Working-Age Population. Part II
Authors: Kulagina Elena
Published: December 2022

The article, which consists of two parts, proposes approaches and principles for the analysis of the Russian state social security policy for working-age disabled people, based on the experience of welfare states. The second part of the article analyzes the state social security policy during the initial and follow-up examination of working-age persons with disabilities for the period from 2010 to 2020 based on medical-social evaluation data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation. Comparisons are made of reduction approaches in Russia and the EU and OECD countries. The article explores how the disability assessment and personnel administration are being restricted, affecting the access to benefits, prospects for rehabilitation and employment promotion, as well as legal guarantees for applicants. The factors of reducing the availability of disability programs are revealed, and categories are identified that are denied soft rules for enrollment, in terms of disability groups, gender, type of settlement and main types of diseases, during initial and follow-up examination – “at the entrance” to the program and when being “pushed to the exit.” The nature of the measures of the anti-crisis social security in 2020 for working-age people with disabilities is revealed.