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THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORIAL TESTIMONY OF THE SOVIET PERIOD IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY
Get PDFThe reason for writing the article is related to RTA student S. Sprudzāns 2020 conduct a survey on memories of life in the LSSR. 72 respondents - the youth of the city of Ludza - took part in it, revealing their trust in the sources of memories. It turned out that in matters of Soviet times, they trusted parents, grandparents, relatives, acquaintances and experts the most and least trusted teachers. Therefore, there was an interest in finding out what the testimonies of memories mean to young people, how historical events are revealed and how it helps to understand the Soviet era, why the level of trust in them is much higher than the official level - expressed in educational institutions
BIOETHANOL AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL
Get PDFThe production of biofuels is like the development of a new, promising economic sector in Latvia. The production and introduction of biofuels is a factor promoting the development of Latvia\u27s rural areas, which allows the acquisition of abandoned agricultural land, improves soil fertility, creates additional income and new jobs for farmers, promotes investment in rural development and the establishment of new production companies. Biofuels are one way of reducing environmental pollution from road transport. To rebuild the car to run on bioethanol fuel E85, it is necessary to reprogram the engine control unit. Specifically, overwriting the information on the EPROM chip. In five years (2016–2020), the consumption of biofuels in transport has increased 4.4 times more due to changes in legislation - an increase in the minimum blend of biofuels
ELEMENTS OF THEATRICAL ART IN THE CORRECTION OF THE PRONUNCIATION OF SOUNDS L AND R IN SPEECH THERAPY ACTIVITIES IN PRESCHOOL
Get PDFThe aim of the paper: to identify theoretically the possibilities of using the elements of theatre art in the work of language correction and to analyze the effectiveness of the developed program for the correction of L and R.The theoretical part of the paper analyzes the development of a child\u27s speech and language in combination with other factors influencing the child\u27s development. The introduction of the elements of theatrical art in the educational process today is a new approach to tracking the language acquisition process of each learner.Based on the findings of the theoretical part, the author has developed a material called "Program for the Correction of the Pronunciation of Sounds L and R in Preschool", summarized the teaching material for its implementation, and described and analyzed research in the empirical part of the paper.The conclusion part summarizes the work carried out and provides recommendations for speech therapists, teachers and parents on how to promote the correct pronunciation of sounds L and R in preschool
VISUAL SEMIOTICS IN THE STUDY OF ART PHENOMENA: SYMBOL AND SYMPTOM
Get PDFThe study aims to use the approach of visual semiotics to analyse the ritual graphic signs of the Rezekne Jewish cemetery as a segment of the city in terms of "signifier" and "signified", or “expression” and “content”. The Star of David, as the dominant sign of the ritual graphics, is gradually losing the status of a sacred symbol and in a series of tombstones confirms the structure of a symptom. The paper is devoted not only to clarifying the cultural and social causes of such changes but also to the study of the mechanism of mutual transitions between symbols and symptoms, the differences in the coding of these types of signs, which has not been done in visual semiotics so far.Theoreticians have hitherto not paid due attention to the study of signs of graves as a segment of the urban environment. Moreover, the theory of visual semiotics also lacks a description of the specificity of signs in ritual graphics. Ritual graphics is an important indicator of the regularity of cultural processes in an ethnically diverse environment. When surveying the Jewish cemeteries of the Latgale region, the difference in the choice of visual graphics in the city and the countryside is obvious. In rural cemeteries that are still in use, the content and structure of verbal messages, as well as decorative graphics are traditional, therefore predictable. In city cemeteries, there is a change in graphics, deviations from tradition, its modification and obvious violations of tradition. Along with the verbal report about the deceased, the ritual graphic, on the one hand, complements it as an integral part, on the other hand, lives an independent life, because the first, and the only sign that the observer notices is the visual or non-verbal sign. In terms of information, the visual sign is noticeably more capacious, as it is older than the verbal and requires much less time for perception. The focus of the study is the divergence between the meanings of the sacred hexagram and the secular yellow star or “badge”, the causal relationships of their use and perception from the point of view of visual semiotics and cultural philosophy - phenomena of symbolization and desymbolization
HOW EMOTIONS ARE DEVELOPED: INSIGHTS FROM VYGOTSKY’ AND LEONTIEV’S WORKS
Get PDFTeacher and learners’ emotions are a significant factor that influences the implementation of adult education. The research aim is to explore the works of Vygostky and Leontiev for modelling the development of emotions in adult education. Theoretical analysis aimed at theory building about emotion development in adult education was applied to the present research. Exploratory type of research was implemented and described in this paper. The present work reflects the insights from the theory of Activity by Leontiev, and the theories of Interiorization, Cultural-historical Activity, and Concept Formation by Vygotsky. The research results in conclusions that teacher’s and learners’ emotions develop in adult education through the educational process. The educational process is gradually implemented in certain sequence. The educational process starts from teaching and external emotions in Phase 1, moves to peer-learning and quasi-emotions in Phase 2, and proceeds further to learning and internal emotions in Phase 3. The inter-connections between intrapersonal and interpersonal levels of emotions were described. The research allows building a theory on emotion development. The research limitations were identified. Directions of further work were proposed.
PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING PRACTICE IN AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM
Get PDFToday’s teachers must be ready to address all students, whatever their abilities, needs, and knowledge. Prospective teachers must develop the necessary competencies during their studies to ensure inclusive education for all pupils. Teaching practice remains one critical means of exposing future teachers to actual classroom experiences to equip them with pedagogical skills. The course followed in this study included teaching practice to allow future teachers to put their theoretical knowledge into practice. The research aimed to analyse future teachers’ feedback after teaching practice in an inclusive classroom. These data – the prospective teachers’ findings after the teaching practice – were analysed using content analysis. The sample of the study consisted of 97 future teachers. The results showed that the student teachers faced various challenges, e.g. needing more experience in an inclusive setting, creating activities that included all students, and needing more teaching resources. However, most were optimistic about the opportunity to put the knowledge they gained during the course into practice. Therefore, teacher educators should ensure that students are prepared for entry into the teaching profession and have a positive pedagogical experience in an inclusive classroom. The teacher educators should also have sufficient knowledge and skills to work with all pupils.
EDUCATORS’ FEEDBACK ON WEBSITE “OVERCOMING STRESS AND ANXIETY TOGETHER: TEACHERS – SCHOOLCHILDREN – PARENTS”
Get PDFThe research aim was to collect feedback from educators on the website “Overcoming Stress and Anxiety Together: Teachers – Schoolchildren – Parents” created within the joint Latvian-Ukrainian project “Web-based Support System for Educators to Reduce Children’s Anxiety in War-affected Areas” (Registration No GPK-07/2022). Immediately after creating a demo version of the website, researchers organised webinars aimed at presenting its content to educators in Ukraine and collected feedback from webinars’ participants. For that very reason the joint Latvian-Ukrainian team of researchers developed a web-based questionnaire using Google Forms. The population of the conducted research comprised 216 educators from different regions of Ukraine including university lecturers, general secondary teachers, researchers and students of pedagogical specialties. The obtained results proved the necessity of developing the web-based support system for educators aimed at reducing anxiety among schoolchildren in war-affected areas in Ukraine.
NEWLY ARRIVED STUDENTS: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR TEACHERS
Get PDFThe rapidly changing political situation in the world puts an impact on education. After the invasion of Russia in the territory of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022, the number of refugees in Latvia increased significantly and newly arrived students from Ukraine started learning in the schools of Latvia. In order to facilitate the successful integration of newcomers, Amendment No 48 was accepted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, which states that newcomers receive their education in Latvia in the state language of Latvia. Therefore, newly- arrived students started learning in schools of Latvia receiving instructions in Latvian. The aim of this publication is to describe the situation of integrating newly arrived students in schools of Latvia from the perspective of a teacher, focusing on difficulties and challenges for a teacher who has no or relatively little experience (ethnic minority students or children of re-migrants) in working with students who have no or relatively poor Latvian language skills at the same time ensuring an inclusive and meaningful educational process
FORMING OF RESPONSIBILITY IN CHILDREN OF OLDER PRE-SCHOOL AGE BY MEANS OF FICTION LITERATURE
Get PDFA civilized society sets requirements for the democratic coexistence of persons who possess moral values, benefit society and develop their own abilities. An important characteristic of a person is responsibility, which is formed as a result of the integration of thought processes, social norms, personal attitude in solving dilemmas in life. Responsibility as a child’s conscious behavior in relation to people and nature begins to develop in the period of older preschool age. Independent thinking in judgments acquires logic and a personal attitude to reality. In the pursuit of social activity, children imitate the behavior of significant adults, heroes of their favorite films, cartoons, and works of art. Educators and parents are faced with the task of developing the philosophy of children\u27s worldview through conducting moral and ethical discussions. Our survey of children’ parents with special needs showed a low level of parents’ and educators’ attention to the education of responsibility (4%) compared to other personal qualities (discipline ‑ 18%, ability to adapt to life ‑ 20%, respect to parents ‑ 14%, etc.). This indicates the need to conduct special educational activities that compensate for gaps in value orientations. Emphasis has also been shifted in the education of executive responsibility as opposed to initiative responsibility (75% : 25%), which gives reasons to look for new ways in organizing the interaction of participants in the educational process, to use moral and ethical conversations, to study educational children\u27s literature, in particular, the works of V. Sukhomlynskyi (2018), which became the goal of our scientific exploration. Examples of artistic works and developed problematic questions and tasks for educational work with children of older preschool age in the conditions of a preschool education institution are given
PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS IN ELITE YUNIOR FEMALE ROLLER SKIER FROM 2021 SEASON: A CASE REPORT
Get PDFThe purpose was to evaluate the training program, body mass composition, aerobic performance laboratory and field test results, blood hormone concentration in elite junior female roller skier in successful competition season. Methods. Totally 206 training sessions (278 training hours) were analysed during six months (from April till September). Athlete wight and body fat changes were monitored, laboratory tests on a treadmill and field tests were performed and concentration of hormones in the blood was detected. Results. A polarised training intensity distribution was observed. The highest volume of training workloads (70 training hours per month) was achieved in the last month before start of World cup season, this change corelated with change in blood testosterone levels. Heart rate decreased by 7.51% at the anaerobic threshold load intensity and by 10.1% at lower intensity loads. Peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) of 49 ml/kg/min was reached in laboratory test. Increase of lean body mass by 2.4 kg was observed. The progress in 3000m running race time was detected from 14:30 minutes in the beginning of April to 13:16 minutes in June. Conclusion. VO2max in junior elite female roller skier is low in comparison with cross-country skiers, but the training workload intensity and volume are comparable with skiers. This research shows insight in top junior level female roller-skiers physiology and training, but specific values determining the success of this athlete are still to be determined if compared to traditional cross-country skier.