The Curriculum Project on Professional and Pedagogical Teachers’ Communication Culture Formation

The changes in the socio-economic and spiritual spheres of modern society, trends in the renewal of the educational process put forward new demands to the level of modern teachers professional and pedagogical communication culture formation. The solution to this problem objectively requires the development of more flexible curricula of professional growth, aimed at the efficient formation of their professional and pedagogical communication culture. In this regard, this article presents the project of the curriculum "Fundamentals of professional and pedagogical communication culture formation", which allowed reveal its effectiveness for teachers who has two years of experience of professional activity. The materials of the articles are of theoretical and practical value for teachers of secondary schools, and for teachers - beginners of high schools and colleges of vocational education. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s3p20

A Model of Technical University Students’ Creative-Project Activities’ Systemic Commitment to Their Self-Development and the Experimental Verification of Its Effectiveness

The urgency of the need to develop a model of the systemic commitment of creative-project activity of technical university students to their self-development is due to the fact that the reserve possibilities of this type of teaching, research and professional activities from the perspective of the systemic commitment to self-development of the students’ competitiveness remain insufficiently investigated in the theory and practice of teacher education. In this regard, the article presents the main components of the model of systemic commitment of the creative-project activity of technical university students to their self-development, as well as the results for its implementation in practice of higher professional education. The presented components of the model in the article (objectives, contents, methods, learning and educational environment) are working for the ultimate goal − for self-development of professional creativity, self-development of the competitiveness of a student as a prospective specialist. The results of the article can be used by administrators and faculty members of higher education institutions. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s3p12

Determination of Mobile Addiction and Social Media Addiction Level of Parents and Their Attitudes Towards Usage of Technology

The objective of this study is to determine the mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology. The study has a descriptive and correlational model pattern which is a quantitative re-search method. The sample of the study consisted of 200 pre-school student par-ents. In order to collect the data, “Mobile Addiction Scale”, “Social Media Addic-tion Scale” and “Parent Attitude towards Technology Usage Scale” were used and the descriptive statistics of the scale scores and the relational findings be-tween the scale scores were included. Accordingly, statistically significant and positive correlations were found between the scores of parents' subscales in the 'Parental Attitude Scale for Technology Usage and 'Mobile Addiction Scale'. It is hoped that the study will shed light on other researchers in terms of their attitudes towards mobile and social media addiction levels and usage of technology