4 December 28, 2023

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This research explores the relationship between lecturer-student mentorship and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB), examining the potential mediating impact of supportive institutional policies on this relationship. The study evaluates three distinct dimensions of lecturer-student mentorship, namely academic mentorship, career mentorship, and personal development mentorship. We adopted a cross-sectional design and purposively selected 331 undergraduate students [males =53.2 %, females = 46.8 %; Age (mean) = 29 years] in Ghana to respond to our survey. The face-to-face survey consisted of demographic information and standardised scales: Student Mentorship Scale, Students’ OCB Scale, and Supportive Institutional Policies Questionnaire. The findings indicate a positive influence of each form of lecturer-student mentorship (academic, career, and personal development) on students’ OCB. Using mediation modelling through the JASP software, supportive institutional policies partially mediated the relationship between all the dimensions of lecturer-student mentorship and students’ OCB. These results suggest that institutions should recognise the importance of creating policies that support and reinforce positive mentoring relationships to enhance students’ OCB. The findings from the study serve as a pioneering effort to explore the dimensions of student mentorship within the specific context of Ghana. Higher educational institutions should consider developing policies that encourage mentorship programmes, allocate resources for mentoring activities, and establish a conducive environment for mentorship to flourish.

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This study is devoted to the topical issue of developing professionally important qualities of multicultural personalities for future teachers using the ethnic component in pedagogical education. The object under study is the process of developing professionally important qualities of the multicultural personality of a future teacher in a pedagogical vocational school. The purpose of this research is to determine how the ethnic component in the content of pedagogical training affects the formation of the considered personal qualities. Having examined the representation of the ethnic component in the curriculum for the qualification 4S01140605 "Foreign language teacher", the grounds for its inclusion in the content of teacher training, and the principles of its formation, the authors experimentally test its impact on the development of the considered qualities of the multicultural personality of a future teacher-patriotism, tolerance, and intercultural and regional competence. Proceeding from the experimental findings, the authors design a special course for the development of the examined qualities.

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Interactive technologies identify the key positions of the education sector in the near future. The application of haptic interfaces and immersive approach in education dictated by the need to improve the efficiency of the educational process. The article describes the developed interactive and contact education technology of laboratory works with the use of haptic gloves in virtual environment (hereinafter – ICET), as well as the prototype of the haptic glove. The data demonstrating the high efficiency of educational material assimilation by students as compared to the traditional approach presented. The aim of the article is to present and analyses the results of experimental research on the use of ICET by secondary school students during laboratory work in chemistry classes and on changes in the role of the teacher because of integrating immersive technologies into the educational process. Based on the findings, the authors justify the necessity of using ICET in teaching sessions. The authors conclude that it is necessary to complement classical educational methods with immersive technologies in order to improve the quality of education in modern conditions. The conducted research made it possible to obtain the results of practical experience in the implementation of training sessions in a virtual environment, taking into account the use of tactile devices for interaction with the simulation environment. Assessment of the level of residual knowledge of students shows the effectiveness of the integration of contact technologies with the virtual environment and proves the prospects for the development of tactile interfaces in education.

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This study delves into the increasingly recognized role of moral leadership in education, a pivotal force driving societal change and innovation. It explores the impact and intricacies of moral leadership, using bibliometric analysis to examine trends and developments in this field. The research highlights the shift towards ethical principles and commitment in educational leadership, emphasizing the profound effects of moral leadership in creating nurturing, innovative, and growth-oriented environments. Despite these positive impacts, challenges exist, including leaders who may compromise ethical foundations for power. The study employs bibliometric analysis to assess scholarly articles on moral leadership, utilizing the Scopus database to create a dataset of 258 articles published between 1912 and 2021. This method facilitates the examination of patterns, relationships, and structures across the literature. Analysis reveals a significant rise in publications on moral leadership, particularly since the 2000s, indicating growing academic interest and diversification in research outcomes. Key findings include the identification of trends and collaborations in moral leadership research, with the United States leading in contributions. The research spans various dimensions, from ethical challenges in crises to its role in governance, healthcare, and education. The study also uncovers five thematic clusters in moral leadership literature, ranging from paternalistic leadership to the role of moral leadership in business ethics. Implications of this study are far-reaching, extending beyond academia to practical applications in education, business, sports, and governance. It underscores the importance of moral leadership in shaping educational curriculums, influencing policy-making, and fostering ethical organizational climates.

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The problem of the formation of metacognitive competencies in schoolchildren by means of pedagogical integration (integration of general and additional education, the use of inter- and intra-subject connections in regular and extracurricular activities) is of particular importance in the modern world. The identification of the nature and features of the influence of integrative technologies on the formation of metacognitive competencies among students of specialized senior classes of secondary schools is an urgent problem of modern education. 136 teenagers aged 15-18, students of the senior classes of secondary schools (68 students from classes with the implementation of integrative technologies) made up an experimental group. On the basis of interdisciplinary connections and integration of general and additional education, the subjects “Natural Science”, “Communication”, “Cognition” and “Synergetics” were studied. 68 schoolchildren of the same age (studying in traditional conditions) made up the control group. The pedagogical experiment lasted for two years. The study was carried out using the author's methodology, the La Costa metacognitive behavior self-assessment scale, the metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive activity self-assessment methodology (M.M. Kashapov and Yu.V. Skvortsova), and the D. Everson. Statistical methods included the calculation of the Student's t-test and the Wilcoxon T-test. Positive shifts in metacognitive competencies (reflexive (p < 0.01), self-organizational (p < 0.01) and regulatory (p < 0.001), as well as metacognitive behavior (p < 0.01) and metacognitive properties (p < 0.05) were recorded by the end of the experiment in the main group. Similar changes were not recorded in the control group. Integrative technologies are an effective means of forming and developing metacognitive competencies in high school students. In this regard, the feasibility of implementing a meta-subject approach and the introduction of integrative lessons and technologies into the educational process of the school has been proven.

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The concept of a "green school" or environmental school, where students develop ecological literacy and culture, is currently gaining importance considering globalization and the growing environmental crisis. The effectiveness of integrating environmental education in European and Kazakhstan schools and colleges is being examined, highlighting the need to consider psychological aspects in the educational process. Three testing methodologies were employed during the research. Many educational institutions worldwide strive to become "green schools," but they encounter obstacles, including the need for integrating environmental education and psychology. To assess the effectiveness of implementing psychological methods in environmental education, pre- and post-testing were conducted. In the control group, students' average score on the scale of engagement in environmental activities increased from 62 to 68 points (+9.68 %), while in the experimental group, it rose from 62 to 76 points (+22.58 %). Similarly, the level of environmental awareness in the control group increased from 59 to 64 points (+8.47 %), and in the experimental group, it increased from 59 to 73 points (+23.73 %). This article underscores the importance of integrating environmental education and psychology in the development of a continuous educational process in a "green school" and "green college".

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This study was conducted to determine the current state of motivation of lecturers in scientific research tasks including carrying out and evaluating research projects, publishing research results, compiling teaching and training materials. The two methods used are a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with lecturers from 6 member universities of Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM). The results showed that the research motivation level of lecturers was generally quite high with an overall mean value of 4.15 on a 5-point Likert scale, but uneven in carrying out specific activities. Among the four tasks contributing to overall research motivation, the task of “compiling materials” has the highest level of contribution, while the task of “carrying out research projects” has the lowest. Motivation for “evaluating research projects” and “publishing research results” shows equivalent levels of contribution to overall research motivation. Based on the T-test and ANOVA results (sig < 0.05), the study also identified differences in motivation in carrying out research projects and publishing research results among groups of lecturers according to their demographic characteristics, such as position, professional title, academic rank and degree, gender, and income level at the university where they are currently employed. The research findings provide practical basis for the leaders of VNUHCM to develop policies improving motivation of lecturers in scientific research activities.

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Several factors have contributed to a downward trend in postgraduate education enrollment in Vietnamese higher education. Understanding postgraduate students' university choice criteria is crucial for developing effective marketing strategies in higher education settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate postgraduate students' perceptions of their university choices and to evaluate the correlations between their marketing and communication, social support, and economic factors and their university choices. A survey consisting of 401 questionnaires and 05 semi-structured interviews was conducted at some of the most prestigious multidisciplinary universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The findings reveal that postgraduate students generally show a high degree of agreement in their university choice decisions. Additionally, differences in demographic characteristics, such as family income and father's education, were found to influence their preferences. Furthermore, the study suggests that marketing and communication, social support, and economic factors have varying and significant impacts, both positive and negative, on their decisions. The results of this study hold theoretical and practical implications for Vietnamese higher education. Recommendations for university administrators and other stakeholders are also discussed.

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The research is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of research activity, as well as the search for effective didactic mechanisms for its development. The most promising direction of activating the research activities of trainees is proposed ― the development of learning systems based on artificial intelligence methods. This tool is notable for its flexible interface, the ability to adapt to the unique characteristics of each user and focus on their cognitive capabilities. In addition, it makes it possible to create parametric models of students, taking into account their individual level of cognitive development, as well as to differentiate educational material. The authors developed a hybrid intelligent learning system to support students' research activities and introduced it into the practice of teaching mathematics. In this regard, the problem of verifying the effectiveness of the functioning of this system with innovative organizational and methodological support has been updated. The effectiveness was tested on the basis of the developed parameters of scientific potential, reflecting the specifics of research activities in the field of mathematics (personal, activity, communicative, effective), using the module of a hybrid intelligent learning system. The audit established statistically significant dynamics for all the studied indicators.

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In today’s world, in the context of developing digitalization, difficult epidemiological conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent quarantine restrictions, the educational process has been predominantly distant or independent for students. In this light, there arises the need to research and apply innovative methods for the assessment of learning success in distance learning. The purpose of the article was to develop a system for evaluating the success of students' educational activities in an online learning environment. The paper reviews the current state of online learning under quarantine restrictions due to COVID-19 and the features of this learning process for all its participants. The study proposes a system for the assessment of learning outcomes, the core idea of which is the presence of two primary parts of assessment: compulsory (aimed largely at the assessment of knowledge and skills) and elective (providing for the expression of creativity and the development of a personal development trajectory). The results of a pedagogical experiment support the research hypothesis that the establishment of an assessment system based on students’ conscious construction of their total number of points for the academic discipline considerably raises the level of motivation and the quality of learning.

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have brought about new forms of contact and interpersonal relationships, as well as a new space in which to deploy digital violence in the form of abuse, harassment, intimidation and behaviours of control and coercion through electronic media. This research analyses whether ICTs are the cause of a new form of digital violence and studies the prevalence of this digital violence exercised through screens among university couples. Applying a quantitative methodology, a two-stage random cluster sampling of 528 (MAge = 24.29; SD = 21.41; 69.5 % female) Spanish university students was carried out. As a research instrument, we used the Digital Violence Questionnaire (DVQ), created for the detection, measurement and analysis of digital violence within affective-sexual relationships, which is composed of seven factors and a total of 55 variables presented in 30 items. The main results by factors were: factor 1, "Cyberstalking of the other", 10.89 %; factor 2, "Coercive Control", 11.72 %; factor 3, "Emotional Abuse", 18.37 %; factor 4, "Denigration", 6.86 %; factor 5, "First person Cyberstalking", 10.58 %; factor 6, "Isolation", 14.51 %; factor 7, "Domination" 20.02 %. Thus, the results show a slight tolerance towards digital violence among Spanish students, with a low prevalence where women have the highest percentages. Despite this, it is concluded that, taking into account the impact that electronic media have on younger populations in their social interactions and interpersonal relationships, the educational and university context should be the object of the creation of different awareness, prevention and specific training programmes against this digital violence.

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As the world faces unprecedented diverse change, the future viability of any company depends essentially on whether and to what extent its employees can build the innovation of tomorrow as well as tackle problems in the workplace. To transform ideas into value-creating and beneficial reality, would-be engineering specialists are to have access to the educational opportunities that enhance their innovative potential. English proficiency for specialists in the field of Engineering and Technology today is not only social, but also an economic necessity for successful innovation. The ESP approach is believed both to increase the relevance of what the students are learning and to enable them to use English they know to learn even more English, since their interest in their field will motivate them. As fluency in ESP is considered to be equally important as major related abilities therefore teaching methods and approaches are to be adjusted to educational goals, current resources and emerging trends that should be timely noticed. The research focuses on describing the model of teaching an ESP course based on the edutainment technology which ensures advance in English as well as innovative potential development. The study comprises a theoretical basis, a methodology including instructional design and measurement methods evaluating effectiveness of the entire model. Students are trained by being involved into solving a variety of tasks many of which require conceptualization, up-to-date technologies and strategic insights such as role-plays and simulation of managing potential workplace issues. The results indicate that the edutainment model of teaching ESP course allows for alterations in engineering students’ personality characteristics, thereby enabling their innovative potential development. The findings of the study would provide foreign language teachers with a tool of qualifying students in two directions: their innovative potential is strengthened through acquiring soft skills; English proficiency is improved.

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Education, being a formalized continuation of upbringing, is a process aimed at the comprehensive development of an individual. Thus, in addition to comprehending the socially significant experience embodied in knowledge, an individual develops skills for creative activity and learns other forms of spiritual and practical exploration of the world. It is not surprising that over the time, characterized by the expansion of information fields, areas of responsibility and competencies, more attention is brought to discussions on the principles and components of policies that are focused on educating young people within the framework of educational activities at various levels of system education and training. The purpose of the research is to analyze principles and features of educational practices aimed at developing personal and social competencies in young people, as well as the specifics of their development and integration. The factors of social competence education of youth are considered as the objective of the research. The usability of the obtained results is in their potential application for creating a support system for comprehensive development of young people. The findings may have practical implications for developing policies used to create and support opportunities for comprehensive growth of young people. The research is conducted through general and special scientific instruments: dialectical approach, deduction and induction, statistical correlation and regression analysis.

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The article presents the problem of finding a balance between offline and online life in the context of digitalization. The study reports the quantitative results of a pedagogical experiment conducted to test the methodology of digital asceticism. The experiment involved 9th grade students of a secondary school in Chelyabinsk, Russia. In the study we used the textbook designed in the form of a philosophical diary. The diary "Digital Ascetics" is based on the methods of philosophical practice, which include an appeal to the principles of Stoicism, philosophical reflection and keeping a handwritten diary. The journal consists of sections relevant to today's situation: digital footprint, cyberbullying, critical thinking, self-care. The daily tasks are freewriting, slow reading, reflection on philosophical quotations, philosophical questioning, self-reflection. The hypothesis of the study was that philosophical practice can help a high school student find a balance between online and offline life. It can reduce the negative effects of communication and virtualization mediated by technological devices and prevent digital addiction. The results of the experiment showed that the use of a philosophical diary is useful for developing skills in interacting with devices, working with information, digital hygiene and security. Digital asceticism as a pedagogical approach can become a basis for effective and creative educational and extracurricular activities of students. The materials of the study can be used as recommendations for the organization of educational and pedagogical work focused on the formation of digital literacy skills.

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The paper focuses on assessing, how the use of emotional regulation strategies and perceived position in formal and informal school life processes are related. The paper also aims to identify, which of the assessed school life processes are involved in the use of emotional regulation strategies, i.e. the use of adaptive emotional regulation strategies and non-adaptive emotional regulation strategies, or in the suppression of emotional manifestations. The research was carried out on a sample of 1,133 upper-primary school students using Cognitive Regulation of Emotion and Students' Attitudes to School Life questionnaires. The results imply that the degree of use of adaptive strategies is affected by a combination of predominantly strengthening stimuli in the school environment, i.e. the perception of success and opportunity, and social inclusion in peer groups. On the contrary, high-risk environmental attributes connected with a feeling of negative experience at school play a larger part in the use of non-adaptive emotional regulation strategies. A combination of two opposing stimuli, i.e. a negative experience of school life and a positive approach by the teacher towards the pupils, contributes to the suppression of emotional manifestations. The perception of position in formal and informal school life processes as an important prerequisite for the use of students’ self-regulating mechanisms in the school environment.

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Our study examined the effects of educational reform on improving academic performance in primary and lower secondary schools in Kosovo. We focused on the Critical Thinking training program, which aims to implement educational reform and improve students' academic results. This program has significantly reformed our education system by improving various aspects of teaching, and we collected and analyzed the opinions of students and teachers to evaluate its effectiveness. We began by discussing the theoretical basis of educational reform and its implementation in schools through a progressive approach and active teaching methods. This contemporary teaching philosophy considers the student an active subject engaged in acquiring knowledge and positive school experiences. When the student is engaged in acquiring knowledge and learning experiences, he participates in learning discussions and debates, contributing directly to the treatment of learning topics. This mastery of learning is a high form of learning by engaging the thinking process in school learning. To conduct comprehensive research, we collected and analyzed the opinions of 255 students from schools that apply interactive teaching methods and 262 that still use traditional teaching practices. We also obtained the opinions of 121 trained teachers who work according to contemporary teaching methodology, and 113 teachers who have not yet been trained in teaching approaches and strategies according to this program.

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The purpose of the study is to analyze the university students’ value self-determination on the basis of multilingual culture. The authors report the results of a survey of students from two universities, Orenburg State University (Russia) and Zhangir khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian and technical University (Kazakhstan). The survey sample includes 303 students studying in the full-time and 49 university teachers. The article also presents a structural and processing model of value self-determination of university students on the basis of multilingual culture. The model is presented in the form of highlighted blocks: target, structural-contenting, procedural, evaluation and effective blocks. The model determines the orientation, structure, content and pedagogical conditions of the value self-determination of the university students on the basis of multilingual culture. Within the framework of research the authors conducted students’ scientific and practical conferences, round tables, trainings, debates, festivals of national holidays, intellectual games and literary contests. It was established that the developed and tested scientific and methodological support of the process of formation of the university students’ value self-determination on the basis of multilingual culture acts as a program and technological basis for the improvement of multilingual education.

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The present study aimed to adapt the Parent Involvement Scale developed by Şaban (2011) to Kosovo culture to measure parental involvement in schools in Kosovo. The original scale is graded on a 4-point scale where 4 = Always, 3 = Mostly, 2 = Rarely, and 1 = Never. There are 48 items on the scale. There are six factors in the scale. These factors and the number of items in each comprise 10 Parenting items, 11 Communicating items, 9 Learning at Home items, 5 Volunteering items, 9 Decision Making items, and 4 Cooperating with Society items. For the validity and reliability of the scale, a sample of parents of Turkish and Albanian ethnic students was collected. Multi Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Brown, 2006) was implemented for the participants in the sample. In the multi-group analysis, the model was analyzed in each group. Then the equal form (unconstrained model) was analyzed. Equality of factor loading and equality of structural covariances and measurement errors were tested subsequently. The Convergent and discriminant convergent validity of the scale was also examined. In terms of reliability, Cronbach's Alpha, item-total correlations, and item discriminations of the scale were examined. In the study, the factor structures of the scale, which has 6-factor structures consisting of 38 items, were found to have very high fit indices for the data obtained from the Turkish and Albanian samples in the Kosovo Turkish and Albanian samples. It can be said that the 6-factor structure of the scale developed in the Turkish sample produced acceptable results in Kosovo, Turkish and Albanian samples. As a result, it can be argued that the structures of the scales are preserved as in the original and are applicable in determining parental involvement.

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The actual problem of higher education is the search for effective forms of education. Such forms have didactic potential for intellectual development (systemic, critical and foresight thinking) along with creativity, teamwork in the training of future specialists. This study aims to explore how engaging next-generation teachers in the creation of inquiry spaces influences the formation of their critical thinking abilities. An analysis of scientific papers on the problem of learning gamification, the use of digital resources for the formation of critical thinking was used to obtain theoretical generalizations. The escape room is designed using interactive technologies. Research results. The manifestation of critical thinking perception becomes apparent in the context of equipping specialists for the digital economy. Quest rooms is described as a tool with large educational potential for the formation of critical thinking. In their work, the authors provide a clear definition as well as a comprehensive overview of the principles and mentor guidance for students actively participating in designing quest rooms to achieve didactic outcomes. In conclusion, student participation in the development of educational escape rooms will enhance the opportunities for fostering critical thinking skills as a universal competence in the preparing specialists in demand by the digital economy.

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Introduction: Developing the musculoskeletal complaints in music students are common because of practice over an instrument. Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions; therefore, more research is necessary to better understand and manage the issues; therefore, the present study was aimed at evaluating the impact of 6-week intervention program on posture in music students. Materials and Methods: 6-week intervention program was carried out six weeks, aiming for 30 female music students: (i) Experimental group (n = 15) (58.50 kg, 168.50 cm, 20.40 years); (ii) Control group (n = 15) (60.20 kg, 170.20 cm, 20.80 kg), attending the bachelor's degree in Performing Arts. Standardized measure to evaluate the posture was carried out; in particular, pre- (31-10, Week 1) and post-testing (9-12, Week 6). Evaluating the impact of 6-week intervention program was by Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test (rejection of normality of data distribution), Pearson's r (normality of data distribution). Results. Significant differences (.01, .05) between the experimental and control group were in: (i) Pre-testing – (i-i) Head and neck; (i-ii) Curvature of spine; (ii) Post-testing – (ii-i) Head and neck; (ii-ii) Abdomen and pelvis; (ii-iii) Curvature of spine; (ii-iiii) Shoulders and scapulas. 6-week intervention program, targeting the posture in music students is important because of its impact on musculoskeletal health. Discussions: 6-week intervention program in music students was effective at improving their postures; and therefore, implementing intervention program (at least 6 weeks) in music students and guidance on prevention of musculoskeletal complaints may influence, in a positive way, their quality of life and career.

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In the educational process of high school, the absolute priorities today should remain such activities, which are aimed at teaching and upbringing, as inseparable and complementary elements of a single whole. Today there is a course for personal-oriented vocational education, where the free personality is promoted. Modern trends in the formation of a conceptual approach to the university educational process are based on taking into account the characteristics of the individual trajectory and an individual-personal approach. It is important to combine tradition and innovation as the basis for creating and applying a modern model of university upbringing activities, including various forms of nurturing, because vocational training should not be limited to the acquisition of certain competencies by students. A university must also implement an upbringing system that promotes the vocational training and personal development of young generation. Therefore, in this paper authors proposing their concept of the organization of upbringing work in a university, which should allow to effectively solve problems of upbringing students and focusing on a development of a socially significant and socially useful personality.

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The authors present partial research results monitoring the educational needs of class teachers at the secondary level (ISCED 2; ISCED 3) of education in Slovakia. Research aims to develop tools to improve the readiness of future lower secondary and upper secondary school teachers for their complex work as class teachers. The research sub-objective is to find out whether there are differences in the educational needs of the class teachers in the area of collaboration with the student’s family. Since no standardised research instrument had been developed that specified the needs of class teachers in the past, we applied a questionnaire of our own design, “Educational Needs of Class Teachers”, to the data collection. The method of statistical inference was the Mann-Whitney U-test. The sample consisted of lower and upper secondary teachers performing the specialised activity of class teachers (n = 266). Conclusions: Teachers with longer experience as class teachers subjectively perceive a lower educational need in selected collaboration indicators with the student's family than teachers with shorter experience as class teachers. Both lower secondary school teachers and vocational school teachers perceive a higher educational need in selected collaboration indicators with the family compared to grammar school teachers.

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In many education systems, the curriculum includes preparation for independent living, sexual or family life, and social relationships. The relevant literature includes research on the target groups’ attitudes to and evaluations of these modules. The novelty of our research is that we examined the views of school professionals to be involved in the implementation before the launch of the programme. Our aim was to explore their stance on the development of family and adult life education and relationship culture. The target groups of the study were class teachers and subject teachers in grades 5-13 as well as school support professionals in the three most disadvantaged counties of Hungary. The research method was qualitative, with individual and focus group interviews. Respondents were selected using quotas (county, type of school, school provider and career stage) and snowball sampling (N = 53). Our results highlight the role of school professionals’ existing knowledge and experience of family pedagogy and that public education can rely not only on accumulated individual experience but also on well-functioning initiatives at the institutional level. We have found that teachers do perceive dysfunction in families and inadequate or dysfunctional preparation for adult life, and see the need to prepare young people for adulthood, but commitment to this task is not general.

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This study focuses on the spiritual and cultural aspects of education and upbringing in specialized Kazakh Islamic Madrasah colleges before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors used mixed methods research approach for studying trends, including the analysis of documents and interviews with teachers and experts in the field of Islamic education, as well as students of Islamic educational institutions. The results show that Islamic spiritual and cultural education in the Republic of Kazakhstan has a traditional methodology and is difficult to radically change. A survey of students and teachers reveals several problems that they face in online learning and the impacts of distance learning on the quality of education and upbringing. In conclusion, the study emphasizes the need for further research on Islamic education in Central Asia, especially in Kazakhstan, with due regard to the regional and global events of recent years that have adjusted the methodology of education and upbringing.

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One of the most important tasks facing a digital school teacher is to prepare a school leaver who is able to use the acquired knowledge in further life and generate new ideas, offer non-standard solutions, go beyond the usual patterns and circumstances. The authors investigate the problem of substantiating the effectiveness of using timeline services for the development of schoolchildren’s creative thinking in additional education. The purpose of the study is to research the didactic potential of interactive timelines in the additional education classroom for the development of schoolchildren’s creative thinking. The methodology is based on identifying the possibilities of additional education and technologies of the university’s digital environment for the formation of creative thinking components; on clarifying the study program and methods of organizing activities in studios when creating time lines. The experimental work was carried out in studios for speech development, photo and video art. The Timeline JS service is used to create timelines. The results show the study program, methods of organizing activities in studios when creating timelines: displaying facts in chronological order, compiling algorithms, creating biographies, and presenting statistics. Difficulties that complicate the use of services are also formulated: management of temporary resources, the need to develop criteria and indicators of the effective use of web applications of corresponding designation. The results obtained can be used in additional education classes for career guidance, free time organization and support of schoolchildren’s intellectual development.

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The article describes the results of an empirical study of the effectiveness of historical education in the process of forming the civic identity of modern university students. According to the constructivist approach, civic identity is a cognitive values-based phenomenon that is formed in the process of personal development and expressed in the subjective significance of nationality. Within the framework of the study, such qualitative methods as a case study are used. The authors of the article develop tools for data collection. The method of content analysis was selected for data analysis. At the ascertaining stage, the research results reveal that university students have some knowledge about the history of their country but partial awareness of intangible objects of cultural heritage. The conducted experiment emphasizes the importance of using intangible resources of cultural heritage in the educational process and the need to create new educational programs. The study also reveals the main reasons to form the civic identity of university students. This is done through an analysis of the experience of predecessors in the field of forming the civic identity of university students and a comparison of various pedagogical approaches, as well as the definition and update of the role of individual elements in the education system that are of particular importance for this process and on whose basis a comprehensive conclusion can be drawn.

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A major part of solving difficult problems in inclusive education is played by the teacher. They shape the educational and upbringing process and systematize and specify the content of educational material for the successful acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills by students. Thus, they create opportunities for the personal development of each child. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of the didactic and practical skills of future special education teacher diagnosticians on their professional readiness for work in an inclusive educational environment. The study involves 143 students training in special education. For research work, the authors develop tasks to test the level of professional readiness of future special teachers. The research allows determining requirements for the training of special education teachers for work in an inclusive educational environment. Analysis of the obtained results suggests the need for further development of the didactic knowledge and practical abilities and skills of special education teachers for work in an inclusive educational environment.

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This work focused on determining if there is a difference in the level of financial skills that college students have in programs in the economic-administrative area: Public Accounting, Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Actuary, Markets and International Business, as well as Engineering: in Business, Industrial, Mechanical and Mechatronic Management. All this according to gender and the type of educational institution in where, they are enrolled. To obtain the data, we build the hybrid instrument from the scales proposed by: Mandell and Kline (2009); Lusardi and Mitchell (2008, 2011); CFI Official Global Provider of the Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA)™ Certification Program (2015); Technological of Costa Rica (TEC) (2016–2017) and LearningExpress (2017). The test was applied virtually to university students, where the participation of 309 students was achieved, from seven municipalities in the state of Veracruz: Acayucan, Alvarado, Banderilla, Boca del Río, Martínez de la Torre, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz Puerto, enrolled in 10 Higher Education Institutions, three are public institutions and seven are private. For data analysis, the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test to detect the existence of differences by gender was used. The results indicate that the level of financial ability of the respondents does not differ in relation to gender and educational institution.

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In Slovakia in 2022 there was carried out already the eleventh cycle of the monitoring of the digital skills of the Slovak population. In their paper the authors pay attention to the results which in this monitoring were achieved by its participants – Slovak pupils/students and teachers of lower and upper secondary schools and higher education institutions. The authors of the present study results of these categories of the monitoring participants based on their comparison with the results which the given categories of the Slovak inhabitants had obtained in the previous years (cycles) of the monitoring. Involvement in the public testing has provided pupils of lower secondary schools (ISCED 2), students of upper secondary schools (ISCED 3) and higher education institutions (ISCED 5), or graduates of these schools, an opportunity to get a clear idea of whether they are properly prepared to work with computers and the internet. At the same time enabled lower and upper secondary teachers to assess themselves in terms of their digital skills and to identify what knowledge and skills they need to strengthen in this area to better cope with the demands placed on their teaching activities. An analysis of the test results shows that pupils and students' basic digital skills and IT knowledge, as well as their ability to apply them within different practical tasks have improved slightly and only in several cases there was recorded only the same level as which was achieved two or three years ago. However based on the comparison of the average testing success in two or three different testing cycles no explicit conclusions can be draw, as the recorded changes has been influenced by a lot of factors which could more or less significantly influence these changes.

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Currently, the European education system is changing drastically. That depends on the institutional infrastructure shifts and access to education itself. Ukraine possesses such features as well, which confirms its constant belonging to European educational traditions. The scientific questions and problems actualized in this manuscript, to some extent, fill the existing gaps in the system of knowledge about the actual issues of formation and development of higher education in the Russian Empire. The purpose of this manuscript is to comprehend the history of formation and development of higher education in the Russian Empire. We have analyzed the biographies of foreign professors invited to the imperial Russian universities. Their teaching and research activities implemented the university idea into the system of higher education of the Russian Empire in accordance with the values and ideals of the European educational space. It is them who marked further ways of the university education development. At the stage of founding Russian universities, foreign professors (usually, German ones) performed a significant role. They unfolded new institutions, created textbooks and curricula, founded scientific schools, conducted fundamental research in separate branches, which was a good example for future academic generations. Such an activity is needed to adapt and revise the European university idea in the new culture context. Therefore, this problem has a specific topicality.

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This study explores the system of public education in Don Host Oblast in the period 1790–1917. The present part of the study focuses on the period 1900–1917. The study’s source base is divided into the following two groups of sources: 1) archival materials from the Russian State Historical Archive (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation); 2) periodicals produced by the Don Host Statistics Committee and the Holy Synod. The archival materials are represented by relevant documents from Holding No. 733 (‘Department of Public Education at the Ministry of Public Education’). The periodicals include The Memorandum Book for Don Host Oblast, Don Oblast and the North Caucasus, and The Most Faithful Report of the Chief Procurator of the Holy Synod. The study’s findings revealed that the system of public education in Don Host Oblast saw much success during the imperial period. Both genders there had access to all the levels of education, including higher education. As early as 1914, the combined number of educational institutions in the region was above 2,500, and the combined number of students there was over 206,000. The government of Don Host Oblast achieved significant success in primary education, with more than 80 % of the region’s school-age children going to school in 1914.

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This paper examines the evolution of the system of higher education in the Russian Empire in 1830–1916. It gives consideration to the classification and typology of such educational institutions. The study’s findings revealed that in the first third of the 19th century the Russian higher education sector mainly relied on two types of educational institution – classical universities and lyceums. By 1830, Russia had 11 institutions of higher learning. In the mid-19th century, classical universities continued to lead the way. There was a decline in the number of lyceums. It is in this period that The Main Pedagogical Institute emerged. By 1869, there had emerged the first veterinary institutes in Russia and its first private institution of higher learning, with the number of educational institutions in the sector reaching 13. By 1890, Russia now had 25 institutions of higher learning, with these including universities, lyceums, and veterinary institutes. This period saw the emergence there of higher vocational education institutions, institutes of history and philology, the country’s first institute of Oriental languages, and its first female institution of higher learning, with the number of private educational institutions there increasing fourfold. By 1910, the number institutions of higher learning in Russia had increased by 10. This was the result of the opening of a classical university, a veterinary institute, four higher vocational education institutions, an institute of foreign languages, a private educational institution, and two female schools. Six years later, on the eve of the February Revolution, the country saw the establishment of another 20 institutions of higher learning, with 16 of these being a private educational institution, three – a higher vocational education institution, and one – a folk high school. Thus, during the period under review the Ministry of Public Education had under its purview an entire network of educational institutions of varying types, with the combined number of these reaching 55 in 1916.

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This paper examines the pedagogical periodical press in the Odessa Educational District in the period 1864–1917. It considers the geographical distribution of these publications and gives an internal criticism of them as historical sources. The principal sources for this study were prerevolutionary publications published in the Odessa Educational District (Izvestiya Odesskogo Uchebnogo Okruga and Vestnik Opytnoy Fiziki i Elementarnoy Matematiki) and reference publications concerned with the imperial-period Russian periodical press. Methodologically, use was made of the content-analysis method, employed to draw a sample of journals published at different times in the Odessa Educational District. Of importance was the use of the retrospective method, employed to construct this work in historical sequence. The study’s findings revealed that, despite the fact that there were just five academic pedagogical publications in the Odessa Educational District, these were of considerable interest. More specifically, the journal Vestnik Opytnoy Fiziki i Elementarnoy Matematiki was published in Odessa for more than 20 years and was one of Russia’s first popular-science publications concerned with mathematics and physics. Of interest is also the operation of one of Russia’s first pedagogical newspapers, Shkol'noye Obozreniye, published in Odessa weekly from 1889 to 1892. Lastly, in 1913 they launched in Odessa one of Russia’s first narrowly specialized publications concerned with student excursions and school museums – the journal Shkol'nyye Ekskursii i Shkol'nyy Muzey.

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This article is based on a text that represents the reminiscences of I.S. Ul'yanov, a 19th-century Cossack general. While childhood and schooling are described in the reminiscences of other Cossack generals of that time (specifically, A.K. Denisov and I.I. Krasnov), what makes I.S. Ul'yanov’s particularly unique is that he came from a common and poor family. The article attempts to reconstruct, based on his reminiscences, both the real education received by I.S. Ul'yanov and his pedagogical views with regard to that education. A conclusion drawn in the article is that I.S. Ul'yanov’s education was extremely limited – he received very little education in his family home, where there were very few books; he was not placed in a school; instead, he was enrolled in a program of study with the local administration, where his mentor taught him very little. Nor did I.S. Ul'yanov receive any serious military education or training. In fact, he characterizes himself as having been an “underdeveloped” child prior to joining service. Yet it appears paradoxical that he idealizes traditional Cossack education as a whole, claiming that it was facilitative of the development in Cossack children of useful moral and physical qualities. We are dealing here with an idealization of a past and a consideration of a system as a timeless exemplar. One has witnessed this done by contemporary Russian pedagogue-scholars. There appears to be a need to weigh the notion found in the literature that Cossack pedagogy was once a fairly effective system against concrete facts, including those communicated by I.S. Ul'yanov.

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This work examines the system of public education in Semirechenskaya Oblast in the period 1867–1917, i.e. from the formation of this territorial unit to the collapse of the Russian Empire. The principal sources for this study are relevant documents from the Russian State Historical Archive (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) and a vast body of statistical information for the prerevolutionary period gathered by the Semirechenskaya Oblast Statistics Committee. The archival materials are represented by relevant documents from Holding No. 733 (‘Department of Public Education at the Ministry of Public Education’), while the statistical materials are derived from The Semirechenskaya Oblast Review, The Memorandum Book for Semirechenskaya Oblast, and The Address Calendar for Semirechenskaya Oblast. The study’s findings revealed that during the imperial period, the development of the system of public education in Semirechenskaya Oblast was governed by a regional factor – the majority of the region’s population being Muslim. It was difficult to overcome the reluctance of members of the region’s Muslim community to have their children attend secular schools, so the Russian local administration set itself the objective of having as many children in the region’s ethnic-Russian community as possible attend school. In the period from 1867 to 1917, Semirechenskaya Oblast saw the creation of an entire network of secondary and lower educational institutions, which included male and female gymnasiums and progymnasiums, higher primary schools, parochial schools, primary schools under the purview of the Ministry of Public Education, and lower vocational schools (those of horticulture, forestry, and gardening). There also was a teacher’s seminary, which helped address the need for qualified teachers in the region.

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The work examines the organization of librarianship in the Soviet Russia in the early 1920s. There were used as materials the specialized literature on the organization of librarianship in the Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. For the most part, this literature was published in Moscow through the People's commissariat for education. The research methodology is presented by the traditional historical methods. One of them, the chronological method allowed authors to analyze the organization of librarianship, taking into account the historical situation. Using the method of objectivity and relying on facts, the authors were able to consider the organization of librarianship in its real state, in conjunction with the post-revolutionary situation. In turn, the civilizational approach made it possible to study the organization of librarianship in Soviet Russia in the early 1920s, in view of the accumulated experience in the pre-revolutionary period. In conclusion, the authors state that in the early 1920s, librarianship in the USSR was formed taking into account the accumulated pre-revolutionary experience and international traditions. The Bolsheviks used the well-established American system of organizing librarianship and made only some additions and changes to it, bearing in mind the specifics of the proletarian state. The Bolsheviks also did not prohibit the decimal classification of books proposed by the Brussels International Bibliographic Institute. Nevertheless, there were special features in the training of personnel for libraries in Soviet Russia. Thus, the staff of librarians was trained on the principle of workshops for beginners, and hobby group activities for people who already had work experience.

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This paper is dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Eastern European Scientific Information Agency (EESIA) – a functional unit within the private research organization Cherkas Global University. It provides insight into the mechanics of the Agency’s operation and the nature and structure of information materials offered to readers through it. EESIA’s primary mission is to inform members of the academic-pedagogical community of new research findings in the study of various aspects of the history of Central-Eastern Europe. The main source base for this work is open-access academic journals’ electronic resources that contain the findings of research studies covering the topic in question that are published on EESIA’s website. The prospects for the Agency’s further development are pretty sound – this can be substantiated by statistics on the popularity of materials published on the website, which continues to grow.

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In the modern world, water filtration is performed to improve its quality. The most commonly used minerals are zeolite and shungite, as well as filters with nano-sized pores. Due to processes in boundary environments, the resulting waters before and after filtration possess specific properties. Studies after filtration show the structuring of clusters of water molecules. The most stable clusters comprise of two, four, and six water molecules. Hexagonal structures with six water molecules form the basis for the symmetry in the formation of snowflakes. Oleg Mosin (1966–2016) at Moscow State University of Applied Biotechnology conducted research on the modeling of water clusters before and after filtration. Since 2020, the author's team has been studying structuring water clusters using patented Swiss systems called EVOdrop. A program for training students by Mario Iliev is being developed. The students participate in experiments involving the research of Non-equilibrium energy spectrum (NES), Differential non-equilibrium energy spectrum (DNES), pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). The knowledge acquired after training is applicable in medical biophysics and nanotechnologies. The effects of water restructuring and changes in its physicochemical parameters are analyzed in applied medicine. The parameters of samples of EVOdrop water from the patented device were tested compared to control tap water samples. The device includes an ultra-nano membrane and rotation jet nozzle for water vortexing. The incoming water passes through a rotating turbine, driven by pressure, and rotates through the device. Specific outcomes of such treatment are based on magnetohydrodynamic forces. Investigations were conducted using Non-equilibrium Energy Spectrum (NES) and Differential Non-equilibrium Energy Spectrum (DNES) analysis of hydrogen bonds energy distribution, mathematical models of water molecules clustering, 1H NMR, hardness, and pH. Alterations of hydrogen bonds, energy distribution and chemical shifts were measured. They were subsequently interpreted as restructuring of water molecule clusters leading to beneficial health effects. In addition, reduced hardness and unchanged pH levels of treated tap water were also observed.

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