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ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE FARM "MALAINE" IN THE DAIRY FARMING SECTOR
Get PDFMilk production takes place in all EU countries and constitutes a significant part of the value of EU agricultural production. When producing and processing milk, it is important to be able to realize and maintain your economic activity with it. Therefore, the first thing that milk producers and processors do is satisfy the local demand for milk. If more milk is produced than is consumed in the given country, then it is necessary to start thinking about exports that would be able to compete with the products that are already in the planned export markets. Latvia is also on the list of countries that produce more milk than is needed for self-consumption.
The main type of activity and source of income of farm "Malaine" is side farming, but the farm is also engaged in grain farming, which helps to get additional profit in unstable years and provides its farm with high-quality feed for dairy cattle. The farm has more than 100 dairy cows. The number of dairy cows is independently increased by breeding work, selecting only the best calves from the most worthy cows
TRAINING OF YOLOV5 NEURAL NETWORK FOR PEAR DETECTION IN ORCHARD
Get PDFA fruit-growing is an important branch of agriculture for various reasons. Fruits provide essential nutrients and vitamins to our diet, and they are also a significant source of income for fruit-growers. To improve the efficiency of fruit cultivation, we trained a pear detection neural network with YOLOv5 architecture using a dataset from the project lzp-2021/1-0134. The dataset contained 1273 photographs of pear trees with image sizes 640x640px. We had trained the neural network model YOLOv5m five times and achieved the best result equal to [email protected] 0.8 and [email protected]:0.95 0.43. The use of artificial intelligence in fruit cultivation can help to optimize the planning of fruit picking, contributing to the precision horticulture
PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL CLIMATE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DROP OUT IN THE CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Get PDFThe high number of students who have dropped out of higher education prompts to find out both the reasons for dropping out and the causes of dissatisfaction. The psycho-emotional climate of an educational institution is considered to be one of the indicators of the quality of the institution\u27s organizational culture and performance, which determines its pedagogical effectiveness. Therefore, at the moment when the idea of institutional accreditation seriously marks its place in the accreditation process, there is a growing interest in research, the subject of which is the psycho-emotional climate of a higher education institution as a pedagogical resource. The aim of this publication is to identify the psycho-emotional risks of drop out among the students. The research methodology consists of a set of qualitative data obtained by surveying 50 students who have expressed an intention to drop out. The study data were analysed using the qualitative data processing program NVivo 12.0. The study analysed and described the theoretical framework of the psycho-emotional climate and identified the main risks of drop out. It is concluded that the psycho-emotional climate is an essential component of students\u27 desire to continue their studies, as it promotes the institutional sense of belonging and learning achievements. The results of this study complement existing research with qualitative data, operationalizing psycho-emotional support in higher education settings
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.
WORKING MEMORY IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING SONGS
Get PDFThe control processes and mnemonic strategies used in working memory are important both in the general learning process and in the music learning process. In the acquisition of music, the working memory determines the formation of auditory notions, which is an essential dimension in the development of musicality. Its qualitative indicators are (1) accuracy - accurate perception and reproduction of memorized music material; (2) persistence - duration of remembrance. Therefore, it is pedagogically important to improve it at the primary school age, because working memory forms the basis for creating more complex conceptual content constructions both in music and in other fields. The aim of the research is to promote the development of working memory in the process of teaching songs. In order to achieve the goal of the research, a song teaching strategy for the development of working memory has been developed, a pedagogical observation of the music learning process for a duration of three years at the primary school level has been performed, and the obtained data have been analysed using descriptive statistics. The sample of the study consists of 200 primary school students. The data obtained in the article allow us to conclude that the purposefulness and regularity with which the chosen exercises are used, the quality of music perception and attention, and musical thinking all contribute to the development of musical memory in primary school music education. The relationship between song acquisition and working memory described in this publication expands the understanding of music educators and helps them improve their professional skills.
STUDENT’S ACQUISITION OF INFERENTIAL THINKING IN MATHEMATICS AND ITS TRANSFER TO OTHER SUBJECT AREAS
Get PDFDue to education reform in Latvia, the tendency in education is competence approach with transversal skills as one of its elements. They are included in the state education standard which all the teachers shall carry out in the corresponding education period. All educational establishments face a real challenge of how to implement the planned competences in life. The present research focuses on one of the skills of critical thinking – inferential thinking. By the help of inference students compare information obtained and the results to either confirm or decline their hypothesis, considering the accuracy of the acquisition of the information. The goal of the research is to make and test a system how an educational establishment should organize the study process to teach and develop inferential thinking. The following methods were used in the research: partly structured interviews with the vice-principal in methodological work and teachers of subjects, analysis of methodological materials and analysis of students` written works. The research was carried out to find what the most essential preconditions for students to learn and develop inferential thinking skills are and how to make transfer to various fields to improve learning those skills. A conclusion was made that a purposeful and organized cooperation of teachers plays an important role in teaching transversal skills. The results are better if students can reflect on their achievements using unified description of performance level in all subjects thus implementing the transfer of skills in other subject areas. To teach a skill teacher must plan specific steps to teach and to develop the skill. A model to develop the skill `inferential thinking` has been worked out and tested in the subject of mathematics and is meant to be improved in other subject areas in grade 7.
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION SKILLS AT CHILDREN\u27S COMMUNITY CARE HOMES
Get PDFThe purpose of the article is to reveal the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills in children living at children’s community care homes (further on CCCHs) based on the experience of social workers working at CCCHs. Problematic question: What are real opportunities for children to develop communication and cooperation skills while living at CCCHs? Nine social workers, who work at CCCHs in seven different locations in Lithuania, participated in the research. The study revealed that, while living at CCCHS, the opportunities to develop communication and cooperation skills change in the positive direction. At CCCHs, a positive family environment, in which closer and warmer relationships form, is created, more time is devoted to mutual communication. Children develop communication and cooperation skills while creating home rules, negotiating and obliging themselves to stick to the set order, learning to create and maintain harmonious mutual realtionships, empasising attentiveness, politeness, empathy, as well as learning to resolve problems and conflicts in a constructive manner, conculting and agreeing regarding the ways to spend their leisure time. In addition, children, while expanding their social ties in their community, learn to coexist with others, as well as to develop social resilience while learning to resist the pressure of others, not to give in to bad influences, to trust their own strength and to take decisions independently
CHARISMA AND LEADERSHIP IN THE WORKS OF NORBERT ELIAS
Get PDFNorbert Elias has used the concept of charisma to explain the phenomena of rule, leadership and group domination. In developing his interpretation of charisma, he critically analyzed Max Weber’s texts and applied it within his developmental, processual and figurational approach. He derived from the works of Weber the concept of group charisma and interpreted it as a universal social phenomenon. Elias considered charismatic leadership as a social situation, in which a leader’s individual charisma is fused with group charisma. Individual and group charisma are explained partly as social and psychological phenomena of individual and collective identities and partly by historically determined belief systems. Linking charisma to identity brings Elias close to Durkheim’s conception of religion. In Elias’s interpretation, the phenomenon of charisma is related to idealized individual and collective self-images. Manifestations of charismatic claims on the group level, on the one hand, are attributions to one’s group the qualities of special grace and self-praise, and on the other hand, the prejudiced attitudes to other, excluded groups. The phenomena of group charisma and group disgrace are observable in the established-outsiders power relationships. Elias’s interpretation of charisma complements the existing conceptualizations in social psychology and sociology.
SCHOOLS AS INFORMATION CHANNEL TO REDUCE ALCOHOL USAGE HABITS AMONG ADOLESCENTS
Get PDFThe purchase of alcohol and the use of such substances among adolescence is prohibited in Latvia by the legal system of rights. Despite the legal ban alcohol consumption is widespread among Latvian adolescence and starts at very early age. Recent studies show that most of 15-year-olds have consumed alcohol in Latvia. In order to proactively inform and reduce alcohol consumption among young people, a number of information and education programmes have been implemented, mainly in the school environment. Most of these programmes lack an assessment. Consequently, there is a lack of data on the programme effectivity and the link of programme with young people’s knowledge and confidence in their alcohol consumption-related behaviour. The purpose of the study is to identify information channels where adolescence are most frequently gain information, to assess the level of knowledge of grade 9 pupils and its relevance to potential action in alcohol consumption situations. The empirical data of this study is based on a survey with grade 9 pupils. The results of the study show that the school environment is important information channel, but it is essential to offer a diverse information content, involving a number of experts to provide information. High levels of knowledge have a positive impact on young people’s confidence in alcohol consumption-related situations, but do not have a significant impact on alcohol trying rates
THE NEED TO IMPROVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS: STUDENTS\u27 ATTITUDES
Get PDFToday, scholars raise the need for the development/self-development of social emotional competences in schools and emphasize the importance of its development for successful socialization of children. Scientific articles emphasize the importance of improving teachers\u27 social emotional competences for social emotional education of children. The need to improve social emotional competences is underlined in Lithuanian and European Union documents that point to the importance of high-quality social emotional education and the need to improve teachers\u27 competences. Recently, researches have been focusing mainly on the peculiarities of children\u27s social emotional education, yet the problem of improving social emotional competences of pedagogues is left aside. The article reveals the attitude of students of the Childhood pedagogy study programme towards the existing social emotional competences and substantiates the need for its improvement in the education of future pedagogues. Findings of qualitative research (individual interview with the students) are presented. The results of the study have revealed that students do not always succeed in recognizing and managing the feelings that emerge, especially they lack knowledge and skills to control stressful situations. The analysis of students\u27 perspective highlighted the need for the improvement of social emotional competences in the education of future pedagogues