This paper presents some of the results of an exploratory research conducted on an appropriate sample of students from six countries in the region of Southeast Europe (N-973), among them 182 potentially gifted, ie with an average grade above 9.00, therefore with expressed academic performance. The intercultural sensitivity of the gifted students was examined in the context of the current migration processes in order to analyze their ability to accept pluralistic ideas and to reconsider the opposite argumentation, because the gifted have a greater tolerance to diversity and the like.The differences in the intercultural sensitivity of the gifted students compared to other students, as well as the differences between students by gender, were recorded by applying the descriptive method and the scale of assessment as an instrument. The instrument was concerned with the question: what effects in the field of intercultural communication can cause current migration in Europe? Independent variables were gender and success in studies, and the dependent variable was level of intercultural sensitivity.The main finding relates to the following: there are statistically significant differences (small or medium) in evaluating positive and negative intercultural effects in terms of sex and success in studies, and that the donation in immigration flows has more positive effects for the EU, and in the first place among these is the strengthening of multiculturalism in the EU.
Уменията за себерефлексия се изграждат като част от общото психосоциално развитие и себеопределяне и процесът може да бъде целенасочено подкрепен. Умението за поддържане на оптимална себеоценка и себеусещане се формира в хода на търсене и откриване на себе си във връзка с възможностите и стремежа към себеутвърждаване. Представени са резултатите, получени от изследвани 364 ученици и студенти като представители на най-сензитивния период на изграждане на идентичността. Акцентът е основно върху взаимните връзки между себеутвърждаването и идентичността. Данните от емпиричното изследване върху феномените себеутвърждаване и идентичност са интерпретирани от гледна точка на личностната рефлексия. Те разкриват, че повишеният стремеж към себеутвърждаване – независимо дали чрез ориентация към другите и търсене на външна подкрепа, или реализиран чрез собствени успехи и автономно, води до по-успешно себеопределяне и стимулира изграждането на психосоциална идентичност. Изведените връзки имат приложимост в учебна среда и могат да бъдат полезни за всички, ангажирани в обучението и работата с ученици и студенти.
Въвеждането на нов задължителен учебен предмет "Компютърно моделиране" (КМ) в началната образователна степен, както и поверяването му в ръцете на началните учители, провокира един от аспектите на тази промяна, а именно подготовката на учители за началния етап за преподаване на този предмет. В настоящото изследване са представени резултати от проучване на дигитални умения на студенти от Факултета по педагогика към Югозападния университет "Неофит Рилски" – Благоевград. Фокусът пада именно върху трайността на знанията и уменията на респондентите, нужни им за преподаването на учебния предмет "Компютърно моделиране", за които се предполага, че са придобити по време на средното образование (от завършващите сега ученици съгласно действащите учебни програми) и които са необходими за надграждане в университетското обучение с оглед бъдещото преподаване на този предмет.
Статията представя резултати от проведено анкетно проучване сред социални работници и студенти педагози относно социалната услуга "приемно семейство" и проблемите на приемните родители при грижа за деца със специални образователни потребности. Пределно ясно е, че готови рецепти за адекватна и актуална социална грижа за тези деца няма. Акцентите в изследването са насочени към подготовката и условията за осъществяване на приемната грижа, разгледана като алтернативна и с висок коефициент на полезност за децата със специални потребности. Очертани са няколко основни проблема на взаимодействието "приемни родители – деца", както и варианти за решения.
An integrated approach, using quantitative and qualitative research methodology, with a sample of 150 students, reveals the attitude of students to the nature and origin of the virus causing COVID-19, as well as vaccines, scientific evidence and prospects for their use. The results show, despite the expectations that students would have more trust in scientific information about vaccines and a higher percentage of vaccinated, that they do not differ from the general population in our country. More than half believe in conspiracy theories about the artificial origin and spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, and do not trust the scientific evidence on the safety of vaccines. The vaccinated one third of the sample have statistically significantly more confidence in scientific evidence than unvaccinated. Vaccinated students live in households where the majority are vaccinated, while unvaccinated students live in households where the majority are not vaccinated. The motives for vaccination for those who have done so and those around one tenth who intend to be vaccinated are less related to medical logic. For most of the vaccinated, the motives are related to the way of life - frequent travel abroad, being able to work to survive, not having to pay for different tests every day. The role of higher education institutions in improving students' awareness of the medical logic of pandemic control and making young people leaders in this process is discussed.
The article presents a survey of pegagogy students' training needs for realisation of the connectivity "formal – non-formal education", in response to the current challenges to education in our country. It is accepted that education is a systemic object, functioning on the basis of the relationships between its constituent formal and non-formal subsystems. The connectivity of the subsystems through the applying of two key paradigms is presented argumentatively: (1) a connectivity as a whole and a continuum and (2) a connectivity such as sharing and interdependence. This connectivity is measurable in complementarity, compensatory support, mutual support and mutual corrective. To determine pegagogy students' training needs for realisation of the connectivity "formal – non-formal education", a survey was conducted in the period May – July of the academic year 2020/2021, with 96 respondents from the St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo – Vratsa Branch and Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", which constitute a general sample. The study focuses on the connectivity between formal and nonformal education at the following levels: normative level, content level, activity level and level "results of activity". The data collection tool is a structured questionnaire with closed-ended items, developed by the author and provided to the respondents via an access link. Based on the survey data, it should be summarized that students have needs for realistion of the connectivity "formal – non-formal education" in each of the levels and to the connectivity as a whole. And just the connection "formal – non-formal education" is what will contribute to overcoming the deficits in modern education, as an essence and manifestation in the aspects of goals, content, activities, results.
The formation of a complex of competences related to a specific professional field is a process aimed at achieving the two main dimensions of competence, namely: achieving the goals in the processes of education and training and accumulation of administratively defined professional characteristics of a specific position. The present article aims to present the results of an empirical study, reflecting the point of view of social service managers in terms of importance of specific professional and specific knowledge, individual qualities, and interpersonal skills, specific and necessary for the position. The findings in this study are accents to which part of the university training of the students in the specialties "Social Pedagogy" and "Social Work" could be directed.
The present study presents the results of a survey among undergraduate students in special education in full-time and part-time education, who have completed their distance- and e-learning in two highly practical disciplines – Braille, and Orientation and Mobility, studied as compulsory in 5th and in 7th semester. The study shows an insufficient level of mastered practical skills in both disciplines, encountered various difficulties in the course of training, as well as partial desire of students for in-person training and attendance.
The shift to "emergency remote teaching" forced by the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a huge challenge to most of the teachers and students in higher education institutions worldwide. Our research focus in previous publications was aimed at establishing the impact of e-learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic of separately teachers and students at Sofia University (Bulgaria) on their evaluations of e-learning strengths and weaknesses, as well as their attitudes towards this e-learning in general. As a sequel, in the present paper an attempt is made to compare the perspectives of the two groups towards e-learning, influenced by their experience. The survey of teachers and students' opinions was conducted through online surveys at the end of the summer semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, when, due to the pandemic, approximately 4 months of the learning process was provided entirely online. Participants in the study were 383 teachers and 1239 students from all 16 faculties of the Sofia University. Findings from the data analysis revealed the presence of statistically significant dependencies between teachers and students' experiences in online learning and their views of theoretically and practically proven advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. The results in the two groups appeared to be almost similar, which gave us reason to claim that richer experience in e-learning is a significant prerequisite for the formation of positive attitudes towards e-learning in both students and teachers, and vice versa, lack of experience or insignificant experience negatively affects their evaluations of e-learning.
Инспекторите по обществено здраве са подложени на корупционен натиск при изпълнение на функциите си в системата на Държавния здравен контрол. Целта на изследването е да бъде проучена информираността и нагласите за корупция на студенти от първи курс в специалност "Инспектор по обществено здраве` и в зависимост от получените резултати да бъде създадено подходящо антикорупционно обучение. Проучването е осъществено чрез анкетен метод с първокурсници в началото на зимните семестри на 2014/15 и 2015/16 учебни години. Резултатите от анкетата показват, че болшинството студенти са приети в специалността по първо желание (85%), имат представа за професията и за корупционния риск при упражняването й. Повече от 70% приемат, че има корупция навсякъде и във всичко, 15% са категорични, че не е ясна формулировката за корупция, 50% са убедени, че не може да се направи нищо срещу корупционните практики и че тези, от които зависи решаването на проблема, са също корумпирани. Половината от студентите предполагат, че в системата на ДЗК има корупция и че същевременно има служители с корупционна нетърпимост. Анализът показа, че студентите нямат ясна представа за същността на корупцията, но са информирани за наличието на корупционни практики в системата на здравния контрол. Резултатите от проучването са взети предвид при актуализация на програмата по "Социално и здравно законодателство` с включване на лекции и упражнения, свързани с корупционните практики и наказателноправните аспекти при корупция. ; Public health inspectors are subjected to corruption pressure in the performance of their functions in the Public Health Control System. The aim of this paper is to study the awareness and attitudes to corruption of first-year students from the Public Health Inspector program and, depending on the results, to create appropriate anti-corruption training. The study was conducted through a survey including freshmen at the beginning of the winter semesters of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 academic years. The results show that the majority of students admitted to the program selected it as their first choice (85%) and they are familiar with the profession and the corruption risk while exercising it. More than 70% of respondents believe that there is corruption everywhere, 15% state that the definition of corruption is not clear, 50% are convinced that nothing can be done against corrupt practices and that those who are responsible for resolving the problem are also corrupt. Half of the students suggest that there is corruption in the Public Health Control System and that at the same time there are officials with corruption intolerance. The analysis showed that students have no clear idea of the nature of corruption but are aware of the existence of corrupt practices in the healthcare system. The results of the study were taken into account in the update of the Social and Health Legislation Program, including lectures and exercises related to corrupt practices and criminal-law aspects of corruption.
Period during the late ХХ century – the beginning of the ХХІ century is marked by high number of social and political conflicts all over the world. Obviously, natural and environmental disasters, a wave of post-Soviet revolutions, endless wars, and terrorist actions led to the spread of ethnic conflicts. Consequently, the attention of progressive members of the scientific world, politicians, and educators focused on the problem of xenophobia as a new phenomenon for the beginning of the third millennium. This notion is associated with the unfriendly attitude to all foreign, strange and unfamiliar which at the same time is a sign of cultural limitations of a modern person. In turn it encouraged foreign and native scientists to develop and introduce new ways of tolerant coexistence of different nations and nationalities, both within one state, and on a global scale. We consider organization of educational work in this direction to be one of the best ways to overcome the ethnic conflicts.
В роботі досліджено сучасний стан та тенденції розвитку ринку освітніх послуг для іноземних громадян. Визначено основні країни-постачальники студентів в Україну, перспективи розвитку співробітництва з деякими регіонами світу та окремими країнами. Розроблено науково-практичні рекомендації стосовно активізації діяльності держави та вітчизняних вищих навчальних закладів у сфері надання освітніх послуг іноземним громадянам. In this research the current status and trends in the education market for foreign citizens are investigated. The main countries supplying students in Ukraine and prospects of co-operation with some world regions and countries are identified. The scientific and practical recommendations for activity activation of our government and domestic higher educational establishments in the field of educational services providing to the foreign citizens are suggested.
Стаття присвячена проблемі формування системи забезпечення якості вищої освіти в сучасній Україні. Звертається увага на дискусію щодо форм залучення студентів до оцінювання якості освітніх послуг у вищих навчальних закладах. Визначається, що важливим інструментом моніторингу якості освіти є комплексне вивчення громадської думки студентів щодо якості освіти в конкретних університетах. Соціологічні опитування дозволяють оперативно отримувати оцінки та пропозиції щодо освітніх послуг від їх безпосередніх споживачів, тобто студентів, які з середини здатні помітити ті недоліки навчального закладу, які непомітні для зовнішнього середовища. У статті підкреслюється, що якість освіти залежить не тільки від діяльності викладачів та співробітників університетів, але і від самих студентів. Одна з вимог Болонської декларації - залучення студентів до участі в оцінці організації і змісту освіти у вищих навчальних закладах . На основі аналізу результатів вибіркового репрезентативного соціологічного дослідження «Студенти ДНУ імені Олеся Гончара про якість освіти в університеті» зроблений висновок, що студенти спроможні оцінювати якість освіти в університеті. Більш точні оцінки та важливі практичні рекомендації щодо якості освітніх послуг в університеті можна очікувати переважно від старшокурсників. Але і студенти молодших курсів, які не мають ще достатнього академічного досвіду, за певних умов можуть також надавати цікаву для викладачів та керівництва університету інформацію. Залучення студентів до різних форм таких опитувань безумовно буде сприяти формуванню у них розвинутих освітніх мотивів, бажань компетентно брати участь в житті університету, зокрема в оцінюванні та контролі якості освіти.
The article is devoted to the research and analysis of the migratory moods of students of higher education institutions during studies as an important factor of their life prospects. In recent years, Central and Eastern Europe has been experiencing particularly acute problem of labor migration processes that are going in one direction. Young working population is leaving the country and is not coming back. It should be noted that such a vector of economic migration is always directed from the periphery towards the center, and from developing to more economically developed countries. At present, there is an intensification of migration processes in the world, and these processes increasingly involve the population with high level of human capital (people with university and post-university education). In the scientific literature, this process is referred to as "elite migration" and implies mass migration of highly skilled professionals, which is associated with an increase in the role of multinational corporations and, consequently, a decrease in the role of the national economy in the global economy.Countries that are interested in "brain gain" and know their economic cost are pursuing an active and purposeful migration policy to attract highly qualified specialists from developing countries. The purpose of the article is to carry of the migratory moods of higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe as an important factor of their life prospects. Because of the special political, social and economic situation in Ukraine caused by the conflicts in the Eastern regions of the country and the economic crisis the study puts more emphasis on Ukraine. According to expert estimates, migration of individuals with high level of social capital is determined not only by social and economic problems that are characteristic of countries in a transitional economy, but also by political and sometimes cultural factors. Often, the migration of the social elite is a response to the systemic crisis that these countries are experiencing in the process of democratic formation. Facade democratic regime, the general inefficiency of the economy, the decline in the level of culture and education in society, as well as the lack of clear prospects, all become push-factors that determine the departure of such individuals. We characterized the migratory moods in the context of possible emigration, identified and compared the prerequisites and motives of the students" paid and volunteer work, as well as found the connection between the students' field of study and their type of work. Based on the results of the research, we can state that the respondents' professional plans are directed towards external labor migration, which will negatively affect the economic development of the regions due to the loss of promising workforce. ; Статтю присвячено дослідженню та аналізу міграційних настроїв студентів. «Фасадність» демократи, загальна неефективність економіки, зниження рівня культури й освіти в суспільстві, корупція, кримінальний капіталізм, «олігархічна» концепція управління – все це стає виштовхуючими факторами (push-factors), які зумовлюють міграційні настрої чи від"їзд молоді з вищою і постуніверситетською освітою. Виходячи із результатів дослідження, зазначимо, що траєкторія професійних планів респондентів спрямована у напрямі зовнішньої трудової міграції, що негативно позначиться на економічному розвитку регіонів у зв"язку з втратою перспективного трудового ресурсу.
The article is devoted to the research and analysis of the migratory moods of students of higher education institutions during studies as an important factor of their life prospects. In recent years, Central and Eastern Europe has been experiencing particularly acute problem of labor migration processes that are going in one direction. Young working population is leaving the country and is not coming back. It should be noted that such a vector of economic migration is always directed from the periphery towards the center, and from developing to more economically developed countries. At present, there is an intensification of migration processes in the world, and these processes increasingly involve the population with high level of human capital (people with university and post-university education). In the scientific literature, this process is referred to as "elite migration" and implies mass migration of highly skilled professionals, which is associated with an increase in the role of multinational corporations and, consequently, a decrease in the role of the national economy in the global economy.Countries that are interested in "brain gain" and know their economic cost are pursuing an active and purposeful migration policy to attract highly qualified specialists from developing countries. The purpose of the article is to carry of the migratory moods of higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe as an important factor of their life prospects. Because of the special political, social and economic situation in Ukraine caused by the conflicts in the Eastern regions of the country and the economic crisis the study puts more emphasis on Ukraine. According to expert estimates, migration of individuals with high level of social capital is determined not only by social and economic problems that are characteristic of countries in a transitional economy, but also by political and sometimes cultural factors. Often, the migration of the social elite is a response to the systemic crisis that these countries are experiencing in the process of democratic formation. Facade democratic regime, the general inefficiency of the economy, the decline in the level of culture and education in society, as well as the lack of clear prospects, all become push-factors that determine the departure of such individuals. We characterized the migratory moods in the context of possible emigration, identified and compared the prerequisites and motives of the students" paid and volunteer work, as well as found the connection between the students' field of study and their type of work. Based on the results of the research, we can state that the respondents' professional plans are directed towards external labor migration, which will negatively affect the economic development of the regions due to the loss of promising workforce. ; Статтю присвячено дослідженню та аналізу міграційних настроїв студентів. «Фасадність» демократи, загальна неефективність економіки, зниження рівня культури й освіти в суспільстві, корупція, кримінальний капіталізм, «олігархічна» концепція управління – все це стає виштовхуючими факторами (push-factors), які зумовлюють міграційні настрої чи від"їзд молоді з вищою і постуніверситетською освітою. Виходячи із результатів дослідження, зазначимо, що траєкторія професійних планів респондентів спрямована у напрямі зовнішньої трудової міграції, що негативно позначиться на економічному розвитку регіонів у зв"язку з втратою перспективного трудового ресурсу.
