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Coping strategies as mediators in the relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement

Author(s): Ana Genc / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

In most modern societies, nearly every realm of life involves some form of evaluation of our knowledge, abilities and skills. Given the potentially significant consequences of exams, it is not surprising that they are often very stressful. This study aimed to determine the existence and nature of the relationships between level of test anxiety, coping strategies, and achieved success on a mid-term test. As well as examining the direct relations between the given variables, our primary interest was to investigate the potential mediating role of coping mechanisms between the input and output variables of the examined stressful transaction. The study was conducted on a sample of 263 students from the Psychology and German Studies Departments of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad. According to our results, only emotion-focused coping mechanisms were statistically significant mediators in the relationship between level of test anxiety and mid-term test achievement. The results indicate that students with high test anxiety who employ predominantly emotion-focused coping strategies score lower on a pre-exam knowledge test.

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Informalno učenje traži svoje mesto u formalnim kontekstima obrazovanja

Author(s): Slobodanka Antić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2018

The modern educational theory, policy and practice share the dominant interest for the formal learning contexts. However, if learning is defined as a transformation of participation in socio-cultural activities within the community, all learning situations become significant. This includes the learning contexts beyond the formal school environment, e.g. informal learning. If learning is defined as a dynamic, undetermined, contextual social construction, responsible for person’s transformation but also for modifying the context of learning, various kinds of informal learning situations should be brought into focus. In the present paper, the relationship between learning in two contexts, formal and informal, is investigated. The most relevant aspects of these teachings/learning processes were compared with respect to their potentials and limitations in preparing the developing person for full participation in the society. Since each person transmits all of his/her experiences through learning contexts, the boundaries between these learning environments are not so clear and stable from the perspective of the one who learns. On the other hand, the boundaries are more visible and relevant for different providers of teaching practice. In the second part of the paper, we proposed some directions as to how to bridge the two contexts of learningeffectively and in a planned way.

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Tackling Irregularities in Sport through Education on Whistleblowing

Author(s): Vassilis Barkoukis,Monica Stăncescu,Marius Stoicescu,Haralambos Tsorbatzoudis / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Recent years have brought to the attention of sport specialists new challenges in education, aiming to defend ethics and integrity in sport. Doping, match fixing and corrupted sport governance represent ongoing threats to the integrity, good reputation, and societal welfare dimension of sport. At the same time, from the athletes’ perspective, abuse, sexual harassment, bullying, violence and psychological pressure are other types of threats to the ethics in all sport domains. Different educational approaches that aim to achieve a culture of ethics and integrity in sport have been designed and implemented. Recently, whistleblowing has been promoted as a useful means in the fight against corruption in sport. This trend called for more educational efforts designed to encourage the participation of those involved in the sport phenomenon (i.e. athletes, coaches, managers, spectators) in whistleblowing in order to prevent the violation of ethics.The paper is an analysis of the usefulness of an educational material on whistleblowing implemented in Romania. In order to promote models of good practice, information is directly related to the educational rationale through an explanation of not only what knowledge and skills can be expected to be gained, but also what professional capabilities will be achieved. The conclusions of the paper emphasize the need to develop and test new education and training methodologies, promoting whistleblowing in sport, which will be adapted to the needs of the target sport population aiming to induce positive beliefs and behaviours about whistleblowing.

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Relationship between the Syndrome of Emotional Burnout and Characterological Qualities of a Person, Comparative Aspect

Author(s): Halyna Fesun / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The article reviewed the specifics of the phenomenon of emotional burnout, the leading symptoms and phases of emotional burnout, characterological features that contribute to the emergence and development of a syndrome of emotional burnout.The author analyzes emotional burnout as a complex multidimensional dynamic entity that manifests itself specifically and develops over a long time: the chronic state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion. Mathematical data processing and graphical presentation of the results were carried out using the computer software package of statistical software SPSS 11.5. The results of this study confirm the suggested assumptions about the existence of reliable statistically significant relationships between all the symptoms of the phenomenon of "emotional burnout" (with a probability p <0.01), excluding the symptom of "emotional detachment", which has no correlation with the symptoms of "anxiety and depression", "expansion of the sphere of saving of emotions", "Psychosomatic and psycho-vegetative disorders".

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Help for Personal Work: Who are the Real Actors?

Author(s): Seykhou Diallo / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

On a recent thesis supported analyzes the real actors in charge of personal work assistance in seven colleges in priority education. A questionnaire distributed to 1638 middle school students focuses on the different support systems and the actors who fight against failure, school dropout, and inequalities. How much does personal work help to different stakeholders? Is the discourse on externalised aid as a means of reducing inequalities and social justice justified? The theoretical framework is the work of Houssaye (2011), Maubant (1999), Meirieu (1998) and Zakharchouk (2011). The results of the statistical processing software Spad 7 show the various actors involved in helping school work, of which a very significant proportion of families from working-class background deconstruct prejudice on the alleged resignation of these categories of population.

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Educational Practices for Diminishing the Dropout Risk of the First-Year College Students from an Agronomic University in Romania. Preliminary Considerations

Author(s): Mihai Alexandru Stanciu,Carmen Mihaela Creţu,Carmen-Olguţa Brezuleanu,Florin Lipşa,Elena Seghedin,Mihaela Borza,Ana Maria Boartă / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Communication drills a strategic direction of the management of the Faculty of Agriculture, within the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, to support the first-year students that are exposed to the risk of university dropout, belonging, in particular, to the disadvantaged groups. The target group was formed in the university year 2017-2018 out of a number of 150 students, who met the criteria of the project.Among these, 77 students (48 %) got grades of 7 or below 7 at the Baccalaureate; 77 (51,3 %) belong to monoparental , low income families or with parents who work abroad; 83 (55,3 %) come from the countryside; 10 (6%) are orphans of one parent or both parents; 2 (0,13) have been in foster care, orphanages or similar institutions. Moreover, older research (Stanciu &al, 2011) showed that the main problem the first-year students have to face in their effort to fit into the academic work is the lack of skills of efficient learning (almost 78%).The courses of action for diminishing university dropout were the following: the awareness of the age and individual peculiarities of the students; the emphasis of the teaching-learning-assessment process on the student; the initiation and the running of social-emotional development programmes; the individualized counseling of the students for facing the accommodation problems which may occur during the first years of the bachelor studies; the familiarization with the efficient learning techniques which may break new grounds toward lifelong learning; the learning of efficient communication techniques; the involvement in volunteering actions; the development of a partnership between the family, the university, the community and the economic entities.

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THE IMAGE OF SOCIALLY ACTIVE INDIVIDUAL IN THE REPRESENTATIONS OF STUDENT YOUTH

Author(s): Rail Shamionov M.,Anton Grigoryev V. / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The study of students’ representations of a socially active individual is one of the major tasks of psychology of education. The purpose of the study is to carry out analysis of characteristics of an image of a socially active individual in the representations of student youth and to correlate them with self-assessment of social activity and assessment of real social activity. Students aged 17-23 years (n=251) took part in the study М=20.11, SD=1.2 (41% men). We used the polling method with the scales developed by the authors of the present study in order to identify self-assessment of social activity, to evaluate real activity; and the associative experiment method. In the study we analysed qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the image of a socially-active individual in the representations of university students. We have established major meaningful characteristics of representations (personal qualities, self-improvement and personal transformation, states, representation in the group, process and activity-related characteristics). Conclusion has been made about the connection between the intensity of students’ social activity and cognitive complexity of the image of a socially active individual and the content of subjective (initiative, confidence) and psychodynamic (vigour) categories in it.

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THINKING STYLES AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TRAINING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Author(s): Jaime Huincahue,Claudio Gaete-Peralta,Viviana Garrido Véliz / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This study shows the qualitative construction of a Referential Cognitive Graduate Profile (RCGP) for the Computer Engineering program of the University of Bernardo O’Higgins (UBO) in Chile, based on the theory of Mental Self-Governance and by using three data-gathering methods: document analysis, interviews, and questionnaires, reflecting the professional competencies expected by the end of the training, set forth by both the institution and program management. The proposed model allows to contrast the different thinking styles (TSs) found with the ones preferred by students in different levels of formation independently. With this purpose in mind, by using a quantitative methodology, 88% of male students in the program completed the questionnaires to determine these preferences, enabling us to perform a correspondence analysis through Fisher’s exact test. The RCGP results show evident preference for the legislative, executive, hierarchical, and external styles of thinking and clear differences between the preferences of students and of the RCGP. Finally, we discuss about various ways to create new means to strengthen and upgrade both the program’s graduate profile and the RCGP with the purpose of benefitting the formation of Computer Engineers and the future of the RCGP model.

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Ředitelská vize a vztahy v učitelském sboru: srdcaři, manažeři a přežívači

Author(s): Irena Smetáčková,Ida Viktorová,Veronika Pavlas Martanová,Petra Topková / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2018

Principal’s vision along with the style of school leadership are important factors influencing school culture and thus also relationships among the teaching staff. The aim of the present paper is to present a part of the results from a series of 12 case studies of elementary schools focusing on principals’ visions, the resulting leadership styles and their reflection in ways of fostering relationships among the staff. Each case study consisted of a combination of data collection methods: questionnaire survey among teachers, interview with school management, interviews with selected teachers, analysis of school documents, and observation of school life, while the main source of data for the current contribution were 58 interviews with directors, deputy directors and teachers from 12 case schools. Relationships among teaching staff have emerged as a key value in principal’s vision. Consequently, school management uses various practices to promote professional and/or personal relationships among teachers. Based on the case studies, we identified three basic types of principals’ visions, which differ in the roles that leadership assigns to relationships among teachers. The types of visions were labeled “hearters,” “managers,” and “survivors.” The length of the time in management function and the specificity of the school compared to the others shoved both as significant factors influencing principal’s vision.

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Quality Education within the Scope Sustainable Development in the Context of Globalization. A Case Study of Primary Education in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: The Case of Romania

Author(s): Tudorita Rabigan,Constantin Manea / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Education in Romania, which is considered a national priority, has over time witnessed numerous transformations imposed by national, European and international requirements. The study proposed by the authors is aimed at capitalizing on the legal framework that coordinates primary education, as a component part of education in general.International organizations, with a role in globalizing the economic branches of all countries, have included quality education as a global goal of international interest on their agenda. Given the importance of primary education in quality education, the authors aimed to make a regional classification within the context of a statistical analysis based on the United Nations report in 2018.

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Reciprocal Associations between Communication Styles and Types of Pedagogical Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Author(s): Andra-Mirabela Adăscăliţei / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The aim of the present research has been to analyze how communication styles influence the personal predominant approaches of teachers in the event of a conflict broke out in the classroom. The participants were 46 teachers, from schools in Dorohoi and Darabani. The methods used were the standardized questionnaire "Communication style" (Solomon Marcus) and the adapted questionnaire of W.J. Kreidler. The present paper starts from the hypothesis that the use of persuasive messages correlates with the type of pedagogical approach in conflict resolution. The use of intervention strategies for classroom management largely depends on pedagogical tact and teacher skill. Conflict is part of school reality, but the teacher’s ability to persuade may be defining in his regulation. Every pedagogical approach (of involvement, problem solving, of the compromised type, non-involvement type, ignorance type) takes its place but is advisable like teacher to use persuasive communication in finding solutions according to goals and relationships.

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Communication in the instructive-educative process

Author(s): Oana Maria Ciuchi / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2018

This paper presents the importance of communication in the social life of the individual with emphasis toward a particular form of communication, didactic communication. Therefore, without generalization that all the defining aspects of the didactic communication are surprised, however, the main forms, characteristics, stimulating factors of communication which optimizes / facilitates the instructive-educative process are revealed.

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Organizational Culture and Its Impact on Employees' Behavior

Author(s): Livia Durac / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2018

In terms of importance, culture at the workplace is the foundation of the binder of any organization, a power to which it is conscientiously and meticulously working towards employees, who carry it further. The set of norms, rules, both written and of symbolic character, beliefs, values affect the organizational entity as a whole, but also at the level of each member belonging to it. By its ubiquitous force, this dimension which characterizes, in general, any organizational structure influences - undoubtedly - the behaviour of its members, influencing their decisional capacity. From this perspective, the correlation between organizational culture and good institutional progress is the field of evidence. The article is a theoretical approach that brings to the fore the dynamics of the organization from the point of view of its culture, which resonates with the identity of such a structure. The way in which its members understand how to adapt to the specific rhythm of this permanent dynamics resonates with the goal of achieving its objectives and, at the same time, defining the organization in relation to other organizations. Addressing aspects of the impact of culture on members forces them to consider how they relate to the institution of membership, and, in turn, how it treats them. In essence, a cumulus of features that, together, give the dimension of the role of organizational culture.

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Minimum Level of Education. An Analysis of the Results of Romanian Students Based on Pisa Data

Author(s): Gabriela Carmen Neagu / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2018

The results obtained by Romanian students at international assessments (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS) are very low compared to the other European countries. Moreover, a very large percentage of them is below the minimum level of competency for all three areas investigated by PISA: writing/reading, mathematics and science. On the occasion of these assessments, the education systems are put in a position to measure the ability to form and transmit to the students the knowledge, skills, abilities needed for full social and professional integration, in a constantly changing society and economy.In this article, we aim to focus on that category of students who fail to overcome level 2 skills, knowledge, skills on the PISA scale. The data come from PISA 2015, but also from previous assessments (PISA 2012, 2009, 2006) and the research method we will use is secondary data analysis.

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Vybrané aspekty edukácie žiakov vzhľadom na ich devalvačné prejavy

Author(s): Erich Petlák,Albín Škoviera,Gabriela Siváková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2019

The paper is focused on the area of pupil education and emphasizes the need for its appreciation. Education is not only a matter of school, but of whole society. But school and teachers have a specific role and responsibility. The reality is that in schools we can see an increase of unwanted pupils' manifestation that need to be inhibited. What is expected of present and future teachers is highlighted in the paper, e.g. emotionality of education, more comprehensive approach to the pupil and their correct diagnostics, etc. Focusing on these and other areas helps schools remove aggression. In this context, the paper describes some psychological theories of aggression: biological theory, theory of frustration, cognitive-behavioral theory and integrative theory. In conclusion, the authors emphasize the idea that reality is such that present times devalue moral and other values of people. Because of this we have to strengthen the educational work.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VALUE ORIENTATION SYSTEM OF ARMENIANS IN TITLE ETHNOS AND RUSSIAN DIASPORA

Author(s): Irina Vladimirovna Abakumova,Asya S. Berberyan,Hermine S. Berberyan / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The article substantiates the importance and relevance of studies on ethnic identity and value orientations, since they predetermine the assimilation of the spiritual culture of society, the formation of value orientations significantly contributes to the development of the individual. For that goal, a study was conducted with 160 bachelor and master students (ethnic Armenians and Russians living in Russia and Armenia) with a use of Twenty Statements Test and Schwartz’s Value Survey. The results of the study allowed us to describe common characteristics of the value-semantic aspect of the ethnic identity in Armenian and Russian title ethnos and diaspora. Thus, we aimed to describe of the process of identifying and assigning the values in Armenians as a dual process: the acceptance of values, the norms of the group with which a person is identified; the comparison of himself and his group with others, which has a positive impact on the cohesion of his group.

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CRONICA UNUI PARIU PIERDUT CU PARAPSIHOLOGIA

Author(s): Dan Alexandru Măruță,I. Gabriel Năstase / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 39/2019

In 1993, the Faculty of Cognitive and Parapsychological Sciences was set up at the initiative of the rector of that time (of the Ecological University of Bucharest), univ. prof. dr. eng. Dolphi Drimer and at the suggestion of the late engineer Valeriu Popa. From 1995 to 1999, until the termination of this faculty, I participated as associate professor, head of the "Psychhotronic" department, in its development. As a representative of the Presidency of Romania (advisor for science, research, technology), I supported the faculty self-evaluation report within the C.N.E.A.A.

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Environmental Education of Young People in Carrying out Design Projects on the Basis of Literary and Musical Folklore

Author(s): Serhii Pavlovych Mykhyda,Olga Vladimirovna Yezhova,Oksana Abramova,Olha Vasilivna Puliak,Vladymyr Fedorovich Cherkasov,Liudmyla Oleksandrivna Chystiakova / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2019

The article deals with the problem of environmental education of future teachers in carrying out educational design projects on the creation of fashion collections of clothing. The project has been carried out using the patchwork technique based on literary and musical folklore. In the process of working on the project, students have been prompted to adhere to the principles of ethical design and consumption of clothing, commonly named as sustainable fashion: made-to-order clothing production; use of environmental materials; high quality of products; observance of the rights of employees of the fashion industry and ethical standards in communication with them, protection of animals; repair and processing of clothing; rental of clothing; wearing second-hand clothes. The study uses a method of ecological ritualization that makes it possible to appeal to ethnic traditions. The experimental group of participants of the pedagogical experiment has been tasked to create a collection of clothing on the project theme “Responsible fashion – trends of the future”. The purpose of the project is the creative recycling of used clothing, remnants of fabric, yarn and creating of modern and comfortable clothes. The project has been carried out in such stages: 1) research or search; 2) draft; 3) project and 4) technological. To carry out the design project using recycling technologies, a combination of patchwork techniques, “Crazy Quilt” and “Crazy Wool” from waste fabrics and yarns were chosen.The participants of the control group made a creative collection of clothes based on the self-selected creative source. As a result, the largest changes in the number of students with high readiness to follow the principles of responsible fashion have occurred in the experimental group. A pedagogical experiment with a level of significance α = 0.05 has confirmed the effectiveness of design using recycling techniques (patchwork, “Crazy Quilt”, “Crazy Wool”) for the formation of youth willingness to follow the principles of sustainable fashion.

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Working or Learning? Working Students in the Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Area

Author(s): Sorana Mihaela Saveanu,Florica Ștefănescu / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2019

The paper addresses a current and growing phenomenon in the context of higher education massification, namely student employment in the Hungarian-Romanian cross-border area. Previous studies seek to reveal the negative but also positive effects of reducing the time required for learning activities at the expense of time spent at work. If we consider the decision to get a job during college from the perspective of students’ need to cover the financial costs, then the analysis of working students brings forward the issue of horizontal inequalities in higher education, with consequences also on inequalities in the labor market insertion. Our study aims to emphasize the characteristics of students’ options to work during their studies, describing their social and academic profile. From the perspective of the correlation between time assigned for study and the time assigned for work, we analyze the relationship between academic engagement and the employment status of students. Our study is based on data from the survey carried out within the HURO /0901/253/2.2.2 – HERD project among students from Hungary and Romania. Our results show that there are significant differences between the two countries in terms of the dimensions and structure of students’ employment. However, variables referring to country and universities (from Romania and Hungary) don’t have a significant impact in the regression model for employment status. Students from this region who are working while they study are those from the Master programs, those who need to pay their tuition, those with low household incomes and who had to work also during their high-school studies. Our data suggest that the main reason for working is the financial one. Interesting results were found regarding academic engagement. In our study, working students have a higher level of academic engagement.

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An Evaluation of Strategies and Policies in Higher Education Management in Internationalization Process: New Pedagogy

Author(s): Fahriye Altınay,Gulsun Basari,Mehmed Alinay,Gokmen Dagli,Zehra Altinay / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2019

Reports by the International organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD, reveal that the number of students in higher education in 1985 was 20 million, in 1990 26 million, in 1995 38 million an d with a rapid increase from 1995 onwards, the number was over 85 million in 2001. At present more than 100 million students are at universities and it is expected that the number will reach to 200 million in 2020. In this respect, evaluating the strategies and policies for higher education in terms of internationalization becomes crucial. This research study aims to examine the role of management in higher education within internationalization process for catching the new pedagogy. It is essential to consider new generations for the roles of managers in terms of fostering online learning. Qualitative research design was conducted that case study was employed in this research. 17 universities’ representatives were participated research that content analysis was done to analyse qualitative data. In this research, it is revealed that ground of internationalization, institutional strategies, policies, academic strategies and policies, risks and handicaps, role of internationalization in higher education are essential for the quality and management for making new pedagogy.

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