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The Effect of Swimming on Some Muscular Parameters in the Training of the Medical Students Members of the Handball Team

Author(s): Paul Bușe,Luminita Georgescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: handball player; swimming; Jump Plyometry; plyometrics;

The game of handball gradually developed into a very fast and demanding sport, with continuous changes in regulation. Speed force, especially found in the form of detente, is a fundamental quality for handball players, especially for players who shoot at goal. The main objective of the game of handball in offensive mode is to score as many goals as possible preceded by dribbling, passing and throwing at goal, while defensively blocks and steals of throws must be carried out. All these actions are based on high-level muscular parameters, acquired through a training directed and conducted according to the specific requirements of the dynamic game of intense physical stresses with rhythm breaks. In this regard, in order to support the handball players, in our research we have introduced swimming sessions within the training programs, both preparatory and pre-competitive and competitive. Purpose: Through this research we have tried to highlight the effects of swimming practice as a complementary sport in the training of amateur handball players and to support the technicians who draw up the training programs in order to increase sports performances and to decrease the risk of injury or physical exhaustion. Methods: This research was conducted on twenty amateur athletes handball players, aged between 19 and 25 years, being divided into two equal groups, with ten students for each group. The subjects were tested and evaluated using the Myotest PRO device in the Jump Plyometry test, through initial and intermediate testing after the preparatory stage and final testing after the competition stage. Results: after comparing the results obtained, the two groups, group 1 and group 2, an evolution is observed on average of 14% for the parameters measured at the end of the preparatory period, and of approximately 5% for the end of the competitive period, for group 1, while the values for group 2, of control, have stagnated or recorded a slight decrease in the pre-competitive and competitive stages.The game of handball gradually developed into a very fast and demanding sport, with continuous changes in regulation. Speed force, especially found in the form of detente, is a fundamental quality for handball players, especially for players who shoot at goal. The main objective of the game of handball in offensive mode is to score as many goals as possible preceded by dribbling, passing and throwing at goal, while defensively blocks and steals of throws must be carried out. All these actions are based on high-level muscular parameters, acquired through a training directed and conducted according to the specific requirements of the dynamic game of intense physical stresses with rhythm breaks. In this regard, in order to support the handball players, in our research we have introduced swimming sessions within the training programs, both preparatory and pre-competitive and competitive. Purpose: Through this research we have tried to highlight the effects of swimming practice as a complementary sport in the training of amateur handball players and to support the technicians who draw up the training programs in order to increase sports performances and to decrease the risk of injury or physical exhaustion. Methods: This research was conducted on twenty amateur athletes handball players, aged between 19 and 25 years, being divided into two equal groups, with ten students for each group. The subjects were tested and evaluated using the Myotest PRO device in the Jump Plyometry test, through initial and intermediate testing after the preparatory stage and final testing after the competition stage. Results: after comparing the results obtained, the two groups, group 1 and group 2, an evolution is observed on average of 14% for the parameters measured at the end of the preparatory period, and of approximately 5% for the end of the competitive period, for group 1, while the values for group 2, of control, have stagnated or recorded a slight decrease in the pre-competitive and competitive stages.

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The Influence of BMI on Resistance Running Among Middle-School Students

Author(s): Mihaela Bogdan,Cristina-Elena Moraru / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Physical activity; middle schoolers; resistance run; risk factors; BMI;

This study focuses on middle schoolers who undergo a period of transformation from preteen to teenager years. The situation concerning this category is alarming worldwide because these children are prone to obesity. Our research aimed to study the results of middle schoolers in the trial of resistance running and determine whether these results suffered modifications because of the BMI. The study features the results for 800m resistance running for girls, 1000m for boys, and the differentiation indicator, i.e., the BMI. The research group comprised 94 seventh graders (40 boys and 54 girls) from Iași County (Romania). Upon interpreting the BMI values, we found modified scores in the case of 39% of the girls and 45% of the boys. Most students obtained good results (the grade average was 7-8), and none of them dropped out of the test. According to the marking scheme, the statistical results have proven that the girls obtained values between 4.39´ and 4.48´, while the boys scored between 4.31´ and 4.45´. Consequently, our findings show that the BMI may partially alter the results of the resistance running trials; hence, greater attention should be paid to this category of students by limiting harmful habits and replacing them with physical activities.

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Specifics of Physical Training of Future Border Guard Officers of Ukraine: Comparative Analysis

Author(s): Klavdiia Tushko,Vadym Dyiak,Oleh Farion,Pavlo Lysak,Ruslan Sych,Valentyn Demskyi,Liubov Trifanina,Mykhailo Synyshyn / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: physical training; officers; border guard service; peculiarities;

The article highlights the range of problems concerning the level of physical training of future officers of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The purpose of the article was to analyze the peculiarities of physical training of border guard cadets before and after the full-scale invasion. Methods: The methods used in the research were both theoretical and practical. The results of the research were processed due to the comparative analysis. Results: The recorded changes were taken into account in the content of the Draft Military Doctrine of Ukraine and in the developed Instructions for the Physical Training of Border Guard Officers; in the work educational programs devoted to physical training, personnel policy of the law enforcement agency and the quality of the relevant training sessions, improving the level of physical training of future border guard officers. Conclusions: The connection between the quality and the content of physical training of future border guard officers in terms of the effectiveness of defensive as well as dynamics and potential of offensive operations during the war was proved subsequent to the results of the research.

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Digital Humanities Projects in Educational Process

Author(s): Viktoriia Atamanchuk,Petro Atamanchuk / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: digital humanities; digital resources; cognitive services; transdisciplinary ontology; transdisciplinary paradigm;

The purpose of the study is to outline the main directions and prospects of digital humanities development; to find out the main principles of the scientific space transformation, caused by the implementation of digital humanities; to define the transdisciplinary ontology as digital humanities important tool. Methodology of the article is based on implementation of principle of information systematicity and its further modeling in educational and scientific aspects. The information is being analysed for distinguishing its structural components and their semantic and functional coherence. According to the structural and semantic analysis of information, the modeling of information representation is performed. As the productive way of modeling is the transdisciplinary ontology, so principle of transdisciplinarity is one of the basical principle in the study. Transdisciplinary ontology seems to be an important tool of digital humanities. Using ontology it is possible to perform educational information in structured form with all its components, organized in hierarchical construction, and their correlation depiction. Transdisciplinary ontology provides various forms of information graphical display, perception of which helps to understand essential causal factors, principles of information arrangement, its regularities Recommendation for further transdisciplinary ontology application is based on the possible ontology extention by new elements adding according to the enrichment of educational material being learned.

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Expanded Reality: Just a Trend of our Time or do We Need Technology?

Author(s): Olena Fonariuk,Andrii Malykhin,Olena Murzina,Mykhailo Sherman,Olha Kanibolotska,Vadym Tynnyi / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Distance education; augmented reality; virtual reality; distance learning technologies; mixed reality; types of distance learning;

The article defines the concepts of distance education, distance learning and performs their general analysis. Their main forms, types and meanings in the educational system, as well as advantages and disadvantages are considered. The historical foundations of distance learning and all the stages of its formation are clearly traced, followed by the definition of characteristic features. Describes possible ways to eliminate existing problems and improve the quality of such learning. Considerable attention is paid to distance learning technology and its resources, in particular, expanded reality. Its key features, strengths and weaknesses, importance in the educational process and distance education are outlined. To create this article we used methods of synthesis and analysis, historical, comparative, and theoretical analysis of scientific literature and thematic journals and collection of data from sources. To achieve the proposed goal, we used the literature of various scientists and researchers who devoted their works to the subject of distance education. This allowed an in-depth study and research on this topic and came to the conclusion that distance learning is not inferior to traditional and is in increasing demand every year. In turn, expanded reality technology is exactly what the modern student needs to fully immerse himself in the world of learning and make the process exciting, interesting and interactive.

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The Future of Accessible Museums: Qualitative Analysis on Educational Practices

Author(s): Didem Islek / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Accessible tourism; accessible museums of the future; accessibility; phenomenology model; teacher candidates trained in museums and lecturers taught and experienced in special education views’;

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Eastern Orthodoxy as a Resource of Ethics and Social Sustainability for the Challenges Faced by the Digital Transformation of Society

Author(s): Gheorghe Nadoleanu,Ana Rodica STĂICULESCU,Emanuela Bran,Stefania Cristina Ghiocanu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: digital transformation; spirituality; religion; sustainability; policy;

This study focuses on the potential of harnessing the power of the local Eastern Orthodox religious teachings in creating a socially sustainable glocalized digital transformation for Romania. First, we investigated within the scientific literature the ways religion might impact social action, and where does spirituality intersect with digitalization. Second, we devised a questionnaire with items targeting religious styles and the perception of digitalization during the pandemic and in the foreseeable future along with inquiring about which institutions should get more involved in directing digital development. The sample was constituted of 170 adult residents from Bucharest and Constanta urban areas, most of them having graduated from university, with the sample being balanced between the engineering domains and the humanities domains of study. Thirdly, we employed statistical data analysis in order to explore differences in perception of risks, benefits, and in the desired action towards the digital transformation, between the different flavours of spirituality and religiousness. The aim of the study is to obtain valuable insights for creating a bridge between spiritual preachers, digital policymakers, and the civil society, driving development towards spiritually and economically sustainable goals, for a conscious society and a healthy environment.

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Project (e)mergency Remote Instructional Skills Enhancement (e-RISE): Implications to Nursing Education in Times of a Global Health Crisis

Author(s): Reynold Culimay Padagas,Ruth Gutierrez,Tessie Da Jose,Lotis Melinda Bernarte / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: e-RISE; remote instructional skills; remote learning; COVID-19; nursing education;

The COVID-19 pandemic provokes higher learning institutions to initiate an agile yet well-planned response in ensuring quality online teaching and learning. In response to the challenges of transitioning from the traditional to online teaching and learning, the researchers explored the lessons uncovered from the (e)mergency Remote Instructional Skills Enhancement (e-RISE), an intervention that comprised series of faculty mentoring sessions towards full adoption of an online platform for professional nursing courses. This action research utilized the Look, Think, Act cycle of Stringer (1996) involving eleven nurse faculty as participants. Using thematic analysis in data treatment, various themes were revealed ranging from advancing technological knowledge and competence to accepting personal limitations, values acquisition, and teacher empowerment. The technological knowledge and competence of the nurse faculty require further improvement. The acceptance of personal limitations in terms of putting up online learning modules implies the need to enhance pedagogy and design. Values acquisition in terms of life skills were dominant in response to the needs to change and adapt. Reverse mentoring is also recommended as this is paramount towards the success of the Project e-RISE. Lastly, teacher empowerment is touted essential to make remote teaching and learning more feasible, effective and efficient. The study findings suggest that Project e-RISE be adopted as a sustainable mechanism to capacitate nurse faculty in their migration from traditional to remote or online teaching.

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The Principal Management in Digital Literacy Empowerment of Elementary School Teachers

Author(s): Sri Marmoah,Suharno Suharno / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: the principal management; digital literacy; teachers; elementary school; empowerment;

This study aims to describe the principal's management in empowering teachers' digital literacy in elementary schools. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The subjects used in this study were principals of public elementary schools in Simo Boyolali, Indonesia. The total subjects who participated were eight principals. Data collection techniques are used in the interview, questionnaire, observation, and documentation studies. The discussion in the preliminary study, interview, and observation are to find out the problems of managing principals' digital literacy and digital literacy problems for teachers in online learning. The data analysis technique in this study uses Miles and Hubarman’ analysis techniques, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The data validation used source triangulation and technique triangulation. The results show that, first, the need for principals in digital literacy with the highest acquisition of ICT indicators in principal management is 57.53%; indicators for accessing information from the internet in the leadership process are 56.22%, and indicators for teacher support in using ICT are 54.87%. Second, the principle of empowering teachers' digital literacy requires steps: identifying, planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling. This research implies that digital literacy skills have an important impact on improving the professionalism of teachers, especially in the online learning process.

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Tourism Local Lore in the Modern System of Education

Author(s): Inna Heorhiivna Rozhi,Mykola Moskalenko,Olena Moskvichova,Liudmyla Babenko,Volodymyr Nosachenko,Yuliia Hariunova / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: role of tourism local lore; native land; tourism primary and secondary general school; training of students-geographers; individual cognitive experience;

This article covers the main approaches to implementing tourism local lore in the course of education. The problem is relevant due to the demand for competent specialists who are capable to form contemporary children`s competence in the course of education. Therefore, the theoretical-methodological analysis of the researchers of the problem identified, who became the rationale for the main results of the research to be determined, is provided in this paper. It is also ascertained that it is necessary to form a structured part of the professional competence of a rising geography teacher – local lore competence. There is some dependence of the level of qualification of rising teachers on an accurately planned process of formation of not only knowledge, skills and capabilities, but also personal traits of students formed at a higher educational institution. The concepts of native land, local lore and tourism, their correlation, conduction forms, functions are studied in the researches of scholars and according to the results of this theoretical research. In addition, the local lore principle is set as competency-based learning. The method of analysis, scientific, descriptive and research methods are used for studying tourism local lore in the contemporary system of education. Analysing the role of tourism local lore proves the demand for searching and gaining knowledge about a native land, optimising the study of major subjects, forming an individual cognitive experience of students-geographers. Such conclusions are the results of this research.

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Higher Education Internationalization. Development of the Concept Responding to Requirements of the Time

Author(s): Аndrii Chyrva,Olena Krekoten,Vasyl Bilokopytov / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Higher education internationalization (HEI); concept; interpretation; meaning; stages;

The article considers one of the most currant concepts which is introduced in modern leading systems of higher education - internationalization. It aims to reveal modern state of internationalization in the sphere of higher education. Study of existing internationalization interpretations enabled us to substantiate the concept and concretize the meaning of HEI at different stages of its development within chronological limits from 1980 to 2021. There was an attempt to trace evolution of the concept and renovate its systematic interpretation. Historical development stages of higher education internationalization have been defined. Understanding of the notion at modern stage has been presented. Conceptual analysis of available research and theoretic scientific papers concerning the problem of internationalization highlighting international experience of educational establishments made it possible to outline the most important phases of higher education internationalization development under conditions of globalization. The results of research can be used for renovating the content of some international disciplines such as «International education» «Comparative pedagogy», «Pedagogy of high school abroad» and others. They also might be appreciated by all parties interested in higher education internationalization. Proposed integral, multifaceted and complete vision of the phenomenon can be worthy for the further in-depth study of various phenomena development in the field of higher education at international level.

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Pedagogical Philosophy as a New Independent Scientific Theory

Author(s): Vitalii Kurylo,Olena Karaman,Nataliya Kurylo / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: pedagogical philosophy; philosophy of education; logical foundations; educational space;

The challenges of the modern, global, fast-changing world require that theoreticians and practitioners in the sphere of education should focus their efforts not only on finding innovative forms, methods and technologies of teaching, but also on reconsidering the entire philosophy of organization and functioning of the educational space, which inevitably leads to the need of developing a new independent scientific and pedagogical theory – pedagogical philosophy. Comparing pedagogical philosophy with the philosophy of education (teaching), defining the subject and object of the new pedagogical science, the author formulates its main elements: a) the leading ideas; b) the basic concepts and categories; c) the fundamental laws and regularities; d) the main principles and rules of application of the theory in practice during the organization of educational processes in real time. The main ideas of the new theory of pedagogical philosophy are as follows: The idea of recognizing the life of the younger generation and each individual person as the main and leading value of the entire educational space that has been built or is currently being built; The idea of showing an essential and constant concern of the adult generation for the conditions, development and strengthening of the comprehensive health of the younger generation at all the stages of their maturation; The idea of introducing psychological and pedagogical, socio-pedagogical and philosophical-pedagogical favoring for a free development and maturation of the younger generation and each individual person in real time in the educational space; The idea of the imperative of restricting, at all levels of educational administration, permissive, prohibitive and controlling functions and expanding organizational and search-and-creative ones, focused on the protection of comprehensive health of the younger generations and the introduction of constructive processes in their real life by fully suppressing and limiting the destructive ones.

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Factors Favorable for the Learned Optimism in Preadolescence

Author(s): Dumitrina Gazzi,Bianca Pitiruț / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: learned optimism; learned pessimism; self-efficacy; proactive coping; perceived autonomy-based parenting style; perceived controlling parenting style;

Prior research suggested that the learned optimistic explanatory style is positively associated with greater satisfaction in interpersonal relationships, a more effective approach of life stressors, better physical health and work productivity, less vulnerability to depression and also higher academic and athletic performances. Our research deals with how are learned optimism and learned pessimism predicted by academic, social and emotional self-efficacy, perceived autonomy-based parenting style, perceived control-based parenting style and proactive coping. Participants were 760 students (467 girls) - 12-year-old (20.5%), 13-year-old (31.8%) and 14-year-old (47.6%) – who voluntarily participated. They answered the questionnaires with which the research variables were operationalized. The present study contributes with its large number of participants to an overview of the factors that predict learned optimism and learned pessimism. Results indicated the importance of social self-efficacy, proactive coping and perceived control-based parental support in predicting learned optimism. Also, this paper shows that high learned pessimism coincides with high levels of difficult family situation (e.g. single-parent family) and reduced strength of social self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy, proactive coping and perceived control-based parental support. Important implications of this empirical research should be considered by social emotional learning programs for students, parents and teachers.

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Difficulties in Accommodating Students with the Academic Environment

Author(s): Speranța Farca,Oana Gheorghe / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: abandonment of studies; educational changes; educational difficulties; professor training; socially extended adolescence; socially prolonged teenage; students’ accommodation;

This article investigates the educational support opportunities which can be given to students in their first years of study in order to accommodate them with the academic environment. The data in the article is based on the research “Students’ accommodation with the university environment carried by Teachers Training Department from National University of Arts, Bucharest (Farca (ed.), 2018-2021). The methods used in the research are the analysis of documents, the analysis of data which come from students. This research highlights the accommodation difficulties that some of the students face when entering the academic environment, it showed their causes and effects as well as the educational changes which are necessary at university level. So far, it has been observed that there is a direct connection between students’ accommodation to the academic environment and the decline of the educational achievement and later, the decline of the professional achievement. The article selects the main accommodation issues expressed by students and the suggestions for academic improvement which have been conceived for them. The data of our research shows that a change in education is needed, that it cannot be left in the students’ responsibility and that their failures are in fact ours, the professors’.

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Training of Early Childhood Teachers to Develop Socio-Emotional Skills in Pre-Schoolers

Author(s): Laura-Elena Ciolan,Daniela Mihaela Florescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Autonomy; collaborative skills; observation tool; perseverence; practice; social; training;

The article is connected with a theoretical analysis of the emotional intelligence and empirical studies of the development of emotional intelligence in the context of personal dispositions of students future psychologists (n=84). The following methods were used in the empirical study: EQ test K. Barchard, «Diagnosis of emotional intelligence» (N. Hall), «Questionnaire SVF120» (V. Yanke, G. Erdmann, adaptation N. Vodopjanova), «Methods of diagnosing viability» (S. Muddy, adaptation D. Leontiev), «Oxford Happiness Inventory», «Diagnosis of emotionality» (Suvorov, 1976), «Questionnaire Machiavellianism of the individual». Mathematical data processing and graphical representation of the results were performed using the statistical package SPSS 17.0. It is noted that the real impetus for the emergence of the concept of EI in science were the works of G. Gardner and his theory of multiple intelligences. The basic models of ЕІ and the author’s interpretation of this concept are analyzed, which leads to the conclusion: the integrated understanding of this phenomenon by psychologists is still absent, the main definition of the concept of EI is often a list and description of its components, and the main justification for its importance is a list of those areas of life where the role of EI is most obvious.

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Exploring the Relation between Teacher Candidates’ Emotional Intelligence and their Educational Practices: A Case Study in Greece

Author(s): Konstantina Tsoli / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: classroom management; educational practices; emotional intelligence; primary school; teacher candidates;

Classroom management is a difficult task for teacher candidates and a significant barrier to being an effective teacher. The aim of this study was twofold: a) to examine the relation between student teachers’ emotional intelligence and their educational practices and b) whether emotional intelligence significantly predicted classroom management. The instruments used for data collection were TEIQue, a self-report questionnaire that measures trait emotional intelligence, and TEP-Q, a self-report questionnaire assessing three dimensions of classroom management: communication, organization, relationship. The sample of the study was comprised of third year undergraduate student teachers in the Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, who had their first experience with teaching practice at primary schools. Descriptive statistics and correlational models showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between the factors. In fact, student teachers’ emotional intelligence predicted classroom management. Research results have pedagogical implications, while the impact of the research on practice and policy highlights the urge of social and emotional interventions during teachers’ both initial and ongoing education as well as the need to promote an educational design that embraces the goals of social and emotional learning at schools.

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Social and Emotional Skills in Adapting Students to the Academic Environment

Author(s): Oana Jitaru,Roxana Bobu,Cristina Maria Bostan-Tofan / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: social skills; emotional skills; engagement; academic adaptation;

The paper presents the results of a research that aims to identify emotional and social skills manifested in first-year students with a technical profile and its positive effects on their adaptation to the academic life. An important developmental task of young students is their increased participation at formal and informal peer groups, along with their interest to gain independence and assertion of their own beliefs in the context of professional development. Students who develop their emotional and social skills have more chances to be accepted and better integrated into peer groups and experiencing the well-being in psychological functioning and social relationships. We used a multidimensional instrument which allows the assessment of a wide range of social and emotional competencies that students may possess at various levels. Using the multidimensional Profile of Social and Emotional Competences, (Tufeanu & Robu, 2013) we tested the impact of emotional regulation competencies over the association between responsibility in social relationships and engagement. The research results allow us to identify training and personal development needs of students as well as social and emotional skills that support their effective adaptation and reduce academic dropout.

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Art Therapy and Social Emotional Development in Students with Special Educational Needs: Effects on Anxiety, Empathy, and Prosocial Behaviour

Author(s): Mariana Lavric,Camelia Soponaru / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: art therapy; empathy; prosocial behaviour; social emotional development; special educational needs;

Although our research started before the pandemic, it seems that focusing on the social emotional development of our students has become a top priority, considering that, globally, the rates of anxiety among children and teenagers are, in the actual context of the pandemic and war, skyrocketing. One valuable way to promoting positive social emotional development is to implement in schools research-based programs that support students in strengthening their social and emotional competencies. Art therapy is one of the most suitable ways to serve this purpose, for it goes beyond words and gives the students the opportunity to deeper experience and process their emotions. This research used a structured group art therapy program to reduce anxiety and improve empathy and prosocial behaviour in 20 special educational needs students with neuro-psycho-motor deficiencies, aged between 8 and 11 years, who were randomly and equally assigned either to an experimental or a control group. The intervention was performed once weekly for ten weeks. Anxiety, empathy and prosocial behaviour have been measured using specific questionnaires filled out by the students’ caregivers at the beginning and at the end of the program. After ten weeks, the art therapy group showed a significant decrease in anxiety and a significant increase in empathy and prosocial behaviour. These findings suggest that art therapy might be used in an educational context to lower anxiety and to support the positive development of social emotional competencies such as empathy and prosocial behaviour in special educational needs children with neuro-psycho-motor deficiencies.

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Using Games to Build Social Emotional Learning Skills

Author(s): Ioana Boghian,Venera-Mihaela Cojocariu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: social emotional learning; social emotional learning skills; higher education; games; game-based learning;

This paper presents the results of a questionnaire-based study conducted at the "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, Romania. The study aimed at identifying students’ perception of the impact of educational games on their social emotional skills. The objectives of the study are: O1. to highlight the connection between game-based learning and social emotional learning skills; O2. to identify students' perceptions of the effects of learning games on their social-emotional learning skills in the context of online education; O3. to systematise the main arguments for using learning games to build social-emotional learning skills. A questionnaire consisting of a series of closed questions answered by 200 students from different study programmes was used for data collection. The results obtained made it possible to determine both students' perceptions of the impact of educational games on their professional and personal development and to formulate suggestions for the use of games to build social-emotional learning skills in higher education.

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Successful Bullying Prevention: a Curriculum Based on Cooperative Learning – Theoretical Analysis

Author(s): Georgeta Diac,Tudorița Grădinariu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: bullying; social dominance and comparison; social interdependence; cooperative leaning;

At the level of pre-university education units in Romania, there is a visible concern for identifying the most effective strategies to prevent bullying in parallel with the development of social skills for positive interaction. In accordance with these trends, this work aims to identify some educational strategies to prevent bullying that value the dynamics of cooperation. Thus, in the present study we propose to present the theory of social interdependence from the perspective of cooperative learning in the prevention of bullying. In the scientific literature it is shown that students who have more experiences of cooperation have an increased probability of not developing individualistic tendencies or engaging in intentional acts of aggression. On the other hand, social dominance theories show that through competition students compete for a place in dominance hierarchies and may have harmful intentions.The findings of various researchers show that cooperation is an effective strategy against bullying both in secondary school and in primary school. Cooperative learning significantly reduces bullying because bullies and victims share a tendency to be uncooperative. It was also observed that the results of cooperative learning on prosocial ability they have related by the improvement of the relationship between students. Given that bullies prefer to dominate rather than be cooperative, while victims lack social interaction skills, we believe that the success of bullying prevention is found in a curriculum centered on cooperative learning. Therefore, the design of such a curriculum is important from the perspective of developing students' cooperation and interrelationship skills as a strategy to prevent bullying.

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