This article, prepared by an international team of authors – researchers from different scientific areas, connected with ICT, e-learning, pedagogy, and other related disciplines – focuses on the objectives and some results of the IRNet international project. In particular, this article describes the research tools, methods, and some procedures of the Work Package 4 (WP4) “Selection and Testing New ICT tools”: Objectives, Tasks, Deliverables, and implementation of research trips. Researchers from partner universities have analysed the results of WP4 in the context of the next stages and Work Packages of the IRNet project – International Research Network.
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Background: The aim of this study was to determine changes in both aerobic and anaerobic physical capacity as well as in sport-specific skills in footballers as a result of the applied training load within a one-year training period. It was assumed that the type of applied training load would have a significant influence on changes in physical capacity indexes and on differences in soccer technical skills.Material/Methods: The tests applied in the research were: Wingate test 30 sec. version for lower extremities (used to assess anaerobic capacity), PWC170 test (used to assess aerobic capacity) and German Football Association test of soccer technique skills known as DFB test (Deutsche Fussball Bund test).Results: The highest values of maximal power (Pmax=11.2 W·kg-1) and maximal total work volume (W=270.1 J·kg-1) obtained in Wingate test were noted at the end of the preparatory season. Statistically significant differences (p≤0.05) of mean values of the maximal power occurred between the first and the second test. No differences were stated between mean values of total work volume. However, aerobic capacity index and VO2max determined by an indirect method reached the highest values at the end of the competitive season and amounted to 18.6 kgm·kg-1·min-1 and 51.8 ml·kg-1·min-1 respectively. The best results in soccer technical skills test were registered at the end of the preparatory season (343.6 points) and at the end of the competitive season (340.2 points).Conclusions: It is stated that training load applied had a beneficial influence on changes in physical capacity indexes and results of soccer-related skills.
Traditional education, which involves the acquisition of knowledge only during the period of study at school, transformed into an education that involves the study of theory, skills and abilities throughout life. In this regard, special importance has gained continuity of education that enables organic solution teacher on training and its adaptation to the new realities of modern society. The article presents the methodological and organizational framework research on continuity in design and technological preparation of future teachers of technology. The theoretical model of continuity of designand technological preparation of junior specialists and bachelors at colleges and universities is characterized. Continuity of communication reflects the past, present and future in the content, methods, ways, means and methods of teaching. The learning process in higher education institution is an important stage of continuous process of education that continues throughout life. Therefore, this training should be realized in wide use of already obtained in previous stages knowledge, skills. Continuity in terms of educational and scientific complex “college-university” combines the various stages of continuous professional education and is planned to ensure the transitions between the individual links of the educational process that ensures systematic knowledge and, ultimately, improve the design and technological preparation of future teachers. Continuity in terms of educational and scientific complex “college-university” combines the various stages of continuous professional education and is planned to ensure the transitions between the individual links of the educational process that ensures systematic knowledge and, ultimately, improve the design and technological preparation of future teachers. College, in our opinion, is the important link that connects high-school vocational education with training in core faculty. It should be noted that college is not a higher school and university yet. For further education by getting stepped levels and directing them to the European space of education all colleges concludes agreements with higher education institutions. You can also say that the problem of continuity as an important factor of professional training of future teachers of technology has not found sufficient coverage in the technical literature. Therefore, the current teaching practice has certain difficulties and requires further study and thorough solution.
The requirements of the modern world pose new and difficult challenges to a modern man.This man finds himself or herself in the middle of changes in the social, economic and political situation. These circumstances have a huge impact on the whole system of education, therefore, educational institutions responsible for upbringing and supporting children have to face new challenges, tasks and goals. Nowadays, one of the conditions of the social successis to have adequate education and relevant skills These include finance management skills. This trainingis to prepare students foractive and responsible participation in the financial market, sothat in the future people knew how to manage their money, properly configure personal and family budget, and recognize new financial products or properly communicate with financial institutions. This paper provides definitions of such concepts as “financial ability”, “basic funding”in relation to primary education and present show these were incorporated in the curricular of selected countries. This image is enriched by discussion on policies that promoteraising the levelof education in the field of finance.
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The aim of the present study was to identify the volleyball skills that discriminate in favour of victory. Twenty-four games (n=24) from the Senior Men's Volleyball World Championship played in Italy in 2010 were chosen and analyzed with Data Volley software. The discriminating function was used to identify the discriminating variables, using a canonical structuring coefficient of |SC| >.30. The results suggest that service points, reception errors, and blocking errors were the discriminating variables that identify the final outcome of the match (victory/defeat). Moreover, successful service points were the major variable most likely associated with match success (victory). In this sense, increasing the effectiveness of service should be a top priority in coaching elite volleyball teams.
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The crisis in the countries of the European Union deprived the work of many young people. Brussels wants to spend 6 billion euro for the fight against youth unemployment. This declaration indicates that the issue of the European labor market and unemployment is still important, as confirmed by the results of studies included in the reports. Recently special attention is paid to the issue of employee competencies and preparing students for professional work, therefore in this article I will try to answer two fundamental questions: First: what are the expectation of today’s employers towards workers in the European labor market, secondly, how students (future employees) assess their preparation for future professional duties in the job search process. In addition, my goal will be to draw attention to the importance of key competences and their continuous improvement.
INTRODUCTION: At home, the parents take care of the child's safety, but when the child is in school or kindergarten, it is the educator that takes care of the child. The awareness of dangers the child is exposed to at every moment of his or her activity during the day obliges educators to have up-to-date knowledge of first aid. The marked differences in anatomy, physiology and mechanisms of life-threatening conditions make the principles of first aid differ from those of an adult. First aid courses organised for both educators and pedagogy students should focus on highlighting these differences and learning how to deal with individuals of all ages. The aim of the study is to assess the level of knowledge and practical skills among pedagogy students and to identify aspects requiring adjustments to the curriculum of future teachers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted in 2022 at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Siedlce, Poland. Sixty-three pedagogy students participated in it. For the purpose of the study, a survey questionnaire covering the principles of first aid for children and a practical task evaluation sheet were created. Practical skills were assessed using the Resusci Junior QCPR simulator and a 0-15 point rating scale. RESULTS: The study included as many as 63 students of early childhood and pre-school pedagogy. The mean score achieved on the theory test was M=11.49 out of a possible 14 points (SD±1.24). The highest number of correct answers were given by students for the following questions: actions performed when assessing the child's breathing (n=63; 100%) and placing the child in the safe position (n=61; 96.8%). In contrast, the fewest correct answers were related to the rate of chest compressions (n=27; 42.9%). In the practical task, as many as 15 child CPR activities were considered. The average points scored by students on the practical task was M=6.73 out of a possible 15 points (SD±2.73). The average quality of compressions performed was M=28.59% (SD±30.41), breaths M=17.7% (SD±17.70) and chest compression depth was M=20.29% (SD±27.98). CONCLUSIONS: The level of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of pedagogy students is clearly insufficient to provide effective first aid to children. Significant differences were observed among students taking first aid classes onsite versus remotely. Having theoretical knowledge does not translate into practical skills. It seems that it is necessary to modify the curriculum for training future educators in first aid for children.
The role of educational innovations in learning process of foreign languages at higher school is found out in the article. Such theoretical methods as systemically-analytical, terminological analysis of pedagogical scientific literature, synthesis of pedagogical experience have been used in the research in order to study different scientific approaches and development. Usage of innovative technologies in educational process makes the quality of a student education better. To the authors mind, the most effective and productive, among educational innovations, which promote learning process of foreign languages, are: interactive technologies, informative-communication technologies and web-technologies. Interactive technologies which are characterized by organization of active study model, allow saving classroom time, update activization of searching by the students new knowledge, stimulating the teachers to search new forms, methods of organization educational process at educational establishments. Informative communicative technologies (ICT) have a number of advantages in the learning process of foreign languages. ICT is a motivate means which makes the process of learning more interesting and fascinating, offers a wide range of multimedia means which allow to diversify educational process (for example, to use texts, charts, video, separately or combined, applying Power Point or an interactive board), gives an opportunity of intensive independent study. Web-technologies allow realizing the didactic principle of presentation at the expense of the wide application of multimedia – static and the dynamic (animated) graphics, video, sound. Technology of hypertext is one of the components of web technology which creates conditions for study to use different services of the Internet. The results of the research can be used in teaching such training courses as «Foreign language», «Foreign Language for Specific Purposes», «Business Foreign Language», «Practice of Oral and Written Speech (foreign languages)». It is determined that interactive, informative communication and web-technologies play an important role in expansion and improvement of foreign-language knowledge of the students and form students communicative skills. The prospects of the subsequent research consist in creation of the personal focused innovative technologies which would open individual abilities of the student.
The problem of legal awareness formation is considered in the article as the result of mastering legal knowledge and models of legal behavior by a future teacher in psychological pedagogical plan and that promotes transformation of this knowledge of behavior models in personal life and professional experience. It is shown that legal training of future teacher is in the getting and mastering of legal knowledge, habits, skills, which influence the formation of rational attitude to the legal values and own legal behavior. It helps not only to realize the legal values and principles, but also to reveal their essence and content, in such a way it helps to form future teacher’s particular legal thinking, legal behavior of a personality, his/her social-legal activity, orientation of every future teacher in the sphere of activity, in particular professional. It is provided with studying of corresponding courses about state and law. As a teacher performs upbringing functions, he should know educational theory, and also system of pedagogical skills from performing legal upbringing activity should be formed. Intensive preventive work takes place in the sphere of legal education against possible asocial illegal students’ behavior. Legal education influences attraction of students to following the internal regulations, norms of law, forms active life position, develops personal qualities and corrects life values and activity motives. Legal education of future teacher demands knowledge of specific character, peculiarities of his future activity and system of influence over growing generation, which is a background for formation of legal awareness, his professionalism. In the process of defining and characterizing of professional legal awareness we ground on the statement that received and realized theoretical knowledge provide the transition of legal awareness in person’s convictions, which helps in realization of legal behavior.
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The basic aim of this paper is to investigate the impact that educational level of individuals and participation in training programmes (apprenticeship, intra-firm training, continuing vocational training, popular training) have on their job prospects in Southern Greece (namely the regions of Southern Aegean and Crete) during the implementation of the first Community Support Framework (1989-1993). We also research the differences between the two regions under study and the entire country. We try to see whether the educational level itself and participation in training programmes increased the chances of finding a job. More specifically, we research what are the social and demographic characteristics that increase the chances of someone in the examined population finding a job, how those chances change (if they do) after the introduction of training courses and, also, whether University graduates, in contrast to most of the rest of the EU member states, face greater difficulties in finding a job than non-University graduates, as a series of studies for Greece conclude. To the author's knowledge, this is the first attempt to analyse individual anonymised records (micro-data) from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for both employed and unemployed in those two regions at NUTS 2 level.
This paper aims to examine the challenges of and perceptions about promoting students’ learning, communication, and interaction via the Wiki tool in the blackboard platform. Wiki intends to sustain and advance students’ professional and personal skills, the former ones including reading, writing, research, information, critical thinking, decision making, technology, digital oral presentation, drawing (i.e. concept maps), teamwork, and languages, and the latter ones including motivation, leadership, negotiation, communication, problem solving, time management, reflection, self-management, and self-appraisal. Additionally, integrating Wiki in teaching and learning will improve students’ work performance, productivity, and self-confidence, as these skills are needed for not only the current study, but also the workplace in the future. Additionally, using this tool in teaching and learning, especially in the higher education, can bring some challenges to the lecturer and students, particularly in the presentation and marking. This paper will discuss the Wiki implementation in the postgraduate unit at an Australian university. The study results confirmed that using Wiki in the postgraduate unit at an Australian university enhanced students’ personal and professional skills; in addition, students learned and absorbed the new concepts and cutting-edge-knowledge of the ITS65 unit, i.e. sustainability and Green IT.
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The main objective of the paper is threefold: first, to examine the role of physical attractiveness in the labour market in the broader context of economic and sociological theory; second, to assess gender differences in returns to beauty; and third, to show that the empirical evidence on gender differences in returns to beauty that has to date prevailingly come from North America cannot be applied to Europe without further examination. We use data from the first large-scale sociological survey focusing on physical attractiveness carried out in Europe and in particular from the follow-up to the Czech national survey of adult competencies (PIAAC). First, using structural modelling to identify differences in how men and women transform family background, formal education, competencies, socio-economic status of occupation and physical attractiveness into income, we found strong evidence in support of the hypothesis that, in general, physically more attractive people have better chance of obtaining a higher socio-economic status occupations, and higher incomes than less attractive people, but the causalities are different for men and women. Second, replicating the linear regression models applied to North American data we assessed the differences in returns to beauty between Czech men and women and found that, unlike in North America, in the Czech Republic the income premium for beauty is markedly higher among women than men, while men capitalise on their attractiveness more in the area of occupational status. We conclude that while returns to beauty are culturally universal, gender differences in these returns are culturally specific.
The article deals with elucidation of professional qualities of a modern technology teacher. In particular, the attention is focused on the psychological and pedagogical requirements for knowledge, skills and practical knowledge of this category of professionals. Based on the analysis of the content of such notions as «knowledge», «skills», «practical knowledge» and synthesis of their different interpretations there are distinguished approaches and conceptions to ensure the appropriate level of the technology teacher’s preparation to work in conditions of a modern school and the school of future. The paper identifies the main similarities and differences in the professional activity of the technology teacher in the implementation of art and design activity of pupils and the professional designer while he is projecting art products. In the process of generalization and systematization of research data requirements for the formation and development of such qualities of a future teacher as visual-shaped memory, spatial and creative imagination, visual-shaped thinking, artistic abilities, art culture and aesthetic taste are defined. It is proved that along with the importance of formation of art and design knowledge, skills and practical knowledge of technology of future teachers is necessary to cultivate the special way of knowledge of outworld, which would allow them with their pupils to elaborate objective environment, that complies with modern requirements, tendencies and styles. The basis of this knowledge of surrounding reality method is defined in art and design thinking. This type of mental activity leads to the formation in students of such value judgments and ways of creative activity that define aesthetic relation to the world of things and reality in general. The most important components of art and design thinking include: constructability, expediency, variety, flexibility, sense of style and stylistic harmony.
For the purpose of specifying the concept of the quality of preschool education, this publication presents part of the results of a wider study aimed at researching the notion of the “good/quality kindergarten teacher”. 72 students preparing to become preschool teachers in the Faculty of Primary and Preschool Education of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Bulgaria took part in this research. The main method used for research is analysis of the students’ individual written essays on the subject “My idea of a good/quality kindergarten teacher”. The collected essays were subjected to qualitative analysis aimed at the distribution of the contained opinions regarding the essence of the notion of “good/quality kindergarten teacher” into an unlimited number of semantic categories, provisionally divided into two main groups: 1) general personal qualities, skills, attitudes, etc.; and 2) specialized professional qualities, skills, attitudes, etc. This paper presents the distributions of 136 categories, defined following the analysis of the data. Since half of the participating students (36) were approached at the beginning of their university education and the other half (36) participated during the middle of their last year, the publication specifically marks some of the most important differences in the relevant viewpoints of first-year students in comparison to the opinion of graduating students.
The need to optimize the system of training of teachers of Ukrainian as a foreign language and more active its implementation in Ukrainian universities is caused by inconsistency between the social order and the practice of its realization, as evidenced by pressing demand for the specialists, who are competent in teaching the Ukrainian language to foreign students and pupils of schools with languages of national minorities. The article gives the characteristic of the complex of elective subjects in the educational plans of training of the bachelors-philologists, specialists and masters in the speciality «The Ukrainian language and literature» (specialization «Ukrainian as a foreign language»). It generalizes the experience and achievements of the Department of Ukrainian and Russian as foreign languages of the Institute of Philology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The article characterizes knowledge and skills that form the basis of professional competence of the teacher of Ukrainian as a foreign language. Training of bachelors of this specialization is directed on formation of students’ basic knowledge and practical skills in the methodology of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language: the principles and the content of training, the system of work on formation and development of the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing, functional approach to the study of linguistic phenomena, etc. The curriculum of the specialists, designed for ten months, contains two courses aimed at deepening of students’ general philological and specialized practical knowledge. The complex of disciplines in the methodology of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language of master’s cycle is characterized by a focus on in-depth study of the linguodidactics problems and the improvement of the students’ research skills, the development of their scientific search activity and creativity. The system of training of teachers of Ukrainian as a foreign language, which was formed in the Institute of Philology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, aimed at the formation of the specialists, capable to organize effective process of teaching the Ukrainian language in the foreign audience and conduct researches of linguistic and methodological problems of this sector of national linguodidactics.
The article deals with the retrospective analysis of the approaches to the problem of the effective intercultural dialogue as an open and respectful interaction between individuals, groups and organizations with different cultural backgrounds or world views. The essence of the notion of «linguosociocultural competence» as a сomplex and multicomponent phenomenon is investigated. The components of linguosociocultural competence, which include sociolinguistic, sociocultural and social subcompetences are systematized. Each of the subcompetences is seen as a set of particular knowledge, skills, awareness and availability to act as a member of effective intercultural communication. The aims and tasks of forming linguosociocultural competence of students of higher educational institutions are singled out. The main objectives of forming linguosociocultural competence of students of higher educational institutions, who learn English as the specialty are specified. These objectives include showing the understanding of socio-cultural aspects of the English-speaking world, showing knowledge of the customs and culture of the English-speaking world within the topics studied, increasing socio-cultural knowledge and skills, developing strategies for looking at the English-speaking culture from the inside. The necessity of teaching understanding non-verbal signals in the process of forming of linguosociocultural competence is proved. Non-verbal signals are defined as the meaningful movements of a person, including gestures, mimics, pantomimics, changes of personal space, distance, particularities of voice and the specific static details as clothing, style of hairdo, accessories, jewelry, tattoos etc. It is proved that bearing implicit great meaning, those non-verbal signals mentioned should be taken into consideration. The whole number of non-verbal symbols as the non-verbal behavior of a person expresses psychological states of a person, his/her attitude to the partner and to the situation in which the conversation takes place in general. The problem is that in the Curriculum for English Language Development in Universities and Institutes the problem of forming linguosociocultural competence is stated in general, when the specific tasks, which concern non-verbal signals in the process of communication, are not specified. Thus, the article is aimed at observing the problem of understanding of non-verbal signals in the process of forming linguosociocultural competence.
The aim of our article is to cover the essence of professional training of the future foreign languages teachers’ concept, to find out professional abilities and functions which are necessary for students’ future professional activity. The author focuses attention on the major characteristics which students must form at higher education institutions in the process of their professional training. The goal of the study was facilitated by the use of the following methods: study, analysis and syntheses of pedagogical and scientifical-methodological literature. Professional training of future teachers can’t be limited only by mastering procedural aspect by a future teacher. Also purposeful activities for formation and development of the professional and personally significant qualities which provide productivity of the chosen activity are necessary. The basis of student’s professional activity includes eight types of abilities: design, adaptation, organizational, motivational, communicative, ability of control and self-checking, informative, auxiliary. These abilities in total also make a basis, a core of professional activity. Training process substantially is a modeling of teacher’s activity in higher educational establishments, modeling for the purpose of development of the specified doctrines. In the article it is noted that the teacher of a foreign language must have a high standard of foreign language knowledge, own lingvo-cultural and sociocultural information, a technique of teaching a foreign language and new development skills in this sphere. The author comes to the conclusion that professional training of the future foreign languages teachers takes the conducting place in the system of higher education today. It means getting by the future experts of professional knowledge, abilities and experience which are necessary for the subsequent successful performance of their professional tasks. Further research could be the study of the main categories of professional training of future foreign languages teachers’ concept.
The paper addresses the problem of raising efficacy of a university lecturer and professor of the day. It investigates the advanced pedagogical experience of the developed countries in professional training of the faculty for higher education and updating their professional skills. It aims at both an educational policy-maker, a university administrator and a lecturer who develops the policy of the higher educational establishment concerning the reforms in the curriculum, introduction of new effective teaching methods and research techniques able to motivate the students to reach the objectives of higher education in Ukraine. The previous studies of Ukrainian researchers in the sphere have shown a gap between the requirements set to the university faculty and the out-of-date system of professional training in Ukraine. It results that the students who can afford studying in foreign universities choose to cross the borders to get a degree, which will guarantee their employability. It is also found that while the educational reforms urgency completion is stressed their success implies changing both external and internal factors influencing the process at different levels, from a lecturer internal motivation to the state political, economic and cultural reforms. However, there is no recent research on the objectives that should be targeted at when constructing an up-to-date training program for university lecturers and those who have to carry out the reforms. The current study has sought to present qualitative analysis of the research data collected by our foreign counterparts in the countries with evidently higher educational standards and advanced pedagogical practices to realize the contemporary requirements to lecturers, their professional expertise, skills and abilities so that to review the content and forms of training process in Ukraine and set new objectives. The findings have revealed that a university lecturer and professor should possess a much broader set of skills and an ability to perform social roles that have not been considered in professional training under the previous régimes. The practical applications of the research are new goals that have to be set in progressive curricula to train a highly skilled educator to keep pace with the developed world and compete in the world market of higher education.
In the article the psychological and pedagogical features of the formation the practical skills of the students are analysed. The number of pedagogical conditions under which the practical vocational training is effectively done are analyzed. It is revealed that the students’ independent work, their activities during the practical and hands-on labs, technology, production practices meet the above conditions. The article emphasizes the inadmissibility of the substitution rate of technical disciplines humanitarian. The training of engineers- teachers should be implemented by a deep integration of technical and pedagogical education. It is identified that control of knowledge, abilities and skills of the students is one of the most important elements of the educational process. Education cannot be completed without an objective and constant information about the level of knowledge of the students as they have learned how to solve practical problems, without considering how the students perceive, understand and remember the material, how to use theoretical knowledge practical life. Despite the numerous studies on the dependence of time of learning from the flow speed of the psychophysical processes, you can come to the conclusion that the best form of control for students is self-control and self-regulation. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature and regulatory documents on the organization of educational process in higher educational institutions, by structuring the learning material we mean: combining individual elements of the content, building structural-logical scheme of the sequence having mastered these techniques, standardization of educational material, selection of works on practical training. The author has identified the main teaching conditions of the professional skills of engineers-teachers: didactically structured content; the use of a limited number of visual aids; high motivation of the student workload; consideration of individual and age characteristics of the students; students’ independence in search of ways to solve the tasks provided effective teacher’s control and self-control.To intensify training activities can be done by using the following methods: analysis and solving production problems, business games, which are important in modern conditions of transition education on market conditions.
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