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Correlation between Mindfulness, Coherence and Wisdom in Sample of Different Age Groups in Adulthood
Authors: Svence Guna 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>There are two different researches has been explain in this article. There is common idea of those two researches (Svence, Mihailova, Bebre, 2014)- does age as correlate statistical significant differ scores of mindfulness, wisdom and coherence.</em></p><p><em>The aim of the first research (Svence, Mihailova, 2014) is to make theoretical and practical analysis of correllations between sense of coherence, mindfulness and wellbeing among 25-45 year old women, as also make qualitative analysis in order to explore one of the sense of coherence categories – meaningfulness. Reserach has shown that there exists positive correlation between wellbeing and sense of coherence and between wellbeing and mindfulness, as aslo it has been shown that higher scores of sense of meaning in life is related to higher scores of wellbeing, yet there are nearly no research where the correlations between mindfulness and sense of coherece and/or meaningfulness would be explored. Yet there are enough research where the realaton of these concepts with other concepts such as self-efficacy, anxiety, stressreactivity is confirmed. Considering the above mentioned it is valuable to explore relations between sense of coherence, mindfulness and wellbeing. </em></p><p><em>Principal question of the research was to investigate if there is an association between sense of coherence, mindfulness and wellbeing, as also to make qualitative and quantitative analysis and acquire the broader understanding of this association. There were 36 participants in the research who were asked to fill three questionnaires via internet and to particiapate in the interview. Quantative methods were used in the research (Fife Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Orientation to Life Questionnaire to measure sense of coherence, Scales of Psychological Well-Being), as well as statistical methods (Pearson correlation) and qualitative method (content analysis of narratives). </em></p><p><em>Quantitative analysis confirmed the question of the research, since there were significant positive correlations discovered between all three concepts – sense of coherence, mindfulness and wellbeing. Content analysis of narratives was made and several typical content units were discovered whish are related to age appropriate meaningful life tasks, and to the processes of sense of coherence. Therefore the associatio between meaningfulness and other sense of coherence components was confirmed. </em></p><p><em>There is other research (Svence, Bebre,2014) about wisdom and meaningfulness scores- how they correlates and differes in different age subgroups in adulthood.</em></p><p><em>There are some results show- scores of wisdom and meaningfulness are not significant differ in different age groups- early adulthood (20-35), middle age (40-55) mathematical statistical significant, but differences has been finded about wisdom in early adulthood and middle age – according scores – wisdom is more higher in middle age as in early adulthood.</em></p><p> </p>
Case of Latvia in the Evaluation of Adult Education: Issues and Solutions
Authors: Pigozne Tamara , Usca Svetlana 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>In the context of research the evaluation of adult education is analyzed as a process and outcome, emphasizing the evaluation of performance; goals are related to the assurance of quality and sustainability according to learners' needs; competence indicators are methodology, motivation, communication and management; evaluation involves self-evaluation, external evaluation and consolidation.</em></p><p><em>The goal of the article is to analyze the experience of adult educators in the field of evaluation. Methods - analysis of literature and interviews with Latvia’s education policy makers and implementers in AQUAD environment.</em></p><p><em>The authors of the article offer the model for evaluation of adult educators’ competence and analyze the real situation of adult education evaluation in Latvia.</em></p><p> </p>
TOPICALITY OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION (ICT) IN TEACHERS LIFELONG LEARNING AND TEACHING
Authors: Campechano Covarrubias Juan 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>This work is an advance of research in process about how is the incorporation for the use of Information Technologies and Communication (ICTs) by teachers of basic education in Jalisco State in their educational practice. The problematicalis delimited, by two factors: the level of infrastructure and equipment of schools and on the other hand, the attitudes of teachers towards ICTs.</em></p><p><em>It seek investigate as the main purpose, how the teachers appropriated technologies from different programs for the use of ICTsthat has implemented by the Secretary of Public Education in their teaching. It is assumed that the reforms are not hegemonic mechanisms that permeate the educational practices but are contexts, attitudes that enable to teachers of basic education the differentiated appropriation of ICT.</em></p><p> </p>
Subject Learning Options Analysis
Authors: Balikova Vita 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>In the article the author considers the problem of the reducingof number of surrendered individual works by educational subject.Analyzing the possible causes of this problem, the author of the workexplores the needs of age of the students, didactic principles, which aremainly used by the teacher in teaching practice. The author of thisarticle studies the impact of new technology on the thinking of youngpeople as well. At result of research the hypothesis of individual workdivision into smaller parts is proposed and tested. This article presentsthe results of testing this hypothesis.</em></p><p> </p>
Children and Adolescents in Virtual Space: Girls' and Boys' Behaviour and Attitude to Parental Control
Authors: Geležiniene Renata , Melene Rita , Vaitkevičiene Asta 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>The article deals with the problem of children’s and adolescents’ activity in virtual space and parental control with regard to this activity. The question is raised what children and adolescents are most often doing in virtual space, for what goals they are using it; it is analysed whether there are any principal differences between boys’ and girls’ activities in virtual space. It is also disclosed how parents control children’s and adolescents’ online activities, how children perceive this control and what teachers think about this. The article reveals peculiarities of boys’ and girls’ activity in virtual space, peculiarities of teachers’ and children’s, adolescents’ attitude to parental control with regard to virtual space.</em></p><p> </p>
Using High Performance Computing and Open Source Technologies for Solving Behaviour Analytics Problems in E-Learning
Authors: Zacs Laimonis , Jansone Anita 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>In this paper the authors describe solution for solving various analytical problems in <em>E-learning, Course Management Systems like Moodle by using HPC</em></em> <em>(High Performance Computing) and Apache Hadoop open source technologies in Liepaja University. The problem is that nowadays there are collecting huge amounts of analytics data from several gigabytes to petabytes, which is hard to store, process, analyse and visualize. This article reflects one of the solutions concerning distributed parallel processing of huge amounts of data across inexpensive, industry-standard servers that can store and process the data, can scale without limits and provides technological opportunities of reliable, scalable and distributed computing.</em><em> </em></p><p> </p>
Promotion of Intrinsic Motivation of New Generation Learners for Learning Physics by Digital Physics Labs
Authors: Peciuliauskiene Palmira 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>The article deals with</em><em> the role of digital Physics experiments in the promotion of intrinsic motivation of secondary school age learners for learning Physics. The methodological basis of research is inquiry-based learning. The article focuses on the second level of inquiry-based learning referred to as structured inquiry. The study is based on the sociological approach, with the emphasis on the new generation (Generation Z) and their exclusive relationship to technology. The research problem is formulated as a question: how does digital Physics laboratory promote intrinsic motivation of the new generation learners?</em></p><p><em>Learners’</em><em> intrinsic motivation is analysed on the basis of Self-Determination Theory. Despite this theory, </em><em>motivation is based on three basic needs: a need </em><em>for autonomy, a need for competency and a need for social relatedness. </em><em>The article</em><em> examines how digital Physics labs provide basic psychological needs for autonomy, competency and social relatedness of eighth-form learners.</em><em> </em></p><p> </p>
Teamwork Development across the Curriculum for Information Technology Students at Liepāja University: Processes, Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Authors: Tomsons Dzintars , Jansone Anita 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Teamwork skills are key feature for Information Technology (IT) specialists. The university IT curriculum contains both IT specific courses, and comprehensive courses. Due to limited amount of the learning courses and efficient achievement of learning goals, it is necessary to look for opportunities to integrate activities developing social and communication skills courses into IT specific courses. Managing the teamwork that is close to practice, it is necessary to solve the problems of teaching and learning organisation, and assessment of individual learning outcomes and competences. In Liepāja University, the student teamwork has been managed for several years as integral part of Software Engineering courses and study projects. The course management system Moodle has been used in learning process providing possibilities to evaluate both assignments submitted by students and their learning behaviour. The current paper describes and analyses the experience of academic staff of Liepāja University.</em></p>
Autonomous English Acquisition in Blended E-Studies for Adults for Sustainable Development: Implementation of the Synergetic System Model
Authors: Bojāre Ināra 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Researchers’ attention has moved from solving a problem to united methodology for solving different problems. It resulted in paradigm shift in the science and using system approach in social researches. The topicality of „Autonomous English acquisition in blended e-studies for adults for sustainable development”follows from results of the previous part of the research. They show that vertical hierarchy of responsibility has sticked together and learners’ interest towards methodological factors increased in virtual English acquisition. Next research problem is how to facilitate transformation of horisontal values from directed English acquisition to self-organised its acquisition in virtual learning environment. Hypothetically, it is assumed that there are sensitive factors, facilitation of which can call a resonance and transformation of other factors according to synergetic system model for facilitation the transformation of values in blended e-studies in adult nonformal education. The article presents reinterpretation of the results of the active research according to system approach of the whole research. The aim - to work out recommendations for implementation of the research model is reached in it.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p>
Delivering Social Telerehabilitation Services
Authors: Marzano Gilberto , Lubkina Velta , Rizakova Lorita 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Telerehabilitation is an emerging method of delivering rehabilitation services, which uses information and communication technologies to minimize distance and time barriers. </em></p><p><em>Telerehabilitation is often considered a specialization of the wide field of tele-medicine; most of telerehabilitation services fall into three categories: clinical assessment (patient’s functional abilities in his or her environment), diagnosis and clinical therapy. </em></p><p><em>R</em><em>esearches have recently underlined the potential of social media, mobile phones, and the Internet in general for improving mental health, supporting positive outcomes on addiction issues, sexual health, and homelessness.</em></p><pre><em>This paper analyses the issues and implications tied to the development of social telerehabilitation services in Latvia, and reports on the first step of </em><em>National science program VPP INOSOCTEREHI, </em><em>a new three years multidisciplinary project on social rehabilitation, which is conducted by four Latvian Universities, and focuses on the use of mobile technologies in rehabilitation scope. </em></pre><p> </p>
Analysis of the Results of the Pedagogical Research and Eeg in the Aspect of Effective Modern Teaching Aids in the Technical Education
Authors: Prauzner Tomasz 
Published: May 2015

<p class="IATED-Affiliation">The development of computer technology is reflected in among other things, the development of modern didactics. Current pedagogy and media education, as a fast developing discipline of general pedagogy, is a topic of a number of studies. Applying the modern multimedia aids at various stages and in various types of education is considered as an indispensable element of modern didactics, due to new opportunities the modern media offers. The paper deals with didactic innovations based on research conducted within pedagogy on the observable social changes induced by development in information technology. The main objective of the paper is to address the issue how to apply modern technology and research findings on the functioning of the brain in order to improve the effectiveness of the learning process. The paper presents only the results of a pilot study, which can be used as a basis for further research using medical equipment for analyzing EEG brain waves for didactic purposes.</p><p> </p>
The Use of IT in Study Program Social Work
Authors: Vaitiekus Edmundas , Kondrašovienė Lidija 
Published: May 2015

The information technology is important factor for development of the economy branch in the modern world. This factor is important in the social work education too. In the study process active use of IT helps to improve the quality of studies, saves the time of students and teachers, and provides more possibilities to compete in the labour market. In the presentation the communication by IT tools, the teacher and the student's common work in virtual environments, distance learning opportunities are presented.
Supervision as a Kind of Qualitative Evaluation
Authors: Riva Maria Grazia , Ratsika Nikoleta 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>The contribution presents a reflection on supervision as one of the possible forms of qualitative evaluation, in the field of work with adult educators. Supervision structures a context where theory and practice, emotions and cognitions, values, representations and fears, anxieties and conflicts can be made to dialogue in continuation. The supervisor continuously offers feedback and interpretations to the educators, thanks to attentive listening and decodes what they express. The constructivist approach to Evaluation, on the one hand, gives full value to the subjectivity of the actors involved in the evaluation process and aims to interpret and understand. So, we can call it hermeneutic evaluation (Perla, 2004). Hermeneutic evaluation sets the problem of finding the meaning of the points of view of the participants. This is where the meeting point with the supervision activity, which consists precisely of a practice guided by a leader who helps the educators to better understand their theoretical frameworks of reference and their basic educational models, lies. Supervision and Evaluation therefore represent two important tools for developing the professionalism of the operators, as shown by the case-study analyzed. The practice of supervision is part of a path of lifelong learning and education (Oggionni, 2013; Zannini, 2005), which passes through experimentation, evaluation and redesigning, in the face of constant monitoring of the needs and learning of the individual and of the team.</em></p><p> </p>
Evaluation as an Individual and Organizational Learning Process the Research Experience of the European Project- Edueval
Authors: Ulivieri Stiozzi Stefania 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Adult education services – in Italy and Europe – are strongly in need of an advanced evaluation culture. How may we create the necessary conditions for the educational value of high-quality evaluation to be recognized? What does “evaluate” mean for managersof adult education staff? What organizational and relational dimensions are called into play by evaluation practices? How should evaluation be carried out in training groups, occupational skills programmesand in services providing care for fragile adult subjects? What knowledge disciplines should be included in the education and training profile of evaluators who wish to bring mindfulness and rigour to the implementation of their role? This paper examines the aims and instruments adopted by the European project EDUEVAL, presenting the results of a qualitative study conducted with a purposive sample of official and unofficial evaluators in Italian adult education contexts, and exploring the educational and learning dispositives required to make evaluation a practice motivating and fostering high-quality educational work within an organization.</em><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p>
Education and Work in the Time of Flexibility. Reconsider the Pedagogical Potential in the Existentialist Planning
Authors: Sciannamea Roberta 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Nowadays European Unionsupport many training projects reserved to “young adults”, that should sustainthe creation of skills and competences that will enable them to move in the business world. The liquid-times scenario is leading young adults to the loss of the capacity of thinking about long-term project. </em></p><p><em>Using the Educational Clinic approach –whichlegitimate the opportunity of a crossed and inter-disciplinary reading of the educational fact – we try to reason on the conditions that made the pedagogical setting an alcove for the existential planning of the individual, transcending the simple transferred knowledge.</em></p><p><em>The purpose is to go back and ask ourselves about the contemporary context with a look that is enriched by the experienced elements, in order to show a possible niche of the education device, in which the disclosure of the idea of education as a space of potential development for the existential design can be possible.</em></p><p> </p>
Jointly Building an Evaluation Culture: A Workshop Methodology for a European Project in the Field of Adult Education
Authors: Biffi Elisabetta , Kritsotakis George 
Published: May 2015

<p class="IATED-Affiliation">This paper presents a reflection on the role of cooperative research in addressing the topic of evaluation within the field of adult education. To this end, the authors outline a specific cooperation initiative that involved academics and practitioners from the field of adult education in different European countries.The project presented here is based on the hypothesis that in order to enhance evaluation at the European level, it is necessary to build a European culture of evaluation, which may be developed by creating a concrete space for collaboration among practitioners and researchers from a range of European adult education contexts.</p><p class="IATED-Affiliation">Specifically, the project wasdesigned to promote an exchange of experiences, expertise and practices among academic researchers and “practitioners” (Schön, 1983)involved in the evaluation of adult education. A key role was played by a Mobility Workshop: viewed as the core of the collaborative approach proposed, the Workshop provided a concrete opportunity for collaboration amongevaluators and researchers from different countries within Europe.</p><p class="IATED-Affiliation"> </p>
The Opportunity of Unified Professional Competence Development for School Teachers Collective
Authors: Brikmane Karīna 
Published: May 2015

<p><em>Teachers’ professional development in Latvia is currently being guided according to the overall mission in education – to create a society, which is engaged in life-long learning. Teaching proficiency and professional growth in teachers’ work are the primary strategies, which to a large extent determine, influence and implement changes in the education sphere. </em></p><p><em>That is why the ongoing development of professional competencies is planned, and results are expected in the goals of the further education programme and in the development of competencies in teachers’ collective.</em></p><p><em>The significance of the research is determined by the need to provide modern, high quality, competitive education for the younger generation. As a consequence, the need for teachers’ ongoing professional development emerges, which is based on the development of competencies appropriate to the time and contemporary methods. Theory and practice have shown that further education is the most effective when it is based on theory, education strategy and real demand/needs.</em></p><p><em>Investment in the development of teachers’ professional growth is one of the most significant resources for improving education quality in the nation. </em></p><p><em>In searching for new and influential resources for the growth and development of teaching competencies, the professional development system and opportunities of practising teachers and schools, and examples of good practice in the promotion of teachers’ professional growth will be analysed.</em></p><p> </p>
Employment Among Working-Age Adults With Multiple Sclerosis: A Data-Mining Approach to Identifying Employment Interventions
Authors: Bishop Malachy , Chan Fong , Rumrill Phillip D. , Frain Michael P. , Tansey Timothy N. , Chiu Chung-Yi , Strauser David , Umeasiegbu Veronica I. 
Published: May 2015

Purpose:To examine demographic, functional, and clinical multiple sclerosis (MS) variables affecting employment status in a national sample of adults with MS in the United States.Method:The sample included 4,142 working-age (20–65 years) Americans with MS (79.1% female) who participated in a national survey. The mean age of participants was 51.93 years (SD= 8.7). The dependent variable was employment status. The predictor variables included a set of demographic, functional, and MS variables.Results:The chi-squared automatic interaction detector (CHAID) analysis indicated that participants who were receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) had significantly lower rates of employment (8.6%) than those who were not receiving SSDI (53.9%). For those not receiving SSDI, the most important factor predicting employment status was MS impact on physical functioning, as measured with the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale Physical Impact scale.Conclusion:The data-mining approach (i.e., CHAID analysis) provided detailed information and insight about interactions among demographic, functional, and clinical variables and employment status through the segmentation of the sample into mutually exclusive homogeneous subgroups. Implications for rehabilitation intervention, based on these subgroupings, are discussed.