Moral and Ecological Function of Students' Upbringing

The paper considers some social problems and consequences of the consumer attitude of man and modern society to nature. The necessity of changing the stereotypes of man and nature interaction and forming man's reasonable needs is stressed. It is argued that human mentality and value reference points need changing by means of upbringing. The authors develop questions related to the upgrade of higher school in Russia and to the use of functionalist ideas in the upbringing process of higher education institutions. The pedagogical model of implementing the moral and ecological function of students' upbringing at a higher education institution is developed and represented. It includes interrelated structural components: motivational and goal-related, axiological, content-related, technological and final one. The paper reveals the essence of such notions as "new social and ecological ideal", "moral and ecological function of upbringing", "ecological and humanist values". An analysis of upbringing process at a higher education institution is presented from the standpoint of competency-based approach. The researchers underline the significance of art in forming the personality's ecological and humanist values. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Approaches to Studying: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of Occupational Therapy Students in Six Education Programs in Norway

Students’ approaches to studying have been associated with their academic performance. Although previous research suggests that the cultural and educational context may influence approaches to studying, few studies have investigated differences in study approaches across education programs. The aim of this study was to examine whether approaches to studying differed among occupational therapy students enrolled in six different educational programs in Norway. From a population of 308 students, 187 first-year occupational therapy students in six educational programs in Norway were recruited. The students provided their sociodemographic information and completed the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST), and group differences were analyzed with Chi-square tests and one-way analyses of variance. Scores on the deep and surface approach scales did not differ significantly among the students in the six educational programs, while there was an overall difference in scores on the strategic approach scale. Group differences regarding the subscales were minor, and only a few of the pairwise differences reached statistical significance. Differences at the education program level appear not to be important for the interpretation of differences in study approaches among students

Pedagogical Experience of Teaching Financial Coaching

This study reports on the pedagogical experience of teaching a financial coaching course to personal and family finance undergraduate students at XXXX State University. The paper describes the conceptualization of the class, including theoretical frameworks, ethical considerations, practitioner’s models, learning objectives, and competencies. The assessment of the course provided data used by the instructor to refine and adjust future course content and assignments. Quantitative data was collected in pre- and post-tests assessments. The quantitative assessment shows statistically significant gains in specific coaching skills and competencies. The qualitative assessment indicates that, at the end of the course, students had better understanding of the coaching code of ethics and better communication and listening skills. The peer-to-peer coaching exercise was apparently very fear-provoking but valuable for the students. Challenges for teaching financial coaching by future instructors are discussed in the last sectio

Satisfying pedagogical practices using ICT

This chapter describes the results of the international option that was included in SITES 2006. The international option, which was part of the teacher questionnaire, solicited responses from teachers on satisfying experiences in their pedagogical use of ICT. Twenty-one of the participating education systems took part in this option, the purpose of which was to follow up on earlier research into innovative pedagogical practices employing substantial use of ICT that was carried out as part of SITES Module 1 and SITES Module 2 (SITES-MI and SITES-M2).\ud \ud In this optional component, teachers who used ICT extensively were asked to provide a brief description of the one pedagogical practice involving ICT-use in the target class that they had found the most satisfying. With the description of this practice in mind, teachers were then asked to answer questions reflecting the contribution of ICT to changes in student outcomes and to changes in teaching practices. They were also asked if students or teachers were the main people to initiate several aspects of teaching and learning. The international option aimed to help answer the following research question for SITES 2006: What ICT was used and how was it used in specific situations where ICT has been used relatively extensively within the pedagogical practice

Relaciones entre aprensión comunicativa, tolerancia a la ambigüedad y estilos de aprendizaje en estudiantes de contabilidad

Las dinámicas del entorno empresarial globalizado ha llevado a cambios en las capacidades necesarias para que los contables puedan añadir valour a sus clientes; lo que ha motivado una presión creciente en los docentes de contabilidad para que diseñen e implementen programas que contribuyan al desarrollo de las competencias clave. En este contexto es posible que alguna de las características de nuestros alumnos actúen como limitadores del cambio pedagógico y del desarrollo de capacidades; como la aprensión comunicativa, la tolerancia a la ambigüedad o determinados estilos de aprendizaje. Los resultados de estudios previos indican que los estudiantes de contabilidad suelen presentar niveles más altos en las características que actúan como limitadores, en comparación con otros estudiantes de áreas afines. En este contexto, una cuestión clave es si estas características están interrelacionadas causando un efecto sinérgico. Los resultados obtenidos con una muestra de estudiantes de contabilidad indican que estas relaciones existen. Los patrones de correlaciones encontrados son indicativos de las limitaciones que un docente de contabilidad afronta para desarrollar las capacidades clave. Las implicaciones de estos resultados se discuten aportando líneas de actuación.The dynamics of the global business environment have led to changes in the skills required by accountants in order to add value for their clients. Consequently, there is a growing pressure on accounting educators to design and implement educational programmes that could contribute to the development of the relevant skills. In such a context, it is possible that some characteristics of students (for example communication apprehension, ambiguity tolerance, or learning styles) could be constraints on both skills development and pedagogical change. Previous studies have reported that accounting students tend to have higher levels of the constraining characteristics than students from other disciplines. However, previous research has not considered the extent to which those characteristics are inter-related or have possible synergistic effects in accounting students. The results of this study, based on a sample of accounting students, indicate that those relationships exist. The patterns of correlations are indicative of the constraints that an accounting educator must overcome to effectively develop certain skills. Implications of the results are discussed

Gestão, avaliação e sucesso escolar: recortes da trajetória cearense

The article analyses education policies taken on by schools in the State of Ceará, Brazil, from 1995 to 2006, concentrating in the period of 2003-2006. The key issues are education management, evaluation and school success. The study presents ideas about the assessment systems at the state and national levels; "management by results"; the use of indicators in the definition of priorities; and, the diffusion of an evaluation culture within the education system.O artigo analisa elementos de políticas educacionais adotadas no Estado do Cea-rá, Brasil, em período recente. Faz-se breve retrospectiva a iniciativas adotadas entre 1995 e 2002, com ênfase em medidas implementadas entre 2003 e 2006. O estudo detém-se sobre os temas da gestão, avaliação e sucesso escolar, aprofundando questões relativas aos sistemas de avaliação no país e no estado. São apresentadas idéias em torno da "gestão por resultados", uso de indicadores na definição de prioridades e difusão de uma cultura de avaliação no interior do sistema educacional

Formation of Social Competencies and Socially Responsible Thinking of Students

The research is focused on the preparation of undergraduate students enrolled in the quality management program in Tomsk Polytechnic University. The subject of the research is organizational and pedagogical conditions necessary for the formation of social competencies and socially responsible thinking in future undergraduate students enrolled in the quality management program. The research aims to identify and present the theoretical basis for organizational and pedagogical conditions to form social competencies in students enrolled in the quality management program. The methods and means utilized in the present research are as follows: analysis of information sources, peer review, interviewing of students and teachers, a passive experiment, and statistical methods of data processing. The organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of social competencies in undergraduate students enrolled in the quality management program are to be identified, and the model of the social competency development in students with due regard to the principles of social responsibility of an individual is to be developed. This research contributes to the scientific evidence base and confirms that the formation of social competencies of students is an important psychological and pedagogical problem

EFFECT OF POPULAR AND ART MUSIC ON THE FORMATION OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN YOUTH: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Background: At the present time, popular culture has a predominant influence on the consciousness of youth in the Russian Federation. This is facilitated by the active development of mass media and communication. The Internet is becoming a “cultural mediator”, the development of which is seen as a fundamental continuous transformation of the ways of production and circulation of symbolic forms in modern societies. This is how the mediatization of culture is understood as a process characteristic of modern society. These issues constitute the focus of the presented study conducted by the research team of the Russian State Social University. Objective: The purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the effect of popular and art music on the formation of value orientations in contemporary Russian youth. Methods: The object under study is Russian youth aged from 16 to 24 years old. Results: The study identifies up-to-date parameters of youth value orientations formed by 2021. The results of the study reveal that the influence of popular and art music is, in fact, strong, since these phenomena are much more deeply rooted in the social and historical reality than it appears to many researchers and the general public

Analysis and development of effective distance learning practices

Distance education at the present stage of development of the world educational practice has acquired a global character. The range of educational services has significantly expanded; the number of educational organizations and institutions involved in this form of education has increased; a huge number of students use the Internet, gadgets and high-tech services. It has influenced the development of the educational environment around the world. Effective distance education practices are those forms of distance learning that allow students and other students to receive “remote” education via the Internet, if necessary. Such a necessity today has become the epidemiological situation in the world with the spread of infection caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV). The publication describes those practices that have proven to be effective. Their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. The ways of developing such practices are determined taking into account a number of characteristic features of distance education: flexibility, modularity, innovative quality control of education, role repertoire of the teacher, economic benefits, etc. Describes specific principles of distance education, allocated based on the study of domestic and foreign authors, content updated by the authors: the principle of free access; the principle of remoteness; the principle of interactivity, the principle of identification; the principle of adequacy and expediency of using digital technologies in distance education. Methodological recommendations for teachers are given. The purpose of our research is to analyze how effective distance education and its forms are for students and primary school teachers who master additional professional training programs. Examples of questionnaires and survey data on the subject under study are given

Analysis and development of effective distance learning practices

Distance education at the present stage of development of the world educational practice has acquired a global character. The range of educational services has significantly expanded; the number of educational organizations and institutions involved in this form of education has increased; a huge number of students use the Internet, gadgets and high-tech services. It has influenced the development of the educational environment around the world. Effective distance education practices are those forms of distance learning that allow students and other students to receive “remote” education via the Internet, if necessary. Such a necessity today has become the epidemiological situation in the world with the spread of infection caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV). The publication describes those practices that have proven to be effective. Their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. The ways of developing such practices are determined taking into account a number of characteristic features of distance education: flexibility, modularity, innovative quality control of education, role repertoire of the teacher, economic benefits, etc. Describes specific principles of distance education, allocated based on the study of domestic and foreign authors, content updated by the authors: the principle of free access; the principle of remoteness; the principle of interactivity, the principle of identification; the principle of adequacy and expediency of using digital technologies in distance education. Methodological recommendations for teachers are given. The purpose of our research is to analyze how effective distance education and its forms are for students and primary school teachers who master additional professional training programs. Examples of questionnaires and survey data on the subject under study are given