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Moysey Antoniy. Review of Proceedings Papers: “Borders and Contacts. Local, Regional and Global Phenomena”, Coord. Carmen Dărăbuș and Camelia Zăbavă, Craiova: Aius Printed, 2020, 364 p. The factor highlighted in this volume is not the economic one, but the mental one. Globalization, a key word of the 1990s, redefines the concepts of “regional” and “local” in relation to ethnicity and primordialism, the evolution of these terms until the beginning of the 21st century. The three chapters – Literature, Language, Cultural Studies and History of Mentalities – discuss, from heterogeneous perspectives, the interferences at various levels.
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Literature review analyzes nine specialized papers, which are focused on issues of social barriers of pupils and students with specific learning disabilities. In identifying the most important features and characteristics of pupils and students with specific learning disabilities in the educational process, we need to recognize which areas have a significant impact on the learning process. At the forefront comes the level of motor skills, the level of memory and intellectual abilities, laterality,perception, spatial orientation, learning strategies showing the competence of self-learning,communication, and social relations. Based on the results of foreign research studies, it turned out that the social barriers of pupils and students with specific learning disabilities overlap their entire education from the beginning to the period of transition to higher education. Pupils and students with specific learning disabilities are most influenced by areas of relationship to their immediate surroundings and to themselves.
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Paper presents analysis of documents evaluating behaviour of children in re-education settings. Based on the analysis of daily evaluation, the paper aims to identify qualitative degrees of positive and negative behaviour. The analysis of documents from 13 re-education centres focuses on methods and a scope of daily evaluation. The findings indicate content ambiguity in individual documents. A combination of verbal and point evaluation using positive and negative points prevails.The analysis revealed disparities in awarding points for behaviour that were defined in the same way, which shows certain specification in a staff approach. Daily evaluation serves as a source for weekly evaluation and a subsequent placement of children into groups with either rewards or loss of privileges.
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The main objective of this research refers to the correlation of perceptual skills and attention to the adoption of materials as well as contributions surveyed variables on school achievement in the program area of “The seasons, changes caused by their replacement in nature and society”. The sample consisted of 93 interviewees with mild intellectual disability, aged 8 to 12 years and 3 months, both sexes, no neurological, sensory and combined disturbances. To access the ability of respondents we used the first and third subtest Acadia test of developmental skills (auditory and visual discrimination), C3 scale Luria Nebraska Battery for Children (tactile perception), trunk and Criterion test knowledge test. The results show a significant correlation between estimated cognitive ability and achievement in the program area of “The seasons, changes caused by their replacement in nature and society”, which is taught in the subject of Natural and Social Sciences. Of all the estimated abilities visual discrimination occupies the most significant place, with the standard coefficient Beta 0.288, while behind it there is a listening discrimination with 0.071, tactile 0.200 and attention with 0.56 percent. Key words: perception; attention; Natural and Social Sciences; mild mental disability.
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he paper x-rayed on impact of social media on the people of Asaba in Delta State in the period of COVID-19. The outbreak of corona virus, known as COVID -19 by the world health organisation has thrown the global community into fear and anxiety. In course of COVID-19, the use of social media contributed in the dissemination of information and information overload among individuals. Social media have long been recognized as powerful forces shaping how we experience the world and ourselves. The following sub-headings were discussed; concept of Coronavirus and COVID- 19, challenges of Asaba people in the period of COVID -19 pandemic, concept of social media, importance of social media and impact of social media during COVID 19 to Asaba people. The work emphasized the role social media platforms which really contributed a lot to the people of Asaba to gain information about COVID-19. The following recommendation were made among others; a way to encourage Asaba people productivity and students’ academic efficacy during this COVID-19 pandemic. It is equally important that government and school authorities checkmate and regulate the use of social media among people of Asaba. This would enhance in building on the positive use of social networking sites such as joining students in group and helping them meet other student groups online. By this, they can bring to limelight the risks and benefits associated with the use of the social sites and help students to overcome the Journal Plus Education, Vol 29, no.2/2021 pp. 24-39 25 vices behaviourassociated with these sites as well as educating students on the best and most efficient ways of using these sites to support learning.
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Researchers have lately been interested in the scientific literature on the dark triad and antisocial conduct in order to better comprehend the complexity of human aggression. Furthermore, studies revealed that breaking rules, physical violence, and social hostility were three aspects of antisocial behavior, underlying the Machiavellian correlation of specific deviant and antisocial behaviors, such as workplace difficulties, disruptive and counterproductive job action, and deception. To better understand the evaluation of the sub-facet cynical view of human life, we look at the concept of schadenfreude, which is defined as one person's enjoyment from another's suffering.The convenience sample approach was used in our study, which targeted a group of 390 adult Romanians.For measuring schadenfreude, and difficulties in following the rules, this research has used a single item research question, and for measuring empathy, we have used the 6 items empathy scale (IPIP), in an online survey shared on social media platforms. Our research investigated if Schadenfreude mediates the relationship between empathy and difficulties in following the rules (Process Model 4 V3.5). Results confirm our hypothesis, showing that there is a significant relationship between empathy and difficulties in Journal Plus Education, Vol 29, no.2/2021 pp. 40-54 41 following the rules, but when adding schadenfreude into the equation, former relationship becomes statistically insignificant, and all the effect flows through the mediator, schadenfreude. Thus, the more individuals score on schadenfreude, the more difficulties show in following the rules. Conclusions and implications are discussed.
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his study examined the impact of social studies education on addressing the culture of silence in Nigeria. A descriptive research design was adopted and data was collected via a survey of 275 female undergraduatestudents of Delta State University, Abrakausing non-probabilistic sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Linear regression analysis with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23. The results of the study showed that social studies education have a positive and strong relationship with the breaking of the culture of silence in Nigeria. The result of the study also revealed that social studies education has a significant influence on breaking through the culture of silence in Nigeria. Therefore, it was recommended among others that government and policy-makers should intensity effort to review social studies education curriculum in Nigeria universities with emphasis on the place of social studies education on addressing the culture of silence and the inculcation of moral values.
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One can define burnout as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduction in job performance that occurs in individuals who work professionally with others. Burnout syndrome is described as either persistent and troublesome complaints of exhaustion after low mental effort or persistent and troublesome complaints of feeling tired and physically limp after low physical effort. These include at least two of the following six symptoms: muscle aches, drowsiness, headaches, sleep disturbances, inability to relax, and irritability. Factors affecting employee health and well-being can have a significant impact on the financial costs associated with employee health and the profitability of the business. Action needs to be taken at an individual and organisational level to reduce the levels of stress and burnout syndrome.
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This study examined the strategies for promoting effective guidance and counselling programmes in schools as perceived by counsellors in Kwara State. The study design used was a descriptive survey. Seventy counsellors were purposively selected from government owned schools in each of the three districts. A total of 210 counsellors participated in the study. The questionnaire titled Strategies for promoting Guidance Programme Questionnaire (SPGPQ) was administered on the respondents. The study revealed that when counsellors are giving opportunities to train and retrain, this can promote effective G & C programmes in schools. It was thus recommended that professional guidance counsellors should be allowed to go for retraining at least once in a year. This will enhance the effectiveness of the guidance and counselling programme in schools.
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This paper presents the concept of an operational model of virtualtraining and personal development for students - future teachers- graduating from the University of Pitesti, who, under the current circumstances of academic education and pandemic crisis, need more than ever individual and group support to cope with change in order to generate their own solutions to personal problems, to know themselves better, to learn how to get well, to better understand how their own thoughts affect feelings, emotions and behaviour, to develop their assertive communication and active listening skills, to learn behavioural self-regulation strategies, increase self-esteem, identify priorities, cope with academic exams, etc.The aim of the research is to analyse the partial results of a pilot-project that began by surveying the perceptions of student teachers in preschool and primary education at the University of Pitesti on the needs, fears/ concerns they have during the coronavirus pandemic, but also on the need to implement a possible online coaching and personal development program to support them during this period. The research methodology brought together a questionnaire-based survey, interviews with experts, content analysis and statistical processing of the partial results. The research findings highlight methodological and praxiological aspects of implementing a possible virtual program of transformative coaching and personal development that can cause generative changes in students’ cognitive and behavioural plan and can bring balance, satisfaction, even joy on a personal level, but also practical training as future teachers
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Inclusive education is an educational desideratum whose transposition into practice implies a concrete, punctual educational reform, with directions of action clearly outlined by unequivocal legislation, complete and in terms of the role of all factors involved and specially adapted to Romanian society. Learning disorders are relatively new concepts in pedagogical theory and practice, and in terms of their legal recognition, in Romania only in 2016 appeared a legal provision that recognizes and clarifies this issue: the notions of dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia and provides intervention to provide the personalized and individualized learning that these students need. The prevalence of specific learning disabilities (ISDs) is estimated to be between 5 and 15%, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).Trying to clearly distinguish between a child with a specific learning disability and a child with a low motivation to learn or generally low learning ability is complicated and challenging. In order to remedy learning disabilities in the classroom, the teacher must know and build a series of teaching strategies tailored to the individual characteristics of the student with TSI, but also to achieve a genuine partnership with the family, other teachers in the classroom, the speech therapist or school counsellor, the support teacher and other specialists involved in the learning and recovery process. Lucrarea de față încearcă să identifice și să exemplifice câteva demersuri specifice de intervenție psihopedagogică în cazul copiilorcu tulburări specifice de învățare.
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This study was aimed at determining the relationship between school plant and student academic performance in public secondary schools in Nnewi Education zone of Anambra State. Four Research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Correlation research design was adopted. The population of the study was 1779 respondents made up of 49 Principals and 1730 students in the 49 schools in Nnewi Education zone of Anambra state. The sample comprised of 88 respondents selected through simple random sampling technique. For data collection, questionnaires were distributed to students and principals. The instrument was validated by experts and reliability ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. The reliability index of 0.82 was deemed high enough. Mean score was used to answer the four research questions. The chi-square test was used in testing hypotheses one while hypothesis two, three and four were tested using the t-test statistic. From the results, it was discovered among others that there is a positive relationship between school plant and students’ academic performance; that schools in urban areas have more components of school plants than their counterparts in the rural areas; principals in the urban areas had positive attitude towards school plant maintenance while the principals in rural areas had negative attitude towards school plant maintenance. Based on the findings, recommendations were made including a clarion call on the state government to increase funding to schools in Journal Plus Education, Vol 29, no.2/2021 pp. 174-189 175 the annual budget, and make efforts to balance the allocation of the education sector equally among schools in the urban areas and those in the rural areas. Conclusions were drawn and implications and suggestions for further studies made.
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The middle years’ age is a period of changes and challenges, due to physical growth and motor skill development, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development (Harold & Hay, 2005). Cognitive development refers to how a person thinks and perceives his or her world through the action of genetic and learned factors. During middle childhood, children’s vocabularies increase, and they also develop the ability to express intentions. Socio-emotional development refers to understanding and regulating emotions. Children’s autonomy, their secure emotional development and psychological well-being are strongly influenced by parenting style and disciplinary practices (Harold, 2005). The purpose of this paper was the translation, adaptation, and validation of the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) from English to Romanian. The aim was to assess the factor structure of the scale. The methodology used was the Exploratory factor analysis and we identified three dimensions of the Instrument: Social and emotional development, connectedness, and school experiences of the MDI - Romanian version. We decided to validate this instrument on a Romanian sample, because of the good psychometric properties of the original scale, which recommend it as a reliable tool and thus helps the process of studying this age. Results suggest that the translated and adapted instrument is adequate and valid for evaluating aspects of cognitive and socio-emotional development of middle years’ Romanian children.
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Natural Sciences and Mathematics are a set of disciplines concerned with discovering, researching, and comprehending the laws that govern the natural world. People who are passionate about exact sciences have created the majority of the big discoveries that have revolutionized our planet. The goal of learning natural science is to increase scientific knowledge and understanding, improve science process skills, and get a better grasp of science's role in society. The goal of scientific education is to promote and empower pupils to develop curious minds and a fascination with science and the natural world. In scientific and other contexts, acquire knowledge, conceptual understanding, and skills to solve problems and make informed decisions. The present article, presents teaching models for the above-mentioned school subjects, by transposing it to the outdoor environment. The national curriculum for primary school was analyzed before creating the teaching patterns and activities.
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The praxiological significance of this article lies within the analysis and classification of relevant aspects of the emotional intelligence development during preadolescence. Accordingly, the focus has been set on determining the development process of emotional intelligence during preadolescence, of knowledge and own skills assimilation of this psychological construct, as well as the identification of the determining factors. Preadolescence is the period of great changes at biological, cognitive, and social experiences levels, and EQ’s development has solid implications in human communication, inter-personal relationships and more, being a capacity with profound social implications. Emotional intelligence is seeded and developed throughout the entire life, and it allows to show our intellectual capabilities and our creativity, assuring success both in personal and professional life.
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n this study the evolution of the gifted and talented education was explored, followed by a discussion of disparity between the western and eastern culture in terms of perceptions of the gifted and talented, diagnosis of the gifted and talented, curriculum options, and service delivery models in these two cultures. Disparity in gifted education between rural and urban areas in China was also discussed in this paper. Recommendations about how to properly serve the gifted and talented were provided.
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amily life satisfaction and their menthal health has to receive a special attention in the psychological and health literature, so that the society together with the family can prevent the spread of the disease which have profoundly changed people's lifestyles and pose a threat to their physical and mental well-being.The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of Covid -19 Pandemic on family considering the online education being anenormous pressure for parents concerning educational activities.In this respect,146parents have completed psychological instruments that measure the level of satisfaction with life, parental acceptance and the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress. They also gave demographic data which contain marital status, number of children, working experienced during the pandemic, etc. For statistical purposes linear regressions were used. The results showed that a high level of parental acceptance predictsa low level of life satisfaction and also high levels of depression and anxiety and a high level of life satisfaction predicts a low level of stress.
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Traditionally teaching mathematics in schools is based primarily on well-posed problems. Intuitively, there is a clear difference between them and ill-defined problems. Research in the field of problem-solving is often based on the analysis of procedures for solving incompletely posed problems (i.e. ill-defined problems) because they are expected to provide a deeper insight into mathematical abilities as well as the ability of critical and creative thinking of respondents. However, ill-defined problems are scarcely explored as a main subject of interest. This paper aims to investigate the place of those types of problems in teaching mathematics. As a context of the investigation, we consider various classifications of math problems. Three classifications of mathematical problems with a "pedagogical perspective" are elected to be analyzed using the theoretical epistemological method of comparative analysis. All three classifications consider the position of participants in problem-solving, teacher and students. As a result of the analysis, we create a comparison of the spectrums of problems, particularly paying attention to ill-defined problems in them. The discussion finishes addressing the place and purpose of using ill-defined problems in mathematics instructions.
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