This is the English language contents page for E&SD 14(2)
Correction.
When first published in June 2019, the English language title of the article by Goryachikh М.V. and Troyan I.A. was incorrect. The correct title is:
The formation and development of students’ academic mobility in V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University.
The Editors and publishers of the Journal wish to apologise to the authors for this error and the inconvenience it has caused.
Nick Rushby
Editorial: Fighting fake research…………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Van Damme Jan, Bellens Kim, Tielemans Kelly, Wim Van den Noortgate
Do changes in instructional time, professional development of teachers
and age of students explain changes in reading comprehension at the country
level? An exploration of PIRLS 2006 and 2016……………………………………………………………. 10
Yu Cheng Shen, Hai-Yan Nie, Yu Liu
Electronic Portfolio Architecture Based on Knowledge Support in Senior
Project Design…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
Wioleta Danilewicz, Tomasz Prymak
Self-development in Old Age versus the Challenges of the Information Society:
The Polish-Bulgarian-Portuguese Perspective…………………………………………………………….. 44
Valeria A. Kapustina, Julia A. Berkasova
An integrative binary lesson as an example of innovative educational technologies
in a higher education …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 55
Gilemkhanova E.N.
The relationship of socio-psychological security and academic performance
of the educational environment of municipalities………………………………………………………. 68
Goryachikh М.V., Troyan I.A.
The formation and development of students’ academic mobility in V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 79
Alexey M. Sivinskiy, Kambat K. Kulambayeva
Learning effectiveness and evaluation technology in school for hearing-impaired
children………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 92
Mezinov V.N., Zakharova M.A.
Teacher training for the development of social intelligence in schoolchildren…………..105
In 1665 Henry Oldenberg launched the world’s first scholarly journal. The purpose
of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was “to allow scientists to impart their
knowledge to one another and contribute what they can to the grand design of improving
natural knowledge and perfecting all philosophical arts and science.” Three hundred and
fifty years later we would still recognise the key elements of his creation: the promotion of
sound science through peer review, the recognition of scientists and the creation of a permanent
record of important ideas and research. Education & Self Development is a ‘traditional’
journal – as are most of the well-established scholarly journals around the world.
Several international large-scale assessments in education take place every 3 to 5 years. PIRLS (the
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) takes place every 5 years. If data from only one
moment are considered, it is difficult to explain differences in achievement between countries. But
we can also consider data from two (or more) years and focus on changes over time within each
of the participating countries. Following countries over a certain period in such a longitudinal approach
facilitates causal inferences on the effects of characteristics of educational systems.
In this study, we investigate the effects of instructional time for language and reading and of amount
of professional development of teachers on reading comprehension in Grade 4. We also study the
effect of changes in the average age of students. By accounting for the effects of age and schooling
we come to a slightly different ranking of countries in PIRLS. We use a difference-in-difference approach
with correlation matrices. One of our conclusions is that professional development of teachers
has an effect on the achievement level of students.
ePortfolios based on the practice in self-assessment, and self-reflection and self-regulation are viewed
as important tools in facilitating and supporting learner-centered environment at higher education.
This study explains how an electronic portfolio system was designed and used as a useful repository
for learning products to help instructors monitor in-service kindergarten teachers’ progress, provide
feedback and develop in-service kindergarten teachers’ self-assessment, and self-reflection and selfregulation
through the presentation of a detailed and ongoing short-term training program used as
a comprehensive measure to determine degree mastery in Department of Early Child Development
at Wenzhou University in China. The finding show in-service kindergarten teachers can be trained
to carry out authentic tasks associated with ePortfolio and reveals that instructors can improve inservice
kindergarten teachers’ skills by enhancing their motivation and inspiring their positive training
in the curriculum, such as building group cohesiveness and having positive learning experiences.
The paper presents the result of a study to diagnose the level of interest of elderly people in the
study of digital skills, and attempts to answer the two questions of whether older people feel the
need for self-development in this area and how they find themselves in the information society. The
comparative study was carried out as part of the international project Erasmus+ Adult Education,
titled Silver Civic Education (2017-1-PL01-KA204-038695) implemented in the years 2017-2019. It
involved seniors from three partner countries of the project: Poland, Portugal and Bulgaria, which
made it possible both to determine general educational expectations of elderly people and to identify
specific issues for each country. Elderly people are a very heterogeneous group, they require educational
support in many areas, and especially in the area of new technologies. This can influence
maintaining or stimulating their curiosity and self-development, and therefore contribute to raising
their quality of life and enabling them to use life to the full.
This article describes the findings of a theoretical analysis of scientific literature on binary lessons –
a form of team-teaching in which two teachers present differing perspectives in the form of a dialogue
between two viewpoints and contrasting viewpoints. It examines the potential for this innovative
educational technology, in a competence approach. The analysis shows that Russian and foreign
studies classify binary lessons into problem binary lesson, interdisciplinary project binary lesson,
and active binary lesson. There are some difficulties with the definition of the concept of the binary
technology, which the authors tested in 2014-2016. The article suggests the term «integrative binary
lesson» as a psychological and pedagogical technology, that includes a systematic and consistent application
of interdisciplinary complex of educational classes, realized in active form.
This article studies the link between the two most important parameters of the modern educational
system: academic performance and socio-psychological security. It is based on environmental
approach. The concept of “psychological safety” is considered in the context of modern foreign and
domestic concepts. An empirical study provided data of the socio-psychological monitoring from
2016 and the published educational rating of municipalities. Data was used to identify probabilistic
predictors of the possible involvement of students in drug use. The study involved 107,289 students of
This article studies the link between the two most important parameters of the modern educational
system: academic performance and socio-psychological security. It is based on environmental
approach. The concept of “psychological safety” is considered in the context of modern foreign and
domestic concepts. An empirical study provided data of the socio-psychological monitoring from
2016 and the published educational rating of municipalities. Data was used to identify probabilistic
predictors of the possible involvement of students in drug use. The study involved 107,289 students of
The article examines the theoretical and methodological foundations underpinning students’ academic
mobility. Comprehensive analysis enabled the authors to group and systematize key types of
academic mobility. Six criteria for this systematization were identified: geographical orientation,
duration of action, the nature of the implementation, the planned outcome, the form of implementation,
and the method of organization. Empirical data of network educational programs and
students’ academic mobility within V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University was analysed and
the positive and negative factors of its development were identified. The key issues in the development
of students’ academic mobility were ranked with the help of expert assessment and based on
the method of multidimensional pair scaling. The data enabled the authors to offer priority and
secondary support areas and tools for university’s academic mobility. The research substantiates
the importance and potential effectiveness of the development of students’ academic mobility for
the further integration the Crimean higher education system into the wider Russian Federation and
provides a basis for improving educational policy in the University.
The modern system of special education in the Republic of Kazakhstan is undergoing significant
changes. Following the global practice of ensuring equal access to education, schools for hearing
impaired children are switching to updated curricula, the topics and requirements of which are
equivalent to those of ordinary schools. The successful learning of deaf and hearing-impaired children
requires qualitative changes in the forms and methods of pedagogical influence on students.
However, to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning process by traditional methods in this case is
difficult, since it is necessary to implement a correction component in the new environment. This
article shows the concept of learning effectiveness within a school for hearing-impaired children. It
identifies a number of qualitative indicators that affect the learning process of children with special
educational needs, including the need to use modern information technologies. The paper proposes
a developed mathematical model for evaluating pedagogical efficiency in a special school, describes
the technology of its application and testing results to confirm the functionality.
The high dynamism and aspiration to technologization of the modern world is directing the attention
of scientists to the problem of social intelligence. The use of information technologies leads
to folding of the general culture of the personality, and a reduction of direct communication. The
communication skills of direct interaction, goodwill, and speech in interpersonal relationship are
lost. In particular, it influences the social and communicative development of children: giving rise to
difficulties in communication, a deficiency of good manners, and the culture of speech culture relationships
that affects the results of education. This article discusses the development of social intelligence
in school students, and identifies subjective and objective factors and social and pedagogical
ways of teacher training in these matters.