The purpose of the study was to characterise pupils’ profiles as well as the initiatives undertaken by teachers in order to comply with the dynamically changing world. The first part of the paper presents selected contexts of global cultural transformation. The second part focuses on the characteristics of pupils’ multiple competencies with an aim to identify and reorganize their cognitive axiological, social and emotional competences. The last part points to and analyses developmental potential of pupils’ multiple competences in properly arranged and implemented educational processes. In order to meet the challenges, teachers should make use not only of pupils’ potential, but also of their own resources.

W artykule poddano analizie proces kształtowania się i rozwoju edukacji dwujęzycznej. Nakreślono charakterystyki kształcenia dwujęzycznego specjalistów w zakresie pedagogiki społecznej i pracy socjalnej, uzasadniono konieczność wprowadzenia do planu studiów przedmiotów specjalnych w dwóch językach i przedstawiono wybrane zagadnienia edukacji dwujęzycznej przyszłych pedagogów społecznych w Uniwersytecie państwowym imienia Iwana Franki w Żytomierzu. Udowodniono ponadto, że kształcenie dwujęzyczne jest niezbędnym elementem nowoczesnego systemu edukacji w uniwersytecie, który wymaga dalszych badań i opracowania z punktu widzenia naukowego i metodologicznego. Rozwiązaniem pomocnym w jego realizacji w procesie kształcenia na uczelni może być organizacja nauki dyscyplin specjalnych metodą dwujęzyczną.

The article describes features in the developing of foreign language communicative competence by using interactive teaching methods. The directions of developing the students’ foreign language communicative competence are determined. Experimentation on skills in the development of this competence was carried out on the basis of interaction between participants. A comparative analysis of the results in experimental and control groups is proposed. The scientific novelty of the article is that it describes the effectiveness of the experience of using cooperation technology and the online platform Technology Entertainment Design in the developing of foreign language communicative competence of students.

The paper emphasises the need to develop new global competence in the context of the demands of modern societies. Contemporary and future demands for highly skilled workforce in the global economy constitute a challenge for teachers and teacher-training community. New skills and competences are needed for the success of professionals and these skills should be a part and parcel of their vocational education. Development of global competence is emphasised in the context of the current approach of Global Development Education (GDE). The paper describes the current state of implementation of the GDE in Slovakia and briefly describes an example of GDE implementation in VET teachers’ preparation at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Slovak University of Agriculture. Several possibilities of implementation of global education into teachers preparation are described. Particularly, the conditions of a supplementary pedagogical course at the Slovak University of Agriculture were analysed. The analysis of the course curriculum revealed several higher education subjects which include issues of global education or have a potential to develop such themes. Also, the paper briefly describes the results of a small survey on secondary school pupils’ knowledge and opinions in some selected fields of GDE and a survey on secondary school teachers´ experiences with GDE. The aim of the paper is to highlight the importance of global development education (GDE) in the educational process at secondary vocational schools. The main purpose of global development education is to form att itudes necessary in new social conditions.

Psychological and Pedagogical Support for Students’ Research in The Educational Process of the New Ukrainian School

The article focuses on theoretical foundations of the formation of primary school students’ research skills in the educational process of the New Ukrainian School; it presents the peculiarities of psychological and pedagogical support for students’ research in primary education. Research skills are defined as the ability of a primary school student to observe, compare, analyse, research, synthesise the acquired knowledge with the formed readiness to perform new tasks productively. It is proved that the components of research skills include teaching methods and techniques based on cooperation, principles of continuous developmental interaction between teachers and students, formation of their research framework, behaviour, practical research skills, actualizing intellectual sphere, curiosity, insight and rational thought. The author proves that the realities of today require radical thinking, in the context of research alternatives, and updating certain aspects of the educational process in general secondary education, emphasizing the actualization of personally transformative meaning of research in primary school students. It requires, in its turn, cognitive cooperation, which will provide stimulating, generative learning, an accelerated transition to new, modified structures of knowledge and research behaviour. At the ascertaining stage of the pedagogical experiment the target orientations concerning the process and state of formation of primary school students’ research skills in the educational process of the New Ukrainian school are investigated. They are as follows: determination of their cognitive needs, desires for independent creative research activity; desire to work in a group of young researchers, experiment; knowledge of how to work with information on planning research; hypotheses; research presentations; diagnostics of difficulties in mastering theoretical knowledge, practical skills and competencies in research. The results of the analysis of the primary school students’ research skills formation in the educational process of the New Ukrainian School, the results of the ascertaining stage of the pedagogical experiment showed insufficient and even low level of the formation of the studied phenomenon.

The choice of verbal and non-verbal means of communication as a way to avoid conflicts between the participants of the educational process

The integration of all spheres of public life into the educational process requires from a modern educator the ability to rationally choose the means of verbal and non-verbal communication, which leads to understanding, contact, a stable informative position during classes. The article considers the problematic issues of verbal communication, namely: knowledge and use of language norms, the ability to get out of different conversational settings, in accordance with the changes in the Ukrainian spelling in 2019. Modern psychologists have proven the influence of non-verbal communication on the learning process, and therefore, regardless of fashion trends, a teacher must remain a professional in any way, and his (or her) every gesture should add incentives to learn but not distract a learner. The inability to find common ground in the teacher-student-parent triangle is increasingly leading to conflict situations and therefore, having experienced some social constraints during quarantine, pandemic, distance education, we must return to social interaction in all possible ways including the use of non-verbal means of communication which regardless of our wishes, give all aspects of the behavioral norm, character, psychological characteristics of a speaker. The inability to speak, express thoughts and ideas leads not only to misunderstandings but also to conflicts between the parties. There are many factors that affect the understanding process. The use of non-verbal forms of communication is perceived at a different but no less effective level of understanding information which is an indispensable method of work in the educational process, when you need to attract maximum effort for quality transferperception-assimilation of knowledge by students.

Pedagogical Principles of Formation of Ideas About the Profession in Preschool Children

The article defines the essence of the concepts of «profession », «labor education», and pedagogical principles of the process of forming ideas in preschoolers, analyzes the essence and content of pedagogical work on the formation of ideas about professions in preschool children in preschool education. According to domestic and modern sources, it is proved that the formation of preschoolers’ ideas about professions is based on the organization of games, modern forms and methods of organizing the educational process in preschool education, family involvement in the formation of knowledge and experience of different professions. Arguments and scientific evidence of the theory that labor education is a component of preschool education and an element of acquaintance of preschoolers with work, which contributes to the effective formation of preschoolers’ ideas about the profession. The article covers the tasks of labor education and acquaintance of preschoolers with professions, work of adults. The solution of the set tasks is effective only on the condition that the formation of ideas about the profession will be carried out from the first years of the child’s life. In the process of revealing the content of labor education as an element of the process of acquainting preschoolers with professions, two aspects are taken into account: the acquisition of knowledge, the transformation of knowledge into attitudes. It is noted that in preschool the child shows a tendency to any occupation, and this tendency in the future may turn into professional activities, so in preschool education it is necessary to conduct career guidance work in classes, entertainment, other forms of preschool activities and in everyday life. The prerequisite for becoming a child as a professional is the formation of independence in preschoolers. It is proved that in today’s conditions it is necessary to form in preschool children knowledge about modern professions, which is a problem of education because children mostly have knowledge about the professions of parents and other family members. In the process of forming preschoolers’ ideas about professions, it is important to move away from outdated forms and methods of work, use the activity approach, the approach of «learning through play», and teachers who go to work with children should be retrained, improve their work taking into account modern children. In order to effectively acquire knowledge about the profession, the teacher must implement new innovative technologies of preschool education, be a partner for the child, a consultant, help the student to understand the world around him.

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.

In the context of the military conflict in Ukraine, since February 24, 2022, the Polish government has decided to include refugee children in the continuation and implementation of education in the Polish education system at various stages and levels of education. Educational institutions in Poland have faced the great challenge of accepting refugee children into the Polish education system. Due to the war situation, both children with a refugee background and their guardians (mothers), as well as teachers, were confronted with the reality that showed many aspects of education and the implementation of the didactic process in a situation hitherto unknown and unexpected. The article aims to provide a preliminary diagnosis of the education process of children with a refugee background from the perspective of teachers and institutional support. In addition, the analysis also attempted to assess the health and mental well-being of children with experience of war trauma. Critical reflection on the education process of refugee children in Poland is based on available reports and studies of quantitative and qualitative research carried out primarily by public institutions (Polish Ministry of Education and Science, UNHCR, Integrated Educational Platform) and the private sector (Centre for Citizenship Education 2022–2023).

The article is focused on the issue of whole-life education from the point of view of one of its distance learning forms: e-learning. One of the core problems of this field is self-study and its arrangement; specifically study materials and a correct organization of learning.

The article deals with the issue of pedagogical interaction and communication, it focuses principally on the interaction and communication of teachers in classwork as depending on teachers´ gender. It gives the information about the results of the survey which empirically answers the question whether the teacher’s gender influences the pedagogical interaction and communication and their evaluation by pupils in the process of classwork.