1 March 29, 2024

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The experimental study aims to investigate the impact of specially organized psychological training on the professional sensitivity of educational psychologists in perceiving and assessing the personal and behavioral features of schoolchildren. The study utilizes a mixed approach including an analytical and theoretical review of psychological and pedagogical literature and an experiment with educational psychologists from Kazakh schools. The authors employ various psychological tools and assessment methods, including tests to evaluate social intelligence, emotional intelligence, and professional qualities, followed by statistical analysis to assess changes in professional sensitivity. The theoretical analysis discloses the relationship between the improvement of professional sensitivity of an educational psychologist in the perception and assessment of a school student’s personality and behavioral characteristics and the specially organized psychological training designed to promote the successful development of professional sensitivity in educational psychologists. Based on the analysis of theoretical provisions regarding the development of professional sensitivity of educational psychologists, the authors clarify the essence of the term “professional sensitivity of an educational psychologist”. This theoretical approach serves as a basis to substantiate the process of improvement of the professional sensitivity of an educational psychologist to the perception and assessment of a school student’s personality and behavioral characteristics. The study substantiates the provision that specially organized psychological training contributes to the successful development of professional sensitivity in educational psychologists. Experimental findings show a significant improvement in educational psychologists’ professional sensitivity after the training. The experimental group demonstrates a marked increase in the indicators of social intelligence (+21.7 %), emotional intelligence (+76.3 %), and such professionally important qualities as empathy (+85.3 %) and self-motivation (+49.4 %). On the contrary, the control group displays minimal changes in these parameters. The authors substantiate the high effectiveness of the proposed training for the development of professionally important qualities of an educational psychologist. This is relevant to fostering reflexivity, regulating personal emotions, understanding others' feelings, along with empathy, self-drive, emotional perception, listening skills, and social savvy. Educational establishments are advised to apply the study's findings in practice.

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The pedagogical technology of the formation of a creative and constructive mode of student civic engagement is described in this manuscript. The authors understand it as the consistent implementation of pedagogical actions to actualize civic self-determination, create conditions for the self-realization of the personality of students in socially useful activities, assist in their awareness of personal meanings, form a system of civil relations with social institutions, with people around them. The organizational forms of this technology are round tables, meetings of the scientific research society of students of pedagogical direction, thematic teleconferences, pedagogical studios, scientific and practical conferences. The implementation of pedagogical technology for the formation of a creative and constructive mode of civic activity among students is carried out through specially developed programs. Information and communication methods, pedagogical dialogue, group discussion, brainstorming, simulation games, social design are the main methods of implementing the developed programs.The scientific novelty of the research is due to the use in the pedagogical technology of the development of the creative and constructive mode of civic activity of the younger generation of diagnostic tools for determining the level of formation of the younger generation of a creative and constructive civil-patriotic position. It includes an expert's assessment and self-assessment. This makes it possible to supplement scientifically based information on the correlation of pedagogical phenomen of civic engagement, citizenship, civic-patriotic self-determination on civic-patriotic education and personal education. The results of the work can be used by applicants and graduate students in the scientific specialty “general pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education” on the issues of educational activities of the younger generation, teachers, educators, teachers of additional education on civil and patriotic education of youth.

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The widespread use of modern information technology in the educational process of the Russian education system forces the need to develop new educational standards and approaches focused on consideration of the individual characteristics of students. This leads to a need to consider the individual characteristics of students that can influence the acquisition of necessary knowledge and skills. This study involved the task to consider the influence of factors such as sex, age and academic year on the introductory and final testing results of bachelors of mineral resources, who took training courses in English for special purposes on the basis of the corpus-based approach model in teaching and determination of its efficiency. The experimental training is presented in three stages: introductory, operational and final. These stages included learning English for special purposes based on the corpus analysis model of the grammatical environment of terminological units, introductory and final testing with subsequent statistical processing of the data obtained. The experimental training outcome obtained demonstrated that the degree of the influence of sex and academic year on academic performance was less pronounced at the introductory testing stage, while it was more pronounced at the final testing stage. The influence of the age groups of students on the data was noted at both stages of testing. It was expressed in the simple average values of the age groups of 17 and 21 years, indicating a downward value in accordance with the age of students. The paired samples T-test data helped us reveal the learning efficiency. Such samples demonstrated sufficient statistical significance of the differences in the average values of the final and introductory testing data.

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Education forms the backbone of any progressive nation, providing a platform for societal transformation and empowerment. As Kazakhstan progresses toward its vision of becoming a leading knowledge-based society, it is imperative that the country invests not only in content and pedagogy but also in the spaces where learning transpires. This research delves into the significance of ergonomic approaches in formulating safe, efficient, and conducive learning environments in Kazakhstan's educational institutions. A mixed-method research design was employed, combining both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. The findings emphasize the urgent need for ergonomic intervention, underscoring the potential health benefits for educators and the broader economic and academic gains for institutions. This research posits that a systematic adoption of ergonomic principles, tailored to Kazakhstan's unique sociocultural landscape, can greatly enhance the country's educational milieu, setting a precedent for other nations in the region.

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The purpose of the article was to explore the development and implementation of effective pedagogical strategies for the formation of meta-competence in teaching a foreign language through the use of smart resources. The article offers the results of theoretical studies of the pedagogical potential of smart resources, discusses the advantages and problems associated with the integration of smart resources into learning. Based on the latest scientific research and their own empirical research, the authors propose a basis for the development and integration into the educational process of effective pedagogical strategies that promote the development of meta-competence using intellectual resources. The article emphasizes the need for professional development of teachers to ensure the successful implementation of these strategies, the importance of taking into account factors such as individual differences of students, technological literacy in the development and implementation of pedagogical approaches. In conclusion, it is argued that the integration of smart resources into foreign language learning can effectively contribute to the development of students' meta-competence. By giving students the opportunity to take responsibility for their learning processes, the strategies proposed by the authors contribute to the development of students' independence, which is necessary for lifelong learning.

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Education for sustainability is essential from an early age. The paper reports on evaluating a model early childhood education for sustainable development program called ’Growing Microgreens in nursery schools’. The program was developed in an environmentally specialized kindergarten, Semínko. Microgreens are young plants of various vegetable species grown in soil and harvested approximately after ten days. The simplicity of growing microgreens makes it an appropriate activity for preschool-age children. Besides rewarding the children with nutritious food, it brings children the opportunity to develop key competencies and pre-literacies. The program was developed in the Czech Republic in 2019 and is based on program theory. It was validated in 53 classrooms with 1051 preschoolers by the action research method (tools of mixed design). Activities were disseminated through a manual for teachers, which covered theory and practice, including legal and hygienic guidelines. Results were collected using a questionnaire. The evaluation focused on (a) quality and (b) efficiency. (a) Overall, using the predetermined criteria, involved teachers provided positive feedback on the program. Some complications were found, and possible solutions were suggested. (b) Most of the children (74 %) benefited from the program. The older (5-6 years old) benefited more than the younger ones. Better results were achieved in classrooms where the entire package of activities, including cultivation and theme-related activities, was implemented.

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The use of ICT in education is another way to motivate, assess and be able to have an easier approach to education and learning. Different courses can be taught online that would have a practical background, those being directly and inderactily realated to engineering, education or even social sciences. We have analysed multidimentional phsychologiycal and practical factores associated with online teaching, where emotional intellency was at the center of our focus. Based on the questionare we selected, a designed pie chart statistical analysis is applied. Emotional problems for implementation, emotional challenges including monotony during the online learning process are analysed. Intereactivy student-teacher, effectiveness and riability of online teaching is statistically analysed and a quantitative conlusion is derived for the future application of this mode of teaching. The experience derived during the period of the epidemy Covid 19 and the development of IT technology made online teching complementary to the convetional mode of education and learning, as shown in our study as well. It would be very logical to emphasize that students must have the chance to get associated with online learning and this is for many several reasons to come at hand. The next generation of teachers should be able to write code assess code and perform short term flow charts.

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This work focused on confirming the 5-factor model proposed by Santana et al. (2023). This model measured through the SEM methodology describes the role of parents in the virtual teaching-learning process during the pandemic derived from Covid-19, which affected the entire world population. In particular, educational systems around the worldwide migrated toward virtually to carry out the teaching process at all educational levels and degrees. 253 parents participated who supported their respective children in the teaching process carried out online. To obtain the data, the test developed by Valdés et al., (2009) was used. The indicators of the best-adjusted model are; RMSEA = 0.022; CMIN/DF = 1.124; RMR = .052; GFI = .937; AGFI = .916; PGFI = .701; TLI = .989; CFI = .991; and the parsimony between the values 5 and 7: PRATIO = .826; PNFI = .763; PCFI = .819). Based on these results, we can describe the theoretical and practical implications that the study provides: firstly, a model with the best fit that explains the role of parents in the virtual teaching-learning process that children experienced during confinement derived from Covid-19, as well, a structure with indicators that allow design didactical strategies.

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This study aimed to explore how student teachers self-evaluated their competencies and evaluated the effectiveness of teacher training in the Northwest Universities and Colleges. A total of 538 student teachers from universities and colleges of teacher education in Northwest Vietnam voluntarily participated in the survey. The questionnaire focused on the self-assessment of these student teachers’ qualities and competencies as a teacher. They were also asked to evaluate the training they received for these competencies. The results showed that most of the student teachers could identify their strengths and limitations in the role of a teacher and assessed themselves at good levels for the surveyed competencies including teacher ideology and qualities, professional skills, and soft skills. In general, the training just met their expectations, yet no particular field was evaluated at an excellent level. Based on these findings, suggestions were made to review the initial teacher education programs at the participating universities and colleges.

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Currently, the utilization of information and communications technologies in the educational sphere is experiencing a rapid increase in popularity, in particular, in teaching foreign languages. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has become an integral part of the educational process. However, modern technologies should optimize classes, and not be a hindrance in achieving the planned goals. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the use of educational online platforms can effectively assist in the development of students' lexical skills. Having a number of advantages, web platforms are able to optimize the learning process at the stages of vocabulary semantics, word processing, vocabulary practice and vocabulary output into speech. The article presents a brief description of open online resources and web platforms for the development of lexical tasks and exercises, suggests possible options for working with these resources in the classroom, which can help teachers who want to keep up to date and develop their professional skills. The results of a study on the use of online platforms for enhancing students' vocabulary skills are also reported.

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Recently, there has been an increasing need to develop mental toughness of students who participate in sport, in order to improve their adaptation not only during sporting activities but also in other contexts. Developing mental toughness skills among sport school students is one of the main ways to ensure their psychological well-being, and therefore research in this area is of great importance. However, there is currently a lack of adapted validity measures that consider socio-cultural factors to assess their psychological skills, namely mental toughness. For this purpose, it is necessary to adapt and validate a modern, useful measure of psychological resilience skills. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to conduct an adaptation of the Psychological Performance Inventory-Alternative (PPI-A) for sport school students. The participants of the study were 378 basketball sport school students aged 15-18 years from different Lithuanian basketball sport schools. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using Jamovi software. Pearson correlation coefficients and average variance extracted were calculated using Jamovi software and Excel program. These indicators were used to check the convergent and discriminant validity of the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire was checked using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega. Structural equation modelling showed an acceptable fit of the four-factor PPI-A model. Validity and reliability analyses revealed a good level of internal consistency between the factors. Given the appropriate psychometric properties, the Lithuanian version of the Psychological Performance Inventory-Alternative (PPI-A) can be used in studies aimed at better understanding of mental toughness among sport school students. Further research on the structure of the instrument is also warranted in order to validate the questionnaire for other samples.

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3D modeling and prototyping are important areas of digital education and have undoubted didactic potential for the development of engineering thinking, that is highly sought after in today's economy. The authors suggest using 3D modeling technology to develop the research skills of schoolchildren when studying natural sciences and implementing interdisciplinary projects aimed at forming the foundations of a holistic scientific picture of the world through understanding the relationship and interdependence of the natural sciences. The purpose of the study is to theoretically substantiate and develop approaches to the development of schoolchildren’s research skills when studying natural science disciplines based on 3D modeling. The work uses the following classification of research skills: operational, communication, organizational, and information. For them, the authors have identified the corresponding indicators: conducting observations and research during modeling; putting forward a hypothesis; planning research activities; and analysis of information sources. The curriculum and lesson planning for the “Technology” course are presented, which allows students to develop research skills during the implementation of applied educational tasks. A system of tasks and sample models has been developed to support all stages of students’ research activities during the implementation of educational interdisciplinary projects following the proposed lesson planning of the module. In conclusion, the didactic potential of computer 3D modeling and prototyping for the development of research skills of schoolchildren is formulated: putting forward a hypothesis of a natural science nature and testing it experimentally; mastering the methodology of independent planning and conducting an experiment in compliance with safety regulations, etc.

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The study aims to analyze the efficiency of developing soft skills with the use of project technologies. The relevance of the study owes to the need for developing soft skills in the younger generation. This need relates to the increased demand for communication and teamwork skills in specialists. The emphasis on these skills is especially topical in school education, where their development via project activities facilitates meaningful interpersonal interaction between project participants. The established goal is achieved in the study through a set of theoretical and empirical research methods, including the analysis of literature on soft skills development, including in the context of the school educational environment, and a pedagogical experiment to test the efficiency of project technologies in developing the soft skills of high school students. The obtained findings indicate a positive dynamic in the soft skills of high school students taught using project activities. For this reason, the study stresses the need to substitute the passive traditional pedagogics limited to the transmission of knowledge with active pedagogics.

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The purpose of this article is to create a web-quest aimed at preparing for an English exam in a technical university, namely to practice those lexical topics from the exam that are challenging for most students. The issues of creating of a WebQuest aimed at preparing for the English language exam in a technical university, namely, working out those grammar and lexical topics from the exam that cause particular difficulty for most students, are considered. The role of Internet technologies in the educational process was determined, the importance of this technology in preparation for passing the English language exam in a technical university was indicated; the obtained results of the work were analyzed. The following tasks that were approached during the study: to define the concept of “Internet technology”; to define the role of Internet technology in the educational process; to define the term “WebQuest technology”; to identify the role of WebQuest technology in the educational process; to conduct a questionnaire in order to identify the most difficult exam topics for students; to develop and test a WebQuest aimed at working out the most difficult exam topics; to analyze the results of the conducted research. The theoretical basis of the topic was studied, questionnaires in order to identify the most difficult topics were developed and conducted, the possibilities of uploading a WebQuest at various platforms, their advantages and disadvantages, were analyzed. Based on the material studied, a WebQuest was developed and conducted. In order to identify the effectiveness of the WebQuest, a survey of participants was conducted. As a result, the developed WebQuest turned out to be effective.

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This quantitative study delves into the emotional experiences of teachers as they navigated hybrid teaching from home during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on understanding the relationship between physical space and emotions. This was a turning point, for the first time in the teacher's professional life, the space takes on a significant dimension. The research involved 135 teachers hailing from northern Israel, aiming to shed light on the intricate interplay between work environment and emotional well-being amidst unprecedented circumstances. The findings of the study revealed alarmingly high levels of fatigue among the participating teachers, indicative of the immense challenges they faced while transitioning to remote teaching. Interestingly, teachers who engaged in continuing education programs tailored to remote teaching exhibited higher levels of optimism compared to their counterparts who did not participate in such programs. However, despite their increased optimism, teachers who underwent these programs also reported elevated levels of burnout and fatigue, suggesting a complex relationship between professional development and emotional strain. One of the key insights gleaned from the study was the significant impact of working from home on teachers' emotional states, with many experiencing burnout and grappling with strong negative emotions. Moreover, the data unveiled a weak yet discernible negative correlation between the level of optimism and the number of hours spent working from home, indicating that increased home working hours were associated with decreased optimism levels among teachers.

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Creativity has been included as one of the four C’s of 21st-century skills essential for students to succeed both in school and in the workplace. Thus, many countries are including this topic in their educational policies. This is the case of Spain, where the last educational law (LOMLOE) states that creativity must be worked out in all subjects. In the process of assessing the real situation of the Spanish educational system in terms of creativity development and observing future changes regarding its implementation, this work presents a cross-sectional quantitative study. The performance of 223 students of the four grades of compulsory secondary education in both the scientific and the linguistic domains of creativity was evaluated. Two instruments were used to measure daily and specific microdomains of scientific creativity and verbal-metaphorical microdomain of linguistic creativity. Results show a moderate to low development of creativity in secondary students in all studied domains of creativity. There were statistically significant differences according to gender, with women being the ones with greater creative skills. A progressive increase in creativity was observed up to the third year of compulsory secondary education, with a decrease in the last year. Finally, a positive correlation between scientific and linguistic creativity was established, in addition to an even higher correlation between both microdomains of scientific creativity. This study shows that there is still work to be done to promote creativity in the Spanish educational system, attending to the different subjects and creative domains. Some proposals are discussed, which highlight the importance of teacher training to achieve this goal.

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The development of professional competencies of personnel is an important task for modern organizations. And its effective solution is facilitated by the emerging opportunity to use artificial intelligence, with the help of which the boundaries of access to the latest tools and training technologies are expanding, allowing personnel to adapt to changes and prepare them to solve current problems and achieve strategic goals. Also, the use of digital services and tools opens up broad prospects for ensuring continuous training and development of personnel, which helps to increase the value of human capital in the organization. One of the promising innovations using artificial intelligence is chat bot technology, which provides quick information search, improves adaptation and communication processes, activates human potential, and helps improve learning efficiency through additional interaction with people through text messages. The article presents a summary of the experience of organizations in using chat bot practices in the HRM system. The implementation of the chat bot technology saves labor costs and allows companies’ management to personalize training, provide staff with highly intelligent support, free up their time from performing routine tasks, maintain a high level of interactivity in the learning process, while continuously monitoring the acquisition of knowledge by employees with receiving feedback. The following methods were used for the study: analysis, synthesis, comparison, graphic description, structuring, modeling, visualization. The authors have developed algorithms for working with requests for personnel training. It has been shown that the implementation of chat bot technology saves labor costs and increases the efficiency of work with internal clients of the HR department. The authors calculated the effectiveness of the chat bot by reducing the time spent processing applications from internal clients of the HR department. In further research, it is advisable to continue the work begun in terms of expanding the functions of the chat bot and supplementing its algorithm with machine learning.

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In the context of digitalization of higher education, the system of control and assessing students’ knowledge requires a revision of existing practices. The use of algorithmic methods for assessing knowledge makes significant changes in the interaction between teacher and student. The purpose of the study was to analyze the impact of digitalization of education on the transformation of the system of control and assessment of student knowledge in Russian universities. The leading method of collecting empirical data was an online survey of students (N = 1107), conducted in 2021. The survey results were supplemented by a focus group study (N = 12, 2023). It is concluded that there are problems in control students’ knowledge in the context of using digital technologies. Analysis of empirical studies shows that 31.1 % note the lack of a clear control system, 24.2 % consider the requirements for the work performed to be unclear. Students who would like to study in the traditional way in the classroom (without forms of online learning) most critically evaluate changes in the process of knowledge control in the context of digitalization. It has been established that there is a request from students to increase the intensity of interaction with the teacher when scaling algorithmic knowledge assessment tools. It is concluded that the active position of the teacher reduces the risk of educational exclusion of students. The most significant risk of digitalization of student knowledge control is the spread of dishonest student behavior during the session and violation of ethical principles. However, it has not been established that there is a direct relationship between the clarity of the control system and the practices of dishonest behavior of students online. The results of the study allow us to draw a conclusion about the formation of new sources of stress for students when using digital technologies during knowledge control.

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Serious injuries among adolescents are a leading cause of death and a global public health concern. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of serious injuries among in-school adolescents in Saint Lucia. Using a two-stage cluster sampling design to attain a fair population representation, we analysed data from the World Health Organization’s 2018 Global School-based Health Survey among adolescents in the Eastern Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia. We used the Chi-square test and binomial logistic regression analysis with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) at a 95 % confidence interval (CI). We observed that the prevalence rate of serious injuries among adolescents in Saint Lucia was 44.5 % (24.5 % male versus 20.0 % female). After controlling for other factors, serious injuries among in-school adolescents in Saint Lucia were predicted by sex (male) (AOR=1.110, 95 % CI=0.792-1.556), missing class without permission (AOR=1.308, 95 % CI=1.009-1.696), abusing alcohol (AOR=1.370, 95 % CI=1.114-1.684), experiencing physical attacks (AOR=1.669, 95 % CI=1.327-2.099), physical fight (AOR=1.527, 95 % CI=1.529-1.225) and being bullied (AOR=2.171, 95 % CI=1.712-2.753). Adolescent health promotion and injury prevention programmes should adopt multidisciplinary approaches to address these personal and psychosocial risk factors in Saint Lucia.

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Digitalization of modern society has caused extreme reforms in the information sphere. The education system has not been spared. The problem of lifelong learning and constant moral development of the specialists, ready to critical and creative solving of professional tasks, is getting more topical. For contemporary specialists the presence of digital intercultural competencies is an essential part of their professiograms. Due to requirements for the pedagogical concept and the principles of solving scientific problems it's necessary to analyze historical and pedagogical background in the field of digital intercultural competence. Historical and pedagogical analysis is determined by etymological complexity and multidimensional nature of the research problem, the absence of clear historical boundaries of the phenomenon, digitalization of social and business processes, expansion of intercultural contacts between different nations. Every period of historical development was analyzed from the political and socio-economical viewpoints. The whole investigation was carried out since the advent of information theory till the emergence of theory of intercultural communication. Historical and pedagogical analysis of the researched problem was carried out from beginning of XX century to the present day, because this period is associated with a significant change in social and scientific spheres, that demonstrate the dynamics of the phenomenon of digital intercultural competence objectively. Crucial impact on the rash development of the pedagogical phenomenon of the digital intercultural competence has played socio-economical digitalization of the contemporary world, which determined the increased interest of the government and employers in the necessity of developing digital competencies and increasing of the Russian science' competitiveness in the world. The investigation was carried out between first-year students of the training direction 45.03.02 Linguistics (bachelor’s degree). The linguistic direction of training was chosen consciously because of the direct connection of intercultural interaction with a foreign language and linguistic training.

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The paper is intended to reveal positive experience of applying a newly-elaborated thesaurus modelling technology which represents an effective tool of engineering pedagogy process involving comprehensive learning of the professional vocabulary. The participants of the research were second-year engineering students of the mineral resources specializations in St. Petersburg Mining University. Conventional-based way of learning English professional terminology and vocabulary acquisition through thesaurus modelling within ESP course were used in control and experimental groups accordingly during the academic year of 2022–2023 which entails writing assignments accomplishment and final essay assessment. The gathered data were manually put into the SPSS software and analyzed statistically with the chi-square test output with identification of p-value. The purpose of the study was to determine what impact thesaurus modelling technology has on the mastering of such general competences as communication, project development and implementation, teamwork and leadership, critical thinking, self-regulation while teaching professional vocabulary to engineering students within ESP course. The results of the final essay assessment as well as the results of the general competences questionnaire proved to be statistically effective and revealed uneven distribution. The interpretation of the results showed that although communication skills and self-regulation capacity have been mastered almost equally by students of both groups, other general competences as project development and implementation, teamwork and leadership have been developed by the experimental group much more profoundly than the control group.

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The development of emotional intelligence of a teacher is both a direction to improve the teacher training system, and a condition for the social adaptation of young professionals, and the prevention of emotional burnout syndrome, and a factor to raise the quality of education in general. Gamification tools allow creating additional conditions for the formation of both personal characteristics and professional competencies of digital school mentors. The purpose of the work is to study the possibilities of using gamification services for developing emotional intelligence as a professionally significant trait of a teacher's personality. The methodology is based on the analysis of the potential of digital technologies with the possibilities of gamification of learning both for the development of emotional intelligence and professional qualities of a teacher. The software implementation of game mechanics is performed by the tools of the AhaSlides gaming platform. D.V. Lyusin's questionnaire is used to determine the level of emotional intelligence. The results of the study. The possibilities of AhaSlides for the development of emotional intelligence are determined by the example of working with a QR code; with a time limit; when processing hidden results; when creating interactive presentations with surveys, a cloud of words, open questions. The conclusion describes factors influencing the effectiveness of using gamification tools for the development of emotional intelligence of a teacher: temperament properties, features of information processing, range of interests, information and digital literacy, experience of participation in gaming events.

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In Hungary, between 1996 and 2022, a law was in force that ordered to have an at least B2 level foreign language exam to be able to get the degree. The legislation was suspended during the COVID period and abolished in 2022. It is agreed that learning achievement is strongly determined by socio-economic status, but no multidimensional study has yet been carried out on the impact of language-specific social and cultural capital. In the present study, we aim to investigate these close relationship structures among students without a language exam at the end of university years. We hypothesised that language-specific social capital influences attitudes towards language learning and thus the chances of passing the language exam. We conducted a survey among students who graduated from two higher education institutions in the most populous but economically least developed regions of Hungary, but did not obtain a degree due to lack of language proficiency. As a control group, we also interviewed successful language learners who as university students, already had a language examination that met the exit requirements. The full survey was carried out through our online questionnaire sent out on Neptun (Neptun is a unified study system software, which performs the academic and financial administration and educational organisation tasks of Hungarian higher education institutions). Our results show that linguistic social capital in the network of contacts has a significant impact on language proficiency. Informal relationships also have an impact on the effectiveness of foreign language learning, as friends belong to a similar social group to the language learner. The significance of the study of the Hungarian context lies in the unique language examination requirement for higher education, but there are also international lessons to be learned. The cultural and social diversity of learners and students means that language learning cannot be left to families to motivate, create a foreign language environment and provide other factors that support language learning, so research on language learning should no longer focus solely on middle-class language learners.

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Today, one of the priority directions of modern education is the use of various methods to improve the quality of educational events. Authors argue that education based on neurodidactic principles helps prepare highly qualified workers for specific tasks in a short period and maintains learners' interest in continuing their education. The goal of this study is to develop a decision-making model for choosing a strategy for the development of the workforce advanced training system in the conditions of labour market imbalances in a single-industry town and high uncertainty of the labour market's future needs. In the theoretical aspect, a model for assessing strategic development alternatives for the workforce advanced training system of a single-industry town has been developed, providing information for decision-making. In the practical aspect, the generation and evaluation of development alternatives for the specific WATS of a single-industry town have been carried out, taking into account the features of its strategy and development. For preliminary processing of expert assessments and calculations using the AHP method, the LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet editor was used. As a result of the research, a new approach to assessing and selecting strategic alternatives for the development of the workforce advanced training system of a single-industry town has been proposed, considering the role of the workforce development system as a crucial element of the municipality's The proposed model takes into account the features of the networking of WATS and high uncertainty in decision-making.

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There is growing evidence of the role of relationships in teaching, learning and disciplining. This research aimed to compare Latvian and Lithuanian teachers’ experiences regarding their empowerment through contributing to positive relationships and power through using positive discipline in school environment. The research questions were two: What does empowerment mean to teachers through their contribution to positive relationships in the school environment? What does the use of positive discipline in the classroom mean for teachers in regard to their power? The total sample consisted of 152 teachers from LV and LT. The research was implemented by applying semi-structured interviews with focus groups and using latent qualitative content analysis for data analysis. Findings showed that LT teachers express their expectations for relationship improvement, while Latvian teachers speak about actions for implementing empowering relationships in the school environment; LT teachers emphasize their power through creating the dyadic trustful, group-related relationships with students as a basic for teaching/learning, while LV teachers use the potential of the school community. Conclusions highlight that LT teachers relate positive discipline to learning from experience which means learning knowledge and skills through direct practice. This entails teachers and students reflecting on the experience they have had to identify new skills and knowledge that they can use within the specific context, case or situation. Regarding their power to apply positive discipline, LV teachers highlight their individual responsibility for structuring the learning environment and managing the classroom, which is related to the teacher’s professional expertise/teaching methodology.

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This work explores the academic and professional pedagogical activity of John Amos Comenius (1592–1670), widely regarded as the founder of modern pedagogy. The principal sources for this study are relevant biographical studies, as well as Comenius’s own works. In terms of methodology, use was made of content analysis, the biographical method, and synthesis. The study’s findings revealed J.A. Comenius to be a fundamental figure in the history of pedagogy. He pioneered the class-lesson system, which was revolutionary for his time and which is used to this day in most schools across the world. Furthermore, Comenius was a proponent of a humanistic approach to education – something barely sought after in his time. This aspect has been pointed out by most of his biographers. His didactic ideas are founded on principles of equality, democracy, and universality – these began to be implemented in education much later than his time, but today are honored in schools all over the world.

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This work celebrates the 355th anniversary of the birth of the eminent Russian pedagogue Leonty Filippovich Magnitsky (1669–1739). The principal sources for this work are biographical studies focusing on the scholar’s life and work. In terms of methodology, use was made of content analysis, the biographical method, the historical-systems method, and synthesis. The study’s findings revealed that this preeminent Russian pedagogue and educationist owed his fame largely to his book ‘Arithmetic’ (to use the shortened title), Russia’s first formal mathematics textbook. An expert in the methodology of teaching mathematics, a highly erudite specialist, and a solid philologist, L.F. Magnitsky devoted a significant portion of his career to teaching at the School of Mathematics and Navigation in Moscow, which he headed up in the latter years of his life. Descended from an unprivileged social background, L.F. Magnitsky achieved everything in life through his own talent and hard work. Not only did his innate passion for learning and science earn him wealth and honors but it also garnered him his catchy surname. The scholar was expertly competent in mathematics, astronomy, navigation, and geodesy and had a command of several languages – Latin, Greek, Dutch, German, French, and Italian.

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The article deals with evolution of vocational schools in the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. The research comprises the period from the 18th century end till the 20th century beginning. Within the given period, the Kherson Governorate founded leading educational institutions to prepare highly-skilled ship and train engineers, craftsmen, etc. for southern state regions. As an example, the Kherson Governorate unfolded a range of comprehensive vocational schools in ship engineering. The main hub of these activities was Mykolaiv. Besides, reforms provided a system of sea trade education. It was subdivided into institutions of several levels: sea trade schools of mechanical engineering, schools of long and short sailing, two-grade and basic schools. These entities provided commercial ships of sea and river sailing with specialists. The disadvantage of such a system was a small number of institutions to prepare marine engineers. Also, there were new vocational schools in railway engineering (to operate trains and construct tracks). Vocational schools of the Kherson Governorate corresponded to the Russian Empire development. Their main task was to provide the region with enough skilled specialists for local relevant industries. Simultaneously, the 20th century beginning showed an obvious inability of regional educational institutions to satisfy economy needs. Therefore, vocational schools required further improving.

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This work examined the pedagogical periodical press in the Vilna Educational District in the period 1862–1915. The study’s source base incorporated narrowly specialized reference and encyclopedic works on the history of the Russian periodical press. In terms of methodology, use was made of content analysis to isolate a selection of periodicals published in 1862–1915 in the Vilna Educational District. The study’s findings revealed that there were five academic pedagogical periodicals published in the Vilna Educational District between 1862 and 1915. These journals were geographically distributed as follows: three published in Vilno, one – in Mogilev on the Dnieper, and one – in Grodno. Among them, the periodicals that were in operation for a relatively long time were Tsirkulyar po Vilenskomu Uchebnomu Okrugu and Narodnoye Obrazovaniye v Vilenskom Uchebnom Okruge, with both sustained through government funding and being in operation in Vilno up until the city was evacuated during World War I. Among the rest of the journals, of particular note is the periodical Pedagogicheskiye Zapiski, which was a supplement to the children’s magazine Zor’ka – 18 issues of this journal were produced between 1905 and 1908. The remaining two publications, Belorussky Uchitel’sky Vestnik (published in Mogilev on the Dnieper) and Pedagogicheskoye Delo (Grodno), existed for relatively short periods of time, with fewer than 10 issues of each produced.

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This paper examines the system of public education in Samarkand Oblast, a province within the Russian Empire. It touches upon the ethnic composition of the region’s population, details the religious, gender, and social-estate composition of its student body, and presents data concerning the operation of its educational institutions. The work relies on two groups of sources: 1) archival materials from the Russian State Historical Archive (Saint Petersburg, Russia); 2) published documents. The second group is represented by the annual Survey of Samarkand Oblast and Samarkand Oblast Reference Book. The study’s findings revealed that in the period between the late 19th and early 20th centuries the development of the system of public education in Samarkand Oblast was attended by certain problems due to its distinctive characteristics as a region. The period witnessed a fourfold increase (from 8 to 32) in the number of Russian educational institutions in the region, and also during that period secondary education became accessible there to both boys and girls. A relatively smaller increase was posted by the region’s Russian-indigenous schools – their number more than doubled (from 5 to 12). Due to the small size of the Russian population in Samarkand Oblast, the oblast’s leadership would include in the statistics the figures for Muslim and Jewish ecclesiastical educational institutions there, although such schools were hardly ever included in reports on oblasts and governorates across the Russian Empire, as they had little to do with secular education. Consequently, Samarkand Oblast was one of the country’s biggest underperformers in terms of public education, as 100,000 out of its 105,000 school-age children were not in school by 1915.

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Building on wide-ranging statistical material, the work looks into the public education system in the Fergana Oblast in the pre-revolutionary period. The research materials included both archival resources from the Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, and published collections of documents, which are represented by annual reviews of the Fergana Oblast, stretching over the period from 1887 to 1913. The work’s methodology is based on system, statistical and chronological methods. In conclusion, the authors come out with the following findings: 1. In the pre-revolutionary period, the development of the public education system in the Fergana Oblast had unique local distinctions. Efforts by the Russian administration to introduce secular education were made in an unfriendly environment, where the Asian Muslim population took negatively any attempts to change the deep-rooted traditions of the local patriarchal society. 2. In the period from 1887 to 1913, the Russian administration was able to found several gymnasiums and progymnasiums in the region, which made secondary education accessible both in the Oblast's center and in some district cities. Lower and primary education went along a similar path in the region. 3. Despite the positive trends set by the launch of Russian and Russian-indigenous educational institutions, as the Russian population was insignificant in the region, it had some of the lowest indicators in the Russian Empire both in the number of secular educational institutions and in the number of children enrolled in them.

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Via analyzing ministry and institutional acts, the article defines some aspects of the Russian staff policy on the basis of the Kharkiv Imperial University in 1900-1914. Within this period, higher education was arranged according to principles of the 1884 Charter. Sent to Russian imperial universities, the 1908 Academic Staff Draft Regulation by the Ministry of Public Education reduced their material support. This process affected academic and research activities with a subsequent staff lack and department tension at the Kharkiv Imperial University. Reviewing the staff and its policy on the ministry and institution levels, we can note some peculiarities among faculties of the Kharkiv Imperial University. They differ in number of departments where the Medical Faculty leads. Besides, another distinction between faculties of the Kharkiv Imperial University is a various department staff potential. Firstly, number of ordinary and extraordinary professors at departments was different. Most of them belonged to the Medical Faculty. Least of them worked for the Law Faculty. Secondly, there was an increasing number of common lecturers as well as part-time and overtime employees. The latter was obviously retraced among ordinary professors for all four faculties of the Kharkiv Imperial University. Simultaneously, the Kharkiv Imperial University required more junior and middle-ranking lecturers (especially, privatdocents and auxiliary personnel – assistants, residents and laboratory workers). That exceeded the 1884 Charter norms and required a complex decision. One of promising mechanisms to settle the problem was the Academic Staff Draft Regulation by the Ministry of Public Education.

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The article is devoted to analyzing the ten-year publication activity of Cherkas Global University. The author concludes that the most popular publications of Cherkas Global University are devoted to the regional history of the Russian Empire (first of all, the history of regional education systems). At the same time, from purely historical articles the most demanded are works on the history of the Caucasus and Ukraine. The article concludes that this is due to the genesis of Cherkas Global University, which originally emerged in the Caucasus, in Sochi, and its evolution, during which several Ukrainian scholars became employees of Cherkas Global University. The article relates the activities of Cherkas Global University to the peculiarities of the "Soviet division of scientific labour" identified by M. von Hagen: the clear division of Soviet historical science into center and periphery, with the center, which uses most of its resources, dealing with imperial/Soviet history, and regional history being provincialized. It is shown that the work of Cherkas Global University is a form of reaction of regional scholars to such a "system of division of scientific labour", which did not lose its relevance with the collapse of the USSR. Cherkas Global University helps historians from the regions, who in Soviet times were the scientific periphery, to demonstrate their research in the international arena. Such an opportunity is available not only to Cherkas Global University staff, but also to other scholars: the journal published by Cherkas Global University "Bylye Gody" actively publishes research by authors not only from Ukraine and the Caucasus, but also from Kazakhstan, Siberia, Kalmykia, the Urals, the Don, and so on. The author assumes that such results were achieved due to the focus on international cooperation, networked cooperation, and a move away from dependence on the authorities of a particular state.

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This work explores the history of the creation and staging by Cherkas Global University of Slavery in the Past and Present, an annual international contest for the best scholarly work among academic/pedagogical workers. The principal sources for this study are relevant published documents – above all, ‘Cherkas Global University (1992–2022): A Collection of Documents’, published in 2022 to celebrate the institution’s 30th anniversary. The study’s findings revealed that the Slavery in the Past and Present contest, aimed at promoting research into slavery, was first held in 2020. The winning works would be published in the open-access thematic journal Slavery: Theory and Practice, produced by Cherkas Global University Press. The winners would each receive a cash prize and a diploma. The four annual events held between 2020 and 2023 each selected five winners, with these having represented the following nations: USA, Ghana, Ukraine, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, and Russia. The activities revealed a keen interest in the history of slavery among researchers from around the globe, which suggests optimistic prospects for the future of this contest. On February 14, 2024, the fifth Slavery in the Past and Present contest was declared open for entries.

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