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INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN REFORMING OF UKRAINIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Get PDFThe processes of creation, development and application of innovations are increasingly spreading in the education system and pedagogical science. The specific historical situation in Ukraine necessitates the restructuring of education, its reforming and approximation to European and world standards. The aim of the study is to study the purposeful impact of these processes on the constant formation and renewal of Ukrainian pedagogical theory and practice with further rethinking the importance of innovation to increase the rating of higher educationinstitution and increasing its competitiveness.Basic research methods are surveys, observation and statistical analysis.The article emphasizes the key values of improving the modern sphere of education, pays attention to the innovative processes that take place in the modern school, and pedagogy, in particular. The peculiarities of the introduction of innovative education in higher education institutions are highlighted. The authors analyze the importance of the application and management of innovative educational processes that can help to increase the level of quality education for the success and competitiveness of higher education institution.The author\u27s team studied the structure and dynamics of the development of educational innovation processes of modern higher education institutions, as well as the scheme of division of the innovation process, which was called the "life cycle of innovation". The importance of developing individual perception of a particular applicant of the proposed innovations during studying at the higher education institution is proved.It is noted that it is important to develop the initiative of teachers of Ukrainian higher education institutions before making decision about necessity to introduce innovations of a certain type.
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.
STUDENT PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT TODAY: THEORETICAL REVIEW
Get PDFIn the main functions of education in the last century, which indicate the development of children\u27s individuality or the importance of thinking in the educational process, creative thinking and action, it is important that these functions can be developed in a 21st century socialized student. It is important to look for solutions to new methods of adaptation in the educational process and preserving their values. It is also important to recognize that the development of a teaching method is increasingly dependent on students\u27 willingness to learn and develop as a person. Pupil\u27s inclusion in a new school is always associated with a psychological experience, when the pupil\u27s emotional competence must be related to the school\u27s microclimate. The integration of modern students in the educational institution, readiness to participate in social and civic activities, interact with teachers and their adolescents is determined by several external factors, as well as student characteristics, their individuality, physiological, mental and psychological development, emotional ability to socialize. The research includes research of scientific literature, based on existing education systems, performing analytical judgment.Purpose of the research: To identify the development of students\u27 skills during the learning process, for their more successful integration into modern society
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF GREENING AND DIGITALISATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES IN ENTERPRISES: THE CASES OF UKRAINE AND LATVIA
Get PDFThe aim of the study is to analyse the theoretical basis of greening and digital transformation of enterprise business processes. The objectives of the study are to summarize the theoretical and methodological framework for the issues investigated and substantiate the conceptual approach to the environmental and economic development of the enterprise based on the concept of green business and the implementation of the digital transformation approach. The scientific novelty of the study consists in further development of the theoretical foundations of greening and digital transformation of enterprise business processes, as well as in the use of the organizational and methodological approach to determine the socio-economic and eco-economic consequences of the choice of priorities for the production and consumption of environmental products. The research used general scientific and special methods: scientific abstraction, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, abstraction and concretization, system and comparative analysis; statistical analysis; the matrix method. It has been proved that enterprises in Latvia and Ukraine face the critical task of finding a balance between improving the existing business models of their activities based on the implementation of digital technologies, and minimizing the negative environmental impacts. It has been established that the economic system of Ukraine remains ecologically unfavourable; however, to solve this problem, measures to implement the system of circular economy and create incentives for the development of green business have been developed. The results of expert evaluations have showed that Latvia is the leader in Europe in the consumption of green energy and is the largest exporter in the ICT sector in the Baltic States
LARGE-SCALE ONLINE LEARNING SUPPORTED BY INTELLIGENT DEVICES IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA
Get PDFWith the support of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, China began learning and teaching online in 2020 to control the spread of the pandemic and implement the "Classes are suspended, but learning continues" policy. Online learning and teaching require modified methods, management, and evaluation compared with traditional instruction. Moreover, teachers\u27 and students\u27 thinking styles and ways of communication have also changed in terms of practice, places of study and tasks. The large-scale online teaching-learning model has ushered in new teaching and learning reform trends in the post-pandemic era. Therefore, this study investigates students\u27 and teachers\u27 readiness for, acceptance of, and satisfaction about comprehensive online teaching and learning and explores the effect online learning has on students. To achieve the research aim, 67 students from one city and one village in China were surveyed.The results revealed that online teaching was met with medium levels of readiness and acceptance and gave little satisfaction. For students, attitudes toward learning, support (or lack thereof) from instructors, effective interactions, motivation to learn, and self-regulation influenced online learning satisfaction. In addition, the students\u27 grade levels and locations.
CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF THE SECOND VERSION OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL SCALE (MSCS V2)
Get PDFStudies show that social capital has a positive effect on a person\u27s mental health and subjective well-being. Recently, a second version of the Multidimensional Social Capital Scale (MSCS V2) has been developed in Latvia. The aim of this study is to verificate the psychometric properties of the MSCS V2 and to investigate its relationship to self-reported measures of loneliness and subjective well-being. Data was collected online between June 11th and October 3rd, 2021. Participants (N=353, aged between 18 and 80 years (M = 41.8, SD = 13.18), 87% females and 13% males) in addition to the MSCS V2 were asked to complete the UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE). The results show: the Cronbach alpha of the MSCS V2 scales meets the scientific requirements ranged from .73 to .90; Corrected Item-Total Correlations for all MSCS V2 scales are acceptable ranged from .53 – .81 and reaction indexes fall within the range of 2.67 to 4.48; a statistically significant negative association between the MSCS V2 scales and the UCLA Loneliness scale; statistically significant positive association between the MSCS V2 scales and the SWLS; statistically significant positive association between the MSCS V2 scales and the SPANE. The convergent validity of the scale was demonstrated by negative correlations with self-reported loneliness and positive correlations with subjective well-being measures
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.
MODERNISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UZBEKISTAN: TRANSFORMING QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND APPROACHES
Get PDFThe paper explores the current transformations in the Quality Assurance (QA) system in the Higher Education (HE) of the Republic of Uzbekistan and examines the impact of the World Bank Modernising Higher Education project which aims, among other issues, to develop and implement a new system of external QA and strengthen the system of internal QA. The research analyses annual and quarterly reports prepared by the Project Team of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of Uzbekistan, World Bank, Expert Advisory Panel as well as national and international consultants. In addition to this, a series of interviews were conducted with key stakeholders in Uzbekistan. The data received from the analysis of project reports and other documents were triangulated with the data obtained during semi-structured interviews. The research addresses the issues of the process of reforms in QA system at national and university levels and the gradual transformation of QA culture. It covers challenges in the introduction of new QA arrangements and assesses the role of various actors in the process of transformations.
THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES IN A PANDEMIC
Get PDFThe research relevance ties with the necessity to form future teachers’ digital competence under forced blended learning conditions due to COVID-19 preventive quarantine measures implementing. The purpose of the article is to reveal the content and analyze the results of the study on the experience in cloud technologies usage while teaching pedagogical courses to students in a modern pedagogical higher education institution. The methods are: theoretical analysis of the cloud technologies usage in higher education institutions, documentation analysis in the European Higher Education Area, information collection, questionnaires for students and lecturers, observation, evaluation, systematization of the results. The results are: the experience in cloud technologies usage while teaching pedagogical courses to future teachers is determined; issues with the information and communication technologies usage are identified: constant access to the network, poor service, lack of equipment. It has been clarified that students gained an enough experience in cloud technologies usage before the quarantine same as during it, identified the factors that contributed to it (inclusion in distance learning, studying the course “Digital Technologies”, testing of cloud services and technologies). It has been established that the lecturers used to have small experience in cloud technologies usage before the quarantine because there was no special necessity, but during it, these indicators have changed (forced distance learning and the conditions for its implementation contributed to the rapid capture of cloud services, attending courses, testing the experience in cloud technologies usage). The most popular cloud technologies are Classroom, Zoom, Meet, Moodle have been lined out.
THE SELF-ASSESSMENT OF SUPERVISORS\u27 SELF-CARE STRATEGIES
Get PDFDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of resources has decreased and the risk of burnout on employees increased. Supervision is one of the resources, available for employees to learn self-care. It was necessary to find out how supervisors themselves assessed self-care strategies. The aim of this study was to explore the self-assessment of Latvian supervisors\u27 self-care strategies. The following research questions were raised: 1) What are the indicators of the importance and attainability of supervisors’ self-care strategies? 2) What are the difference indicators of the importance and attainability of supervisors’ self-care strategies? In this study importance is an assessment of how significant and necessary a certain value is, attainability is an assessment of how attainable a certain value is. Based on the Self-Care Strategies Questionnaire, an online survey was conducted between May and October of 2021. The respondents assessed the importance and attainability of their self-care activities using a four-point Likert scale. 66 supervisors participated in the survey. For data analysis the descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used. The results showed statistically significant differences between the self-assessment of importance and attainability in all strategies. The importance was rated higher than attainability. Planning of time, balance of personal and professional life, being alone and in silence, professional development, reading were the self-care strategies more often assessed higher and more often carried out by supervisors.