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The quality of teachers, the training of initial teachers and professional development, seems to be the challenges of the national education systems, in many developing countries. Changing the Kosovo education system was necessary due to the new circumstances of social and political development of Kosovo. This study provides an analysis of the work of the Kosovar schools and the impact of teacher professional development activities in improving school performance. For data collection we used the structured intervi...

Each family has its own specifications and different volume of cultural capital which more or less stimulates the child development. Very specific is the case of book ownership in the family. The paper analyzes material and cultural environment of present-day families in the north-western part of Slovak republic. The author presents the results of observation of some material conditions in Slovak families with primary school children and finds out their impact on the children's school success.

The information society stage shaped by the quick changes in information technologies affects the economical, social, cultural and educational areas. It can be said that there are lots of ways technology used in academic life and impact students' success. The concept of using the educational resources has changed significantly. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have greatly expanded into the field of education in last two decades. The global adoption of new technologies and internet into education p...

The paper Research in Russian Language Instruction for pupils with Dysgraphia focuses on effective methods and techniques recommended for the teaching of pupils with specific learning difficulties. In the chapter the author aims to provide an overview of current trends in the education of pupils with special educational needs and specific learning difficulties in Russian language teaching and learning and to present the results of a research project investigating the situation in Russian language teaching to pupil...

The contribution has theoretical character analyzes and focuses on the current state of professionals in school (psychologists, special pedagogues, social educators and education counsellors) and their impact on quality of life in education. The author with several years' experience in the operation of a school psychologist aims to present concrete aspects of professional activities in school and surveys the impact of exposure of professionals and counselling facilities to prevention and elimination of the problem...

One of the particular aspect of school education is quality of school life. Inclusive approach to education of children with disability is nowadays worldwide concept required by Convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities. The study is oriented to the quality of school life children with disabilities at segregated and inclusive settings. The aim of study is to show which approach according to international research leads to better quality of school life.

Based on previous studies on methods and techniques that teachers apply in the class during foreign language teaching, this study has to do with Code-Switching strategy, which is the use of both teacher's and students Native Language while teaching and learning English Language as a Second Language in the classroom. This technique is often used without any consciousness by both sides, teachers and students, during teaching and learning processes, and it seems to be very needed by the students and welcomed as well....

This study reports the results of a survey exploring students' perceived learning and satisfaction on a pre-primary and primary teacher education program at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania. Taking into consideration the fact that this program, called Pedagogy for Pre-primary and Primary Education, is new in this university, we think that such an investigation is needed and useful for the process of optimizing this teacher education program. The participants of this study were 22 final year stud...

The paper reports on the concept and results of the survey for teachers of informatics subjects and case studies of the development of information technology competencies pupils and implementation of ICT into the school educational environment, which were used as research methods within the project realized in 2013. The project was focused on a complex issue of curricular, process and organisational aspects of informatics, or information technology education in primary and lower-secondary schools in the Czech Repu...

In 2013 a research study concerning the status and development of information technology competencies in primary and lower-secondary school pupils in the Czech Republic was realized. The target research group was informatics teachers and their pupils. The primary research method was a questionnaire that was provided to teachers, through which relevant data from more than 1000 primary and lower-secondary schools were obtained. Those interested in greater participation in research from 167 schools were then invited ...

The paper focuses on employers' need for skills by assessing their perception on the importance of various skills required from higher education graduates, as well as on the satisfaction about the current level of different skills. Also the paper aim to sketch the future and to identify the importance of different skills in the recruitment process in the long run. We propose a comparative analysis in between Romania and Bulgaria, taking into account also specific companies' characteristics. We base the paper on th...

During the past decade the discussion about the link between teaching and research has been vivid. The discussion can be organised according to two opposed theses: the compatibility thesis and the incompatibility thesis. In the incompatibility thesis research and teaching are opposed to each other and time devoted to one implies less time for the other. The compatibility thesis holds that teaching and research have a positive influence on each other. Research on the beliefs or perceptions of academics or administr...

Streamlining the integration process of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder is an essential condition of the education system to ensure the formation of responsible and independent persons. Using Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment Program, children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder will acquire strategies and methods for problem solving, will increase self-esteem, and will be able to better manage their own behavior, becoming thereby autonomous, assuming their own actions and...

The objective of this paper is a thorough study of a pressing problem that adolescents face today. The paper approaches an aspect of deviant behavior of adolescents at psychosocial level, namely the problem of tobacco, alcohol and drugs consumption and the impact this has on the daily life of the adolescent, on how it affects their behavior in family, school, in society in general. Deviant behavior in adolescents is a very controversial topic because of how the freedom is perceived by young people.

For an efficient dialogue, the teacher needs not just to know and understand the student, but especially to be able to communicate to him the way he feels and understands him, the empathic ability being the one that makes the action itself possible. The present study consists in determining the extent to which the non-verbal communication between teachers and students has beneficial effects on the teaching approach. The study was realized during the university year 2006-2007, on a number of 490 subjects, out of wh...

The beginning of the year 2007 is, for Romania, a crucial moment of regaining its place of European Nation with equal rights in an united Europe. Apart from the earned rights, after becoming a member of the European Union, our country has to fulfill a number of various obligations, including the adaptation of the education requirement criteria demanded by the European forums. Thus the university education complied with the European reforms in this field and adapted its analytical programs and curricula to the 3-2-...

In an ever-changing values system, education is still the core institution of the contemporaneous society. Given its importance, education is under the spotlight as it is currently undergoing substantial challenges. The major reforms started once the Bologna Process became a reality of the European educational setting. 15 years after this reform started, there is a crucial need for evaluating the steps took until now, as well as establishing future development steps that education should undergo. Therefore, the cu...

Textbooks and their content have an important role in educating new generations. But if the transmission of information to users - students and teachers are at the service of ideological and political propaganda – this intentionally leads towards educating generations that encourage ethnic conflicts while at the same time obstructs the mutual recognition of values and building of a better future. The analysis of history textbooks in Serbian language reveal that the past and present are misused in regards to the ...

The article analyses the relations between the pre-service technology teachers' creativity and their cross curricular visualisation abilities. In Lithuania technology (home economics) teacher training is based on the interdisciplinary content. The technology content consists of four related components: textiles, nutrition, construction materials and electronics. The cross curricular content encourages students to apply knowledge to new situations and develop their creativity. A person's creativity can be judged by...

This paper focuses on the problem of reading pre-literacy, which is from the perspective of lifelong learning an extremely important area, since the preschool age lays the foundations for not only reading, but also a number of other pre-literacy skills, while it is also a period of the development of the child's personality, their motivation for their own learning. The aim of the study is to characterize the conception of the pre-literacy abilities in the Czech preschool education, the possibilities of further dev...

The article deals with a topic of education of pupils with special educational needs at primary schools of the main educational stream. A qualitative research, which we carried out, should contribute to a deeper description of a current conception of elementary reading and writing instruction which are two of the main subjects of primary education. The research was realized at chosen schools by a method of focus group. The aim of this research was to interpret the current situation in reading and writing instructi...

The article deals with the problem of the crisis in education in the face of global information fields. Currently, the civilization is going through the next information revolution leading to the emergence of a global information space, the possibilities are virtually instantaneous information transfer, high saturation of news and the emergence of new forms of communication. The traditional system of education is not ready yet to fully adapt to the changing conditions, although there is clearly a need to change th...

In the Czech Republic, the definition of the term Вґbehavioural problemsВґ is very broad and covers a variety of phenomena, some representing developmental norms, some temporary social maladaptation and some behaviour-breaking social norms. It is assumed that a certain number of children placed in special institutional education facilities display major behavioural problems, referred to as Вґbehavioural disordersВґ. Their placement is an extreme solution after all possibilities of preventive educational care have ...

The present study investigates the issue of professional development in the context of initial teacher education (ITE) for primary and preschool level. It tries to identify the influence that the process of professional identity formation has in relation to learning styles. The research was carried out with 130 students in Department of Teacher Education from the University of Bucharest. The methodological aproach aimed at discovering the way different learning styles are applied according to several analysis fact...

Minecraft is a computer game created by Mojang in 2011, which has gained popularity in a very strong community of players from all over the world in the recent years. Minecraft is the sandbox game that allows players to do basically anything - to build houses, grow plants, raise animals, mine minerals, build social relationships, etc. The game is very complex – it contains sophisticated physical environment, offers players a functioning ecosystems of fauna and flora, it allows to create simple and complex circui...

The reform of the education system in Kosovo, determines needs to change the system of preparation and training of teachers. To realize the objectives of this reform, should first to explore the potential of Kosovar teachers - their position and role, the opportunities for their preparation, to made clear responsibilities and their role that will have to implement the changes, well analyzed barriers to be overcome since the beginning. As part of school reform, to increase the quality of education, were planned tra...

In recent years there have been many hot debates in Macedonia in terms of systemic changes in the area of higher education. We can say that the Government has increased the standards for professors and research activities in general with the adoption of new law amendments concerning higher education regulations. The question is whether the government is more interested for changes rather than universities? But, the strengthening of normative standards does not necceseraly mean that the transition from a more conve...

The biggest determinant of quality of human life, is health. Health will provide the basis for comprehensive development of human. There are a big role to play an individual's life - the living environment, the neighborhood, the society, and also has a strong relationship with yourself [11]. The one of the cornerstones a well-functioning state is the good health and the quality of life of citizens, their`s preservation, which is ensured through the social and economic success. The Public Health Act [12] provides f...

Writing speed and verbal fluency of 55 students of Faculty of Education in Pristine, was researched. In this research are included students in the third year of studies, respectively 34 students who attend program of biology and 21 students of physics. In order to assess the writing speed were selected: test of writing Albanian letters, while for assessing verbal fluency: the test of writing words starting with letter “p” and the test of writing words starting with letter “s”. Results of the t-test prove t...

Our present research is based on Berkeley Language Centre's Teaching Romance languages Through Intercomprehension. Networking Hearts and Minds in the Language Classroom [1], the objectives of this article are to present the scenario, the activities and the results of our intercomprehension activities. We are going to start with a presentation of two international projects which are finished now, “Galapro” and “Redinter”, afterwards, we are going to refer to another project called “Miriadi” which contin...

This article is an analysis of possible relationships between the concept of 21st century skills and mobile learning, seeing these constructs as central to pedagogical innovation. The rationale for the claims we put forward draws on the idea that most children grow up culturally immersed in digital technology rich habitats, indirectly forcing teachers to use technology and thus to develop new skills. The skills to be developed by teachers should be analyzed under new learning theoretical perspectives that consider...

The paper is of a theoretical research nature and deals with the multiple case research design. The paper summarizes available information about the typology of case studies that can be used in various research studies of auxiliary professions including (special) education research. Practical application of this study design is illustrated on an authorial quality-based research study of lifestyle limitations in persons with chronic illnesses, where the research sample consisted of multiple sclerosis patients. The ...

Contemporary scientific, technological, societal, social, cultural and civilizational changes present new challenges for school and teaching to confront with, and systematically respond to with teaching contents and its specific didactic organization. Ecology as a synoptic, diffuse and interdisciplinary science, which dialectically connects the natural-scientific with the social-scientific area, is an ideal polygon for creating teaching contents that deal with the changes of the contemporary world. However, in the...

At present, educational technological resources as virtual instruments help teachers and learners to introduce different concepts, in order to develop students' scientific knowledge and to practice different experiments without risks. In this sense, virtual laboratories allow students to make connections between the theoretical background and practical issues, using computers and specific software applications equipped with simulation capacities, as those met in real laboratories. Virtual laboratories offer a seri...

Contemporary studies in linguistics and psychology have proved that verbal communication should be considered an interaction of people who are determined to cooperate. Life in society makes a person use words (of a native or foreign language) to communicate with other people in order to achieve his /her aims and satisfy his/ her needs. In short, a person handles his/her interlocutors, affecting their behavior, way of thinking, activity. On the other hand, social interaction obliges a person to correlate his/her sp...

The paper Assessment to Pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties in Russian Language Teaching in the Qualitative Educational Research brings the results of research study focusing on the issues of assessment in Russian language teaching to pupils with specific learning difficulties. The study was realized within the framework of the research centre Special Needs of Pupils in the Context of Framework Education Programmes (MSM 0021622443). The author analysed the issues of assessment of Russian language teaching i...

The present work tries to clear a multi-disciplinary approach involving not only the technology-oriented aspects but also the educational system, the economics, socio-organizational and legal issues. The study is conceived to build a comprehensive scenario, to find and clarify the strategic options and to indicate in terms of organizational development, in order to develop a model of centers for additive manufacturing in universities. The identification of the key variables for the structural analysis it was perfo...

Two Russian authors, Roerich Nikolay (1874-1947) and Eroshenko Vassily (1890-1952), left numerous works that considered a vivid portrait of the vanished colonial Asia, from one point, and as the first examples of the future globalization in this continent, from the other one. Both they lived in the period when Russia, China and India were involved in the political and economic collapse, but their works were free from any kind of panics and depression, that is why the contemporary reader can gain the knowledge of t...

Contemporary rapid development of technology, science, progress and changes that are taking place on a global scale as well as general knowledge in workplaces cause that each working person or intending to work, is forced to constantly expand their knowledge, skills and gain new qualifications. This is done usually through education at an appropriate level, learning and improving their skills and gaining new competence. This is possible thanks to so-called lifelong learning and the increasing level of education. A...

The problem of languages interaction is investigated in the context of different scientific paradigms, in particular, sociological, sociolinguistic, linguistic, and psycholinguistic and others. In this article languages interaction is examined at the level of individual consciousness, i.e., from the psycholinguistics point of view. Psycholinguistic approach to the study of languages interaction assumes a study of those changes, which occur in the consciousness of individual, who manages several languages or who st...

The development of reading literacy has been a very topical issue in recent years, not only in the Czech Republic, based both on the results of research of international surveys PISA and PIRLS, and the results of many other, less significant studies of reading literacy. Over a long period, Czech pupils have been showing decreasing reading comprehension level and demonstrate overall downward trend in international comparisons. We carried out a research that investigated how reading literacy has been developed in Cz...

This paper presents the preliminary results of a study developed under a PhD thesis in of a doctoral program in ICT and Education'. Among other objectives, this study aimed to analyze the practices and proficiency levels in digital technology usage presented by the Portuguese school principals. The study was organized according to the post-positivist research paradigm and is assumed as an exploratory and descriptive study. These preliminary results involved 133 participants of a universe of 831 principals of the P...

This article presents a model of teacher's essential competencies as a manager in education. A teacher is an important link in the organization of educational communication of students as adult learners and in the education process direction. Because the duties of a modern university teacher grow, his professional competencies should include those of manager in education. Today the teacher needs a knowledge on general theory of management, on educational management fundamentals and on peculiarities of organization...

The complexity of the educative action is noticeable not only at the structural level, as far as the normativity of education is concerned, but, mostly, at the level involving the factors of education determined in the context of pedagogical community. The content of education is presented on the form of common value and on the standards of human becoming. This context implies a permanent valorization of human's interaction and also the transfer of value from a generation to another, from a culture to another. The...

The purpose of the present study was to test context predictability of words in norm and schizophrenia and to reveal whether the context factor influences on discourse perception and comprehension. The hypothesis of a loss of context predictability in schizophrenic speech is upheld by the analysis of modified cloze test data. Two text types were used: a static text (descriptive sentences) and a dynamic text (sequence of events following swiftly on one another). The results showed that: 1) context predictability of...

The article highlights effective ways of using drama activities in an ELT classroom. Why are those activities useful? Who are they intended for? What goals are to be set and results obtained? What hidden obstacles prevent a performance from being a success? How to overcome the barrier of incomprehension? What kind of plays to choose? How to facilitate the task of staging them? A number of other issues relating to the role of drama activities in ELT are addressed. The approach offered is based on the author's conce...

The paper deals with the curricular reform in elementary school that was implemented in 2008. The paper analyzes current requirements in (not only) student assessment in primary education. The paper interprets partial research results about teachers' beliefs about assessment in primary education. This part of research was conceived through Q-methodology with 12 primary teachers. It mentions teachers' professional needs to develop their assessment competence in the 21st century.

The importance of tolerance is increasing in the globalised and multicultural world. Tolerance, like any other virtue, requires the correct understanding and the correct extent. Poorly perceived tolerance ceases to be a virtue. In this paper, the author addresses the definition of tolerance and methods for developing tolerance in ethics education lessons, mainly in relation to other ethnics, cultures and religions.

In modern Russia there has been a situation when less young people choose career of statisticians. In this regard Moscow state university of economics, statistics and informatics (MESI) with Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) support since 2010 started carrying the national student statistical competition. The main goals of carrying the national student statistical competition are: п‚·promote statistics, increase of statistical literacy and general statistical culture; п‚·identification of talented youth a...

The key factor of modern National Research University development is its international activity. With the aim to integrate into international research and educational community, and enhance their global competitiveness, Russian universities have started to make substantial changes in the requirements for faculty and staff. Among such requirements is a high level of language proficiency. Priority is given to English because of its international importance. However, the majority of research and teaching staff in Rus...