Relevance of the problem. The study of well-being in education is an important area of scientific research and practical interventions. WHO declare the human right to well-being. The aspect of the students’ well-being was added to the OECD PISA profiles and in the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the Edu2030, which confirm the significance of this theme (UNESCO, 2016). The key role of teacher well-being for the well-being of students and the educational environment in whole has become the focus of scientific publications, in particular confirming the significant relationship between school safety and teacher well-being (Sürücü Atila, & Ünal, 2015). However, teachers’ well-being remains low, which is revealed in the problem of the mass dismissal of teachers from schools. This problem is especially relevant among young teachers (OECD, 2020). This situation leads to a social contradiction that updates the study of the problem of teachers’ well-being in the context of socio-professional conditions and the ethics of the profession. Current research of well-being is focused on an ecological approach as relevant to the modern requirements of science (Mercer, 2021). Thus, the purpose of this study is to define the concept of “subjective well-being of a teacher” and develop a model of the subjective well-being of a teacher in the context of the safety of educational environment using relevant scientific and methodological tools. Research methods: search and confirmatory factor analysis, comparative, correlation analysis. Technique: WHOQOL-100 Questionnaire, B. Tuckman Procrastination Scale”, Melbourne Decision Inventory, AVEM Questionnaire. The study sample consisted of N=600 teachers of secondary schools of the Republic of Tatarstan, noted by the type of settlement and their socio-economic zone.
Research results. A model of the teacher’s subjective well-being has been developed in the context of the ethics of the profession “The triangle of professional well-being of a teacher”, which includes ownership, professional aspirations and quality of life as system-forming peaks. Practical significance. The results of the study can be applied for the educational programs for teachers’ training and retraining, for the supervising and psychological and pedagogical support of a teacher as well as to ensure the psychological safety of the learning environment of the school.
Year : 2022
Social, Psychological and Organizational Factors Affecting the Psychological Safety of the Educational Environment
According to data of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, various forms of violations of human behavior are seen in the education and youth environment, including through immersion in destructive ideologies on the Internet. These data write down the need to study the factors affecting the psychological safety of the environment, especially the educational and youth environment (students and schoolchildren). In this regard, the purpose of the study is to identify the influence of social, psychological and organizational factors on the psychological safety of the educational environment.
The study was conducted based on big data analysis of 164 schools. They include data from schools on the following indicators: “suicides”, “suicide attempts”, “crimes”, “psychological competencies of managers”, “staff turnover”, etc.
The statistical method of big data analysis is the leading one in describing the results of the study. Factor analysis was used to describe a multidimensional model of psychological safety of the educational environment. A two-sample F-test was used to compare the sample populations.
The results of the study allowed us to identify factors influencing the psychological safety of the educational environment: high turnover of teaching staff, lack of psychological competencies in the administration of educational organizations, the number of suicidal attempts, a large number of representations of the prosecutor’s office, etc.
The results of the study made it possible to form instructions to the executive authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan signed by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan – Chairman of the Anti-Terrorist Commission in the Republic of Tatarstan. The instructions are aimed at improving the effectiveness of the psychological service in education; the formation of psychological competencies of key managers responsible for the organization of psychological, social and educational activities; the inclusion in the job descriptions of key managers responsible for the organization of psychological, social and educational activities of new labor functions for the formation of psychological security of the educational environment, as well as the identification and support of students in need of socio-psychological support.
E&SD 17(3) September 2022
Shamil F. Sheymardanov, Aydar M. Kalimullin
Editorial: Getting New Horizons of Partnerships in Education Research 6
Andi Arif Rifa’i, Winarno Winarno, Ari Wibowo, Ahmad Fadholi, Priyanggo Karunia Rahman
The Students’ Responses toward Implementation of Quality Management Principles and Service Quality in Higher Education 14
Musa Nushi, Ali Momeni
A Comparative Study of University and Private Language Institute EFL Teachers’ Familiarity with and Classroom Practicality Perceptions of Dynamic Assessment 25
Hadi Hamidi, Danial Babajani Azizi, Mohammad Kazemian
The Effect of Direct Oral Corrective Feedback on Motivation to Speak and Speaking Accuracy of EFL Learners 50
Svetlana E. Gaidukevich
Methodological Training of Special Education Teachers in Belarus: State and Development Strategies 64
Elena A. Lemekh
The State of Professional Development Programme of Specialists in Correction and Development Training Centres regarding the Assessment of Quality Education among Pupils with Severe Multiple Disorders in the Republic of Belarus 72
Violeta Rosanda, Tina Kavčič, Andreja Istenič
Digital Devices in Early Childhood Play: Digital Technology in the First Two Years of Slovene Toddlers’ Lives 83
Oksana V. Vashetina, Elena V. Asafova, Balwinder Kaur, Balwant Singh, Parveen Sharma, Martha Maria Prata-Linhares, Vania Maria de Oliveira Vieira, Maria Alzira de Almeida Pimenta, Marilene Ribeiro Resende, Tatiana V. Sibgatullina
Professional Development of Teachers and Future Teachers: Factors and Challenges 100
Bozhidara Kriviradeva, Yonka Parvanova
Intersections between Education and Social Work in Working with Children at Risk: The Perspective of Pedagogical Specialists 119
Ildar R. Abitov, Inna M. Gorodetskaya, Alexey M. Dvoinin
Interrelation of Predictors of Irrational Behavior, Individual-Typological and Personal Characteristics 131
Svetlana N. Bashinova, Oksana I. Kokoreva, Natalya A. Peshkova, Venera A. Khamdamova
Determination of the Development of Social Behavior of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by the Type of Parental Attitude 141
Gulnara F. Biktagirova, Gulnara B. Tazhenova, Aray A. Konyrova, Meruert S. Utegenova, Anargul Zh. Abdikarimova, Maria A. Dvinskikh
Formation of Professionalism of Future Social Teachers in the System of Training in Russia and Kazakhstan (Comparative Aspect) 157
Roza A. Valeeva, Gulfiya G. Parfilova, Irina D. Demakova, Elena I. Adamyan, Faina M. Kremen, Sergey A. Kremen, Vadim N. Lesev, Olga I. Mikhailenko, Rimma Kh. Bagova, Lyubov G. Pak, Nadezhda A. Ivanishcheva, Lyubov A. Kochemasova, Anastasiya P. Eremina, Nadiya G. Yusupova, Galina N. Skudareva
Motivation of Student Teachers’ Professional Career 169
Vera K. Vlasova, Ranija R. Khamatvalieva, Venera G. Zakirova, Aziya E. Zhumabayeva, Albina V. Sadikova
The Development of Integrative Qualities of Primary School Teachers in the Context of Distance Learning 187
Inna I. Golovanova, Aleksei Yu. Alipichev, Timur A. Ayupov, Tatiana V. Baltina, Tatiana Yu. Gorskaya, Olga I. Donetskaya, Maria A. Lapina, Elmira N. Uteeva, Florida A. Fazlyeva, Enge N. Khasanova
Digital Educational Environment and Online Learning Format Through the Lens of Students: Pros and Cons 202
Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova, Nadezhda Yu. Kostyunina, Liliia A. Latypova, Anastasiya O. Luchinina, Aleksei P. Zolotykh
Personal Determinants of Selfie Addiction in High-School Students 222
Lera А. Kamalova, Raushania Gaifullina, Makhabbat Zh. Umbetova, Irina V. Novgorodtseva
Telehealth Communication Strategies of Medical Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic 242
Nina A. Koval, Venera G. Zakirova, Nikolay A. Utochkin, Stanislav N. Savinkov, Leysan R. Kayumova, Elena Zlateva, Nataliia S. Surenskaya, Boris I. Tenyushev, Anna E. Zavalina, Marina A. Lobach, Jordan Gjorchev
The Study of Socio-Psychological Factors Contributing to and Hindering the Retention of Teachers in the Profession 264
Nataliya Lebedeva, Victoria Ismatullina, Shamil Sheymardanov, Talgat Zhussipbek
The Teacher is a Guide or Barrier to Mathematics: Case Studies in Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan 278
Irina A. Nigmatullina, Elvira A. Sadretdinova, Aisha R. Dolotkazina, Elizaveta Y. Davydova, Artur V. Khaustov, Ulyana A. Mamokhina, Elena A. Chereneva, Evgenia V. Dergacheva, Natalia A. Medova, Anna V. Vinevskaya
Comprehensive Support System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Regional Experience 296
Vera Khotinets, Evgeniya Shishova, Enge Zinnurova, Oksana Kozhevnikova, Daria Medvedeva, Yulia Novgorodova, Rimma Kumysheva
The Development of Cognitive Regulation in Connection with the Communicative Competence of Monolingual and Balanced Bilingual Children 317
Editorial: Getting New Horizons of Partnerships in Education Research
The events of recent years have produced unique circumstances for the development of the Russian scientific and educational community, requiring significant changes in the topics, subjects, and methods of study. Numerous issues persisted in this field despite the rapidly rising number of educational studies, most of which were caused by their inconsistency with the demands of current educational practice. The excessive theorizing, passion for Russian pedagogy’s history, compilation, and other negative aspects of research are signs of its declining quality. Contrarily, when educational conditions changed quickly, there was a corresponding rise in the demand for pertinent research, the materials and outcomes of which have become crucial to the current educational process. This is especially important when it comes to the need to make decisions and adjustments regarding educational policy based on data obtained from scientific study.
The Students’ Responses toward Implementation of Quality Management Principles and Service Quality in Higher Education
This study aims to examine the implementation of quality management principles and service quality in higher education institutions (HEI’s) based on student responses. This study involved 570 students from public and private universities in Bangka, the province of Bangka Belitung, Indonesia. This is a quantitative study with a correlational research design. The results showed that the implementation of quality management principles in universities had a very high correlation with service quality (r = 0.88). The results of this study prove that improving the implementation of quality management principles, such as development of cooperation, HR (human resources) focus, continuous development, process approach, leadership, process focus, and goal consistency of higher education will improve the quality of service rendered to students.
A Comparative Study of University and Private Language Institute EFL Teachers’ Familiarity with and Classroom Practicality Perceptions of Dynamic Assessment
The widespread prevalence of dynamic tools to assess English language achievement has led to burgeoning research on exploring different aspects of teachers’ beliefs toward Dynamic Assessment (DA). In the educational system of Iran, experts and researchers who have undergone second language education may verify that there is very little, if any, attention given to the perceptions held by instructors and teachers regarding Dynamic Assessment (DA). In an attempt to remedy this gap, the current study aimed to investigate the familiarity with DA of Iranian EFL teachers working in two educational settings (e.g., language institutes and universities). The study also set out to explore the teachers’ attitudes toward the practicality of DA in the two settings. To address the research questions, a sequential explanatory mixed methods design was employed. The instruments of this study comprised a questionnaire and an Email interview with 12 ELT assessment experts in order to have their interpretations of the research findings. The results of the t-tests showed no significant difference between the two groups of teachers in terms of their familiarity with DA and their attitudes toward the practicality of DA in the two contexts. In addition, content analysis of the Email interview data revealed that the ELT assessment experts’ primary arguments for the insignificant difference between the two groups in terms of the two variables related to the fact that DA has remained at the theoretical level, that there is a lack of teacher training in DA and the strict rules of Iran’s educational system which prohibit teachers from applying DA principles and procedures in their classes. The implications of the findings for teacher education, materials development as well as for program administrators, EFL teachers, and learners will be discussed.
The Effect of Direct Oral Corrective Feedback on Motivation to Speak and Speaking Accuracy of EFL Learners
Considering the significance of corrective feedback to improve language learners’ speaking performance, the current study aimed to examine the impact of direct oral corrective feedback on speaking accuracy and motivation to speak of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 46 EFL learners who were preparing themselves for the IELTS exam, both male and female, were invited to participate in this study. Having homogenized the participants through the Oxford Placement Test, the researchers divided them into one experimental and one control group. As to the pretest, a valid IELTS speaking test and a motivation to speak questionnaire were administered to both groups in order to measure the learners’ speaking ability and motivation to speak level. The experimental group received direct oral corrective feedback on their speaking performance for 15 sessions. The control group did not receive any special kind of corrective feedback. A posttest, equivalent to the pretest, was administered after the end of the treatment sessions to both groups to find whether direct oral corrective feedback affected the learners’ speaking accuracy and motivation to speak. The results of statistical data analysis indicated that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group on both speaking accuracy, and motivation to speak. Pedagogical implications are suggested to language teachers and teacher trainers.
Methodological Training of Special Education Teachers in Belarus: State and Development Strategies
The widespread dissemination of humanitarian ideas, integration and inclusive processes create new challenges for the professional education of special education teachers. The focus is on methodological training, the ability to work with different children, organizational and methodological heterogeneity. A new social order is the methodological competence of a specialist who does not have just knowledge and skills, but experience in effectively solving the pedagogical problems of students with special education needs. The aim of the article is to identify the state of the methodological competence of Belarusian future special education teachers (graduates of higher educational institutions), to see the features of the existing methodological training, to determine the main strategies for increasing its effectiveness at the national level. The leading method is self-assessment of students’ state of methodological competence. The study involved 578 students from four Belarusian universities. The article describes the structure and content of future teachers’ methodological competence (4th year students) in the context of the ability to implement the educational process in the new conditions of variable educational practice. The research materials allow us to see the problem areas of the existing practice of methodological training in Belarusian universities and to assess the possible directions of its modernization.
The State of Professional Development Programme of Specialists in Correction and Development Training Centres regarding the Assessment of Quality Education among Pupils with Severe Multiple Disorders in the Republic of Belarus
In 1999, the Republic of Belarus began to educate children with severe multiple disorders (SMD). For this purpose, new special educational institutions – correction and development training centres (CDTC) – were opened across the country. Curricula for preschoolers with SMD appeared only in 2011, and curricula approved by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus appeared in 2014. Before 2011, teachers were more engaged in the care and supervision of preschoolers with SMD than in the actual educational process. Currently, changes are taking place in preschool education. The education of children with SMD should be built on a competency basis where the formation of their life competencies should play the leading role. The need to assess the quality of such education has emerged, and, consequently, the issue of professional training of specialists of CDTC in this direction. The aim of the article is to determine the possibilities of the system of professional development of teachers of specialized institutions on the issues of quality assessment of education of pupils with severe multiple disorders at the present stage in the Republic of Belarus. The basic methods in the study of this problem were questioning and content analysis. The experimental base of the study is represented by 63 state educational institutions “Centre for Corrective and Developmental Education” (Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev, Minsk regions and the city of Minsk, Republic of Belarus), as well as 8 institutions providing professional development of CDTC personnel (Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk regions, the city of Minsk, Republic of Belarus). The study involved 345 respondents: 334 teachers of CDTC and 11 employees of professional development institutions. The study was conducted in 2020. The article presents the author’s view on assessing the quality of education of preschool children with SMD, highlights the results of the empirical study, and substantiates the possibility of changing the training of teachers of CDTC in the context of professional development institutions. The obtained data allow us to see a holistic picture of the modern system of professional development for special teachers on the problems of assessing the quality of education of preschool children with SMD, which further allows to adjust the training programs of professional development in specialized institutions (Academy of Postgraduate Education, Institutes of Education Development), to include the most popular topics in their content.
Digital Devices in Early Childhood Play: Digital Technology in the First Two Years of Slovene Toddlers’ Lives
This article offers a first insight into the digital environment of Slovenian toddlers. We report on the use of digital technology and toys allowed by parents in their children’s home environment. The study is based on the results of an online questionnaire completed by parents of 26 Slovenian children up to 2 years of age (M = 17.8 months; SD = 5.6). On average, 9% of all children’s toys are digital toys and they spend 10% of their play time playing with digital toys. Among the most commonly, but still only occasionally, used digital toys or technology are smartphones and tablets. Compared to other types of digital technology, parents believed that screen-based digital toys in particular supported their child’s skills development. Ultimately, parents do not strongly associate digital technologies with positive developmental and educational effects, but rather they believe that digital technology provides entertainment, enables information-seeking and keeps children busy. Nevertheless they allow, or will allow, the child to use digital technology mainly because they believe it enables learning. Further research, if needed, will be carried out to look closely at the children’s use of digital technology and its effects on young children’s development.
Professional Development of Teachers and Future Teachers: Factors and Challenges
The article discusses the features of professional development and self-development of teachers and students of pedagogical educational institutions in Russia, India, Brazil.
Russian researchers analyze the influence of activity of future teachers in digital environment on their professional development and self-development, as well as the relationship of professional development with students’ self-determination, namely, goal setting. Empirically, the relationship between the digital activity of students of the pedagogical magistracy and the desire for professional self-development was revealed, which, in turn, depends on the severity of the goals and their orientation on obtaining a teaching profession.
The study of Indian scientists is aimed at studying the quality of life of teachers on the effectiveness of professional development. It was found that the majority of Indian teachers has a low level of professional development. Factors that negatively affect the level of professional development were identified, namely: low financial status, unfavorable family environment, physical and psychological well-being, job security. Researchers also consider reasons for professional development, including lack of time, lack of accountability for professional development activities etc.
The Brazilian study examines the features of social perceptions of teachers about teacher education and their professional development. The authors depicted social perceptions of teachers about teacher education based on four categories: planning, didactic procedures; assessment and teacher-student relationship.
The article also provides recommendations for the successful application of pedagogical practice and the creation of an environment for the teachers’ professional development, taking into account the results of all three blocks by countries participating in this study.
Intersections between Education and Social Work in Working with Children at Risk: The Perspective of Pedagogical Specialists
The article presents results from an empirical research study with 208 pedagogic specialists. Its main objective was to find teachers’ views about their cooperation with specialists from social work system regarding working with children at risk in Bulgaria, as well as to find the extend of such cooperation and its future perspectives.
Children at risk learn, educate, and socialize in different types of educational institutions and they also receive support and protectio0n from different organizations for social protection at their residence territory. That is why the development of effective cooperation between those two systems is especially important.
Empirical research was done with a survey questionnaire designed for the research itself. The questionnaire includes questions in three main areas: teachers’ evaluation about the challenges they face when working with children at risk; characteristics of their interaction with social protection system; changes which need to be made at both systems so work with children at risk to be more effective.
Research results show that teachers are mainly dissatisfied with their interaction with social work system due to lack of information, additional workload, and lack of effective support for those working at school level.
More and more teachers state that children at risk create new challenges in their work and teachers face unusual requirements when they interact with social workers. In addition, teachers are not familiar with institutions for social work and social services, and they contact them only in severe cases of family dysfunction and aggression, while expecting social workers to practically solve the problem of the child. They want to transfer all this type of work to social services and outside of educational institutions. Teachers also state that there is a lot of documentation which complicates the interaction between the two systems (educational and social work). They think that there is a need of change in social workers’ work, while work of teachers should not be changed.
Interrelation of Predictors of Irrational Behavior, Individual-Typological and Personal Characteristics
A number of studies in cognitive psychology indicate that human behavior is largely governed by irrational factors (heuristics, cognitive biases, attitudes). These factors influence vital decisions, which can subsequently affect a person’s life and behavior in a broad temporal perspective. There is a lack of research on identifying the individual-typological and personal characteristics that make the irrational behavior more likely to occur. Our research is aimed at revealing the interrelation of predictors of irrational behavior (superstitiousness, “prelogical” defense, unconstructive, categorical, personally superstitious and esoteric thinking, naive optimism), individual-typological and personality characteristics of respondents. We used I. R. Abitov’s questionnaire, J. Tobacyk’s Paranormal Belief Scale adapted by D. S. Grigoriev, I. Y. Stoyanova’s Beliefs and Superstitions Questionnaire, and S. Epstein’s Constructive Thinking Inventory (adapted by S. N. Enikolopov and S. V. Lebedev) to reveal the expression of irrational behavior predictors. The individual-typological characteristics were identified using the Temperament Accentuation Test and the Individual-Typological Questionnaire, while the personal characteristics were identified using the G. V. Zalewski Psychological Rigidity Questionnaire and the C. Scheyer and M. Carver Test for Optimism. It was found that a decrease in the constructive thinking is associated with the expression of such characteristics as shyness, aggression, neuroticism (anxiety), sensitivity to external influences, various manifestations of rigidity, emotional instability and pessimism. It was also found that the expression of these characteristics, as well as pessimism and aversion to changes in self-esteem and personal position, is associated with a tendency to show categorical (“black and white”) thinking. Naive optimism is more often shown by respondents with such characteristics as hyperthymia and increased social activity. The relationship of personality-superstitious thinking with pessimism, fear of new situations, shyness, neuroticism (anxiety), and a tendency to exaggerate one’s difficulties were found. The novelty of our study lies in the discovery of complexes of characteristics that can increase the likelihood of irrational behavior. Reviewing the literature on the topic of the research, we did not find any works made in the mainstream of such an approach. The complexes of individual-typological and personal characteristics revealed in the given research can be considered as “targets” of psychological correction and prevention to decrease the risk of socially dangerous behavior.
Determination of the Development of Social Behavior of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by the Type of Parental Attitude
The basis of successful socialization of children with ASD is a sufficient degree of mastery of social and domestic skills for optimal functioning in society. The process of such children acquiring social and everyday behavior skills is lengthy and gradual, and its effectiveness depends largely on the adults raising the child, and, above all, on the parents. In order to reduce possible negativism in relation to the learning situation, children with ASD need an explanation of the importance of the task and a requirement that will have a greater effect if they come from an adult who is close to the child. For the gradual mastering of elementary skills of social and domestic behavior, constant daily training is necessary, which can only be provided in a family environment. In terms of effectiveness, the best way to teach children with ASD social and domestic behavior is recognized as operant learning, the optimal conditions for the implementation of which are formed in a family setting.
Thus, the family and its corrective influence on the child with ASD becomes the focus of attention. The parental type of attitude is a necessary condition for the effective development of children with autism. If the relationship is properly built in the family, the child with ASD is given considerable time, which allows the parents to conduct corrective and developmental work in the conditions of family upbringing. In this case parents encourage any manifestations of the child’s initiative, activity and independence.
Therefore, the aim of the study is to analyze the influence of the type of parental relations on the general level of development of social and domestic behavior in general and its specific components skills, which will allow to form a system of further comprehensive work to build a developmental environment for children with this nosology.
The paper presents the results of our own experimental study containing a qualitative analysis of empirical data, from which it is clear that children with ASD, brought up in families with parental relations of the type “cooperation” demonstrate higher rates for all components of social and domestic behavior, at the same time type “acceptance” provides a significant level of social failure and infantilization of the child with the ability to interact with a close adult. The “symbiosis” type causes the risk of occurrence of persistent dependence of the child with ASD on parents, leading to social disadaptation. The most disorganizing type of parental attitude is “little loser” which provokes a child with ASD to be as dependent as possible on parental assistance in all the aspects of social and domestic life.
The results obtained can be used as a basis for targeted, comprehensive and systematic correctional and developmental work with families with children with ASD on the formation and development of social and domestic behavior.
Formation of Professionalism of Future Social Teachers in the System of Training in Russia and Kazakhstan (Comparative Aspect)
Social pedagogues are specialists representing the nurturant profession that requires high professionalism and is still in great demand. The modern society needs highly qualified social pedagogues to address the issues of younger generation’s socialization in today’s complex socio-economic and political context. Future social pedagogues improve their professional skills by mastering the profession through gaining the awareness of their professional level that motivates the career development. The excellence and necessary competences are incepted at the stage of professional education.
The authors of this article investigate the features of future social pedagogues’ professional formation in the training systems of Russian and Kazakhstan. Research methods are analysis, comparison, generalization, synthesis, historical and pedagogical reconstruction.
The article presents the results of a comparative analytical review of professional formation specifics in the national education systems of Russia and Kazakhstan. The comparison of professional formation specifics demonstrated the common problems of social pedagogues’ training determined by the shared historical past, the similarity of socio-economic factors in the development of the education systems. The identified differences imply the analysis of the ways to improve the training of future social pedagogues. The analysis shows that the professional success of social pedagogues is defined by focusing on social competences and social responsibility development as part of the training process. According to the authors, specialists’ training based on the methodological principles of axiological approach contributes to the formation of future social pedagogues’ conscious attitude both to their education and their professional development.
Motivation of Student Teachers’ Professional Career
The negative consequences of an incorrectly chosen profession affect both the person himself/herself and his/her social environment. The right choice of profession helps to reduce staff turnover and increase labor productivity. This truth is directly related to the teaching profession. The problem of motivating a professional teaching career, as well as the problem of motivating human behavior and developed. There are practically no special studies that would trace the relationship between the motives for choosing a pedagogical career and the motivation for pedagogical activity among students at the initial stage of teacher education.
The purpose of the study: to identify the career orientations preferences of first-year student teachers from various types of universities implementing teacher education programs: the capital’s pedagogical university, federal university, classical university, regional multidisciplinary university in the national region, regional pedagogical university and regional university of humanities and technology.
E. Shein’s method of studying professional career motivation (adapted by V.E. Vinokurova and V.A. Chiker) was chosen as the research method. First year students of six Russian universities enrolled in the Pedagogical Education program participated in the study.
The study presents the student teachers’ career orientations on the following scales: professional competence, management, autonomy, job stability, residence stability, service, challenge, lifestyle integration, entrepreneurship. Dispositions, value orientations and social attitudes of students that influence career orientations are also presented.
The Development of Integrative Qualities of Primary School Teachers in the Context of Distance Learning
The paper focuses on the need to facilitate the rapid development of integrative qualities of primary school teachers who work remotely. The authors examine the mechanism of methodological support for the development of integrative qualities of primary school teachers in the context of distance and blended learning.
The review of scientific literature, detailed information on integrative qualities of the teacher, and the formation process design created the opportunity for successful development of integrative characteristics of teachers using a well-tired mechanism to support their professional training in the distance and blended learning modes.
The development of integrative qualities, ensuring the successful implementation of modern educational principles, becomes an essential task of education and a key component of pedagogical skills. Professional activities of teachers require them to react quickly to situations and implement their actions in a timely manner. Every day, teachers are involved in a variety of activities determined by their integrative qualities. Teaching is governed by the uncertainty and dynamics of the learning process, which cannot be fixed. The educational process, as a living organism, can be constantly transformed. Thereby, it maintains its viability.
The study aims to identify and theoretically justify the mechanism of methodological support for the development of integrative qualities of primary school teachers working in the distance and blended learning modes.
To address the research questions, we opted to apply questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, comparative analysis, and pedagogical modeling.
The paper presents the results of surveys and interviews with primary school teachers of rural settlements, urban-type villages and cities in the Republic of Tatarstan.
Based on the analysis of obtained data, the authors identified the following components of the studied mechanism: organizational (structural); content-related; information and educational; analytical (reflexive). The researchers outlined the functions of the proposed mechanism and its requirements for success. The study also revealed some interesting facts and observations from the experience of primary school teachers involved in the distance learning environment.
Digital Educational Environment and Online Learning Format Through the Lens of Students: Pros and Cons
The modern transformation of all spheres of life is associated with rapid technological and digital development. The educational sphere, focusing on external demands, systematically introduces technological and digital solutions into the processes of pedagogical systems functioning, focusing on the expansion of the educational space, on increasing the availability of educational services. In order to create a comfortable and effective digital environment in universities, it is important to take into account not only the level of development of digital competencies of students and teachers, but also their basic needs and requirements in this area. We set a goal to identify the most successful digital solutions used at this stage in university education from the students’ perspective and to consider the factors inhibiting these processes. To solve the problems, we used methods of theoretical analysis and empirical processing of research data. The main method was a survey of students using the questionnaires “Digital learning environment and online learning format” and “Quality of digital educational resources and organizational aspects of e-learning” developed by the authors. More than a thousand students from Russian universities took part in the survey. The results of the survey showed what means of communication in online learning are considered by students to be the most effective, what means of increasing productivity and what means of organization and support in online learning are most useful to them. The platforms and learning systems were considered in detail to understand the important characteristics of these services for students. The analysis highlighted the main areas in the digital transformation of the educational environment, which should be targeted for their development and improvement.
Personal Determinants of Selfie Addiction in High-School Students
Modern young people live in the dynamically changing world, in conditions of constant changes in the sphere of public life and, especially in personal terms and the sharp change of habitual stereotypes. The specificity of age aspects and psychological characteristics in adolescence contributes to the expansion of the number of addicts. It is the desire to assert oneself, to know oneself more, the formation of worldview and moral convictions that sometimes contribute to the loss of a sense of security, the emergence of fear of reality, and the distortion of ideas about the image of the “selfness”. Selfie craze among young people has become a “global catastrophe”. Today it is hard to find young people who would not take pictures of themselves and would not post photos on various social networks, chats. And it is crucial for a young person to receive feedback from their friends who have seen the post. In this regard, the issues of studying the psychological characteristics of persons suffering from various forms of addictive disorders are gaining relevance in science, since the presence of addiction is due to the personality characteristics and the accompanying negative emotions (irresponsibility, uncertainty, anxiety), its environment and interaction with people. At the same time, there are almost no scientific papers on the study of personality characteristics prone to selfie addiction; most of the works are only of indirect, fragmentary nature.
The authors of the current paper analyzed various approaches, etiology, mechanisms, symptoms of development and risk factors for the formation of selfie addiction in high school students, and presented the results of a study of the personal determinants of high-school boys’ and girls’ selfie addiction.
The purpose of the research is to study the personal characteristics of children’s prone to selfie addiction.
Research methods: theoretical methods, including theoretical analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, comparison and generalization of experience; empirical methods (experiment, testing, questioning and diagnostic methods, observation); data processing methods (quantitative and qualitative analysis).
The diagnostic tools were chosen taking into account the components of the structure of the anti-addictive attitude to the emergence of selfie addiction, which determine the personal determinants of the manifestation of selfie addiction.
The study involved 172 students (aged 16-18) of secondary schools of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia), of which 93 were girls and 79 were boys. As a result of the study, it was revealed that 37.2% of respondents have signs of selfie addiction, while girls are most prone to addictive behavior. Gender differences in potential addicts in the manifestation of a tendency to selfie addiction were found in the assessment of the meaningfulness of life, satisfaction with their personal characteristics, self-esteem, and the level of knowledge about self-dependence.
The results of the study, the author’s methods for identifying the level of formation of selfie addiction and the selection of diagnostic tools for studying the anti-addictive attitude to the emergence of selfie addiction can be successfully used in the practice of correctional and preventive work of teachers and psychologists of educational and social institutions.
Telehealth Communication Strategies of Medical Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Telehealth in the context of the spread of COVID-19 requires doctors to use a new set of communicative skills in medical practice: good diction, the ability to conduct interviews with a patient, active listening skills, summing up, empathy, acting techniques.
The aim of the study is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally test the effectiveness of telehealth communication strategies of medical students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The leading methods of the study: Test “Assessment of communicative skills” by Karelin (2011); Yusupov’s Ability to Empathy Test (Ilyin, 2011); Online simulators “Development of Communication Competencies of a Doctor” (Kamalova & Gaifullina, 2022).
We have proven that a patient-centered approach is an effective communication strategy. We developed a special course “Communicative competence of future doctors” for medical students majoring in “Medical business”. Online simulators have been developed to assess the medical students’ use of a patient-centered approach to communication with patients, posted on the Online Test Pad platform. The results of the study can be used in the professional training of medical students majoring in “Medical care”.