bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Öğretmenlerin Örgütsel Sosyalleşme Düzeylerini Belirlemeye Yönelik Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması
Authors: ERDOĞAN Ufuk , DÖNMEZ Burhanettin
Published: May 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı öğretmenlerin örgütsel sosyalleşme
düzeylerini belirlemeye yönelik geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirmektir.
Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Malatya ilindeki ilk ve ortaokullarda görev yapan 814
öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Bu amaca yönelik olarak öncelikle alanyazın taraması
gerçekleştirilmiş, elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda ölçek maddeleri
hazırlanmıştır. Daha sonra açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile ölçeğin
yapı geçerliği test edilmiştir. Güvenirlik çalışması kapsamında Cronbach alfa
iç tutarlık katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda
ölçekte yer alan 24 maddenin beş faktör altında toplandığı ve faktör yüklerinin
.46 ile .84 arasında değiştiği belirlenmiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizinden
elde edilen uyum değerleri, ölçek için model-veri uyumunun iyi düzeyde olduğunu
göstermiştir. Ölçeğin güvenirliğini belirlemek için hesaplanan Cronbach alfa
katsayılarının .84 ile .91 arasında değiştiği tespit edilmiştir.  Elde edilen bulgular, bu ölçme aracının öğretmenlerin
örgütsel sosyalleşeme düzeylerini belirlemede kullanılabilecek geçerli ve
güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu göstermiştir.
Bad Lungs/Bad Air: Childhood Asthma and Ecosyndemics among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers of California's San Joaquin Valley
Authors: von Glascoe Christine Alysse , Schwartz Norah Anita
Published: May 2019

California's San Joaquin Valley, one of the most highly productive—and contaminated—agricultural regions in the world, is beset by some of the nation's worst air quality and high rates of childhood asthma. Children of Mexican-origin farmworkers in the San Joaquin Valley have exceptionally high rates of asthma compared with children of Mexican descent in both the United States and Mexico. We suggest that public health paradigms, which posit that Mexican-American children are at relatively low risk of developing childhood asthma, do not apply to the population of children of Mexican immigrant farmworkers in the San Joaquin Valley. Combining ethnographic and photovoice methods, we demonstrate how industrial farming conditions systematically expose children of farmworkers to environmental insults over which they have little or no control, including pesticide exposure, bovine contamination, agricultural field burning, and substandard housing, all of which contribute to high prevalence of asthma among children. We argue that the application of structural vulnerability, structural violence, and ecosyndemic frameworks can be used to better explicate complex environmental injustices that might otherwise be overlooked by more reductionistic theories.
THE ISSUES OF ATTRACTING LEGAL LIABILITY FOR FOREIGNER TRANSPORTERS OF ASSETS, LOADINGS, OBJECTS, PASSENGERS ON CROSSING CUSTOMS BORDER OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Authors: Maimescu Savva
Published: May 2019

The author analyses from a general legal point of view the cases in which the international foreign carriers of goods, loadings, objects, passengers can be liable when committing breaching of customs rules or customs crimes, thus differentiating the forms of liability which might appear in these cases. Moreover, the author determines and separates each form of legal liability in part, through the applicability of the customs legal practice, also by indicating the effective mechanism of applying the legal sanctions to the subjects who have committed breaching of customs rules or customs crimes.
THE METHODICAL COMPETENCIES’ PROPAEDEUTIC OF THE FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT THE NATURAL SCIENCE LECTURES IN HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Solovyeva Tatiana , Karpovich Olesia
Published: May 2019

The article characterizes and experimentally substantiates the criteria, indicators and levels of methodical competence of future teachers; illustrated by didactic means propaedeutic training of students for the instructional activities in primary school. The influence of metaprofessional (universal) instrumental competences formed by future teachers at Nature Science lectures on the unconscious, on the intuitive level, through the "insight", their acquisition of the methodological experience is proved.
NECESSITY OF THE STATE FOSTERAGE IN THE MILITARIZED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Indriksons Alens
Published: May 2019

Due to today's complex and changing geopolitical situation in the State Border Guard College as one of the militarized educational institutions it is important to promote the student's understanding of values and virtues, enrich their historical and cultural experience, strengthen their patriotism, belonging and loyalty to the constitution and to the Republic of Latvia. Patriotism can’t be defined because it varies according to the subject's position. It is not a specific ideology, but this is a love of native land and defending it in words and in works. Patriotism means to love own country not just idolize the state symbols. Aim of the study is to clarify and scientifically substantiate the necessity of introducing the study subject “State Fosterage” into studies of border guards at the State Border Guard College as one of the militarized educational institutions and to determine the development of students' statehood consciousness, loyalty and patriotism as one of the study programs objectives at the State Border Guard College. For this purpose analysis and evaluation of documents, scientific, pedagogical and psychological literature were performed and conclusions about the necessity of introduction of the State Fosterage subject and possibilities of patriotism development were summarized.
SECONDARY SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN CONNECTION TO THE CHOICE OF PROFESSION
Authors: Porozovs Juris , Dudkina Aija
Published: May 2019

One of the most important factors influencing the welfare of the society is the development of science and technology, which in turn depends on scientists and students' science literacy. The aim of the study was to investigate the interest of high school and university students in science subjects, their views on factors that raise interest in subjects and play a determining role in the choice of profession. The questionnaire of Riga secondary school and university students about their interest in science subjects in connection to the choice of their profession was carried out.  The results of the survey showed that the majority of university students are interested, or they have moderate interest about science subjects. Doctors’ assistant speciality students are more interested in science subjects in comparison with pedagogical specialities students. High school students’ interest in science subjects differs to a greater extent in comparison with university students. High school students consider the opportunity to make a career and earn good money as the most important factor in choosing a profession, pedagogical specialties students - a willingness to work in the chosen profession and an opportunity to find a job in the chosen profession, but doctors’ assistant speciality students - an opportunity to work for the community and to help people.
STRATEGY OF TRAINING OF FUTURE PRIMARY CLASSES TEACHERS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF MARIUPOL STATE UNIVERSITY)
Authors: Timofieieva Irina , Netreba Marina
Published: May 2019

The strategy of training future primary school teachers is analyzed in the article. That is relevant in the context of the Concept of the New Ukrainian School. In this regard, the purpose of the article is to disclose the tasks and content of the strategy of future primary teachers’ training in Mariupol State University. The main research methods to achieve the goal were selected: questioning of students that contains a list of questions of different categories; survey of specialists, who provide training for future primary school teachers, was made up of introductory and informational questions.Successful implementation of these goals and objectives of the strategy is being introduced by teachers of the pedagogical and education chair of Mariupol State University: the development of basic and applied research in the field of professional education of future primary school teachers is provided, innovative methodological manuals are developed, and researches with talented youth are being organized.
FORMATION OF VALUES IN ACTIVITIES OF THE FUTURE LAWYERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: HOW TO LEARN ETHICS WHILE STUDYING
Authors: Navickienė Žaneta , Žilys Vaidotas , Danišauskas Gintautas
Published: May 2019

This article presents the relevance of values and steps for the formation of ethical principles for the future legal profession. The aim is focused on analysis of formation process of values for a lawyer and police by analyzing law and police study programs. The assessment scale of the public confidence in different law enforcement institutions (courts, the prosecutor's office, police, lawyers) shows that the society is watchful, indifferent and active evaluating the quality of law enforcement institutions as well as behavior of the officials. It means conceptual and consistent formation of values would ensure the efficiency of practical ethical model. Nine law and police study programs of higher schools in Lithuanian and four codes of professional ethics of law enforcement institutions were examined during the research. Also four lecturers were interviewed. The results of the research showed that in Lithuania the provisions of ethics are not taught in all higher schools preparing future lawyers and police officers. The provisions of professional ethics in different areas of lawyer's and police activities are clearly defined in codes of professional ethics as well as in recommendations applying these ethical provisions. However the pragmatic application of ethical provisions would be strengthened studying particular disciplines.
PECULIARITIES OF PHILOLOGY STUDENTS’ SUBJECT-MATTER COMPETENCES FORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION WHILE HUMANITARIAN DISCIPLINES STUDYING
Authors: Udovichenko Hannah , Ostapenko Svitlana
Published: May 2019

The article deals with the conceptual and pragmatic aspects of philological specialties students’ subject-matter competences formation technology adoption in the process of humanitarian disciplines studying. The aim of the article is to introduce the technology of philological specialties students’ subject-matter competences formation, corresponding to it didactic conditions. The technology consists of six stages (the stage of goal-setting and immersion, the stage of philological specialties students’ subject-matter competences successful formation motivational ensuring, the stage of educational information rationalization and didactic facilitation, the operational stage, the stage of promoting reflexive actions and the stage of determining correlations between the expected and the consequences of subject-matter formation, the self-presentation of the achieved. The varieties of educational activity, which were realized in six stages of the subject-matter competences formation technology based on parallel-concentric allocation, are presented.The research was conducted by applying the following methods: theoretical: analysis and synthesis of scientific, popular scientific, methodical and educational literature on the problems of higher school didactics and intensification of students’ training to research the specific use of competency approach as didactic paradigm; empirical: poll (questionnaire, interview) of students and faculty of humanities departments, monitoring the manifestation of the dynamics of students’ learning process ranking to identify best forms of educational work for the aim of solving research problems based on competence approach.It is determined that the main result of the development and adoption of philological specialties students’ subject-matter competences formation technology in the process of humanitarian disciplines studying is the increase of students' subject-matter competence formation level, provided that the technology and its corresponding didactic conditions are implemented in the educational process.
DEVELOPING STUDENTS PROFESSIONALLY SIGNIFICANT SKILLS IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AT NON-LINGUISTIC FACULTIES
Authors: Druzhinina Rimma
Published: May 2019

The article addresses some aspects of students’ extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching at non-linguistic faculties. The topicality of our study consists in insufficient number of scientific works on extracurricular activities and insufficient application of students’ extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching as a means of facilitating students' professionally significant communicative potential. The study focuses on the issues of students’ communicative training through extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching at faculties of management. Hence the goal of our study is to provide theoretical justification and methodological development of the concept of extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching as a means of facilitating communicative training. We have examined the essence and have presented a definition of extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching. We have elaborated a concept and examined components and characteristics of extracurricular activities in foreign language teaching. We have produced a model for extracurricular activities and identified its stages, algorithms and communicative training indicators. The conceptual framework of the study follows the model of professional competence approach. Research and experience data obtained in our experiential work make it possible to identify the significance of extracurricular activities in foreign languages for students’ professional development in educational programs at faculties of management.
ADAPTATION OF THE MAPLE SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE STUDENT'S INDEPENDENT WORK IN HIGH MATHEMATICS
Authors: Krupskyi Yaroslaw , Tuituinnyk Oksana , Yashchuk Olesya , Klieopa Іrina
Published: May 2019

The significance of the material presented in the article is due to the necessity of developing and implementing the latest information technologies at the study of higher mathematics using the systems of computer mathematics. The solution of the standard tasks of higher mathematics on the topic of differential equations involves the execution of bulky, similar arithmetic calculations and records. If there is an error in the calculation, its localization takes a lot of time, which leads to the student's quick fatigue. The concept of adaptation of SCM Maple to higher mathematics is suggested by creating a training Maple simulator on the topic "Linear homogeneous differential equations" in order to more effectively master students 'material, as well as to enhance students' learning and cognitive activity. The main results of the authors are presented in the field of development of the educational complex in higher mathematics, the main element of which are procedural simulators as well as procedure generators.
WHO IS GUILTY THAT I FAIL IN CLASSROOM: STUDENTS` PERSPECTIVE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Veliverronena Linda , Grinfelde Ilze
Published: May 2019

Societal changes, widening gap between generations influences teaching in higher education and student-teacher relationship. These transformations urge higher education institutions to prepare their teachers for the pedagogical work in new conditions and there are plenty of discussions reconsidering previously used approaches and pedagogy. Consequently, the focus has been shifted to empower students to take charge of their own learning and abundance of innovative teaching methods has been introduced both with and without integration of technological tools. However, the study results frequently present the universities still do not cope with the increasing speed of changes in students` behaviour, attitude and knowledge challenges understanding the specifics and needs of the age group. Previous studies argue that Latvian tourism educators do not handle this challenge too well as tourism industry representatives report on decreasing level of knowledge and poor work ethics of students. The aim of this research is to explore motivation and attitude of tourism students towards studies in higher education institutions in Latvia. The study is based on focus group discussions and explores dominating factors affecting students’ attitude and motivation towards study process. Data was analyzed by using the method of content analysis and results varies among students of different study years. In general, the role of bachelor studies in students` life varies from high priority till secondary.  A majority of students refers to extrinsic motivators as defining factors that make them to invest effort in studies. Consequently, students are more critical regarding teachers’ performance than their own and do not always see a direct link between their efforts and study outcome. They prefer to avoid complicated study topics and uncertainties in study process.
FUTURE EDUCATORS’ LEARNING TRENDS AT THE UNIVERSITY: HOW IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT THE LEARNER’S EXPERIENCE IS?
Authors: Bubnys Remigijus
Published: May 2019

The structure and content of studies at a higher education institution, educating specialists in the field of education studies, are more oriented to subject-centred rather than pedagogical preparation; insufficient attention is paid to students’ practical training, where through self-reflection and reflection students’ sensations turn into experience. The problematicity lies in the fact that often students’ practical experience is limited only to technical skills applied in concrete situations; the basis is mechanical learning, when the focus is on theoretical knowledge gained at the university, which is not integrated with the students’ experience outlived earlier or during practice. On the other hand, theoretical knowledge is often not related to the practical activity. The results of the quantitative research disclose future educators’ teaching and learning trends at the university by analyzing, assessing and linking learners’ outlived experience with a specific learning context.
MATHEMATICAL TASKS AS A MEANS OF FORMING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF FUTURE TEACHERS
Authors: Gavaza Tatiana , Lebedeva Svetlana , Perkova Natalya , Fakhretdinova Victoriia
Published: May 2019

An important result of the preparation of the future teacher of mathematics is the formed professional competences. The process of formation should be carried out systematically, starting from the first year. While studying at the university, the foundations of modern mathematical knowledge should be laid, the need for professional self-development and self-education should be formed. The purpose of the study: the development of tools that contribute to the formation and development of professional competencies of students, future teachers of mathematics, in the study of mathematical disciplines. The study analyzed the professional competencies of a mathematics teacher, the components of mathematical culture and established their relationship. The competencies that can be formed during the first year of study are defined. Identified the need to convert standard mathematical problems. Based on the research, a technology for creating special complex problems based on standard mathematical problems has been developed. Tasks consist of two parts: subject (mathematical) and professionally-oriented. Tasks can be used to form subject and professional competencies, diagnose their formation. The article presents the requirements for them, types and examples of tasks. The result of the assignments from the point of view of the formation of subject and professional competences is described.
VALUES OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF FUTURE TEACHERS IN CHANGING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Authors: Pantiuk Tetyana , Nevmerzhytska Olena , Pahuta Myroslav
Published: May 2019

The training of a future specialist involves not only the acquisition of professionally oriented knowledge, skills and habits, but also the formation of a system of professional values as regulators of future professional activities, the basis for professional growth and improvement. The social and political condition of society in general and the country in particular affects the formation of professional values of future specialists, which, in particular, is manifested in the conditions of modern Ukraine, which fights for state independence and territorial integrity. The purpose of the study is to monitor the dynamics of changes in the professional values of future teachers over the past five years. A survey was conducted, as well as testing of future teachers according to M. Rokich's methods "Valuable orientations" (N = 710). Some products of students' activities (essays, creative works, etc.) were also of some information importance, which made it possible to diagnose the professional values and their hierarchy in the consciousness of the personality of future specialists. Changes in the dynamics of the professional values of future teachers from the prevalence of the material factor, the desire to obtain a profession that would provide the opportunity to emigrate from the country to the values of development, cognition and patriotism were revealed. The obtained results can become the basis for the search for mechanisms and tools of the formation of professional values in future teachers in the process of their professional training in social and political conditions that constantly change.
LABORATORY EXERCISE TO DETERMINE CONTRAST IN LASER MARKING OF ARTICLES
Authors: Lazov Lyubomir , Teirumnieks Edmunds , Teirumnieka Erika , Cacivkin Pavel , Angelov Nikolay , Karadzhov Tsanko
Published: May 2019

The laser marking has been established in recent years as one of the modern innovative methods for marking many industrial products. The report examines a new laboratory exercise for the subject Laser Technology, studied in some technical universities. A new approach is proposed to determine the contrast of the laser marking process. Described is the purpose and the main tasks as well as the new skills and knowledge that students can exercise through this laboratory exercise. Students implement a test matrix consisting of squares of a certain size using the raster marking method. Through the new laboratory exercise, students can explore and analyze the dependencies of the contrast of laser markings on different dimensions influencing the technological process. The capabilities of the new approach allow learners to become more familiar with the factors that influence the modern process of laser marking widely used in modern industry. The results of the experiments the students summarize using a new modern digital approach to analyze the contrast against the background of the marked surface. From the experimental graphical dependencies of the variation of the power and speed contrast, they draw conclusions about the optimal process parameters.
JUSTIFICATION OF CRITERIA AND INDICATORS OF FORMATION OF THE DEONTOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE EDUCATION MANAGERS
Authors: Zadorozhna-Knyagnitska Lenina
Published: May 2019

The article presents the results of theoretical analysis of scientific works on the problems of deontological training of future specialists in higher education institutions. The result of this training is deontological competence as a complex subjective feature that determines the ability for the proper professional behavior and making effective decisions in deontologically determined situations of managerial interaction. The purpose of the research is to theoretically substantiate the criteria and indicators of the formation of the deontological competence of future specialists. To achieve this goal, the following research methods were used: terminological analysis, concretization and generalization of theoretical concepts in the philosophical, psychological and pedagogical works of domestic and foreign scientists. The article describes the results of the research. The criteria and indicators of forming education managers’ deontological competence at university master’s level are proved for the first in pedagogical science. The content of motivation, cognitive, activity-based criteria is revealed. The motivation criterion indicates the motivation for normative behavior, developed values that determine the proper performance of professional duties by education managers, their aims and needs as bearers of professional and moral values; cognitive criterion defines the degree of acquisition of deontological knowledge; technological criterion shows the degree of forming deontological abilities and skills.
SOME ASPECTS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ADAPTATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS
Authors: Sokolova Alla , Matvieieva Olga , Korchagina Anna
Published: May 2019

The article is devoted to the study of some aspects of psychological and pedagogical support for the adaptation of future teachers. Objective: to determine the impact of the proposed strategies of psychological and pedagogical support on the ability of students to adapt. The “Adaptability” (Multilevel Personality Questionnaire) questionnaire by A. Maklakov and S. Chermianin was used in the study to diagnose students of the 1st-6th years of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs of higher education at the faculty of arts of a pedagogical higher education establishment. The results of the introduction of strategies of psycho-pedagogical support showed that students grow their ability to regulate their interaction with the environment, that there is an increase in social contacts, social activity and self-esteem. It has been proven that the introduction of the proposed strategies of pedagogical support at the faculty of the arts of a pedagogical higher education establishment has a direct impact on the ability of students to adapt.
CLUSTER APPROACH AND THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN TRAINING FOR INNOVATIVE ECONOMY
Authors: Mezhov Stepan , Tarasova Alexandra
Published: May 2019

In recent years, there are more and more research and educational initiatives on the topic of regional innovation development. A similar initiative is the result of reflection mechanisms and possible outcomes of the integration processes that are gaining momentum in the modern economy. One of the «answers» to integration challenges is the creation of regional clusters and the development of regional cluster policy. The problem is to find answers to new, specific questions concerning the composition, characteristics and parameters of potential participants in regional clusters, the initial conditions and mechanisms for building clusters, creating cluster management systems: what is the role of universities in regional clusters, what is the model of this University, what is the program of its transformation, which University can correspond to this role. In the context of global changes in the system of higher education, universities themselves, we propose to rethink the role of universities in the modern world, the territory where it is located, its development and related changes in the purpose and functions of modern universities. We believe that the active involvement of universities in the formation of a regional innovation ecosystem, training is extremely important for the implementation of their third mission – to act as a driver of regional development, to take a subjective position in the region. Such challenges as globalization and massification of higher education, migration of talented students, the lack of strong research centers focused on the regional research agenda, the concentration of master's degree in urban agglomerations, the lack of drivers of positive changes in the urban and regional environment can lead to the fact that the University will lose its region of activity and its students. In our paper we propose a model of creating a sustainable chain of reproduction of personnel and technology in the region and on this basis the organization of production of high-tech products in the format of startups. The conceptual basis of such a model can be the unification of science, business, education into a unified integrated complexes in the form of innovative regional development clusters. Partnership between universities, business, government and other educational and scientific organizations will contribute to the quality of training for the innovative economy of the countries.
A METHODOLOGY TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINES FOR STUDYING SPECIAL DISCIPLINES
Authors: Gerasymenko Petr , Khodakovskiy Valentin , Verteshev Sergey , Lyokhin Sergey , Khvattcev Alexander
Published: May 2019

Professional training of students at the University should form the graduate's solid knowledge and ability to quickly master his often changing functional duties. To do this, the basic disci-plines of the engineer should be based on the fundamental disciplines of the first courses, which include, first of all, mathematics and physics. However, mathematical training of University students in the first years has become particularly difficult in recent years. It is known that today school graduates have a low level of exam scores in mathematics, which does not provide adequate assistance to successfully master not only higher mathematics at the University, but also special disciplines. In this regard, currently an urgent task is to study the levels of knowledge of special disciplines by students of technical universities, depending on the level of knowledge of mathematical disciplines. To ensure the quality of teaching mathematics at the University there are methodical systems of organization of level differentiation of training, which takes into account the initial level of pre-University training and corresponding to this level of the program of University mathematical training. However, their implementation is not very successful. The paper proposes a method of evaluation of the study of the connection of mathematical dis-ciplines with General scientific and special disciplines. Their establishment can allow to make necessary adjustments in their study for subsequent sets to the University.
PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' AMBIGUITY TOLERANCE
Authors: Sokolová Lenka , Andreánska Viera
Published: May 2019

Teachers encounter many ambiguous situations in their every-day practice. They have to deal with pupils with various disabilities, personality and background diversity. The aim of this study is to examine pre-service teachers' ambiguity tolerance and perceived knowledge and skills for work with various types of diversity in the classroom. Pre-service teachers (N = 176) self-assessed their knowledge and teaching skills for 20 different types of children with special educational and social needs. The Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-II was used to assess their ambiguity tolerance. Pre-service teachers' ambiguity tolerance appeared to be moderate. There was no significant difference across years of study and only weak or slight relationship between ambiguity tolerance and self-reported inclusive competences.
ANALYSIS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' COGNITIVE PROFILES
Authors: Zacharová Zlatica Jursová , Lemešová Miroslava , Sokolová Lenka
Published: May 2019

In recent years there has been increased attention to the problem of teachers' competences. The need for developing critical thinking in schools turns the focus also on the teachers' cognitive skills including not only intelligence but also cognitive reflection and implicit theories of intelligence. This study aimed to analyse pre-service teachers' (N = 344) cognitive profiles covering data from cognitive reflection test (CRT), implicit theories of intelligence test and Mannheim intelligence test (MIT, measuring verbal, numerical and spatial abilities). Significant correlations were found between cognitive reflection and other cognitive abilities. However, the implicit theories of intelligence seemed to be independent of cognitive abilities. Significant differences between senior and junior pre-service teachers were found in cognitive reflection and two MIT items. Based on the presented results, we discuss the assessment of pre-service teachers’ competences and the development of critical and higher order thinking in pre-gradual teacher education.
THE PECULIARITY OF THE VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF MODERN PRESCHOOLERS
Authors: Dombek Svetlana , Lebedeva Natalia , Michailova Arina , Pradun Inna , Shlat Natalia
Published: May 2019

The article deals with the problem of value orientations of modern preschoolers. The authors clarify the concepts of «value», «value orientations», define the place of value orientations in the structure of the personality of a preschooler, the role of the teacher in the development of the value system of children.The article describes the empirical study of the value orientations of children of senior preschool age: diagnostic tools are characterized, the procedure of diagnosing is described, and the results are analyzed. The authors indicate the trends in the change of value orientations of children, infer which value orientations are dominate and typical for modern elder preschoolers.The article is intended for public reading and for those who are interested in pedagogical research.
INDIVIDUALITY OF KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
Authors: Nesyna Svetlana Vadimovna
Published: May 2019

This article focuses on the problem of individuality. The theoretical basis is O. Grebenyuk’s individuality concept. In it, the individuality is defined as the unity of intellectual, motivational, volitional, emotional, practical and object-oriented, existential and self-regulative spheres which characterise the originality and uniqueness of a person. The term ‘individuality of a teacher’ refers to an integrated and holistic system of seven interconnected spheres, including professionally important components which differentiate it from the individuality of other subject of a professional avtivity. This study adresses three key issues. First, it looks at the problem of preschool teacher’s individuality and identifies the system of professionally important components. Second, it turns to examine the professional deformations of teachers. Finally, the paper considers the relationships between the individuality system and types of professional destructions in the groups of preschool teachers of different age and with different professional experience. The data for this study were collected using the questionnaires: “The Technique of Teacher’s Individuality” by T. B. Grebenyuk and “The Method for Studing Professional Teacher’s Deformations”by E. F. Zeer. Fifty-two teahers were recruited for this study. The participants work at various kindergartens in the Kaliningrad region. The results suggest that the motivational and existential spheres are developed most strongly. The most exrpessed professional deformation is demonstrativeness. Statistical analyses revealed two types of correlations: 1) a positive correlation between the intellectual, motivational, and practical and object-oriented spheres with demonstrativeness; 2) a negative correlation between the emotional sphere and dogmatism.
ABILITY OF CHILDREN TO DRAW AND SPATIALLY MODEL “A TREE”
Authors: Piwowarska Ewa
Published: May 2019

Many well-known educationalists and psychologists noticed that children included “a tree” in their drawings very early, which usually occurred next to a figure or a building. The drawing of the tree, which was treated as a substitute of graphical picture of a figure, constituted material for the research they conducted. Artistic activity is also one of the determinants of diagnosing child’s development and one of many opportunities to say about particular topics, which are preferred by the child. Another precious activity is -next to the drawing-spatial modelling of soft material. The research conducted with the use of the technique of analysis of the artistic works aimed at defining the course of development of “a tree” drawn and spatially modelled by children at preschool age. It was important for the conducted studies to distinguish models of “a tree” – created in two art techniques – typical of particular age along with their characteristic features (clarity of the message, colouring, details used). The subject of the study concerned artworks on flat surface and three dimensional models of a tree formed by children aged 3 to 6 years. Distinguished characteristic features of the drawn and spatially modelled “tree” may become helpful for teachers in assessing development of children.
ABOUT INFLUENCE OF THE INDEX OF SOCIAL WELLBEING OF SCHOOLS ON EDUCATIONAL RESULTS
Authors: Melnik Valentin , Vanin Aleksandr
Published: May 2019

Providing high quality education is one of the important priorities of the State educational policy in the Russian Federation. The main problem of inequality in education is currently associated with the breakdown of schools on educational outcomes. Along with the successful and wealthy schools elevated (gymnasium and lyceums) a whole group of schools with persistently low results students. In these schools concentrate children from disadvantaged families and families with low social status, children with deviant behavior. Accounting of contextual factors at assessment of educational results of pupils is an important task. Especially relevant it looks concerning group of schools which are in adverse social conditions. For identification of such schools it is offered to use an integrated indicator - the index of social wellbeing of school (ISWS). The purpose of work to investigate communication of the index of social wellbeing of schools with educational results. The described technique was approved in the Pskov region. Results of the analysis allowed to classify schools by four groups: high educational results – high ISWS; low educational results – low ISWS; low educational results – high ISWS; high educational results – low ISWS. According to the analysis there is possible a differentiated policy for different groups of schools.
DEVELOPMENT OF METACOGNITIVE AND SOCIO-AFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN EFL CLASSES AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Authors: Žindžiuvienė Ingrida Eglė
Published: May 2019

The article focuses on the development of learning strategies during the process of foreign language learning. With the obvious implementation of cognitive learning strategies, the development of other types of strategies, metacognitive and socio-affective, remains an urgent issue. Very often these latter strategies are either disregarded or dismissed during the language learning process. However, recent studies have pointed out the necessity for the development of all types of learning strategies and their implementation at an early stage of learning. Therefore, the aim of this research is to determine the scope of the development of metacognitive and socio-affective learning strategies during the process of foreign language learning. Quantitative and qualitative methods have been used to determine the frequency and mode of the above-mentioned types of learning strategies during the process of teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Two hypotheses have been raised: (1) Metacognitive strategies are often disregarded in the process of language learning in the classes for adolescents; (2) The potential of implementation of socio-affective strategies in EFL classes is underestimated in the process of language learning in the classes for adolescents. The object of the research consists of 12 selected EFL textbooks and activities included in them. The research results prove the fact that much more attention to metacognitive learning strategy development is needed during EFL classes, as these strategies strongly benefit the overall process of language acquisition. To compare, socio-affective learning strategies are more often implemented during EFL classes; however, their development is rather unsystematic.
STRATEGIES OF PROMOTING WELL-BEING IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN THE ROMANIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Authors: Malureanu Flavia , Enachi-Vasluianu Luiza
Published: May 2019

The concept of well-being, although has been an issue of great relevance in the international literature and practice, is granted little time or attention in the Romanian educational system. As a matter of fact, teachers have to deal with overcrowded curriculum, not enough time to teach it, overcrowded classes with up to thirty or more students in the urban areas, especially. The only classes which lay little emphasis on well-being are those with disciplines which are not enlisted for the national exams, such as PE, Music, Arts.This paper aims to study a series of strategies meant to implement well-being in school activities. The selection of strategies was done according to specific literature, teachers’ systematic observations and experiences in the classrooms. The conclusions reached were that for students well-being is transposed into interactive fun activities with emphasis on discovery, experiment, role-playing, game, humour in all aspects of actions and communication, instructional activities out of the school area etc.  Teachers’ discussions in focus-groups resulted into a questionnaire, used as an instrument to gather data.The research methods were the investigation based on questionnaire, the conversation and the systematic observation. The participants in the research were 100 teachers from two school levels: primary school (students 6-11 years old) and gymnasium (students 11-15 years old). Their experience in the didactic field varied from 2 to 15 years. The data collected were processed using the SPSS analysis. The results emphasized teachers’ awareness that the use of strategies of promoting well-being in school activities increase the efficiency of the educational activity.
CRISIS OF THE DIGNITY OF THE TEACHING STATE BASED ON EMPIRICALRESEARCH
Authors: Pawelec Lidia , Kochanowski Jan
Published: May 2019

The profession of teacher has been a special profession for centuries because of its momentous mission in the area of education and upbringing of next generations of society. This brought far wider expectations ahead of it than before other professions. In the current reality, there is a widespread belief in the lack of authority and the crisis of the dignity of the teaching state. Is this situation the result of the omnipresent "fall" of values, or do the teachers themselves contribute to the extent to which they are perceived by society and students? I try to find answers to these questions in the text of the article. The crisis in the dignity of the teaching state described above is primarily associated with a change in the perception of their profession by the teachers themselves. This thesis is supported by research carried out among teachers, pupils and parents in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. Their goal was to get to know the opinions of these groups about the moral and ethical condition of the modern teacher. In order to obtain this information, a diagnostic survey, an observation and an interview were used.
AVAILABILITY OF PRE-SCHOOLING AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL INDICATOR
Authors: Merkys Gediminas , Bubeliene Daiva , Čiučiulkienė Nijole
Published: May 2019

The research paper presents the results of a large-scale longitudinal study which aims to highlight pre-schooling social problems with the help of social indicators. For over a decade, the authors of the research paper have been developing a survey inventory aiming to determine the population’s satisfaction with the public service index. The tool includes 190 original survey indicators that represent all public services. 20 indicators are devoted to education; two of them represent pre-school education. These are: 1) assessment of the quality of pre-school services; and 2) the availability of a child's place in a kindergarten in a residential area (availability). The existing statistical norming base (not older than 2 years) includes 12 municipalities in Lithuania and 88 subdistricts. The total number of respondents is 16202 (n=16202). It has been cleared out that the residents consider the quality of the service "high", but its "availability" is considered to be poor. The statistical regularity found is common to all surveyed municipalities. There is a significant dispersion of measured indicators in separate municipalities and in the subdistricts. Facing the negative evaluation tendency of the “availability“ service some municipalities are more able to handle the problem. For this reason their experience is worth to analyze and to disseminate in a broader way. It is also worth to mention that the results of this study have much in common with EUROSTAT data. In Lithuania, the inclusion of 2-3 years old children in the education system is extremely poor, whereas the inclusion of preschoolers is largely universal. It is possible to state that poor situation of 2-3 years old children inclusion in the Lithuanian education system is related to the problems of Lithuanian social policy. In Lithuania, mother (or father) receives financial benefits for two years after the birth of a child. It is also possible to save one‘s job without receiving a payment for one year more. From the point of view of women's employment and equal opportunities policies, our discovered regularity testifies social policy dysfunctions at the macro national level which, on their turn, indicate a deep-seated demographic crisis in an EU country.
TEACHERS’ AND SCHOOL HEADS’ POSITION ABOUT THE CHANGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP IN GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOL
Authors: Gumuliauskienė Aušrinė , Vaičiūnienė Asta
Published: May 2019

The article deals with the problems of the changes and prospects of the development of general education school heads’ and teachers’ leadership: the importance of school heads’ and teachers’ leadership for systemic change of the quality of school activity has been substantiated, the features of the relations between leadership and the changes in school culture and management have been highlighted, the essential tendencies of the expression of teachers’ leadership have been presented; referring to the results of the research school heads’ and teachers’ position about the changes and prospects of the development of leadership in school has been analysed, the essential factors stimulating and impeding the development of leadership in school have been substantiated.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AT HOME
Authors: Kazlauskiene Ausra , Kravčenkaitė Justina
Published: May 2019

The article analyses the involvement of parents participating in the child's education process. The semi-structured interview method was chosen to collect the survey data. The content analysis method was used for the analysis of the research data. During the study, the aim was to find out what were the possibilities of parental involvement in the child's education process, and which parents were satisfied with the needs of the children. Parents who live in cities and villages are selected by the participants of the study. Data from a qualitative research analysis suggests that parents are divided into different parties to the opposition, where no one wants to engage in the child's educational process, while others actively contribute to the process of child's education. It has been disclosed that the lack of time planning and other factors make it impossible to contribute or minimally contribute to joint activities with the child.
DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION: A PRELIMINARY PORTFOLIO OF COMPETENCIES FOR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS
Authors: Marzano Gilberto , Lizut Joanna , Ochoa Luis
Published: May 2019

In this  article, the authors argue that professional experts are necessary who should also be educators, since they should work inside the school. Accordingly, cyber safety competencies should be included in the curriculum of school social workers in the same way as are competencies to sustain children with behavioral disturbance, support students with cultural and economic difficulties, provide the school community with psycho-social counselling, implement educational policies, etc. From the experience of running a training course for social workers in Poland on cyber threats, and from an ongoing research concerning digital social innovation within two EU funded projects, a preliminary portfolio of competencies has been defined and presented.