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THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE ROLE OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY
Get PDFThe shadow economy is definitely a significant problem throughout the world. Research studies on the shadow economy still lack a single approach to the term shadow economy. Several definitions of the shadow economy are used to assess the role of the shadow economy.The present research aims to examine the theoretical role of the shadow economy and the definitions thereof given in various economic theories.Analysing the definitions of the shadow economy, researchers identify ambiguous interpretations of the term given in various theories. The term shadow economy has a considerable number of synonyms used for researching the shadow economy. Some definitions focus on hidden outcomes, whereas others focus on hidden employment. A definition of the shadow economy is of great importance in assessing the size of the shadow economy.The research employed the following methods: monographic, descriptive, as well as analysis, synthesis and document analysis
RESEARCH OF ROBOT - HUMANOID CONTROL METHODS USING HUMAN BODY MOTION RECOGNITION TOOLS
Get PDFThe aim of the research is to investigate and evaluate the repetition indices of the displacements of the robot‘s kinematic nodes, using the means of identification human body movements, using a real robotic system. The article presents an analysis of human body motion recognition tools, identifies typical application criteria that meet the requirements of robotic systems control, describes the developed physical research stand "Robot - humanoid": the robotic system is identified with the human body with two of nine-kinematic degrees of freedom hands and a two degree of freedom robotic mechanism replacing the head on which the environmental video surveillance equipment is mounted. The publication presents systematized experimental data and suggestions for the integration of research results into the process of students\u27 practical - applied teaching in a contact or distance way.
EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM \u27MOTHERSHIP\u27 IN HEA AND PUBLIC NGO RESEARCH SYNERGY
Get PDFAs academics, we cannot influence our students\u27 social and economic early conditions easily. Family roots and social-economic parents\u27 position of upcoming students to HEA institution is given. Education purposes are not just a degree. Pathway to those achievements in HEA is crooked and theoretical content transferred by lectures\u27 good faith in systematic preparation leads to curricula fulfilment only. The HEA level is dealing with various challenges daily. Those hidden challenges may be invisible insurances of bright future for students in the non-ideal institutional world, balancing on the curricular theoretical framework without functional connectivity. A starting position of our PhD students is poorly supported, especially in the EU context policy for humanities in an early carrier trajectories of research skills development. The endeavour to transfer an excellent practical outputs, developed by students in institutional conditions, research and practice go hand in hand. This analytical study introduces mixed methodological design Interpreting the results of content analysis of interviews conducted with students in PhD programmes and proposes strategies for the best practice transfer to a legal NGO entity. Firstly, monitoring questionnaire analysis helps to create essential structure of the interviews with PhD students\u27 according to their needs. Outputs of this analysis reinforced the transfer of non-governmental professional support for early carrier academics already since 2018. Moreover, it identifies factors of early academics\u27 identity belonging under institutional support curricula. Secondly, National policy content analysis points in 2022 to fundamental improvements in early carrier academics institutional policy, based on practice connection in scientific research HUB. Although, presented outputs are new outcomes of pilot cooperation with NGOs\u27 association Máma studuje z.s., they already represent an applied output for further scientific students\u27 development and suggest how to enrich entrepreneurship with research and teaching excellence to make an impact on other societies out of academia
FORMATION OF ECOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS BY MEANS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Get PDFThe ecological crisis on a global scale (melting glaciers, explosions at nuclear power plants, pollution of rivers, seas, deforestation, harmful emissions into the atmosphere) requires radical changes in the process of its elimination. Volitional actions related to the cleansing, restoration and preservation of the natural environment are not enough, much emphasis is placed on educating a humane, environmentally conscious population capable of establishing harmonious relations with the natural environment. That is why higher education institutions face an important task – to form the environmental competence of future primary school teachers, to prepare students for the organization of environmental activities in working with younger students as a basis for shaping their environmental worldview. The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of the formation of environmental competence of future teachers, focuses on important summits, meetings, conferences, which rapidly and purposefully promote the preservation of the natural environment, stimulate the education of environmentally conscious younger generation. The aim of the article is to conduct an experimental study and establish the levels of formation of environmental competence of future teachers, based on its results to identify a model of formation of environmental competence of future teachers of higher education. In the course of the research we have singled out the main components (motivational, cognitive, activity, reflexive) of the formation of ecological competence of future teachers, as well as the corresponding criteria and levels. We conducted an experimental study to establish the level of environmental competence of future teachers among the leading pedagogical institutions of Ukraine: Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University and T.N. Shevchenko National University "Chernihiv Colehium". The study made it possible to complete the model of formation of environmental competence of future primary school teachers by means of environmental activities (stages of implementation, priorities, pedagogical conditions, tools, forms). The study outlined new areas for further work.
STRENGTHENING THE NECK AND SHOULDER GIRDLE MUSCLES IN BASKETBALL PLAYERS AGED 14 – 15 DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Get PDFDuring the COVID – 19 pandemic, opportunities for sport activities are limited and studies take place in front of the computer. Computer and telephones are an essential component of life among the youth aged 14-15, when school studies take place online. The human body tries to adapt to these changes. Over the past few years, a growing number of authors have studied the “text (message) neck syndrome,” which can be considered the new syndrome of the twenty-first century. In studies, the normal angle of the neck is considered to be 52°. At the beginning of our studies, we obtained the following indicators: the average angle of the neck was 56,04°, and the average angle of the shoulder was 49,34°. The disciples have been performing a set of 20 exercises during the study, which lasted for one month. In the repeated tests, we have obtained the following indicators: the average angle of the neck was 53,46°, and the average angle of the shoulder was 45,19°. Albeit the angle indicators are within the normal range, the indicators went down during the distance studies. We also drew the disciples’ attention to the protracted shoulders (PSs). Aim of the study: to develop a set of exercises to strengthen the neck and shoulder girdle for basketball players aged 14 – 15 for improving posture and preventing the “text neck syndrome.”Methods: Analysis of literature sources and scientific studies. Measuring experiment. Photogrammetry. Mathematical statistical analysis.
COLLABORATORY COMMITMENT DERIVED FROM PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCES WITH COOPERATION ACROSS SERVICE-LEVELS
Get PDFThe services of the sectors of health and education have become more specialized. To prevent services from appearing fractured, professionals must work together and coordinate their help. This study deals with what professionals have experienced as positive for the collaboration. Seven informants, four from the municipal level and three from the specialist level, have been interviewed about what create collaborative commitment in their help to people affected with mental disability and mental disorders. The findings show that four factors inclusive their sub-attributes contribute positively: (1) The professionals are committed to prosocial attitudes, like respect, humility, openness, trust/confidence. (2) They prioritize user-focus which means that what benefits the user is number one to-do. (3) They commit themselves to certain dialogically prosocial communicative and relation-building actions, e.g., listening/audibleness, giving feedback and praise, advising, negotiate joint decisions. (4) They are stimulated by internal motivation like learning pleasure and increased understanding and reflection of knowledge combined with a job-arena characterized by facilitating human relationships, communication availability and mutual accommodation, and an encouraging, commendable, and facilitating management. These findings are consistent with what other collaborative research has pointed out as quality-enhancing. Based on the findings a theoretical model of collaboratory commitment is constructed.
THE DIGITAL ARTISTIC CYCLE IN PERFORMANCE ART EDUCATION
Get PDFThis research explores student performance art events in the current digital era. Public performance presentations by art students after the performance art course are intended to complete an artistic cycle. The artistic cycle in the digital era is divided into studio-based practice (when performance is planned, often in students’ home studios) and presentation in the digital space. For audience members, the experience of the performance artwork is significantly different in live and digital spaces since there is no possibility of touching the performer or items in the digital space. As a result, audience feedback for students differs greatly depending on whether the performance works are experienced live or virtually. Therefore, the present study suggests a new term of digital artistic cycle, which was developed after analysing a performance art course at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Faculty in 2021. The data collected are the author’s notes from her observations and interviews with the facilitator of the performance art course. The data are analysed using keywords and categories. The results generated recommendations for performance art course facilitators regarding what tools should be used to complete an digital artistic cycle at universities and art academies.
EXPERIENCES OF EXPRESSING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN NON-FORMAL ADULT EDUCATION
Get PDFSocial justice in education is a research area aimed at providing equal opportunities for everybody to participate in the educational system. Research in the field of social justice rather focuses on formal education, in which the perception of the social justice concept depends on the attitude framed by the state – it is inseparable from the form of governance, the set of basic principles prevailing in society, as well as from the historical and cultural context. On the contrary, non-formal adult education, as a relatively convenient and most accessible form of adult education to upgrade or acquire new skills, involves occasional studies of these service providers in terms of social justice. It is also limited to the generalised perception of this phenomenon and, usually, to the contexts of its expression that are not always regulated by the state. Therefore, it is not clear how non-formal adult education addresses the problem of perceiving and expressing the concept of social justice, what role the state might play in ensuring social justice for adults in lifelong development and acquisition of new skills. The article raises the following problematic questions: How do adults perceive and experience social justice when participating in and engaging in non-formal adult education? How and in what ways does social justice exist in non-formal adult education? The aim of the article is to show the authentic experiences of study participants, by identifying the concept of social justice and expressions thereof in non-formal adult education. The results of the study demonstrate the controversy of the concept of social justice. This helped to confirm that there is no single definition of social justice that would be acceptable in all contexts of education. The following key forms of expression of social justice were pointed out by the study participants: equal opportunities, access, non-compliance of non-formal adult education services with participants’ learning needs, goals, and objectives. This has revealed a partial aspect of implementing social justice in non-formal adult education.
CONCEPTUALIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH OF AN ONLINE CURRICULUM FOR VIRTUE EDUCATION IN LATVIA
Get PDFThe necessity and unavoidability of moral education in school is well established, but there is still a lack of theoretical knowledge base (know-what) regarding what works effectively in character education. This paper addresses the conceptualization of a 3-year effectiveness research of the online curriculum for virtue education from grades 1 to 9. The goal of the research is to create new theoretical knowledge about what means effective moral education and about what makes an online curriculum for virtue education effective in Latvian context. The effectiveness research uses the randomised controlled trial approach and adopts an experimental trial design, using pre-, intermediate- and post-test with experiment and control groups clustered at the class level in three strata: grades 2-4, grades 5-7, and grades 7-9. The intervention will consist of the implementation of the full virtue education curriculum in the respective grades. A multicomponent questionnaire for pupils and focus-group discussion with teachers are used for data collection. The curriculum is highly coherent with global, national and sector priorities and has a strong potential for enhancing the quality of education and contributing to societal well-being in Latvia
DYSONTOGENESIS AND REDUCTION OF CHILDREN\u27S GAME: ANALYSIS, CONSEQUENCES, WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
Get PDFThe research focuses on the philosophical aspects of children\u27s play. The aim of the study is to analyze modern approaches to the classification and development of preschoolers` play activities, the negative phenomena of dysontogenesis and reduction of play. The authors analyzed the results of a survey of undergraduate students in specialty Preschool Education and their relatives about children\u27s memories of the play, game situations and the impact of play competence (or lack of it) on adult life.Basic research methods are interview, surveys, statistical analysis.The main results of the study give grounds to claim that play is not the only leading activity of a senior preschooler. Even accepting the concept of "leading" and "non-leading" activities, it turns out that children\u27s experimentation during preschool takes no less "leading" position than play. This fact radically changes the perception of conditions, goals and values in the organization of children\u27s lives.The author\u27s team proved that the dysontogenesis of play and non-acceptance of children\u27s experimentation in preschool age leads to further distortion of the trajectory of development. The author\u27s interpretation of the terms "play reduction", "play dysontogenesis", "amplification" and "simplification" of children\u27s play is proposed.