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CHALLENGES OF ONLINE-EDUCATION: WHAT SOCIETY EXPECTS FROM TEACHERS
Get PDFThe main idea of the article is to present some characteristics of social expectations of teachers’ work that appeared after March 2020 when the whole world found itself in online education. These expectations are rather unified and do not depend on the level of economic development of the country or the degree of involvement in providing educational services online in the pre-Covid period. The article also attempts to analyse the challenges that teachers face while providing educational services online by dividing them in 3 groups: challenges related to students; challenges related to teachers, and challenges related to external factors. As the basis for the research, the results of an anonymous survey of teachers and lecturers from 6 countries were used. The results of the study show that social expectations and social requirements set for teachers and the education system in general by the society in the context of forced and total online education are excessive For writing the article, both theoretical (analysis, observation, reflection, etc.) and empirical (survey, static processing) research methods were used
DEVELOPING A CHILD\u27S AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCE THROUGH MEDIA: TEACHERS\u27 APPROACH
Get PDFThe article analyses the development of an authentic experience for primary school students as a result of experiential learning. Possibilities of developing children’s authentic experience through media are discussed, as the ability to find, perceive and critically assess and use information and media content, as well as to express oneself, are one of the most important human abilities in the 21st century. The article presents a qualitative research of the attitudes of primary education teachers about the development of a child’s authentic experience by using media. The following research revealed that the method of accumulating authentic experience has a positive effect on students’ learning motivation, allows to develop critical, creative thinking, constructs a real connection with teaching materials and practice, enables students to operate actively, independently, and be responsible for their own learning. The research highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of developing an authentic learning experience through media.
SOFTWARE COMPLEX FOR PARTS RECOGNITION AS THE BASIS OF EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY WORK
Get PDFThe article discusses the scientific and methodological foundations of laboratory work in vision systems using the author\u27s algorithms for pattern recognition. The results were used to prepare masters of technical specialties at the Pskov State University. Another approach to using digital technologies for processing images of the working area is proposed. Some aspects of solving problems of identification of parts, determination of their location, control in automated assembly is described. The hardware-software complex in the article performs data processing and measurements in parallel with the flow of the technological process. The hardware and software complex expands the capabilities of flexible assembly platforms when assembling parts with different mass-inertial characteristics due to the geometric shape and dissimilar materials
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TEACHING STYLE OF SWIMMING COACHES AND THEIR ATHLETES’ MOTIVATION FOR SPORT
Get PDFThe paper presents a research dealing with one of the most relevant problems in sports education science, the coach’s influence on young athletes’ motivation. The aim of the research is to investigate the correlations between manifestation of the teaching style applied by coaches and motivation of their athletes for sport. The research raises a hypothesis that the teaching styles applied by coaches may be related to the motivation for sport in the athletes being trained. The research is based on the provisions of reproductive and productive teaching methods as well as the self-determination theory. The research involved 14–18-year-old swimmers and their coaches. Two questionnaires have been employed: description of the teaching style (Curtner-Smith et al., 2001; Hein et al., 2012) and sport motivation scale (SMS–II; Pelletier et al., 2013). Referring to the responses in relation to manifestation of the teaching style, the coaches have been divided into three groups. The one factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to test the research hypothesis. The research hypothesis was proven only partly. It was found that application of different teaching styles may have had effect on young athletes’ external motivation only. It can be substantiated that the teaching style employed by swimming coaches and related both reproductive and reproductive teaching methods have no significant effect on young athletes’ intrinsic motivation for sport in the coaching practise.
EDUCATION OF THE PRAXEOLOGICAL CULTURE OF THE STUDENTS OF AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Get PDFOn the basis of scientific sources analysis, the characteristic features of praxeological culture of the student at Agrarian University have been revealed. The author has studied the main proceedings which are the basis for the construction of the theoretical foundations of the student’s praxeological culture education. There has been proved that the student’s praxeological culture is determined by the total level of culture of the people who are involved in Pedagogical University activities, their cultural traditions arising from the standards of conduct, their attitudes being expressed in practical actions, in motivations of everyday activity, and their educational strategies.The article describes the rationale for the education of praxeological culture in the process of teaching the discipline "Praxeological culture of a specialist" for students of the specialties «Agronomy», «Management», «Agro engineering». The content of students\u27 training is revealed through the values, principles and technologies of establishing communicative, professional relations in various industrial situations. To achieve this goal, interactive methods and the GROW coach technique were used; for the statistical analysis of the results of experimental work, the Fisher criterion is used. It is shown that experimental exercises and trainings contribute to the effective formation of praxeological culture and professional competence, future specialists of the agro-industrial complex, as evidenced by monitoring and evaluation of the success of training and development of students. According to the results of the experiment, it can be noted that knowledge of praxeological culture will help future specialists to establish contacts in a team, increase mental activity, and increase the level of creativity of young people.
STUDY OF THE DEMAND FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES IN LATVIA
Get PDFThis article focuses on software development technologies used by companies operating in Latvia in 2021. The aim of this work is to determine which software development technologies are most frequently used in Latvia this year. Determine what types of technologies they relate to, and finally draw appropriate conclusions
USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUND “S” CORRECTION PROCESS FOR 5–6–YEAR–OLD CHILDREN WITH PHONETIC DISORDERS
Get PDFToday, the pre–school education system is undergoing major changes aimed at improving the quality of education. New approaches, methods, and programmes are being developed. There is an increased need to introduce innovative technologies that are designed to gain new knowledge, accelerate the process of obtaining knowledge, improve the quality of education, and increase the motivation of children. The development of speech, which includes the ability to clearly pronounce sounds and distinguish them, to control the articulation apparatus, to correctly form a sentence, is one of the most urgent tasks that speech therapists at pre–school institutions should solve
EXTENDING THE VOCABULARY TO 5-6-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AFTER CORRECTING SOUNDS S-Z; SH-TICK PHONETIC DISORDERS
Get PDFChildren nowadays have insufficient vocabulary, difficulties in expressing their opinion and expressing themselves, difficulties in asking questions and answering them. Therefore, it can be concluded that it is important to improve child\u27s speech and vocabulary, which includes all of the aforementioned elements. Even after eliminating the pronunciation disorders of the sounds s-z and sh-zh, it is necessary to develop the active and passive vocabulary, to ensure that as many words as possible are in the active vocabulary. It is important to improve the grammatical structure of the language, so that children can form longer simple extended sentences instead of sentences consisting of 2-3 words. It is necessary to work on improving the conversational language, so that children, when answering questions, can substantiate their thoughts, attitudes, are able to perceive the essence of the content, preserve it and express themselves in the end. The paper provides information about a set of speech therapy games, developed and approbated by E. Michule, for the enrichment of the vocabulary of 5-6 year old children after the elimination of pronunciation disorders of the sounds s-z and sh-zh, as well as the results obtained in the approbation
STAFF MOTIVATION PROBLEMS IN SMALL ENTERPRISES
Get PDFOne of the challenges a company manager constantly faces is employee motivation. According to the authors\u27 empirical experience, in small enterprises, an entrepreneur often has limited opportunities to hire a large number of employees, so the existing ones have to perform not only direct job responsibilities within their position or profession, but also other additional duties. The aim of the research is to study the problems and opportunities of employees motivation in small enterprises. Two surveys were conducted to achieve the aim. The survey of entrepreneurs examines the motivation of employees from the point of view of entrepreneurs, while the second survey examines the opinion of employees on motivation in small enterprises. As a result, the motivators are ranked from both points of view and compared
ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION OF LATGALE\u27S LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES ON THE INSTAGRAM NETWORK – A COMPARISON OF DAUGAVPILS CITY AND REZEKNE MUNICIPALITY
Get PDFThe topic of the paper is “Analysis of Communication of Latgale\u27s Largest Municipalities on the Instagram Network – a Comparison of Daugavpils City and Rezekne Municipality”. The paper researches the communication of the largest city and municipality of Latgale region - Daugavpils and Rezekne - on the Instagram network in the period from registration.The aim of the paper is to find out how and for what purposes the municipalities of Daugavpils city and Rezekne use the social medium “Instagram” and what results the communication via this channel have been achieved.The paper consists of two parts - theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part summarizes and analyses theory on the history and development of the social network Instagram, as well as its impact on corporate communication of companies and institutions.The empirical part contains a comparative analysis of communication of Daugavpils city and Rezekne municipality on the Instagram network, analysing the posted information and feedback from network users. Content analysis is used as a research method to achieve the aim