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The article examines the experience of using geographic information systems (GIS) in the preparation of specialists of geographers in higher education institutions of Ukraine. Educational and professional training programs for geographers at the Kherson State University are represented as a basic model. The main accent is put on differences of programs according to the existing three specialties, for which the training is carried out: 103 Earth Sciences, 106 Geography and 014.17 Secondary Education (Geography). Th...

It is a well-known fact that in today?s globalizing world, information, communication and IT are intrinsic to modern society. Information technologies have certainly affected the sphere of education, namely higher educational institutions. Progressive development of the Internet as a system of shared access gives new opportunities of acquiring knowledge. A specialist of the XXI century should be able to use information resources productively, as well as to think creatively and have communication skills. LMS (Learn...

Lots of employers expect from their employees, apart from professional competences, a team work ability and ability to effectively implement team projects. However, few high schools and faculties in their curricula provide students with knowledge on teamwork, and therefore, graduates do not have appropriate competences in this area. In the course of studies, students usually learn about advanced IT tools for specialized applications, but they are rarely taught how to use groupware. As a part of the course on Infor...

The key features of good education are productivity and efficiency. At present, there is fragmentation in the study content and study process; too much emphasis is placed on isolated, passive learning and the content of teaching is not sufficiently related to real life situations. In order to introduce more effective education in practice, better professional development is needed. There must be a clear link between the practical needs and the teaching work. An effective education system is important because it de...

Krasnoyarsk Territory is a region of Russia, where the diversified economy of the country is represented. There are mining, metallurgical, petrochemical, timber, woodworking and other industries. Such a developed infrastructure of the economy provides stable needs for qualified specialists-engineers, technologists, power engineering specialists. It is clear that the system of higher and secondary vocational education is aimed at training personnel who are ready to participate in the regional development effectivel...

When teaching in schools, especially in vocational subjects, it is very important to attract and motivate students to work independently, not only to remember important facts, but also to develop their ability to seek new solutions independently. One of the active assistants in achieving this goal can be the active use of information technology that is close to the current young person. In addition, it is essential not only to learn new knowledge in education, but also to educate them towards an active approach to...

In 2017 for the first time in Kazakhstan we gave several lessons at the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (KazNPU) in Almaty, through the instrumentality of the ?flipped classroom? method within the frame of the following disciplines: ?The theory of evolution? for undergraduate students and ?A modern human physiology? for graduate students. In accordance with the requirements of employed method, teaching and learning process was built in such a manner. Teachers provided to the students educational materi...

Nowadays the concepts of environmental ethics and environmental responsibility are mentioned more and more frequently in relation to the performance of companies. These notions can relate either to a person or to a company. Being environmentally responsible entails fulfilling one?s duty to protect the environment. Companies whose activities do harm to the environment should carry out this duty. The aim of this research is to teach students specialising in oil and gas engineering how to assess a company?s corporate...

This paper is an analysis of 521 students who were successful applicants for the dual/cooperative study program Production Technology and Organisation (PTO) at the University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum in Graz/Austria. Due to the Bologna Process, the program had to change its organisational structure from an 8-semester diploma program to 6-semester Bachelor + 4-semester Master program. There were 289 successful applicants for the diploma program and until write the year here 232 for the PTO bachelor. FH Joann...

Category 4 pyrotechnic articles are products that have a lot more active loads than those intended for public use (category F1, F2, F3). Both the net amount of pyrotechnic composition (NEC) and the preparatory operations that must be undertaken by the pyrotechnic team require organizing the activity in order to anticipate and eliminate the risks to which the workers of the pyrotechnic team, the public, or the targets in the adjacent area may be subject.[4] Performing fireworks with pyrotechnic articles for profess...

This paper presents how popular music issues could be addressed in the study of regional geography backgrounds and in the recent perspectives on geographic research. The article is based on music analysis and visual methodologies. The main objective of investigation stands on the popular music relevance in/within the study of regional geography. The paper aiming at presenting summary insights on how popular music through famous artists could be used in geography learning based on visual methodologies, and, particu...

Faculty of Exact and Engineering Sciences was founded in 2015, being one of the main pillars of the ?1 Decembrie 1918? University of Alba Iulia. The main objective of the managerial plan of the faculty leadership was to create a clear and unmistakable identity of their specializations, from didactic point of view and research activity carried out within the study programs. The main objective that has been stated in the Faculty's development strategy is the promotion of the faculty as a leader in the human resource...

The construction of a residence involves a comprehensive transposition of ideas into a well-designed project with numerous details, views, pictures, sections, material lists, hence leading to low implementation costs, with no mistakes, and with good ergonomics. However, the urbanistic constraints must be considered when designing a house, i.e.: the land minimum width on the street; the minimum area for which the building permit can be obtained; the minimum size of the construction to be built in relation to the la...

The aim of this article is to analyze the current state of education and training of crisis management and civil protection workers in the Slovak Republic. Within the introduction part, we have discussed the role and activities of civil protection units, which is a significant component of the Integrated Rescue System in the Slovak Republic. The article also focuses on the analysis of the current state of civil protection units in crisis management. An important part is the analysis of education process of crisis ...

The preparation of competent specialists in higher educational institutions who have abilities for self-fulfillment and self-actualization in their professional activities and who are combining both personal and professional significant qualities is a strategic goal of the contemporary higher education. Today the problem of design and elaboration of the adaptive educational system is conditioned by the need to optimize and adjust the principles of traditional didactics to the challenges of contemporary information...

The article discusses financial literacy-FL, the history of its development, and the current research conducted in this sphere. The author carried out a survey that studied the level of FL of the target audience and developed guidelines for the improvement of FL among the population. The surveys were aimed at finding out how aware the target audience is of the information that constitutes FL. The survey results have shown that students were poorly informed about the pension system and banking products and services...

Environmental Citizenship is a key factor in EU's growth strategy (Europe 2020) and its vision for Sustainable Development and Green and Circular economy. Significant behavior change amongst both individuals and organizations is required in order to meet Europe?s sustainability objectives and climate change targets. At a general level, policies aimed at changing behavior have tended to rely on two aspects: the introduction of fiscal measures and statutory legislation or market-based measures. Unfortunately, relati...

This paper presents a position of geography and geosciences in educational system of primary school teachers in Croatia. There are only a few information about the extent of geography and geosciences as a part of curriculum for primary school teachers on Faculties of Education in Croatia. On six Universities in ten different cities primary school teachers can study for their degrees. We compared all syllabuses and curricula on these Faculties regarding to courses that are lecturing geography and geosciences. From ...

Good information is crucial for effective working and decision making in all fields of human activity. It is widely thought that up to 80 % of information we get every day is related to a particular place on earth. With respect to this fact it is clear that spatial relations cannot be omitted in any case of planning and decision making. Hence teaching of thinking spatially and in wide relations has become an essential skill of graduates. This paper is to propose a teaching synergy in education where strategic deci...

The article traces the technique of visualization of educational information in various graphic ways. The following methods are best-known by students: the fundamental, traditional cartographic of research and teaching. They learn such methods from the course of the school geography and it is associated with the techniques and knowledge of spatially distributed information on maps and other geoimages. In addition to spatially distributed, there is other information that can be shown graphically. The modern term "i...

The following article is devoted to greening education in Russia. Moreover the following article describes ecological problems in education and culture. We try to underline the role of ecological culture in people life and greening education in higher education. The education system is a sphere of society which forms a man adapted to life in the society and prepared to a certain field of activity. The conditions of higher ecological education is formed general ecology, social ecology, applied ecology. Mass media a...

Geodetic education in Romania has been imposed as an economic and scientific necessity, based on the low number of specialists in the field of land surveying. The changes that have taken place in Europe and Romania since 1989, through the transition from the state to the private ownership, have had the effect of making substantial changes in property registration and cadastral plans. Upgrading and modernization the cadastre to make it multifunctional, requires a large number of specialists with a uniform distribut...

The objective of this article is to determine the need for joint security education of rescue components of the Slovak Integrated Rescue System. The reason for that is the absence of the joint education of these units which represents a critical point of their cooperation. In the introductory part we focused on the IRS?s characteristics as well as description of the security education. An important part of this article is an analysis of the management process, coordination and cooperation of the rescue components,...

Competency-based approach in the modern educational process is aimed not only at obtaining subject knowledge, but also at the personal student?s growth. In this regard, the role of individual style of self-regulation and motivation of students? achievements increases. Conscious self-regulation is an integral system of psychological means aimed at the ability to determine the goals of their training, the ability to plan ways to achieve these goals, to be able to assess their own capabilities and to master the basic...

Geological education has a number of specific features. Modern geology is a complex of more than a hundred of sciences and scientific disciplines. The objects of study of the geology are distributed both in space and time in the widest ranges: these being planetary and nanometric dimensions, billions of years of geologic history and the nanoseconds of the processes of crystal formation. The cognition of the diversity of the geological phenomena requires the fundamental knowledges of mathematics, physics, chemistry...

In this paper, we present the innovative methods of organization and technology used in the teaching of disciplines of the electrical engineering cycle, adapted for technical specialties, during lecture, practical and laboratory classes. In modern Kazakhstan, more than a hundred higher educational institutions produce highly qualified specialists in various fields of the national economy. The most successful competitive universities are those, whose graduates successfully implemented in their professional activiti...

Modern education is a special type of mastering knowledge, a purposefully designed process of cognition based on the use of innovative technologies. In the traditionally instrumented pedagogical process it is possible to really organize interactive training only for the trained part of the students. The use of interactive methods and forms of instruction greatly activates the creative activity of students, contributes to the development of a whole complex of qualities of the creative personality: mental activity; ...

English as the language of business, science and academia is widespread throughout the world. The concern about proficiency level in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) is significant because it is the language used for sharing research results, academic learning and must effectively and efficiently receive and convey messages for professional purposes. Researchers and practitioners in many countries analyze the data on global changes in society and the role of English in these changes. As a result the general str...

The study of ethnolingustics (also called cultural linguistics, linguistic culture studies), a relatively new discipline of an interdisciplinary nature, is currently explained by a number of factors related to the need of studying the relationship between language and culture. On the one hand, ethnolinguistics considers the cultural significance of language units and language concepts; on the other hand, it studies language as a means of cultural realization. Ethno-cultural education is aimed at the preservation o...

To live in Global Information Society we should constantly increase our knowledge. The wish to possess core competences is a main reason of lifelong education. Due to Open Society and development of ICT teaching methods are changing. Education 3.0 based on the idea of connectivism involves collaborative learning. The article describes the experience of integration Massive Open Online Course into the process of formal education within the framework of students' self-work. The authors analyze results of an experimen...

The contribution deals with the mathematical literacy of future engineers in the context of Industry 4.0. Even in this advanced stage of automation and robotization, there are situations in the production process where we cannot do without a human factor. No machine is and will never be so perfect as to replace human activity completely. But people have to be prepared for this situation both theoretically and practically. There is an example of practice in this contribution, which demonstrates, why knowledge of ma...

In the framework of this study, the features of the competencies in the modern education system are highlighted in the conditions of increased production of information resources, knowledge and their use in innovative products. The key role of research competencies as a way of generating innovative solutions in comparison with alternative approaches to the organization of innovative processes is shown. Models for evaluating innovation processes in terms of the growth rates of production of modern products, increas...

Paper focused on extension of usage of the AutoID model of transport system in laboratory. Transport model is equipped by complex AutoID system based on RFID and magnetic sensors. They are used to gather information from transport processes. The aim of solution presented in paper is to describe data flows in this physical model and to design representation of data flows and processing in simulation system Witness. This kind of model can better present behavior of data background to students and make them better un...

The ambition of universities is the implementing of new progressive teaching methods using state-of-the-art technical equipment. The general aim of modern teaching methods is to provide students with the widest range of information channels that can be used to obtain information and data. Students are specifically challenged to use this information. Based on this, students acquire their gained knowledge. This modern model prefers current pedagogy. One of the projects focusing on new trends in teaching is the proje...

Distance learning has become increasingly popular today. It is defined as the process of transferring knowledge to learners (students) who are separated from the instructor (teacher) by time and / or physical distance and are making use of interactive technologies to accomplish learning. Krasnoyarsk state agrarian university also uses distance learning. Both teachers and students of our University benefit by the introduction of distance learning technologies in the educational process. Students can take part in on...

The example of ecologists? educational programs creating of Bachelor and Master levels in the Kherson State University is offered in the article. The priority of higher education defined environmental training of personnel competent in solving the problems of the Ukraine Black Sea region. Established the following key subject areas of educational projects: rational use of natural resources; optimization of nature management in the coastal zone of the Black and Azov Sea; ecological safety; conservation of biodivers...

Millennials or generation Y is the largest and most diverse generation to ever attend university. They have high expectations towards teachers, the study environment and also to course mates when compared with previous generations of learners. Millennials rely on recommendations from peers and friends more than from experts, which refers to the importance they assign to their lives. In the present paper, the authors discuss the role of the social environment in the study process that millennial learners present. T...

One of the most significant goals of the educational system has become the aim of shaping of a personality with a high level of ecological culture with the aim to constant self-development, the progress of society and the priority of universal values, capable of perceiving and realizing the ideas of co-evolution and providing due to their activities a stable development of humanity in future. The success of its solution depends on multitude of factors, among which the time of en culturation of agrowing person to e...

The effectiveness of the higher educational institutions work is currently being given greater priority. Every year, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation carries out an appropriate monitoring upon seven indications, along with an internal evaluation of the universities work on an expanded list of indicators for the purpose of ranking the universities and their managers. In order to improve the effectiveness of educational activity of higher educational institutions, the possibility of cr...

The aim of this research is to teach ethical decision-making to future economists by solving the problem of advertising to children shown in the in the English-language documentary ?Consuming Kids?. Research methods included analysis of literature on the issues of what is ethical/unethical and the decision-making process, and the evaluation of 14 business reports written by students. The writing task entailed looking into the problem of the negative effects of advertising to children and preparing a report to the ...

Simulation and training technologies offer new opportunities for improving the quality of teaching at universities. The introduction of new progressive teaching is based on simulation and situational methods. Simulation methods create a playful character of the situation without a confrontational character, as is the case in real life. It makes it easier for students to move forward and gain insight. Situational methods are procedures for problem solving of model situations. Their basis is based on a real extraord...

The Kaizen concept represents a continuous improvement approach to exploiting the potential of human capital. Employees are the bearers and co-creators of values and their performance contributes to increasing efficiency and therefore education strategies need to be directed to the education of university students, potential workers in enterprises in the labor market. In education, there is scope for using the Kaizen concept as an incentive tool that increases the quality of human potential and the level of human ...

In the era of unpredictably rapid changes, the idea of sustainable development is an expression of concern regarding the direction in which humanity is developing. The idea is built upon the feeling of need to take radical steps to revitalise the seriously damaged security environment of the modern man, in order to influence its future, free from threats. The multi-dimensionality of globalisation processes, which influence the economy, politics, ecology, information and the socio-cultural field, among others, forc...

The present paper aims to present the concept of the decentralization of pre-university education in the current context as well as how the benefits of the PISA tests can be capitalized by changing the teaching mode, by adopting the creative and personalized teaching model used by the Scandinavian countries. The decentralization of the pre-university education is the transfer of the authority, responsibility, and resources regarding the decision-making and the general and financial management towards the education...

The protection of natural resources such as soil, water, and biodiversity are of greatest challenges in European Union Bioeconomy Strategy. According to the European Commission there are more than 2.5 million potentially contaminated sites and more than 0.3 million contaminated sites in Europe. Soil remediation is important and gentle technologies such as phytoremediation are more and more appropriate regarding new environmentally friendly actions paradigms. The aim of this research is to show successful Triple he...

The Federal Law on Best Available Techniques (BAT) becomes the main instrument regulating pollutant emissions from Russian industrial installations. The Law was adopted in July 2014, following an extensive review of the current environmental legislation. The new Law aims to achieve a high level of environmental protection taken as a whole by reducing harmful industrial emissions through the application of BATs. Minimum 6,500 installations undertaking the industrial activities described as Category I (Integrated Po...

Globalization generates new demands, structures and systems requiring new skills and knowledge. Continuous changes and technological advancements in various industries in the country cannot but make the teaching staff of the universities consider new ways of improving the training system to ensure better acquisition of a foreign language. The paper deals with the trends, goals and tasks in Teaching English for Specific Purposes in Russian technical universities. ESP is a two sided process: English for developing s...

The article discusses the importance of verbal communication monitoring in the process of foreign language learning and teaching. The aim of this study is to propose a theoretical justification and experimental verification of the effectiveness of the monitoring algorithm of students? verbal communication in the foreign language classroom. The research focuses on the following tasks: to develop and experimentally validate effective components of the monitoring algorithm of verbal communication of students and to i...

In this paper the approach to virtual laboratory "Geoinformation Systems" creation is proposed. Virtual laboratory is a complicated system that consists of a lot of hardware and software tools. The laboratory was created in order to improve the quality of education in the fields of geoinformatics and information technologies. The laboratory provides scientific support of the educational process, integration of innovative research and educational activities. During the course of self-study, students have the opport...

The demands on university teachers of technical subjects are changing in the context of economic and political developments in society and opinions on the form, content, scope and mutual relation between professional activities to be carried on. A university is a place where pedagogy and andragogy overleap due to the fact that there are regular students as well as professionals taking a course of study aiming at extending their qualifications. A university teacher affects both of these groups, as a pedagogue and l...