bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Konsep Gamifikasi Terhadap Tingkat Engagement
Authors: Pratomo Aditya
Published: May 2019

The survey results conducted Director of Learning, engagement level for leaders The Park Lane Jakarta is quite a low of 23% when engagement leaders low then it is likely his engagement will be the same. Then with the implementation of the concept of gamification is expected to enhance the engagement of employees towards learning. Type of this research is descriptive research with survey method. To the object of research is the hotel The Park Lane Jakarta. The independent variable is the influence of the concept of the dependent variable and the gamification is the engagement of employees. For a data source used is the primary and secondary data of a population of 269 and value precision of 10%. Based on the results of research that the concept of gamification gives a significant impact on employee engagement, there is 38.4% against employee engagement. As well as according to hypothesis testing is evidenced by the receipt of the Ha and turned it on test of the Ho hypothesis.
WHY PROFITABILITY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY?
Authors: Sukirman Oman
Published: May 2019

The capital structure became the foundation for a company. Conditions of the capital structure will greatly affect the survival of a company. The financial manager is obliged to maintain the stability and the good condition of the capital structure with capital sourced from the selection of internal and external. The company's profit is the source of internal capital, so that profitability has a relationship with the capital structure. The purpose of this study was to obtain evidence on whether profitability has a negative impact on the capital structure. This study used secondary data from company financial statements of Consumer Goods Industry sector, more specifically Food and Beverage sub-sector obtained from the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI). The sample used was 14 companies of the food and beverage industry. The analysis technique used was a simple linear regression. The results showed that there was a negative effect on the profitability of the capital structure, which means that food and beverage companies have formed a theory of Pecking Order in which internal financing has used retained earnings.
Simulation of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Procedure
Authors: Klyshnikov K.Yu. , Ganyukov V.I. , Batranin A.V. , Nushtaev D.V. , Ovcharenko E.A.
Published: May 2019

The study is devoted to numerical modeling of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) from the position of prognostic value in comparison with clinical data. The finite element method
implemented in the Abaqus/CAE software and the reconstruction of three-dimensional models based on the computer microtomography of the CoreValve bioprosthesis of a size of 29 mm and
the patient-specific data of functional studies (multispiral tomography) were used in the work. The study included three variations in the modeling of the aortic valve prosthesis procedure,
which determine the level of detalization of the numerical experiment. All stages of the TAVI process were reproduced: the crimp of the prosthesis, the movement of the delivery system,
the interaction of the guide - guidewire with the elements of the “prosthesis-root” of the aorta system, implantation itself. In silico experiment demonstrated
significant quantitative and qualitative agreement with the data of intraoperative fluorography and computed tomography after the TAVI procedure. It is shown that the inclusion of additional
elements – the guidewire and catheter of the delivery system into the “aortic root” has a positive effect on the convergence of the data with the clinical results. The analysis of
the stress-strain state of the elements interacting in the experiment demonstrated a significant contribution to the analyzed parameters of the prosthetic motion stage along the guidewire
as part of the delivery system catheter. Nevertheless, a comparison with the results of the clinical evaluation of the TAVI procedure revealed a number of differences in the response of
the model of the bioprosthesis at the later stages of modeling, which requires further researches of a level of detalization. The approach is extremely promising both for practitioners
and for research work of prosthetic designers, it can be applied in further R&D tasks.
Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının Rutin Olmayan Problemleri Çözme Süreçleri
Authors: YILMAZ Rezan
Published: May 2019

Bu
çalışmada sınıf öğretmen adaylarının problem çözme süreçleri Polya’ nın problem
çözme basamaklarına göre incelenmiştir. Çalışma Karadeniz Bölgesinde bir devlet
üniversitesinin Sınıf Öğretmenliği Programı 3. sınıfında öğrenim görmekte olan
62 öğretmen adayı ile gerçekleştirilmiş durum çalışması desenli nitel bir
araştırmadır.  Katılımcılar, Matematik Öğretimi
dersi kapsamında Polya’ nın problem çözme basamakları ile ilgili eğitim almış
olup, süreç boyunca çeşitli rutin ve rutin olmayan problemleri çözmüş ve
değerlendirmişlerdir. Beş haftalık süreç sonunda öğretmen adaylarına rutin
olmayan bir problem verilip, problemi bu basamakları dikkate alarak bireysel şekilde
çözmeleri istemiştir. Sonrasında çözüm süreçleri, bu basamaklar ışığında
betimsel olarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonunda öğretmen adaylarının
çoğunun problem çözme sürecinde problemi anlama, planlama yapma ve planı
uygulama aşamalarını doğru uyguladıkları görülmüştür. Problemi çözmek için
sistematik liste yapma, tahmin-kontrol, muhakeme etme gibi stratejileri
belirleyip uyguladıkları, bazılarının ise belirttiklerinden farklı bir strateji
uyguladıkları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, çözümü değerlendirme aşaması bazı öğretmen
adaylarınca ya göz ardı edilmiş ya da eksik uygulanmıştır.
Ortaokul Matematik Dersi EBA İçeriğinde Yer Alan Uzamsal Becerilerle İlgili Etkinlikler Hakkındaki Öğretmen Görüşleri
Authors: KEPCEOĞLU İbrahim , ERCAN Pınar
Published: May 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, uzamsal yeteneğin “uzamsal
görselleştirme, uzamsal yönelim, zihinde döndürme ve zihinde kesme”
bileşenleri bağlamında incelenen Eğitim Bilişim Ağı (EBA) etkinlikleri
hakkında farklı okullarda görev yapan ortaokul matematik öğretmenlerinin
görüşlerinin belirlenmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda EBA eğitim platformunda
yer alan uzamsal beceriler ile ilgili etkinlikler analiz edilmiş ve bu
etkinliklere yönelik nicel bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Veriler araştırmacılar
tarafından geliştirilen bir anket ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde
betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan
ve daha sonra uzman görüşü alınarak bazı maddelerin birleştirilmesi ve
düzenlenmesiyle son hali verilen 8 soruluk anket, Sinop ve Kastamonu illerinde
görev yapmakta olan 20 ortaokul matematik öğretmenine uygulanmıştır. Araştırmadan
elde edilen bulgular ankette yer alan maddeler ve sınıflar (5., 6., 7. ve 8.
Sınıf) bazında karşılaştırılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda EBA’da uzamsal
becerilerle ilgili tespit edilen 35 etkinlik hakkında ortaokul matematik
öğretmenlerinin sundukları görüşlerin sınıf bazında genel ortalamalarının 5
tam puan üzerinden 4,16 ile 4,57 arasında değiştiği saptanmıştır. Elde edilen
ortalamalar doğrultusunda matematik öğretmenlerinin uzamsal becerilerle ilgili
EBA etkinliklerini ders kazanımlarının öğrenimine ve öğrenci hedef kitlesine
uygun, , kazanımların öğrenimini ve 3 boyutlu düşünmeyi kolaylaştırıcı, dikkat
çekici ve öğretici buldukları ifade edilebilir.
Okul Müdürlerinin Öğretmenlerle İlgili Değerlendirmelerinin Öğretimsel Liderlik Bağlamında İncelenmesi
Authors: ÇİMEN İsmail , BEKTAŞ Fatih , YÜCEL Cemil
Published: May 2019

Öğretmenlerin performans değerlendirmesi birçok
bakımdan tartışılan bir konudur. Değerlendirmelerin kimler tarafından
yapılacağı ve ne amaçla kullanılacağı da bu tartışmalarda önemli bir alanı
kapsamaktadır. Türk eğitim sisteminde de öğretmenlerin performans
değerlendirmesinde farklı düzenlemeler gidilmiştir. Son olarak yapılan
düzenlemeyle birlikte öğretmenlerin değerlendirmesinde okul müdürlerine önemli
bir rol verilmiştir. Günümüzde okulun gelişimi ve dönüşümü için çalışması
gereken öğretimsel liderler olarak görülen okul müdürlerinin uygulamada
değerlendirmeleri nasıl yaptığının ve değerlendirmelerin öğretimsel
liderlikteki rolünün belirlenmesine ihtiyaç vardır. Buradan yola çıkarak bu
araştırmada Türk eğitim sisteminde okul müdürleri tarafından yapılan değerlendirmelerin
öğretimsel liderlik bağlamında incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada nitel
araştırma desenlerinden durum çalışması olarak tasarlanmıştır. Maksimum
çeşitlilik örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak oluşturulan çalışma grubuna farklı
okul düzeylerinde ve sosyo-ekonomik çevrelerde görev yapan ve farklı
yöneticilik tecrübesine sahip olan okul müdürleri dâhil edilmiştir.  Araştırmada elde edilen bulgular sonucunda
okul müdürleri tarafından yapılan değerlendirmelerin dış değerlendiriciler
tarafından yapılan değerlendirmelere nazaran genel anlamda daha olumlu
yanlarının olduğunu söylemek mümkündür. Okul müdürleri, bu sürecin
geliştirilmesi gereken birçok noktaya sahip olduğunu kabul etmekle birlikte
daha olumlu sonuçlar doğuracağını belirtmişlerdir. Öğretimsel liderlik
bağlamında ele alındığında ise okul müdürlerinin etkin rol aldığı değerlendirme
sürecinin birçok bakımdan uygun olacağı söylenebilir. Ancak sistemin
işleyişindeki kriterlerin somut olmaması, öğretmen ve yönetici arasındaki
gerilimin artması, farklı uzmanlık alanlarında değerlendirmenin yetersizliği
gibi sorunların giderilmesi değerlendirmelerin öğretimsel liderlikle daha fazla
bağdaşmasını sağlayabilir.
Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğrenen Ortaokul 8.Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Kelime Bilgisinin Okuma Ve Dinleme Kaygısına Etkisi
Authors: Ateş Ayşe , Bahşi Niymet
Published: May 2019

Yabancı dil olarak Türkçe öğrenenlerin sayısı gün geçtikçe fazlalaşmaktadır.
Yabancı uyrukluların da öğretime dahil olmasıyla Türkçenin önemi artmaktadır.
Yabancı dil olarak Türkçe öğrenenlerin bir kısmı TÖMER’lerde öğrenim görürken
bir kısmı doğrudan ilkokuldan itibaren öğrenim hayatlarına başlamaktadırlar.
Yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin doğru ve etkili bir şekilde Türk eğitim sistemine
adapte olabilmeleri için kelime hazinelerinin zengin olması gereklidir. Kelime
hazinesinin, toplumun aynası olan dilin en önemli noktasında olduğunu söylemek
mümkündür. Ortaokul 8. sınıf öğrencilerinin kelime hazinelerinin ölçülmesini ve
bunun dinleme ve okuma kaygısına ne denli etki ettiğini araştırmayı amaçlayan
bu araştırmada, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden tarama modeli kullanılmıştır.
Malatya’da 2017-2018 öğretim yılında öğrenim gören 8. Sınıf ortaokul yabancı
uyruklu öğrencilerin kelime hazineleri ölçülmüştür. Araştırmada, Ateş ve Sis
(2016) tarafından uyarlanan “Kelime Bilgisi Ölçeği”, Altunkaya ve Erdem
tarafından geliştirilen (2015) “Okuma Kaygısı Ölçeği” ve Halat (2015)
tarafından geliştirilen “Dinleme Kaygısı Ölçeği” veri toplama aracı olarak
kullanılmıştır. Ortaokul 8. sınıf Türkçe ders kitabında yer alan bilinmeyen kelimelere
yönelik etkinlikler araştırmacılar tarafından belirlenmiştir. Bu kelimelerin
hangisinin ortaokul 8. Sınıf öğrencilerine araştırma kapsamında sorulması
gerektiğine dair uzman görüşü alınmıştır. Üç TÖMER okutmanından ve iki alan
uzmanından alınan görüşler doğrultusunda hangi kelimelerin sorulması gerektiği
belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerden toplanan veriler SPSS programıyla analiz
edilmiştir. Yapılan korelasyon analizi sonucunda okuma kaygısı ve kelime
bilgisi arasında çok zayıf, negatif yönde anlamlı ilişki
bulunmaktadır(r=-0.207; p=0,038<0.05). Kelime bilgisi ile okuma kaygısı
arasındaki neden sonuç ilişkisini belirlemek üzere yapılan regresyon analizi
anlamlı bulunmuştur (F=4,412; p=0,038<0.05). Okuma kaygısı düzeyinin
belirleyicisi olarak kelime bilgisi değişkenleri ile ilişkisinin(açıklayıcılık
gücünün) zayıf olduğu görülmüştür(R2=0,033). Öğrencilerin kelime
bilgisi okuma kaygısını azaltmaktadır (ß=-0,207). Bu durumda öğrencilerin
kelime hazinelerinin zenginleşmesi ile kaygı durumlarının azalacağı
söylenebilir. Kelime bilgisinin dinleme kaygısı üzerine olan etkisinde
bakıldığında anlamlı bir farkın bulunmadığı görülür. Bu durumda öğrencilerin
kelime hazineleri ile dinleme kaygıları arasında bir ilişkinin bulunmadığı
sonucuna ulaşılabilir. Diğer yandan dinleme kaygısı ve okuma kaygısı arasında
orta, pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki bulunduğu görülür.
“I Want Variety!”: Dietary Variety as Aesthetic Pursuit, Social Signal, and Nutritional Vehicle in Brazil and Ethiopia
Authors: Weaver Lesley Jo , Tadess Yemesrach , Stevenson Edward G.J. , Hadley Craig
Published: May 2019

It has long been observed that people all over the world prefer to increase the variety of their diets whenever that option is available. We know very little, however, about why people might seek greater dietary variety. This basic question has implications for how we conceive of and measure food insecurity because food insecurity assessments usually include the measurement of access to dietary variety. In this paper, we use qualitative data from rural and peri-urban sites in Brazil and Ethiopia to explore several hypotheses about why people consistently seek variety in their diets. Our results tentatively suggest that people value dietary variety because it is aesthetically pleasing; because it facilitates social integration and serves as a status marker; and, to a lesser extent, because it is nutritious. Methodological innovations, future research priorities, and policy implications are discussed.
Beyond “Success”: Community, Governance, and the Future of Cabo Pulmo National Park
Authors: Anderson Ryan B.
Published: May 2019

This paper uses Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP) as a case study to examine the successes and challenges of Marine Protected Area (MPA) design, conception, and long-term governance. Drawing from literature in environmental anthropology, political ecology, and conservation, the author argues for a renewed examination of the ‘success’ of CPNP that pays greater attention to the relationship between socio-political factors (e.g. access, ownership, participation, and rights) and protected area governance. Ultimately, the paper calls for a reconsideration of Marine Protected Area design and implementation that explicitly acknowledges the politics of conservation and protected area management, and seeks to explicitly create and support more effective platforms for participation and conflict resolution.
Whiteness and Food Charity: Experiences of Food Insecure African-American Kansas City Residents Navigating Nutrition Education Programs
Authors: Kolavalli Chhaya
Published: May 2019

This article examines the experiences of African-American food-aid seekers as they navigate food charity programming that includes mandatory nutrition education. This model of food charity provisioning—in which receipt of aid is tied to education—is increasingly common in the United States. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted between 2015 and 2018 in a nationally replicated nutrition education program in Kansas City, this article argues that these models of food charity function as “white public spaces” (Page and Thomas 1994), with significant negative impacts on their efficacy. It argues that white public space is created in these programs through race avoidant language concerning “food deserts” and nutritional education. These programmatic foci are both ineffective at addressing urban hunger and create racially discriminatory space within food charity programming. The article offers concrete suggestions for improving food charity programming and disrupting white privilege in food charity spaces, made by African-American food-aid seekers themselves.
THE MEDIATION IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A WAY OF NON-JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN SPAIN
Authors: Gonzalez-Costa Jose Antonio
Published: May 2019

The aim of this article is to expose, explain and examine the mediation in the domestic violence as a way to solve the problems without using the traditional methods as the court. Many countries trust and use already the mediation as a methods to solve to conflicts between people and even in the personal relationship with positives results. The EU, thought its Recommendation has adviced that the mediation it is a really good way that very country should use to sorted out the problems even when there is cases of domestic violence and family matters, reflecting that the society should have this tools to fix the problems without going always to the court. In order to research the objective and fulfill tasks set the research project, the applied methods during the research progress are the following: historical research, analytical, inductive, logical, systemical. Also the method of the analysis of literature, the comparative legal method and theoretical method of research to investigate, analyse and summarize information of publications. The methods chosen are very important in analysing the development of the differents resolutions of several international organizations and Conventions, that shows the way chosen throught the years about mediation. The logical and analytical method was used in order to study content of the different countries laws and its experiences how to solved problems with the mediation. The overall object of this article “The mediation in the domestic violence as a way non jurisdictional of resolution of conflicts” is to show that its possible to use another alternatives ways to solve the conflicts not just in the civil cases but also in criminal cases and specially in family. The main conclusion shows that, the mediation is a very useful tool in order to solve and to fix conflicts in many spheres as civil, http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/acj.v4i85.3668 business, family, in criminal cases, as in the violence domestic. The mediator must to have a training before starts the activities, like the specific program in Latvia for it. Thus, the E.U. is trying to convince the European states that the mediation as a method should be applied in every country helping the traditional ways to resolve conflicts.
LEGITIMATION OF VIRTUE EDUCATION IN TEACHER TRAINING DISCOURSE DURING SOVIET LATVIA
Authors: González Manuel J Fernández
Published: May 2019

Soviet virtue education had a relevant place in the discourse of the founders of communism and in the Communist Party’s documents. Virtue education played a central role in the construction of the future Soviet society and the raising of the New Soviet Man, a conscious communist, productive worker and soldier. This paper addresses two research questions: how was character and virtue education conceptualized, legitimized and implemented in Soviet Latvia? What elements of the Soviet approach to character education facilitated the consolidation of totalitarianism in Latvia?This research is based on written academic sources published in Soviet Latvia about virtue education and intended to school teachers: two teaching manuals for teacher training (Jesipovs & Gončarovs, 1948; Iļjina, 1971), and three collections scientific papers written by the leading educational academics of the Soviet Latvia published by the Latvian State University in 1962, 1964 and 1967 within the series “Questions about Upbringing in the Soviet school”.The findings highlight the understanding of virtue education during this period, and how it was ideologically, socially and pedagogically legitimized in the academic discourse and pedagogical literature addressed to school teachers.
IDENTITY CRISIS: PROBLEMS OF TEACHER FORMATION
Authors: Bugachuk Tatyana , Khodyrev Alexander , Когiakovtseva Olga , Zhedunova Ludmila
Published: May 2019

The article is devoted to the problem of the crisis of personal and social identities as significant components of the “existential crisis” in the context of social transformation. Based on the ideas of existential phenomenology, the authors reveal the changing nature of the teacher identification system, suggest highlighting the notion of the “teacher identity” and consider the crisis nature of its formation. The authors revealed that the process of identifying future teachers is carried out in stages through the subsequent change of academic, educational, professional and professional identity. The transition from one type of identity to another occurs on the basis of identity crises.
THE "TERRITORY OF CHILDHOOD": CONTENT, COMPONENTS, CONDITIONS OF DESIGNING
Authors: Shlat Natalia
Published: May 2019

The article based on the analysis of the needs of the participants of the educational process in the pre–school educational organization (PEO) determines the essence of the concept “the territory of childhood”, components and conditions of its designing. The materials contain the results of study of the problems and advantages of the educational space of a modern preschooler (using the example of Pskov city), which characterize the peculiarities of a child’s sociocultural development and the requirements for equipping the “the territory of childhood”.
COMPREHENSIVE TEACHER’S PROFESSIONALISM FOR CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED PROVISION
Authors: Anspoka Zenta
Published: May 2019

Topicality of the problem is determined by several factors as well as the amendments on the Education Law and the General Education Law, which provide for a gradual transition to the acquisition of general secondary education in Latvian only, educational content reform and teachers experience to work in an ethnically and linguistically heterogeneous environment. The aim of the study is to analyse comprehensive school teachers theoretical background and practice experience to work in the content and language integrated teaching and learning approach. Because language not a subject only but a mean of acquiring other subjects in the comprehensive school, too, all teachers need theoretical knowledge and practical experience to plan and carry out two important tasks in the teaching/learning process – to help to students to acquire different subjects content and purposefully to use language for this. The research methods are analyses of theoretical literature and interviewing combined with classroom observations results. According research results the most important problems are insufficient knowledge about language role for acquisition of content, insufficient cooperation between teachers, part - understood issue, how to work with different texts as well as necessity to change attitude towards the pedagogical process and responsibility for learning outcomes.
THE DIAGNOSING SITUATIONS’ PRESENTATION AT DETERMINING THE LEVELS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMPASSION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Authors: Guseva Victoria
Published: May 2019

This article is devoted to the pedagogical diagnostics’ problem of the compassion development in primary school children. The main objective of the article is to present the diagnostic situations to determine the levels of compassion development in primary school children in the educational activities and to present the results of the survey based on the use of this material. The aim of the empirical study was to determine the initial levels of compassion development in primary school children in the educational activities using the diagnostic situations and specially compiled tasks. The methods of empirical research were the survey, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the survey results. As a result of testing, processing and interpretation of the survey results on the basis of the presented diagnostic situations revealed that currently only 12% of primary school children are ready to show compassion.
PLAYING WITH THE COLORS-PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN’S SELF-DIRECTED DRAWING EXPERIANCE
Authors: Randoha Antra
Published: May 2019

At the pre-scool age, playing is the main key to the child’s way to express them selfs in drawing process. In order to ensure the self-directed drawing, there is a need for the availability of diverse naterials throughout of the day, enabling the child to act and play in accordance with his intentions. In a drawing process, trying out different techniques, tools,mixing colors, trying to discover new ways of expression, observing and imitating other (children’s or adult) actions, provides the basic conditions for meaningful activity of a child. The aim of the thesis is to find out theoretically and practically the essence of self-directed drawing activity of preschool children and possibilities of the improvement of it in the pedagogical process. Materials and methods. Used the analysis of pedagogical and psychological literature on the possibilities of self-management skills development in the pedagogical process - drawing and accomplished pegogical observation. Results. The essence of self-directed drawing activity of preschool children was updated and possibilities of improvement reviewed .
RELIGIOUSNESS AND SPIRITUALITY IN COPING WITH A DISABILITY OF THE RELATIVES: QUALITATIVE STUDY
Authors: Skarbaliene Aelita , Skarbalius Egidijus , Vasyliūtė Irma
Published: May 2019

The diagnosis of disability is always a critical and negative life event both for individual and family members. In many cases, this leads to complex psychological problems. The aim of this research was to add more understanding of the domain by using a interactional ethnographic approach to learn do (and how) spirituality and religion help individuals impacted by the relative person’s disability survive and cope successfully with their lives in spite of overwhelming despair. Interactional ethnographic approach was chosen for this research. The results revealed that spirituality and religion help in creating emotinal well-being, in finding and keeping hope. They help to make sence of disability and accept the disability. While participating in religious communities adds much to the emotional well-being and gives support from the community.
THE IMAGE OF THE PARENT FAMILY OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES
Authors: Khazova Svetlana , Adeeva Tatiana , Maiorova Maria , Tikhonova Inna , Shipova Natalya
Published: May 2019

Тhe article is devoted to the study of the image of the parent family of adults with mental disabilities, as this problem is little studied in modern psychology. Sample: 39 people with mental disorders aged 18 to 47 years. Research method: clinical semi-structured interview and projective methods. The results indicate that the majority of adults with mental disorders were brought up in families: 44% - in a full family, 12% - only with the mother, 3% - in the families of grandparents. Many of them continue to live with their parents and now. Communication in the family is often evaluated positively, memories are associated with parents or other family members. The respondents of this group experienced the death of loved ones. 41% of adults with mental disorders were sent by parents to special boarding schools, while half of them never saw their parents and did not communicate with them, and 14% were familiar with their parents, but had a negative experience with them. They noted generally positive plots, but they extremely seldom were connected with a family. At the same time, negative memories are often associated with the family. Respondents of both groups distinguish not only the positive characteristics of parents, but also note the importance of joint activities. The obtained data can be successfully used as a basis for further study of the relationship of the image of the parent family with the subjective well - being of adults with intellectual disabilities, as well as the development of the main targets of the psychotherapeutic process.
IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROCESSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAINIS PARK IN LIEPAJA UNTIL WORLD WAR II
Authors: Ozola Silvija
Published: May 2019

In the 19th century, a special attention was devoted to arrangement of Libava urban environment. Public gardens were created. At the beginning of mass culture, a new urban landscape conception got into focus of artistic attention. In the Republic of Latvia, physically and mentally competent living environment for a person developed. Green urban structures were improved. Public activities in Rainis Park were expanded. The object of the research – Rainis Park's functional and visual changes in Liepaja. Research problem – Rainis Park's architectural spatial and functional changes caused by sociopolitical processes have not been sufficiently studied. Research novelty – Rainis Park's spatial and functional structure is analyzed in the context of city development. The goal of the research – to determine the most typical changes in Rainis Park's historical plan and visual image. Main methods applied – this study is based on analysis of archive documents, projects and cartographic materials of urban planning, as well as study of published literature and inspection of buildings in nature.
ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES IN LIEPAJA’S CENTER DUE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
Authors: Ozola Silvija
Published: May 2019

In Liepaja, until 1703 economic developed on the Trade Port channel’s southern embankment. The main traffic flow changed his direction: from the port to the New Market leads Great (Latvian: Lielā) Street, at which end a wooden bridge was built over the channel. In the 19th century, the Administrative Center formed at the New Market Square’s vicinity. Streets connected squares and green structures in a united system. The Rose Square was set up instead the New Market. During World War II, the building at embankments and Great Street was destroyed. Using the Master Plan, approved in 1950, architect Vladimir Kruglov created the Detailed Plan for developed of Liepaja Center and Great Street. A reinforced-concrete bridge was built across the channel. Until the 100th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of Latvia, the bridge was expanded, but Great Street was reconstructed. The object of the research – the city center of Liepaja and Great Street. Research problem – architectural changes of the city center of Liepaja and Great Street has studied not sufficiently. Research novelty – architectural analysis of the city center of Liepaja and Great Street. The goal of the research – to determine the typical changes in planning of the city center and Great Street in the context of Liepaja urban development. Main methods applied – analysis of archive documents, projects and cartographic materials of urban planning, as well as study of published literature and inspection of buildings in nature.
A MULTIPAGE TACTILE BOOK ABOUT EMOTIONS – UPPER-SECONDARY STUDENTS’ CREATION ANALYSIS
Authors: Grochalska Monika
Published: May 2019

The article is an attempt at presenting the visual analysis associated with the didactic experience of the author. She decided to conduct demonstration lessons related to the art of learning emotions for two groups of upper-secondary students in Poland. The students’ teams were built of several people whom the task was to choose the specific emotion they were going to present in the book as well as to craft a tactile book using, for instance: coloured pieces of paper, glue sticks, stickers, textiles, felt-tip pens, magazines and so on. As a result of undertaken action, the author collected a dozen multipage tactile books about emotions created collaboratively by the lesson participants. The material was treated as cultural archetypes and then analysed with regard to sensational meanings given by their creators.
ANALYSIS OF THE SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRES INDICATORS
Authors: Fernate Andra , Vazne Zermena , Levskojs Andrejs
Published: May 2019

“Global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030” emphasizes the need for weekly moderate physical activity for ensuring human health. Physical activity can be measured by a variety of objective and subjective methods, but one of the prerequisites for understanding the connection between active lifestyle and health certainty that the measuring instrument measures the feature for which it has been created and that it can be used in many countries. The goal of the research is to determine the correlations between measurement properties of fitness club clients’ self-reported physical activity indicators in the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ), and to evaluate their concurrent validity. Methods: participants (volunteers) were 70 fitness club visitors (age 18-79). This research is preparative part for the further research of the project “European Physical Activity and Sports Monitoring System (EUPASMOS)”. The type, involvement and amount of physical activity was determined by the GPAQ, IPAQ and EHIS-PAQ adapted into Latvian. The research results showed that questionnaires allowed to determine the respondents’ physical activity indicators in and out of fitness club activities. Statistically significant correlations were determined between indicators obtained in all physical activity questionnaires applied in the research (p<0.05). This confirms that all three physical activity determination questionnaires can be used for physical activity research in Latvian environment.
ANALYSIS OF ARTISTICALY CREATIVE WORK OF STUDENTS IN LATVIAN HIGHER EDUCATION DANCE PROGRAMS
Authors: Gorobeca Paula
Published: May 2019

Often dance teachers do not realize that their professional activity is the creation of an artwork. Teachers are limited to a range of movements in some genres or the requirements of their work place, but above all dance teachers are representatives of art un they have a potential to create new, original artistic value and contribute to the art and cultural space in Latvia. Therefore it is essential to understand the development and level of artistically creative work in the study process. The aim of this article is to analyse the artistically creative work of students in different higher education dance programs. The aim is carried out in the analysis of literature and on its base promoted evaluation indicators and levels of artistically creative work for dance teachers as choreographers. A questionnaire is designed on a basis of these indicators and levels. The respondents are students in higher education dance programs in Latvian Academy of Music and Latvian Academy of Culture. The results promote strong and weak points in the artistically creative work of students as well as the necessary discussable questions in the study process.
COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATING HEALTH CARE SPECIALISTS AT WORK WITH OLDER PEOPLE
Authors: Berloviene Dina , Beta Gunta , Role Dita , Deimante Dagnija , Samusevica Alida
Published: May 2019

Health and social care specialists who work with older people and provide systematic direct and indirect professional care and support to people older than 65 and to their families, thus ensuring various care and support services in different environments including preventive, supportive, disease management, recuperative, paliative, short-term and long-term care, need specific competences in order to understand and ensure older people’s needs and care. Older people and especially frail older people can have problems that are interlinked, for instance, cognitive and functional limitations that are combined with psychosocial problems and social isolation. In order to develop students’ competence at work with older people- understanding and empathy, it is necessary to research these problems during the study process by integrating study courses that would ensure emphatic and reasonable attitude and action in clinical practice in the sphere of health and social welfare when taking care of older patients. Aim - To characterize acquisition process of professional competences of future health care specialists that are to be developed purposefully and applied when working with old people. Methodology – Analysis of study course descriptions in the study programme “Nursing”. Results - RSU study programme “Nursing” contains clearly defined descriptions of professional competences.
DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED ARTS CATALOGUE “STILL LIFE” FROM THE COLLECTION OF LATGALE CULTURE AND HISTORY MUSEUM
Authors: Dundure Inese , Apele Diāna
Published: May 2019

Museums of the world store countless artistic values, which are predominantly located in secure storages, looked after and cared for by museum staff. The museum as a democratic institution in the modern situation wants to be the mediator and unifier of communities, making the cultural and historical values available in their collections accessible to people with special needs, including those with vision impairments, thus widening their circle of visitors. The aim of the article: Study the importance of tactile perception in ensuring accessibility of artistic works to people with vision impairments and analyse the acquired results of the arts catalogue “Still Life” supplemented with tactile images usage in the museum educational programs. The research results were obtained using theoretical research methods: study, analysis and assessment of scientific and journalistic literature, which reveals the essence of the problem, as well as the reflection of personal experience.
GAIT PARTITIONING WITH SMART SOCKS SYSTEM
Authors: Eizentals Peteris , Katashev Aleksejs , Okss Aleksandrs
Published: May 2019

Gait is a very complex movement, involving the central nervous system and a significant part of the skeletomuscular system. Any disease that is affecting one or more of the involved parts will reflect in the gait. Therefore, gait analysis has been studied extensively in the context of early disease diagnostics, post-operation rehabilitation monitoring, and sports injury prevention. Gait cycle phase partitioning is one of the most common gait characteristic analysis methods, which utilizes the cyclical nature of human gait. Pressure sensitive mats and insoles are considered the gold standard, but some inherent limitations of these methods urge researchers to seek for alternatives. One of the proposed alternatives is Smart Sock systems, which contain textile pressure sensors. The main limitation of Smart Sock systems is the limited number of sensors, thus complicating gait phase partitioning by these systems. The present paper describes gait phase partitioning using plantar pressure signal obtained by a Smart Sock system. Six-phase partitioning was achieved, including such gait phases as initial contact, loading response, mid stance, terminal stance, pre-swing and swing phase. Mean gait cycle time values obtained from the experimental data were in accordance with the ones found in the literature.
NON – FORMAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION INFLUENCE ON HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS OF CHILDREN
Authors: Sarkauskiene Asta , Noble Brendon , Kardeliene Laimute
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study was to develop and implement curriculum of non-formal physical education in school and assess its effectiveness for health related physical fitness of 11-13 year old children. The research was conducted in two stages. In the first stage 51 11-13 year old children participated in a quasi-experiment for two years. Pupils were organized into E (experimental) and C (control) groups. Both groups shared the duration (1 hour) and frequency (twice a week) but were different in their education curriculum. In the second stage 72 pupils (groups A and B) attended in the research from the same schools. The curriculum of the group A was modified and differed from group E, group B - the same as group C. In both stages the focus groups performed four physical fitness tests and BMI was calculated. Group E girls’ indices of three tests and boys’ indices of all four tests were significantly (p<0.05) higher than young adolescents’ from group C. Group A girls’ flexibility and aerobic endurance as well as boys aerobic endurance were higher (p < 0.05) than pupils from group B. Results suggest that the individualized, diverse, 11‒13 years old children hobbies, needs, abilities, physical and functional powers answering non-formal curriculum, which expands knowledge and develops new skills and when various child-activating teaching methods and forms are used, positively influence their health related physical fitness.
CONSTRUCTION OF CONCEPTION OF DISABILITY IN LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF LATVIA
Authors: Baikovska Baiba
Published: May 2019

Title of article research is “Conception of Disability in Laws and Regulations of Latvia”. Wherewith this research is carried out in communication and disability studies disciplines. This topic for research was chosen because the conception of disability in regulations and laws is impacting overall legislation related to persons with disabilities and thus directly impacting their lives. And Disability law of Latvia is one of the main laws which is directing regulations related to dividing persons with disabilities in groups, receiving of assistant and guide services and similar issues. As basic method for the research of this article was chosen to be critical discourse analysis which according to Norman Fairclough is providing tools to research text, discursive practice related to this text and sociopolitical context. Articles and amendments of Disability law of Latvia has been researched according to theoretical models of disability described, also process related to creation of the law and passage of it and sociopolitical context from which the main part is in 2010 ratified United Nations (UN) Convention for the rights of persons with disabilities which should impact the legislation of Latvia. By doing research the main conclusion made was that in Disability law of Latvia persons with disabilities are seen more from the point view of medical model of disability but in its amendments from the point of view of “gap” model. It can be explained with the ratification of UN Convention for the rights of persons with disabilities and with being in European Union (EU), willingness to bring principles of welfare state in Latvia.
PRE-START ANXIETY SELF-REGULATION METHODS OF TOP ALPINE SKIERS
Authors: Zvejnieks Kristaps , Abele Agita
Published: May 2019

Alpine skiing is the kind of sport where there is little time for proving athletes’ abilities – the number of attempts is so low that each of the smallest mistakes reflects highly on the result of the participant. The aim of this study is to extend the knowledge of psychological preparation in Alpine skiing at a high performance level. This Article presents results of the research, which focused on the relationship between Alpine skier’s competition effectiveness and their competition anxiety levels, along with selected methods of emotional condition self-regulation before the start. The research is based on studying the world’s top athletes, who participated in an international alpine skiing race at least 6 times per season. The research is based on theoretical materials and empirical investigation, where 86 of the world’s top 200 ranked alpine skiers participated in a test and filling out of a questionnaire about their preparation for competition. The obtained results testify that most high-ranking athletes have created their own individual system of psychological skills, which contains both somatic and cognitive means of controlling emotional states. Usually only a few anxiety reduction methods are picked by athletes, depending on their self-evaluated emotional state before a given competition. A link between competition anxiety levels and an Alpine skier’s competition effectiveness is generally confirmed. Research results show that top Alpine skiers’ competition effectiveness will be better if anxiety levels are low or moderate, and the results will improve if the self-regulation of pre-start emotional states is based on practised adapted breathing, self-inspiration, visualisation and ideomotor methods.
FOREST ENGINEERING STUDENTS COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT EDUCATION
Authors: Ruba Jelena , Brizga Dace , Svika Diana , Miezīte Olga , Sisenis Linards
Published: May 2019

Forest engineering students need to develop their competence in order to ensure a sustainable working environment in the relevant   sector of economy. The aim of the study was to clarify the dynamics of the development of the students’ competence in the learning process. The methodological basis of the study included the analyses of the relevant publications in the context of competence and adult education. The authors’ personal reflections and work experience at the Forest Faculty of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologieswere taken into consideration. To assess the development of students’ competence in the forest engineering studies a survey was carried out. Within the framework of the study and as the result of improved adult studies, there was a significant improvement of students` competence in the field of forest engineering. The self-assessment of competence at the end of the course was higher than at the beginning of it.
TOWARDS EXTENDING THE ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM) FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Authors: Sukackė Vilma
Published: May 2019

Technology acceptance model (TAM) is arguably the most widely used intention theory that explains the individual’s acceptance of a certain technology.  Since Davis introduced TAM in 1986, it has been applied and validated in a variety of disciplines, including educational sciences. However, scholars note that depending on a specific context, the original TAM needs to be extended, which has been done by introducing external variables and other theories. Despite the existent TAM2 and TAM3, numerous scholars still opt for the original TAM, extending it with the variables and theories that are relevant to the specific context of their study. The aim of the present paper is to provide an overview of validated TAM extensions, which might later help to further the understanding of educational technology acceptance, which is a prerequisite of its adoption. Since interdisciplinarity in various contexts is becoming more and more common, the overview presents TAM extensions that come from a number of different disciplines. The overview is based on 108 papers that were retrieved from the Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) by searching for the keywords ‘extended Technology Acceptance Model’, ‘extended TAM’, and ‘TAM extension’.
AN EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IN AN ORGANIZATION: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Statnickė Gita
Published: May 2019

The concept of generation is examined in many sciences such as sociology, philosophy, pedagogy, anthropology, biology, history, management, etc. Generation as a construct is intricate, and researchers from various fields have tried to define this extraordinary phenomenon. The aging population representatives of different generations live longer, so the differences between generations are becoming increasingly noticeable. This article examines the concept of generation, analyses the main theories of generations and presents a theoretical approach to a generational expression in an organization. The aim of the research is to reveal a theoretical approach to the expression of different generations in an organization, i.e. to analyse studies related to the expression of different generations in an organization and to identify the main research fields related to the subject. The primary method used in the article is a systematic literature review (SLR). The systematic literature review (SLR) disclosed that although the topic of expression of different generations in an organization is relevant among the human resources management (HRM) specialists-practitioners, nevertheless, there is a lack of high-level publications in Europe containing empirical research on this subject, i.e. there is a lack of a systematic scientific approach to this topic, and therefore, this area is under-researched.