Current Aspects of Today’s Educational Process in the Country

The author substantiates the one of the priority areas of the modern education streamlining process is informatization, that is, the implementation of new information technologies into the educational system. Information technologies have already become a powerful tool in improving efficiency in studying academic disciplines, increasing the strength of knowledge, the interest of applicants in the subject and the overall effectiveness of the educational process, and saving time when studying educational material. It is defined withing the work that the implementation of new techniques, methods and tools in teaching that form the ability to independently acquire knowledge, collect necessary information, put forward hypotheses and draw conclusions is becoming more and more relevant in the modern educational process. It was also found that information technologies are closely in volved in these processes. So, it means that a modern educational applicant should have universal educational skills that ensure the ability to organize independent educational activities. Streamlining of the learning process combines different forms and methods in a specific combination, each time in the best possible way for a specific situation. Such digital interaction between applicants for higher education and teachers of the Department of Pedagogy and Teaching Methodology of Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages State Higher Educational Establishment of Donbas State Pedagogical University is seen as an example. During the period the present in the country all tasks are available on the Moodle Learning Management System platform, and duplicated by sending via e-mail. Consulting is carried out by means of mobile connection, communication in various messengers (correspondence, audio, video). Besides, the development of means of telecommunications creates a comfortable environment for training applicants for education with disabilities professional development of employees by providing them an opportunity to access training materials at any location and at any convenient time. It is clarified and proved that the use of modern information technologies allows to optimize the educational process resulting in speeding it up, saving teachers’ time, actively implementing human and scientific potential of production facilities into reality, and developing their skills in dealing with new information.

Technological developments in the 4.0 revolution affect aspects of life, including the educational aspect. Currently, the learning components are technology-based, such as podcasts as learning media. So that it becomes an opportunity for students to understand digital literacy through podcasts as a learning media in the classroom with social studies subjects. This study aims to describe the creation of podcast-based social studies learning media model to improve students’ digital literacy. The research uses Research and Development with qualitative and quantitative approaches, data collection techniques using observation, interviews, document studies, focus group discussions, and data analysis techniques using regression correlation. The research subjects are students at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia. The results from these studies showed that using digital-based learning media, namely podcasts in social studies subjects, had a good impact and a significant effect on students’ digital literacy skills. The application of podcast-based learning media products will work well if they are supported by several funding elements, namely: 1) the involved issues are contemporary; 2) the use of the latest design; 3) in the design of materials, there is a collaboration between lecturers and students.

Organization of Educational Process for Students from Uncontrolled Territories of Donbass by Distance Learning Means

The article is devoted to the problem of organizing the educational process for the learners from the non-controlled territories of Donbas with the purpose to facilitate the process of their work results quality improvement and the creation and application of open electronic systems to support scientific and educational theoretical, methodological and practical bases. It is emphasized that remote technologies today are an effective system of training and online support in order to achieve the highest marks of the level of specialists in educational fields and industries. The vast majority of scientists and educators talk about the benefits of distance learning, which requires much less time and energy to acquire knowledge, skills and abilities, is also much more mobile and comfortable than other existing forms of learning and education. The use of distance education in Ukraine today allows to teach without interruption from the main activity, to teach people with special educational needs, to have access to modern educational resources of the world through the use of mobile electronic communications, to provide educational services in remote corners of our country. The work of the Donbas-Ukraine educational center in the Donetsk region is outlined, where several effective methods of teaching with the use of computer and telecommunication technologies are used in higher education institutions. In developing a model of self-educational activities in the process of distance learning, the principles are identified, which in the educational process reflect the main points of objective laws, which express the needs of their functioning. The stages of self-educational activity related to the assimilation of educational information in the conditions of distance learning are revealed. It is known that the self-educational activities of students include technological and personal components, which are due to didactic and psychological aspects of this activity. The national experience in the introduction of the academic plans into the Moodle distance learning program for the development of information and research competence of teaching staff is highlighted. There has been demonstrated the mechanism of eliminating the problems of distance school with the purpose to enable the students from the occupied territories to receive high- -quality knowledge according to the current national educational programs. The development and dissemination of the positive experience in teaching the pupils from temporarily occupied territories distantly and the system of admission to universities are covered. The Moodle distance system key functions and subjects which can be put to use by pedagogical staff of the core schools are revealed.

Successful Application of Sports Games in the System of Physical Education of Students – Stage of Implementation of the Concept of Development of Higher Education

The article is devoted to a new approach to the problem of rethinking the concept of development of the higher education system against the background of socioeconomic transformations in the country. A new look at the processes of transformation involves an innovative approach to the system of physical education: improving curricula. This approach is based on the introduction of new modern technologies in the educational process, as methods and techniques proposed by teachers of the Department of Physical Education. At the stage of reforming the higher education system, the requirements for the level of training of young professionals are growing: both literate and harmoniously developed and physically healthy specialists are needed, and the competencies gained as a result of training will contribute to functional professional tasks. The main tasks of legal institutions of higher education can be called the education of the individual, the formation and development of a young specialist who, having received professional knowledge, is ready to effectively implement them in accordance with the needs of modern society (Barsukova, Antipova, 2021). The discipline „Physical Education” at the National University „Odessa Law Academy” among other humanities disciplines forms the competencies of the profile aimed at studying the general laws of preserving and strengthening the health of the applicant, the formation of a harmoniously developed personality of young professionals (Golovchenko, 2001). In order to implement the main objectives of the discipline, the educational program for the preparation of applicants for higher education with a bachelor’s degree was revised. The existing curriculum in physical education is analyzed and evaluated.On the basis of the received data the correction of the maintenance of employment on physical training with the substantiation of introduction in educational process of the changes given by teachers is offered. The program is developed on the basis of laws and principles of physical education, legal documents that determine the order of higher education institutions and includes theoretical and practical teaching material. This program, according to the concept of development, is tailored to the wishes of applicants and has three main sections: Sports Games, Health Fitness, Rehabilitation Groups, each of which solves the main task of learning – physical development and rehabilitation of higher education. In this article we explore one of the most effective forms of motor activity of applicants – sports games. We have used sports games as a tool that promotes the quality of theoretical and practical skills of health, which provides students with successful mastery of professional knowledge (Krucevic, 2008).

Religiousness and the sense of identity of students from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia

The subject matter explored in the article include the issues related to religiousness of university students. This category comprises their denominational structure, their attitude to religion, their self-evaluation of the essence of religion in life, the frequency of participation in religious practices. These categories are shown in relation to their sense of identity. The research with the use of the survey method was conducted among students from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia who live in culturally diverse territories. The research results show the ongoing changes in Polish and Slovak societies. Young people take advantage of the possibility of making choices and their choices concern not only education and professional paths, but also the beliefs, behaviour and activities in the religious sphere. The surveyed students’ freedom of choice is manifested, among others, in their sense of a multidimensional identity and in the consciousness of belonging to the Church. Among the surveyed university youth – in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia – one can observe the individualization of religiousness in the form of the departure from religious affiliation, as well as in “belonging without faith”.

Empathy of future teachers and their intercultural sensitivity

This article is empirical. It presents the results of a study aimed at determining the level of empathy and intercultural sensitivity of future teachers. Preparation of teachers to fulfil the pedagogical role of school, especially in the current situation caused by the war in Ukraine and the enrolment of approximately 200,000 Ukrainian children into the Polish education system, involves the necessity of adequate training of candidates for this profession. What is significant in this context is the definition of empathy, which should be understood as the ability to respectfully understand the other person and the inner power that guides and motivates an individual to pro-social behaviour. Another important element of that definition is cultural sensitivity understood as an indicator of cross-cultural communication ability, manifested in the readiness to interact with people from different cultures. The study was conducted employing a diagnostic survey with the use of a revised version of the Empathic Understanding Questionnaire by Andrzej Węgliński and the scale of intercultural sensitivity developed by Guo- Ming Chen and William Starosta in the Polish adaptation of Dariusz Majerk and Mariusz Korczyński. The survey involved students in pedagogical faculties from various higher education institutions in Poland. The results of the study reveal the need for pedagogical preparation of future teachers to fulfil their professional role to the highest possible extent.

Graduates Caught by Crises? Analysis of the Situation Faced by People Finishing Education in Relation to the Transformations on the Labour Market

The article presents analysis and auto-analysis of the chances of the pedagogy students on the labour market. Only students that have finished their education between years 2006 and 2009 were considered. In these years polish labour market was between two financial crises, that could have been visible in unemployment rate, room 2004, very high unemployment rate systematically dropped, until in 2008 it reached the lowest rate since the political transformation. However, global financial crisis that begun in USA, started to affect the situation in Poland and at the beginning of 2009 unemployment started to rise. In addition to this, some global tendencies on labour market appeared, among them, deterioration of the young people situation. Despite, the examined students have finished their studies when the unemployment rate was relatively low, they chances to find dream job was not very optimistic. They have found themselves in a trap between crises, their ambitions and between the market opportunities.

The practical aim of this research is to propose measures in educational processes that contribute to the development of entrepreneurial potentials. Personal entrepreneurial potentials are researched through the following dimensions: attitudes towards change, autonomy, self-confidence. The results showed that students’ attitudes towards changes are positive verbally and desirable socially. Closer analysis showed that almost half of the respondents avoid uncertain situations. Autonomy, as the second measured dimension, seems to be an unimportant feature of the surveyed students. It is the way of generating income for men, and possibility of showing their potentials for women. The results clearly indicate the need for the development of all the measured dimensions.

The presented article was an attempt to explore the differential concept building by teaching students of the elementary level through activity-based instruction. An experiment was conducted in a public sector secondary school on students of grade 6 in teaching of social studies. The major finding of the current showed that concept building was made easier and understandable by teaching students with the use of activity-based instruction as compared to lecture-based instruction in teaching of social studies. It was further explored that the academic achievement of students taught with the use of activity-based instruction was significantly better than that of students taught with the use of lecture-based instruction. Therefore, it was suggested that the effects of activity-based instruction can be investigated by teaching other subjects using this method and teachers may be trained in how to teach their respective subjects with the use of the activity-based teaching method.

The text deals with the question of the influence of international exchange programmes on reducing ethnic prejudices in their participants. Apart from a brief introduction into the issue of reducing prejudice, it comprises 392 free responses of Czech respondents, predominantly students, who have filled out an online survey as part of the project Intergroup Attitudes and Intergroup Contact in Central Europe. The participants gave accounts of their real contacts with Polish people, oftentimes within the framework of international exchange programmes, Erasmus in particular. Based on the comparison of the results of the qualitative analysis of the statements with the conditions of successful reduction of prejudices, one can suggest that international exchange programmes should have a positive influence on reducing negative ethnic stereotypes and prejudices among their participants.

This paper deals with the problem of school climate and research into it. We introduce results of school climate assessment at grammar school from the viewpoint of students, teachers and parents.

The paper attempts to describe the ludic dimension of students’ free time. My empirical research focused on fun as a form of students’ free time activity. The research question was the following: What is the content of students’ ludic activity? The analysis, conducted in 2004/2005 and 2005/2006, covered 1st, 3rd and 5th year students at the pedagogy course of Szczecin University (N=172). The research used the diagnostic survey method (with an auditorial questionnaire), supplemented with qualitative research techniques (interviews and free discussions, and analysis of essays by students). This paper attempts to describe quantitative and qualitative analyses and interpret research materials collected. The paper includes quotations from students’ opinions, which are used as examples showing the way entertainment is perceived as a past time activity

The paper deals with gender differences in achievement motivation of university students as well as searches for specific aspects of personality that participate in achievement motivation. At the same time it presents an overview of the number of differences found out by means of LMI methodology.

In this paper, the authors consider theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence of the method of assessment and evaluation by using knowledge tests, which significantly influence the quality of acquired knowledge. The students’ opinions on how they perceive the effects of applying tests in the assessment of the acquired knowledge were examined. The sample consisted of 415 students of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The results indicate that in the structure of the perception of introducing tests as a method of students’ knowledge assessment, positive attitudes and students’ role affirmation in the process of knowledge acquisition slightly prevail.

Research indicates significant difficulties in functional, economic, and social for families with a child with a disability. Our research focused on similarities and differences in the types of families of students without disability (SWOD) and with disability (SWD) and their economic and social status. Cross-sectional research was conducted on a sample of 2,847 people (including 170 SWD). No statistical differences were found in terms of global variables. The students were raised mainly by married parents living together (SWOD-77.1% and SWD-73.5%). However, SWD were more likely to have cohabiting parents or were orphaned. The economic situation of the families was similar, although, in terms of resources allocated for the development of its members, SWD had lower indicators. The social status of the respondents did not differ statistically.

The paper presents 5C (Creation, Cooperation, Context, Creativity and Communication) business case study solving methodology. This methodology is applicable to various real life business problems and it focuses on completely practical structure. It has been developed through the learning by doing practice of Industrial Engineering and Management students at the University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, during many national and international student business case study competitions for many years. Together with their mentors, students improved their own study program and accepted this useful concept as their basic tool when preparing for tasks and problems they are facing.

The text addresses the key competencies of the future relevant to the labour market from the perspective of students of the humanities and social sciences. It is based on the research carried out in three universities: in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (a total of 603 students were surveyed) in 2022 as part of the Erasmus+ project grant KA220-HED. Research results indicate that students perceive critical thinking, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication skills as the most important for future work, given that creativity is ranked in the middle of the three universities by students. Students ranked low emotion management, time management skills and digital competencies in the labor market. In terms of gender in the 4Cs, there are differences – for men, critical thinking is more important than for women, while communication and cooperation are more important for women. There are no differences in assessing the importance of creativity – this reflects the stereotypical image of differences between occupations perceived as more male and female.

Profound transformations of civilization create new needs for the generating, processing, storing and transmitting of knowledge. New objectives arise due to these needs in various areas of social life. One of the important aspects of the undergoing transformations is the increasing significance of non-institutional processes of education, including the process of self-education, which still does not have the right position in the teaching theory and practice. There is a need to analyse the process from different perspectives, diverse contexts and on the grounds of various theories. The present article emphasizes the concept of the analysis of student self-education from the perspective of the subject undertaking the process in the context of the effects of university and the changes of reality. The presentation of the proposed analysis is of a teaching character based on cognitive theories of the development of personality.

This study aims to describe the conceptual model, develop a model product, and assess the effectiveness of the Living Green Values Activities project-based learning model in enhancing students’ ecological citizenship. The research utilized a Research and Development design on students and teachers at junior high schools in Bandung, Indonesia. The findings reveal that the living green values activities project-based learning model integrates living green values, living values education principles, project-based learning, and cross-disciplinary approaches. The model’s syntax includes the steps of preparation, project design, action, demonstration, reflection, and publication. The model significantly influences the development of students’ ecological citizenship.

Over the years, there has been an increased investment in international education particularly because of the employment advantage that it provides. However, how well this form of education promotes employment opportunities and job engagement among graduates remains under-researched. This study examines the effect of investment in international higher education on students’ job engagement in Nigeria. Four research questions were answered and three hypotheses tested in the study. Survey design was adopted in the study while a total of 384 graduates who have studied abroad were sampled using snowballing sampling approach. The instrument used for data collection was named “Investment in International Higher Education for Students Job Engagement Questionnaire” (IIHESJEQ) which was face and content validated with a Cronbach Alpha reliability index of 0.82. Out of the 384 persons sampled for the study, 318 graduates (192 males and 126 females) representing 82.8% responded to the instrument and their responses were used for analysis using mean, standard deviation z-test and regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study showed that the students perceived that international higher education has both social and economic relevance. The amount spent on their education, duration of educational stay and number of countries visited significantly contributed to the students’ job engagement. Slow pace of technological adoption and cultural variations were part of the barriers to the internationalization of higher education while implementing hybrid education was seen as part of the strategies identified for internationalizing higher education in Nigeria. The study recommended the realignment of higher education curriculum to capture global realities as a way of promoting internationalization of higher education in Nigeria.