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GENERATIVE CREATING OF SACRAL SPACE:LATVIAN ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY PLACES OF WORSHIP
Get PDFThe Balts received God’s counsel and energy and regained health in energetically strong places but the Latvian worldview formed on the thousands of years was encoded in the Lielvārde belt, which is Latvian womenfolk costume’s element. Bishop (1199–1229) Albert founded the town of Riga for the Riga Bishopric centre on the right bank of the Daugava.It was the four-part Riga Old Town semicircledivided by two main streets as the cross.Soon after the Great Fire in 1214, the construction ofthe Riga Cathedralbegan tocreate sacral urban space in areasof the Old Town and the New Town of Riga (in nova civitate Rige).Now, eastwards of Lielvārde, landscape artist Shunmyō Masuno from Japan has visualized the Garden of Destiny, where people obtainsolace to the past, strength to the present and inspiration to follow dreams in the future. Through this set of relationships, architecture maintains the cosmological connection and dialogue with all the scales of the World. Research object: Latvian places for the worship of God.Research goal: analysis of Latvian urban sacral space. Research problem: common and different features of the sacral space of the Latvians and other nations have been little studied. Research novelty: detailed studies of generative design of sacral spaces and contemporary places of worship in Latvia. Research methods: analysis of archive documents, cartographic and urban planning materials, a study of published literature and inspection of sacral places in nature
PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTEDNESS OF PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN BY MEANS OF DRAMATIZATION
Get PDFThe necessity and main directions of preparation of future teachers for work with gifted children of preschool and primary school age are shown. The author\u27s definition and structure of readiness of future educators to work with gifted children are presented. The signs of giftedness are analyzed and the characteristics of different types of giftedness are presented. The importance of identifying talented individuals in an educational institution and creating a developmental environment for the development of their abilities and creative self-realization is substantiated. The importance of theatrical activity for the development of general and special abilities, creativity, talent and the formation of non-cognitive qualities of preschool and primary school children is shown. The results of diagnostics of awareness of future teachers with the theoretical and methodological principles of using theatrical activities as a means of developing children\u27s talents are presented. The main directions of training future teachers in the educational process of higher education institutions, aimed at mastering students\u27 special knowledge, development of professional qualities, skills and abilities necessary for the use of dramatization in working with different categories of potentially gifted children
SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A MODERN TEACHER IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Get PDFThe article focuses on a teacher undergoing a transformation in the digital age. The authors considered the main socio-psychological characteristics of a modern teacher, conducted an empirical research and supplemented the professionogram of a modern teacher. The program of teachers’ professional development proposed by the authors is based on the idea of system-activity and anthropological approaches
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING DURING ONLINE EDUCATION: CASE OF THE MASTER PROGRAM ON BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Get PDFIn the article, we will share the experience of implementing PBL at the Master program on Business Management in the Digital Economy held in Saint Petersburg University. Specific conditions for the PBL organization are highlighted. First, digital transformation process is quite difficult to realize in companies, as no clear methodology for its implementation exist yet. Second, pandemic left the only opportunity for online communication, and all usual administration and education processes had to be changed. The experience is structured and presented with recommendations for similar projects.
DO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LIKE MATHEMATICS?
Get PDFImportance of mathematics as a school subject is evident in a fact that it is a constituent part of core curriculum for basic education in all education systems in the world. First few years of education are of crucial importance to the formation of attitudes towards mathematics. Attitudes are important because they navigate our actions and by doing so, influence our reality and our future as well. Research on attitudes towards mathematics has considerably increased over the past few years, since the importance of mathematics is getting continuously more accentuated. In the context of schools and education, it is emphasized how positive attitude towards mathematics influences students’ relationship with school-work, studying, confidence and behaviour. The aim of the study was to determine primary school students’ attitudes towards mathematics. One hundred and seventy-one students from 3rd to 8th grade from III Primary School Varaždin, Croatia participated in the research. The data were analyzed with t-test and one-way ANOVA for independent samples. The research has shown that there is no statistically significant gender difference in attitudes towards mathematics; however, age difference was confirmed. It was also found that younger students in primary education had a more positive attitude towards mathematics than older students. Practical implications of acquired results could be in providing additional support to 5th and 6th grade students when the change from positive to negative attitude happens.
THE EXPRESSION OF MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Get PDFThe aim of social service organizations that provide modern social services is to give quality social services that would help a person (family) to become independent and able to integrate into society. Successful operation of organizations is ensured by the ability of managers to lead, motivate employees to achieve the set goals, and promote cooperation with stakeholders. Therefore, managerial leadership is especially important to influence the activities of the members of the organization, creating conditions for continuous improvement and cooperation. A leader must be able to bring employees into a team, evaluating achievements and facilitating social interaction between team members, and strive to continually improve employees’ ability to provide individual, customer-oriented services. The aim of the article is, based on theoretical analysis and empirical research, to highlight the peculiarities of managerial leadership in social service organizations and to define the influence of leadership in the process of providing social services to employees, service recipients, and stakeholders. The research revealed what the most important characteristics, personal qualities, and competencies of a leader in an organization are and what influence managerial leadership has when organizing and providing quality social services. The research identified the aspects of managerial leadership that would help ensure successful operation of organizations when providing effective support to those experiencing exclusion in the community.
DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ FACILITY IN COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION TECHNIQUES OUTSIDE THE LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSROOM AT NON-LINGUISTIC FACULTIES
Get PDFThe article focuses on some new insights into the effects of students’ communicative interaction in the language learning process. The study offers some modes of utilizing the extra-curricular activities potential for generating an interaction environment where students venture into true communication. The syllabus of students’ interaction within their extra-curricular activities has been defined in the study in relation to the video conferencing technology. We have expanded the range of educational offerings while introducing some components of video conferencing into students’ communicative learning: virtual meeting rooms, discussion forums, screen sharing. The topicality of the study consists in insufficient number of scientific works on aspects of students’ communicative interaction within extra-curricular activities in language learning. Hence the aim of the study is to propose theoretical justification and methodological development of utilizing the interaction potential within extra-curricular activities for students’ communication training. Following the aim we have examined characteristics of students’ communicative interactions within extra-curricular cases in language learning. We have elaborated some techniques and devices, identified some ways of generating communicative interaction dynamics for furthering students’ communication training. We have verified the findings in our experimental practical work and have revealed the significance of students’ interactions within extra-curricular activities for facilitating their communication potential in language learning
PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT OF COMPULSORY MEASURES OF EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE ON JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
Get PDFThe article presents the results of an empirical study. The aim of the study is to increase the effectiveness of compulsory measures for juvenile delinquents through the development and implementation of the pedagogical support system of these measures.The urgency of the research is determined by the lack of the scientific and methodological support for the practical implementation of compulsory measures of educational influence on juvenile delinquents; by the low level of the psychological and pedagogical readiness of the subjects of the pedagogical interaction; insufficiency of the pedagogical support as the most important condition of these measures effectiveness. Research methods are pedagogical analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, comparison and generalization of research results, questionnaires, interviews, individual and group conversations, observation, generalization of independent characteristics, statistical methods of information processing.According to the research aim the system of the pedagogical support of compulsory measures of educational influence on juvenile offenders was developed and tested. It includes organizational and substantial, technological and staff resource components and their interaction, the main directions and ways for increasing of the pedagogical training level of the subjects of the pedagogical interaction. The results of the investigation proved the effectiveness of the pedagogical support system of compulsory measures for juvenile delinquents.
PECULIARITIES OF HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Get PDFHealthcare specialists are expected to possess competences essential for a successful fulfilment of their duties. Although specialists’ practical competences enabling them to deal with a wide range of health conditions are the key ones, communicative competence, implying an ability to use a target language “accurately, appropriately, and flexibly” (Yule, 2010, p.194), has also had an immense impact on the accomplishment of professional duties (World Health Organisation, 2005). It follows that apart from giving opportunities to acquire knowledge about medicine and practical skills, medical education institutions are expected to teach 21st century students to communicate effectively using various linguistic tools applicable in their professional context (Zethsen and Askehave, 2006). The present article aims to elucidate the peculiarities of communicative competence that practising or future healthcare providers should possess in order to demonstrate how it enables them to accomplish their responsibilities by communicating with patients and, thus, provide them with qualitative care or treatment in a foreign language, specifically English as a foreign language. With the aim to reach the goal, a scientific literature review was conducted. The theoretical implications were supported by the examples of medical encounters; in the given encounters, the use of the selected language aspects and participants’ non-verbal cues were interpreted.
THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH OF THE ATTITUDE TO THE CONCEPT PATRIOTISM AND OF THE DEGREE OF ITS COMPREHENSION AMONG LATVIAN TEENAGERS UNDER CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION
Get PDFSuccession of generations, especially under conditions of globalisation, polyculture and integration processes in circumstances of socially economic transformation of the society and state leads to the collapse of the system of traditional values and alteration of the content and meaning of numerous phenomena and concepts. The given processes in the modern society are eroding such socially moral and value landmarks as respect and love to the Motherland, self-sacrifice and patriotism, wish and ability to work for the sake of the country, aspiration to be useful for it. The Aim of the research is to determine the attitude and degree of understanding of the concept “patriotism” among Latvian teenagers. The theoretical analysis makes it possible to conclude that the main idea of the concept patriotism consists of considering it as one of the highest values of the individual and is the basis of life orientations, defining the strategy of the individual’s development, harmonisation of the society and the state. In the empirical way, the particular and the general understanding of the concept ‘patriotism’ by Latvian teenagers was defined, how patriotism is manifested, the level of pride for one’s country, ways of upbringing of patriotic values, personal qualities of a patriot / an antipatriot and the activity directed towards motivation of active actions for sake of one’s country.