ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Social Portrait of the Russian Trainer
Author: Kopnov, Vitaly ?.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Teacher Characteristics,Questionnaires,Teacher Educators,Statistical Analysis,Educational Attainment,Teaching Experience,Marital Status,Intellectual Disciplines

The purposes of this paper are to survey Russian trainers to create a social portrait of the professional group and to identify features, which could be arranged as a foothold for transforming this group to a new level given the demands of the modern economy. This study integrates the use of quantitative and qualitative social research strategies to obtain, aggregate, and analyze data characterizing the professional group of trainers in the Russian vocational education and training (VET) system. The basic research was provided by questionnaires in all federal districts (as recognized by international law) of the Russian Federation. The quantitative poll of trainers was conducted by representative two-level sampling. A number of tables and charts provide a social portrait of the Russian trainer. The statistical data reveal the current level of trainers' education as well as their length of service, distribution of vocations, and other significant features. The overall conclusion from these findings indicates that a typical representative of this professional group is a woman of average or slightly advanced age with a family, who has a VET or higher education, has served as a training officer for not less than 10 years, and who has either been recruited as a highly skilled worker or as a specialist. A typical representative feels the need to change something in the life and teaching of the young people that she knows. The research into trainers as a professional group was conducted first because of their uniformity, and secondly, their typicality as a pedagogical group. In many respects, the main characteristics of the social portrait are similar to characteristics of other professional groups in the Russian education system, such as secondary and post-secondary school teachers, and VET teachers. The study is based on one country. It is the first and only survey of its type in the Russian Federation. The paper provides a unique analysis of the situation with trainers in the VET system of the Russian Federation.
Educational Game Systems in Artificial Intelligence Course
Author: Chubarkova, Elena V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Games,Artificial Intelligence,Computer Software,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Computer Simulation,Foreign Countries,Information Technology,College Students

Article actuality based on fact that existing knowledge system aimed at future professional life of students: a skillful use game activity in educational process will teach students to look for alternative ways solving of real problems. The purpose of article lies in theoretical substantiation, development and testing of criteria, which must be met by special-purpose software oriented on gamification of educational process. A leading research method of the described problem is a method of simulation that allows to consider gamification as concentration and organized process for increasing the factor of student engagement in cognitive activity. This article aimed to demonstrate models of ideal educational game programs with optimum number of gamification elements, also article focused on development of such software, which will be not entertaining, but educational in nature. The article may be useful for researchers dealing with gamification issues and software developers, which works relate with educational programs.
Cybernetic Wellness of the Youth: Psychological Aspect
Author: Zinnatova, Mariya V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Internet,Wellness,Youth,Computer Use,Psychological Evaluation,Psychological Patterns,Socialization,Addictive Behavior,Foreign Countries

The ever more growing relevance of the issue under evaluation is explained by the wide expansion of digital technology that leads to the necessity to ensure cybernetic wellness of the population, especially the young. The goal of this article is to detect the psychological peculiarities of the Internet dependence of the youth. The leading approach to this issue is the empirical one (psychological evaluation); it allows detection of differences in socialization levels depending on severity of the Internet dependence among the students and the connection between the level of the Internet dependence and socialization for the young. The article analyzes the severity of the modern youth's Internet dependence, describes the main criteria of the Internet addictions, forms of appearance and motives for development of addictive behavior among the young, stages of Internet addictions. This article may be used by the psychologists that perform psychological follow-up within the framework of psychocorrective, training and consulting jobs with students and the youth suffering of or damaged by Internet dependence, or fighting the consequences of Internet-addiction-based behavior. The article may also interest other specialists working with the young (teachers, social workers).
An Investigation of Middle School Students' Attitudes and Awareness of Water Use
Author: Aydogdu, Bülent
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Middle School Students,Student Attitudes,Water,Knowledge Level,Use Studies,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Semi Structured Interviews,Geographic Regions,Statistical Analysis,Content Analysis,Gender Differences,Parent Background

The purpose of this mixed method study is to investigate middle school students' attitudes and awareness of water use. The quantitative data were collected through the administration of &quot;Water Usage Questionnaire (WUQ)&quot;. The qualitative data were collected through semi structured interviews. In the study the stratified sampling method was employed. The participants of the study were 1050 secondary school students (6th, 7th and 8th grades) in Afyonkarahisar during the 2015-2016 school years. The qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 students who had low (n = 6), moderate (n = 6) and high level socio economic status (n = 6). The quantitative data were analysed using SPSS statistical package software while the qualitative data were content analyzed. It was found out that students mostly agreed with careful use of water. Female students had significantly higher levels of awareness of water use than male ones. In addition, students whose parents were university graduates had high significantly levels of awareness of water use. The qualitative findings also support the quantitative results.
Dependence of the Teacher's Overall Work Capacity on the Professional Expertise
Author: Barmin, Nikolay
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Expertise,Professional Development,Vocational Education,Scientific Concepts,Scientific Methodology,Science Education,Scientific Research,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Foreign Countries

The topicality of the research is conditioned by the social and pedagogic, scientific and theoretical, and scientific and methodical aspects. With regard to this, the paper is aimed at revealing the dependence of the teacher's overall work capacity on the development of his/her professional expertise. The leading methods in studying this problem are theoretical and experimental ones that allow viewing the problem comprehensively. The paper presents the ways of evaluation of indices characterizing the condition of physiological, psychological and emotional components of the functional system that determine the level of overall work capacity of teachers and development of their professional expertise. The materials of the paper are of practical value for the heads of professional education organizations designing the pedagogues' professional development.
Development of Structural Components of Future Technicians' Professional Competencies during Their Studies of General Disciplines in College
Author: Kopilov, Sergey N.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Research,Research Methodology,Auto Mechanics,Vocational Education,Motor Vehicles,Control Groups,Experimental Groups

The relevance of the problem stems from the necessity to develop and implement the formation model for structural components of future technicians' professional competencies during their studies of general professional disciplines. The purpose of the article is to carry out a theoretical study, to develop and approbate a model that forms the structural components of future maintenance and repair of automobile technicians' professional competencies during their studies of general professional discipline &quot;Materials science&quot;. The leading method towards studies of this problem is technologies and methods of educational process modeling; works on educational research methodology. The article theoretically proves, develops and approbates a formation model for future maintenance and repair of automobiles technicians' professional competencies during their studies of general professional discipline &quot;Materials science&quot;. This article may be useful for developing the competence-oriented content for training courses aimed at the formation of structural components of professional competencies.
Econometric Models for Forecasting of Macroeconomic Indices
Author: Sukhanova, Elena I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Economics,Models,Prediction,Macroeconomics,Social Indicators,Research Methodology,Regression (Statistics),Equations (Mathematics),Accuracy,Statistical Analysis

The urgency of the research topic was stipulated by the necessity to carry out an effective controlled process by the economic system which can hardly be imagined without indices forecasting characteristic of this system. An econometric model is a safe tool of forecasting which makes it possible to take into consideration the trend of indices development in the past and their cause and effect interrelations. The aim of the article is to build econometric models for macroeconomic indices forecasting, reflecting Russia's economy stabilization processes. In the process of research econometric modeling methods were used which allow to build, estimate and control the quality of various econometric models. In the given research the following models were built and analyzed: autoregressive integrated moving average model, vector auto-regression model, simultaneous equations system; the comparison of forecast possibilities and forecast accuracy of models built; forecast values of considered macroeconomic indices for the next periods were received. As to the results of study some preference can be given to forecasting on the basis of autoregressive models. The materials of the article can be quite useful for researchers, dealing with problems of modeling and economic processes forecasting, both in their scientific and practical activity.
Global Design as the Integral Person Formation Strategy
Author: Stepanov, Alexander V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Faculty Development,Innovation,Vocational Education,Animation,History,Instructional Design,Educational Change,Prevocational Education,Guidelines,Teaching Methods,Information Technology,Humanism,Secondary School Teachers,College Faculty,Foreign Countries

The relevance of the problem under study is based on the society's need for educating an integral person who is able to solve ecumenical project tasks. Currently this problem (as natural order from the society) is emerging in the educational system and social practices but has yet to obtain substantial scientific and theoretical justification. The purpose of the article is to initiate the theoretical-practical aspect of the educational activity towards educating a designer who is thinking and acting integrally at the early stages of professional development. The lead method for studying this problem is historical monitoring of a person's project practice which provides the possibility to examine project processes within the context of their holistic dimension and to configure the hypothesis on the necessity of changes in the educational system. The article presents the prognostic idea, which is supported by the historical facts, that it would be necessary and effective for the educational system to depart from the practice of niche specialization in training of designers at the early stages of their professional development; it also contains the conceptual definition of and the proposal for a model of educating a universal (integral) designer within the instrumental (tool) framework of animation, computer, object and other modeling technologies which provides a practical effect for the educational system (of general, pre-vocational and vocational education). The article can be useful for innovation-thinking sponsor of educational processes, theoreticians of design and pedagogy, practitioners of design, teachers of design at higher, secondary and general educational institutions, as well as for philosophers, cultural studies scholars, sociologists, psychologists and other researchers.
Formation of a Cluster Integration System of Educational Institutions within the Region
Author: Davydova, Nataliia N.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Innovation,Commercialization,Teaching Methods,Guidelines,Systems Approach,Scientific Research,Geographic Regions,Economic Development,Social Change,Educational Finance,Educational Resources,Career Development,Internship Programs,Educational Development,Foreign Countries

The relevance of the investigated issue is caused by the need to explore new approaches to the development of integration processes in the field of education which are of great interest for the development of an environment conducive to the creation and the active use of innovations in the education system. The aim of this study is the development of organizational and pedagogical bases for the formation of a cluster integration system of educational institutions within the regional educational space. The basic guideline of the implemented scientific study is the system approach, which provides an integrated study of the cluster system of educational institutions as a highly organized and orderly object comprised of interrelated elements. This article presents organizational and pedagogical bases for the formation of a cluster integration system of educational institutions, which will allow adapting the internal processes of educational entities (participants in the interaction) to regional conditions and adapting particular features of cluster participants to external conditions and developments in the market-based educational environment.
Experience of Organization of the System of Psychological and Pedagogical Professional Development of Teachers of Higher Educational Institutions
Author: Akimova, Olga B.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Faculty Development,College Faculty,Higher Education,Program Development,Social Change,Economic Change,Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Models,Teacher Qualifications,Networks,Educational Practices

The relevance of the researched problem is caused by the changed social and economic conditions in Russia that led to search of the paradigms of education adequate to new social and economic development of the country. The presented article is directed to drawing attention of the pedagogical public to modern forms of organization of the system of advanced training of employees of higher education. The leading approach to the research of this problem is the analysis of experience of practical activities of Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University; this approach enables to fill educational practice with new constructs and meanings. As a result of the research, the model of implementation of the system of advanced training of employees of higher education is proposed. The material of the publication can be useful while developing and projecting programs for professional psychological and pedagogical qualification development of teachers in the system of higher education, including its network use in the space of vocational pedagogical education. [Note: The page range (8781-8791) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range is 8780-8791.]
The Imports of Overseas Publications and School Ranking in Higher Education: A Feasibility Study
Author: Jin, Jang C.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Publications,Reputation,Universities,Higher Education,Campuses,Case Studies,Role,Statistical Data,Foreign Countries,Institutional Evaluation,Evaluation Criteria,Institutional Research,Productivity,Multicampus Colleges,Surveys

This study examines the feasibility of publication imports that may significantly change school rankings in higher education. A small offshore branch campus is used as a case study. The results show that a higher ranking of the offshore campus is largely due to visiting faculties from its parent university in the United States. This implies that the imports of overseas publications from the parent university play a significant role in university rankings. For example, an increase in research outputs by one standard deviation will raise the school ranking from a third-tier to a second-tier in South Korea. This can be done by importing publications from the parent university in the United States.
Validating the Need to Include the Economic Returns of Graduates as a Metric of a Higher Education Institutions Level of Sustainability
Author: Maragakis, Antonios
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Graduates,Outcomes of Education,Sustainability,Higher Education,Validity,Measurement Techniques,Economic Status

Higher education institutions play an important role in sustainability, in their own management and operation, in research and education, and in the undergraduate and graduate degrees they deliver. Often ignored, economic sustainability and future perspectives of students are important indicators too. The research presented in this paper validates that a student's post-graduation economic performance should be part of a higher education institution's metric for sustainability. The data collected in this research, as well as in other research, shows that almost 90% of respondents agree that economic metrics should be considered part of a higher education institutions level of sustainability. While there is no doubt about the economic gains of higher education, the results indicate that students utilizing a manageable 8% repayment of economic debt would be in debt for decades after graduation, further supporting the need for institutions to inform their stakeholders before such a life changing commitment.
The Adaptation of Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile for Secondary School Students into Turkish: Adaptation of School as a Caring Community Scale
Author: Çinkir, Sakir
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Turkish,Translation,Secondary School Students,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Factor Analysis,Factor Structure,Student Surveys,Educational Environment,Test Construction

Schools are social organizations where children came together from different cultures. Creating sense of community is important for schools for the formation of social culture. In schools where sense of community is formed, it is observed that students treat each other with respect, are caring and sharing and have high academic success, and rates for grade repetition and dropping out are low. The purpose of this study is to adapt The Scale of School as a Caring Community Profile into Turkish and perform validity and reliability analyses. The study group of this research conducted consists of 478 secondary school students from public primary education schools in Ankara city center during the 2011-2012 academic year. Selection of study group is predicated on two criteria (analysis unit), the school type (public secondary school) and the districts where schools are located. Turkish translation of Lickona and Davidson's (2003) &quot;School as a Caring Community Profile&quot; scale is used as a data-gathering tool. Validity of language was screened in the first section of the research and was followed by receiving expert opinion on content validity. The scale was applied to 478 students after the first section was completed. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to confirm whether or not the scale's three-factor structure forms a valid structure. Based on the findings the scale has high construct validity and reliability coefficients.
Physical Education Policies and Practices in Qatari Preschools: A Cross-Cultural Study
Author: Al-Thani, Tamader
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physical Activity Level,Preschool Education,Physical Education,Well Being,Health,School Policy,Preschool Teachers,Surveys,Educational Practices,Time Factors (Learning),Best Practices,Public Schools,Private Schools,Statistical Analysis,Multivariate Analysis,Physical Education Teachers

Anecdotal evidence and empirical research point out to the low physical activity levels at preschools as well as the global rise in childhood obesity rates. Placing a high premium on sports and healthy well-being of its citizens by the Qatari government, taking into account the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among Qatari children, and given the significance of physical activity during the development phase of preschool children all served as a rationale for the current research. The purpose of this study was to assess the preschool physical education practices and policies in Qatar. 40 teachers from 19 public independent and private international schools completed the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC). Findings revealed that the total mean scores for the &quot;time provided,&quot; &quot;teacher practices,&quot; and &quot;policy&quot; sections of the NAP SACC were noted to be on the lower continuum of the best practice recommendations regardless of the preschool type (public vs. private). Higher mean scores on four sections of the NAP SACC were reported for the physical education preschool teachers in private international schools as compared to their counterparts in public independent schools. Significant effects of school type on the following three sections of the assessment: Time provided, indoor play environment, and policy were also revealed. Implications are discussed in the context of curriculum practices, professional development, and family-school partnership.