Studia Universitatis Moldaviae. Stiinte ale educatiei

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Authors: Otilia DANDARA

Education as a social phenomenon and the educational system as a subsystem of the socioeconomic system reflect the peculiarities of the society's evolution. In recent decades, the social interest for higher education has increased, because the university environment is valued as the basic source that ensures social evolution. In this context, what matters is the configuration of the student contingent, who enters universities and how social phenomena influence the people’s tendency to get higher education. There are certain situation differences in relation to various forms and cycles of training, a fact that confirms the interdependence between the conditions of socioeconomic integration and the possibilities of professional training. The analysis of statistical data based on criteria such as gender, age, living environment highlights the preferences or priorities of various social groups in relation to higher education. Women aged 19-22 years make up the largest social group that applies for higher education programmes in the Republic of Moldova in general and at Moldova State University in particular.

26-35

Authors: Valeria BOTEZATU, Nina BÎRNAZ

This article presents theoretical and methodological benchmarks for the development of formative assessment com¬petence among university teachers, structured in a psycho-pedagogical model for the development of formative assessment competence. This model outlines guidelines for the development of formative assessment competence in higher education. The psycho-pedagogical model for the development of formative assessment competence is built on philosophical foun¬dations (experiential theory, pragmatism, functionalism), psycho-pedagogical foundations (humanistic personality theory, progressivism, constructivism, behaviorism, competence pedagogy, full learning theory, evidence-based design theory), cybernetic foundations (feedback control theory) and conceptualizes theoretically and practically the development of formative assessment competence of teachers. According to the competence training model, the formation of formative assessment competence involves a complex process, by involving the teaching staff in specific categories of training situations, which require knowledge and understanding, action, autonomy.

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Authors: Carolina ȚURCANU, Vladimir GUȚU

This article addresses the issue of design, organization and implementation of adults’ learning and education contents from a curricular perspective in formal and non-formal education. It bases a concept and the structure of contents for adults’ learning related to the fields, profiles and types of formal and non-formal activities, in which adults are included. It identifies a set of principles and procedures specific to the organization of contents in the diversification of forms, technologies and purposes of adults’ training and education. Emphasis is placed on the organization and structuring of contents in relation to the form of educational process organization (formal-non-formal education), the type of learning and education (professionalization, lifelong vocational training, qualification, retraining, personal development, etc.); projected/expected outcomes, largely determined by the educational needs of adults.

56-60

Authors: Mirela PANDELICĂ

Human motivation is the focus of many human activities, in recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of motivation, as we can relate from the concerns of many contemporary authors. Self-determination Theory (SDT) is a motivational theory of personality, development, and social processes that examines how social contexts and individual differences facilitate different types of motivation, especially autonomous motivation and controlled motivation, and in turn leads to learning, performance, experience, and psychological health. For a teacher, it is very important to set clear goals in relation to the student's abilities and needs and to outline a reward system whose long-term goal is to internalize the motivation for learning. In our article we try to emphasize the need to use didactic technologies based on expressive-creative techniques, through which to increase the level of self-determination and implicitly of the intrinsic motivation for learning.

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Authors: Tatiana CRÎJANOVSCHI

Ethical conscience and conduct, the ethical profile of the personality, integrate all the components of the content of moral education. It reflects two defining coordinates aimed at relating man to society (moral-civic education) and to himself (moral-individual education). Moral-civic education has a predominantly social content, expressing itself, in particular, at the level of: political education (patriotic education, democratic education, humanistic education); economic education (education through and for work); legal education (education through and for the community). Moral-individual education has a content determined, predominantly, by the relationship of man to himself, expressing itself, in particular, at the level of philosophical education, religious education.

81-88

Authors: Roxana DOROBANȚU-DINA

In the present paper, I essentialized the importance, necessity and actuality of the school-family educational partnership for the formation of a prosocial behavior of students. We also emphasized the fact that from school age students learn and develop relationships of communication, mutual help, tolerance, understanding and collaboration – promoting and preserving the cultural values of the ethnic groups they belong to. The family has the defining role, as an institution that forms norms of life, these being "polished" in school, through formal or informal activities, carried out in an organized and systematic manner. A special connotation is attributed to the school-family educational partnership, the involvement of parents in the school's activities and in its leadership, as a partner with a decision-making role in the Parents' Committee, the Class Council, the School's Parents' Association and the Board of Directors. We also emphasized the importance of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and the Personalized Education Plan (PIP) for a situation that requires differentiated and personalized activity. Based on the study carried out in the classroom (2015-2018), in this work I presented a model of PIP and two working tools: the questionnaire and the structured interview for parents, in order to optimize the school-family, parent-child relationship. One thing is certain: for the good functioning of the school-family institutional partnership - the educational partners must be prepared: teachers, especially young ones, should find this aspect in the offer of continuous training (working with the family, even more so since in the last 10 years at least one parent has gone to work abroad!), and the parents should be guided, supported by the school counselor or director, not just informed.

99-103

Authors: Nicolae BRAGARENCO

This research reflects a confirmatory experiment that aims to determine the effectiveness of implementing a new form of physical education lesson organization within higher education institutions, in order to motivate students to practice the discipline. The experiment was organized within Moldova State University with first and second year students of the Faculty of Arts in the discipline during one semester. The results of the experiment and the efficiency of the new system of approaching the discipline of physical education through the "lesson – sports tests on the circle" are analyzed based on the reflection form applied to the students at the end of the semester, after which the conclusions are formulated, later they give premises for the conceptualization of the disciplinary Curriculum.

108-114

Authors: Igor RACU

This article presents the results of a formative experimental research that was carried out as a result of a theoretical-experimental ascertainment study. In the ascertainment research, carried out on 240 subjects (representative sample) the level of aggression, the degree of violence and the personality of preadolescents were diagnosed. As a major objective for the formative experiment, we proposed the development and implementation of a program of psychological interventions for preadolescents in order to develop personality and reduce aggression and violence. The effectiveness of the psychological intervention program was demonstrated in the control experiment by comparing the quantitative results obtained by subjects from the experimental group and the control group in the post-test, the results of the experimental group in the pre- and post-test and the results of the control group in the pre- and post-test test.

121-128

Authors: Natalia COJOCARU

Although in recent years the number of studies that address the concept of polemical social representations (polemical SR) has somewhat increased, there is relatively little research that analyzes how it is used in empirical studies, the phenomena that generate the emergence of polemical SR, or the impact of these representations at the social and intergroup level. Hence, a theoretical synthesis on this topic would provide valuable support for the analysis of the evolution of the concept, in order to identify the specifics and characteristics of these types of representations. The concept is revealed for under¬standing various social or historical controversies, conflictual interactions and oppositional dynamics at the intergroup level. In this way, we consider that the study of polemical SR represents a real "gold mine" in the current sociopolitical context, both for theoretical generalizations and for empirical illustrations.

137-141

Authors: Svetlana TOLSTAIA, Anamaria Nicoleta VLADU

Young, novice drivers account for a disproportionate percentage of deaths and injuries in road crashes worldwide. This research aims to identify the manifestation of aggressive psychological characteristics among young car drivers. One of the most common problems that negatively influence driving is aggressiveness behind the wheel. This can be ma¬nifested both in relation to the activity as a whole and to its specific elements. Anger as a general concept can be de-fined as a multidimensional construct that can be expressed cognitively, emotionally, psychologically and behaviorally. Driving rage is an extrapolation of the general concept of driving aggression. So, in other words, it is conceptualized as a frequent and intense tendency to become angry during the activity of driving a motor vehicle.

148-156

Authors: Valentina BOTNARI, Gabriela REPEȘCO

Currently, independent thinking is required in all fields of activity: economic, educational, legal, engineering and construction, etc. In connection with this fact, there is a need for its evaluation and possibly its training/development. At the same time, the specialized literature offers tools, but also modest evaluation references in this regard. The given article highlights the methodological aspects of the assessment of students independent thinking. In this line of ideas, the defining aspects of evaluation from the modern perspective are specified and the essential positive qualities of independent thinkers are highlighted and given status as criteria for their evaluation. In the paper, a series of relevant evaluation tools are proposed in the case of determining the level of development of independent thinking, including the questionnaire for evaluating the level of possession of independent thinking, which was developed and is in the process of validation. The questionnaire provides an overview of the individual aspects trained in the learning process of the subject, which includes 20 items, with the theoretical foundation in priority – the structural content of students’ independent thinking.

166-171

Authors: Maxim ILICCIEV

This article presents the professional personality profile of the students according to the level of social intelligence development. Currently, at the national level, higher education institutions generate a multitude of opportunities aimed at obtaining various knowledge of a professional nature, without focusing on serious problems in networking and commu¬ni¬cation. The humanization of the instructional-educational process is directly correlated with the increase in the number of tasks and disciplines, the subject of which is the individual and society. Becoming a professional is the result of special training, education and self-education, self-determination, training and self-education. This is a psychological, active-actional state of the personality, its complex quality, a system of integrated properties. The respective type of becoming coordinates the activity of the personality and ensures its effectiveness. An important condition for achieving professional success is developed social intelligence, representing an indicator of the level of self-realization, suggesting the presence of opportunities and a special type of relational-value systemic formations.

178-184

Authors: Valentina OLĂRESCU, Irina COBZARU

The paper describes the theoretical-practical aspect of functional asymmetry at the peripheral level of the binary organs, of the child's laterality profile. The analysis of the theory about laterality and praxis guided us towards the ex-position of some experimental results obtained in the research, carried out on two groups of children: 60 preschoolers with typical development and 60 preschoolers with mild intellectual disability, aged 4.5-6 years. The comparative study of laterality on eye-hand-foot coordinates and praxis was carried out. The purpose and hypothesis of the research are presented, the quantitative and qualitative results are presented. In order to establish the difference between two categories of preschoolers, psychological statistical methods were applied. Between preschool children with typical development and mild intellectual disability, a statistically significant difference was found in the evaluated parameters: laterality and praxis. The effect size in the two samples revealed high values of the biserial r coefficient. At the end, the conclusions drawn are presented.

191-193

Authors: Roxana-Monica LUPUȘOR

Socialization is a complex process, which involves learning, personality formation, self-development, learning social norms and values, all characteristics being achieved through interaction with peers. For children with autism, social interaction is difficult to achieve, as they are unable to interpret other people's behavior, initiate a conversation, or know how to behave around others. Kindergarten is the place where the preschooler makes the first contact with an organized environment, receives the first lessons of group behavior, the first rules of social behavior, realizing the idea that he has certain rights and duties, in other words creates the necessary premises for socialization.

204-213

Authors: АЛЛА ПОГОРЛЕЦКИ, Аурелия РАКУ, Виорика РУСУ, Наталья ДУБОВИКОВА

Coherent speech represents the reproduction of a content through a series of logical sentences, which are grammatically correct and ensure communication between people. Coherent speech is the basis and means of developing higher mental functions. In preschool children with global language disorders (GLD), deviations are present in the development of all aspects of speech, including coherent speech. Therefore, the formation of coherent speech of children with GLD is one of the most important tasks of corrective measures. At the same time, children with TGL have problems in the motor sphere, manifested by the peculiarities of physical development and psychomotor skills: violations of fine, gross and coordination motor skills. Taking into account that the development of fine motor skills is an effective, physiologically justified means of developing higher mental functions, we developed a corrective program, which aimed to improve fine motor skills. We studied the action of the corrective program on the development of coherent speech in preschool children with TGL grade III-IV.

3-11

Authors: Vladimir GUȚU

This article tries to solve a problem which is current and opportune for the development of educational sector, in general, and also for the creation of conditions for adult learning and education. The emphasis is done on substantiating a managerial and pedagogical concept for designing and implementing the non-formal curriculum. The needs, theoretical approaches and methodology for designing the basic curriculum and curricula for training profiles and different types of activities specific to these profiles are described in detail. At the same time, the structure and description of the constituent components of non-formal curriculum are proposed. It also conceptualized a model for monitoring the non-formal cur¬ri¬culum in various forms of operation.

17-25

Authors: Viorica GORAȘ-POSTICĂ, Svetlana CHEPTANARI, Mariana NEGREAN

The present study includes a praxiological research on the process and results of strategic planning in a vocational medical institution in the Republic of Moldova. As the intellectual product obtained is a quality one, meeting several relevant indicators, we decided to analyze and disseminate this good practice. The theoretical landmarks approached focus on the current rigors of strategic management in the field of education, aiming at contributing to solving priority problems in a specific professional context. The development of the educational institution from the perspective of quality, in general, and of the actors of education expectations, in particular, guides the organizational management, with its classic functions of planning, organization, coordination and control-evaluation.

33-36

Authors: Daniel ROMAN

The article presents theoretical syntheses on pedagogical students’ autonomous learning vulnerabilities and the mecha¬nisms for the formation of self-instruction competence among university students. The dynamics of the students’ auto¬no¬mous learning style formation is determined by the functionality of the values specific to self-instruction (analytical thinking, critical thinking, reflective-metacognitive thinking, creative thinking, self-confidence, self-esteem, and intrinsic motivation), which reflects the independent work, stimulated by the interdependence of the mechanisms for the formation of students’ self-instruction competence: (a) the mechanism of voluntary mobilization and awareness of the need for self-formation of a learning-oriented organizational culture; (b) the mechanism of self-discipline and the deduction of the external sources of self-learning competence; (c) the mechanism of manifesting interest in self-knowledge, per¬ma¬nent self-education and self-training; (d) the mechanism of taking responsibility for the professional training re¬sults. The outcomes of this interaction are reflected in the values of self-instruction competence and in the university learning culture. The logic of the theoretical analysis of students’ independent learning culture has led to the idea that the mechanisms of forming the students’ self-instruction competence, determined in this research, consistently stimulate the emergence of values specific to self-directed learning.

44-49

Authors: Mihaela BLÎNDUL

The article is a theoretical study of the concept of competence for healthy lifestyle, approached through the prism of Health Education, as well as aspects of the development of competence for healthy lifestyle for young school children through the prism of school-family partnership. The competence for healthy lifestyle can be formed and developed through health education, and can be valued in the school and in the family, because, the school can develop the competence of a healthier way of life more at the theoretical level, but the family has the task to implement and develop it at a practical level, the result being the formation, development of a pro-health culture and the improvement of health through concrete responsible actions at the physical, mental, social level.

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Authors: Roxana DOROBANȚU-DINA

Successful formation of the intercultural competence consists in the harmonization of knowledge and practical acti¬vities, based on formal, non-formal education and influences from the informal environment along with the consistent application of the school-family educational partnership. The involvement of students in non-formal activities specific to inter¬cultural education, teamwork and the exchange of experience with similar institutions in the country or abroad, especially through European projects, free play (regardless of their type) limit prejudices, stereotypes, social exclusion and contribute to the formation of the profile of the high school graduate ready to integrate socially and professionally, wherever he/ she wants to go. By reconsidering the place and the role of intercultural education in the context of new education, the inter¬cultural competence involves the proper management of relationships between people belonging to different ethnic groups, who are of a different race, culture, religion or social condition, in order to successfully interact in social and profes¬sional life.

68-74

Authors: Mihaela HAJDEU

Mathematical competence is a basic pillar in the formation of the personality of a highly qualified specialist, and it requires both a high level of knowledge and experience of independent activity, as well as the learner’s ability to apply what is learned in different life contexts. Thus, in this article we describe the structure and specificity of the mathematical competence of the primary school teacher who teaches or is going to teach this subject to young school children.

78-82

Authors: Anastasia OLOIERU

The article analyzes the transpositions of the new economic models gig-economy, net-economy and entrepreneurship in the field of education as follows: cognitive, motivational-value, and behavioral gaps. At the end of the article, a model of economic culture formation is proposed for pedagogical students in 3 stages, based on didactic principles, principles of education through / for work, principles and strategies of personal self-efficiency, economic theories and principles, etc. Such a model of training the economic culture of future teachers will allow the development of professional skills and the creation of an entrepreneurial profile for teachers.

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Authors: Natalia BURLACU

The given paper turns out to be research that falls within the scientific dimensions of the theory and methodology of student assessment with examples of application in the field of didactics of academic disciplines. Beginning with the massive introduction of hybrid and online learning in the universities (but not only) in the pandemic period of 2020-2022 academic years, the effect of reducing verbal and non-verbal communication between actors in the didactic activities has also increased the problems correlated to the assessment of the learner in the short and long term. This fact was reflected in the objective grading of the student both during the semester and at the end of the course(s) / semester, etc. As a solution to improve such situations, the author proposes the development of strategies for assessing the knowledge of the learner, based on the diversification of assessment methods and procedures, as well as their potential. The author uses descriptive, synthetic, and analytical research methods; comes with the revision of the literature re-le¬vant to the stated topic; reflects theoretical aspects of some methods and procedures in order to build a modern strategy of didactic assessment of the student, which can be useful, mainly, in the conditions of hybrid and / or online learning, but not only. The applied aspects of this research are illustrated on the example of the particular framework of educational activities in the disciplines provided in the study programs from the specializations in Computer Science and ICT, having the potential to be adapted to other levels of study and other curricular areas.

101-108

Authors: Nicolae BRAGARENCO, Andrei SALCOCI, Vasile GOJAN, Natalia SMIRNOVA

This research, based on an opinion poll, conducted with first and second year students at the Moldova State University between November and December 2021, which aims to form a clear vision of students' preferences and needs for movement within physical education lessons and sports activities, the contents and forms of organization of motor activities that motivate active participation in the educational process. The answers of the interviewed subjects are analyzed, interpreted and presented in graphical form. The data obtained can be used as a benchmark for modeling a new concept on physical education and sports in higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova.

115-119

Authors: Angela POTÂNG, Monica-Andreea POPESCU

The third age is the age of medical, professional, social and family transformations that impact the individual on a psychological level, with direct effects on behavior, cognition and affect. Rehabilitation and restructuring requests some¬times exceed the elderly person's ability to cope with them successfully, and thus the echo is observed in the way the elderly relates to the people in his environment, in the attitude towards oneself, neglecting himself and losing hope for the better. On an emotional level, the old person becomes anxious, depressed and at the physical level are recorded various psychological disorders, including dementia, delirium and depression. Elderly people who are resilient and have adaptive coping strategies are successful in aging and have a psychological well-being.

124-129

Authors: Einas DANIEL (SHAMA)

This article reflects some aspects of research dedicated to the formation of a positive attitude towards the inclusion of children with disabilities in physical education teachers. Exploring the theoretical dimensions of the stated topic, the author reveals the connection between the attitudes of physical education teachers and psycho-pedagogical strategies, based on the identification of sources of negative/ stigmatic attitudes and sources of positive/ promotional attitudes (inclusive). The training program, proposed by the author, contributes to a certain extent to the understanding by teachers of their role in inclusive education, accepting that the inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classes is not a problem but an opportunity.

139-143

Authors: Hila BALALIS

This article reflects some selective results of the study on the subject of exploring the determinants of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). It has been shown that the age of the employees and the participation in the staff meeting have a certain impact on the definition of the OCB. It has been confirmed that there is a positive correlation between "job satisfaction" and "organizational citizenship behavior", so the higher the job satisfaction, the more employees will exhibit organizational citizenship behavior.

150-156

Authors: Виорика МОКАНУ

The article is an attempt to describe the main stage of classical psychodrama – the action/enactment, which is characterised by the duration and dynamism, when, the protagonist, with the help of the director and group members recreates and plays, scene by scene, the real problematic life situations through their roles.

3-11

Authors: Vladimir GUȚU, Maia ȘEVCIUC, Carolina ȚURCANU

This article substantiates the concept of the curriculum for extracurricular education and learning from the perspective of competencies. In this sense, the curriculum is structured on domains and profiles of extracurricular education and learning, ensuring the conceptual continuity between the curriculum for general education and the curriculum for extra¬curricular education and learning. At the same time, a taxonomy of competencies is proposed: key competencies for life¬long learning; general competencies in the fields of extracurricular education and specific competencies in the profiles of extracurricular education and learning.

16-20

Authors: Daniel ROMAN

Competency-based teacher professionalisation generates the formation of independent learners during the initial teacher training programmes. Pedagogical research reveals the importance of university teachers’ awareness of the need to design activities oriented towards the development of autonomous learning skills and promotion of a self-directed learning culture in students. Converting the university pedagogical conditions into resources that facilitate students’ in¬dependent learning is an important indicator of the quality of university education.

31-35

Authors: Ludmila BOTNAR

The article addresses a field that becomes increasingly more researched and more demanded, that of non-formal education, which is analysed based on specialised studies. With the globalisation and development of the era of knowledge and information, the theoretical and practical research contributes to the development of conceptual perspectives, with practical approaches in different contexts, including that of the Republic of Moldova, where the status of non-formal education is being clarified and formalised. The author conducts a multi-aspectual analysis of non-formal education, highlighting its role in opposition to formal education.

43-48

Authors: Cristina Dumitru TABACARU

Motivation is crucial to education; it is a main factor that can drive humans to autonomous and independent learning. It is a complex system and it is individually organised making difficult to offer precise recommendation. A sound under¬standing of physiological and psychological processes that triggers human behaviours is vital to a good educational design that will flow naturally according to students’ development. The article aims to do an analysis of recent and fundamental theories on motivation and learning in order to propose to educational professionals some key elements that will strengthen learning motivation and will facilitate teaching and teaching programmes designing. The ground of the article is the fact proven by a great number of studies that show great correlation between students' motivation and positive learning effects. This theoretical article addresses an important question regarding the understanding of motivation: what drives our mo¬ti¬vational system and what interferes/compete with the motivation to learn new things, to explore and adapt to novelty (novel problem, task, event, situation, context, etc.)

56-62

Authors: Silvia MACHIDON

This article addresses the issue of new technologies impact on the communication process. It analyses the concept of com¬mu¬ni¬cation, information, and communication technologies, etc. and at the same time, it highlights some of their characteri¬stics. Attention is drawn to the advantages and disadvantages of information technologies in relation to the communication process in general and in the field of education in particular.

68-71

Authors: Olga GUȚU

In this study we present the results of an exploratory theoretical synthesis of the concept of psychological assistance in the educational system. The psychological assistance service is one of the most important missions for the benefit of the society. Awareness of the need for psychological support activities developed early and grew with the evolution of the society. In this article, the focus was on the essence of psychological activities carried out in educational institutions which implies supporting the development of an honest personality, useful for the interests of the society.

79-82

Authors: Angela POTÂNG, Victoria CONDREA

The aim of our theoretical study is to address the phenomenon of diabulimia in order to have a deeper understanding of what causes patients with diabetes to develop this weight loss strategy and what causes them to treat it. The article addresses the importance of social relations and the transition to a new identity in recovering from diabulimia as well.

87-92

Authors: Iana CIOBANU

Researchers in the field mention that the quality of early relationships leaves a mark on the relational style at a later age. If these relationships were not problematic in early childhood, especially with parents, and siblings, in adolescence they can provide a chance to love, feel and reflect, having the freedom that results from a secure attachment. This study presents the results of a training experiment adapted by us, which envisaged the effectiveness of the psychological intervention programme based on the model of integrative psychotherapy. The training experiment involved 18 adolescents aged 16-19 years: 9 adolescents participated in the experimental group (EG) and 9 were enrolled in the control group (CG). The results obtained following the integrative psychotherapy sessions showed that the ado¬lescents in EG improved their results both in terms of self-esteem, relationship with others and effective communication. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of the role that attachment plays in forming relationships with others.

97-102

Authors: Виорика МОКАНУ

The article presents a description of the initial stage of classical psychodrama – the warming up, whose purpose is the psychological and physical liberation of the participants with the help of a motor or meditative exercise designed to relieve anxiety and tension, raise the energy level in the group and tune the participants into topics that are relevant to them.

113-120

Authors: Ina BOLOCAN, Natalia COJOCARU

This study aimed to identify and analyse the situations with potential psychosocial risks specific to the activity of promotion and sale of drugs – a field of activity characterised by focus on profit, fierce competition, and big goals, which creates an environment of continuous stress for employees. The analysis of interview data outlined a series of situations with potential psychosocial risk related to the activity of employees from the pharmaceutical company, especially related to barriers in communication, lack of experience of novice medical representatives and the most difficult situation: refusal from the start by the key client – the doctor. The strategies reported by the interviewees show that interpersonal influence skills are developed “on the go”, and several techniques for obtaining the willingness (e.g., labelling technique, “foot-in-the-door” technique, etc.) have to be applied. Accordingly, there is a need for psychosocial intervention programmes that would aim at developing skills to manage the problematic situations that medical representatives face in their pro¬fessional activity.

127-132

Authors: Виорика МОКАНУ

The article presents a description of psychodrama  a method of group psychotherapy based on action, combining the possibilities for both deep psychotherapy and for training social skills. The author tried to set out some considerations on the manner in which this method suggests finding answers to the questions “How to survive?”, “How to preserve the legacy of the past and at the same time open new paths for the future?”, “What to do and how to react in the context of (social) change?” with the support of this toolkit (key concepts, basic elements, techniques and phases).

140-145

Authors: Олександра БРЮХОВЕЦЬКА, Тетяна ЧАУСОВА

The article investigates the problem of the formation of the pedagogical position of the future specialist in the field of education. We carry out an analysis of scientific psychological and pedagogical literature devoted to the issue of the study. The concepts of “position”, “personal position”, “professional position” are considered, their essence is highlighted. The working concept of “professional position of the future teacher” has been developed, its characteristic features have been outlined. The procedure of systemic modelling is characterised, a working model is developed, structural components that reflect the essential features of a professional position are highlighted. On the basis of systemic and structural mo¬del¬ling, we made calculations of the integral indicator - the level of formation of the pedagogical position of future teachers. We found there was an insufficient level of formation of the pedagogical position of future specialists. It is assumed that the optimisation of the professional position of future teachers can be achieved as a result of the introduction of motivational technology. A programme has been developed to optimise the formation of the pedagogical position of future teachers. We describe the stages of the programme implementation, their goals, the content, and the forms of work.

3-9

Authors: Vladimir GUȚU

This article addresses the issue of establishing and developing adult pedagogy from the perspective of epistemology: to establish the factual categories and guidelines of adult pedagogy. The psychological and philosophical-pedagogical approaches to adult learning and education and the connection of adult pedagogy with other sciences are extensively analysed. The concept produced contributes to the elaboration of a Reference Framework of adult education in formal, non-formal and informal plan.

18-23

Authors: Valentina BODRUG-LUNGU

This article elucidates the specifics of non-formal education of older adults in the Republic of Moldova. In the context of an increase in the number of elderly people, the insufficiency of care services for the elderly, the need for training activities of community mobilisers is outlined, which would contribute to increasing the well-being of mobilising older adults, but also those mobilised by active involvement in community life. In the context of the theory of change, older people are agents who have the power to change and influence the management of public affairs, the life of the whole community. In this context, we highlight the importance of non-formal education of older people, but also the importance of taking into account the gender dimension, given the prevalence of women among the elderly.

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Authors: Mihaela BLÎNDUL

The article is a theoretical study of the healthy lifestyle approached from the perspective and trends of today's society, as well as its characteristics. However, the multitude of changes requires prompt adaptation to social conditions, and this must be done in a way that is more environmentally friendly and beneficial to health.

48-52

Authors: Margareta GHEORGHIŢĂ

In the educational process, the educational design includes as an intrinsic sequence the evaluation and registration of school results, as an effect of observing the competences (knowledge, attitudes, skills) of students, summed up in school progress or school performance. School success/failure indicates the degree of correspondence between the level of students’ psychophysical development and the real demands of the education system. While the efficiency of the educational process relates the school progress or the school performance to the objective demands, the school success/failure simultaneously relates to the external demands, as well as to the internal possibilities of the student. The quality of performance measured and evaluated through various assessment tools is a criterion for assessing the efficiency of the educational process and for investigating school success/failure.

58-64

Authors: Vitalie SOCHIRCĂ

The article presents some conceptual guidelines on the formation of competences in Geography in general education by studying the local horizon / homeland. The provisions of the National Curriculum in Geography with reference to the study of the local horizon / homeland are highlighted, in a direct continuity relationship with the similar provisions of the curriculum for early education and, respectively, for primary education.

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Authors: Mirela SOCOL (PISALTU)

Dans cet article, nous nous proposons de situer la didactique conformément aux nouvelles perspectives sur l'enseignement qui accordent une place privilégiée aux langues étrangères. Dans la première partie, nous allons analyser les changements apportés par le Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les Langues au niveau des objectifs et des méthodes d'enseignement. La deuxième partie se propose de présenter le nouveau profil de l'enseignant de langues. Ainsi, le Référentiel des com¬pé¬tences professionnelles des enseignants envisage une formation de l’enseignant de langues sur quatre paliers: 1) la structure des programmes de formation; 2) les compétences et les savoirs de l’enseignant; 3) ses stratégies et ses savoir-faire; 4) les valeurs qu’il devrait promouvoir. En conclusion, même si les notions et les concepts introduits par le CECRL sont soumis, de temps en temps, à des révisions, en fonction des changements de la société, leurs composantes majeures restent un repère significatif dans l'évo¬lution de la perspective sur les langues.

86-92

Authors: Lilia LUCHIANENCO

The development of communication skills in preschoolers aims at a set of psycho-pedagogical methods used in the evaluation and development of communication in preschoolers. Depending on the situation, the specifics and the scientific-practical tendencies regarding the development of the communication competence in preschoolers, the psychopedagogue will take into account the recommendations of the curriculum related to the child-centred activities. The development of communication skills in preschoolers has a key role, because at preschool age, the nervous system is characterised by plasticity, which allows for a quick adaptation to new situations.

97-100

Authors: Teodora-Doina PAGA

This article approaches the process of reading from a theoretical point of view. We insist on the way of forming the reading competence suggested by some researchers in the field (Vlad Pîslaru, Paul Cornea, Maria Hadîrcă, Nicolae Manolescu, Constantin Schiopu). The article highlights the importance of fairy tales as a genre of children's literature in the formation of literary-artistic competence in primary school students, and emphasizes the importance of methods applied by the teacher to stimulate interest in reading fairy tales and gives examples of active-participatory methods that can be used in the classroom in order to stimulate the interest in reading.

106-109

Authors: Victoria CUCULSCHI

The article examines the issue of respect for the principles of music education by teachers who teach the violin. The principles of music education founded by I.Gagim are analysed from the perspective of teaching the violin instrument. The importance of the educational partnership is also outlined because without involving the parents in the study of music and violin, the teacher's educational actions fail.

115-118

Authors: Igor RACU, Jana RACU

The article is devoted to the review of scientific research in the field of psychology. The branches of psychology in which many theses were defended are listed. Also, the analyses of the researches that highlight the psychological particularities of children development in different ages are presented. The topics of theses in general and social psychology as well as interdisciplinary research are mentioned. From historical perspective, this article contains an overview of the fundamental research in psychology reflected in habilitate theses defended in the Republic of Moldova.

123-126

Authors: Ana TARNOVSCHI, Veronica BOLDURAT

This article discusses the lie from the point of view of a very complex psychological phenomenon, which in itself includes an amalgamation of emotional, cognitive and affective appearances in people. In their daily socialisation, the individual deals with the lie, which is a real and natural fact. As long as the human being is the one who transmits or receives information, they have the potential to mislead or to be misled. But the process of detecting a lie is difficult because there is no ideal way to differentiate a person who tells lies from someone who is telling the truth. Just like telling the truth, learning to lie is a natural part of the natural process of human development. The lie has become one of the social problems, and its detection has been analysed by scientists and law enforcement officials.

132-136

Authors: Alin Ioan CREȚU

Burnout can affect not only job performance, but can become a lifestyle that affects the employee's entire life. Stress is found in all areas, and the identification of the occupational stress and its management can lead to increased job satisfaction. The phenomenon of burnout is commonly found in all age groups, especially those who are professionally active. Depen¬ding on the nature of the profession, the atmosphere within the institution (the relationship with superiors and collea¬gu¬es¬, respectively), the way in which the individual manages their emotions in the most pressing moments, there may be a discharge of nerve energy in a direction which if not stopped, will affect not only their professional activity, but also their family. As a syndrome, burnout determines people's abilities, self-respect, causes turmoil at home, with friends or colleagues, has as an effect the decrease of success, leading to absenteeism and even job abandonment. We could say that stress (as an emotional reaction) and burnout (as its extension to higher levels - cognitive, moti-vational, self-esteem, etc.) can be called one of the “diseases of civilisation”. The notion of stress led to taking into account the psychological side, in the sense that it can be an activating determinant in diseases.

143-147

Authors: Ольга БОНДАРЕНКО

The article discusses the relationship with such psychological constructs as reflexion, personality maturity and self-actualisation. The interrelation between these concepts and types of experiencing loneliness is suggested and proved based on a survey on a sample of young people. Thus, a positive attitude towards loneliness is significantly associated with indicators of personality maturity and correlates with self-actualisation scales. Positive relationships were found between systemic reflexion and a positive attitude towards loneliness, the negative ones being influenced by the dependence on communication and experience of general loneliness.

154-157

Authors: Ирина ТОЛМАЧ

This article presents a study about representations of maternity in older adolescent girls. The article demonstrates the results of research dedicated to the image of maternity (“image of their own mother” and “self-image as a future mother”). It also presents a comparative analysis of representations of maternity based on cognitive, emotional and beha¬vi¬oural aspects.

164-171

Authors: Наталия БРАЙЛЯН

Motivation for educational process and performance is a sophisticated complex of characteristics that includes various educational processes, methods and different pedagogical knowledge of encouraging modern students to improve cognitive activity. Learning motivation directly contributes to the active assimilation of the content of education - the knowledge, skills and abilities that are indispensably required for a person. The process of formation of images of motivation is carried out by cooperative teachers; this is the motivation of learning and their attitude to professional duties on the one hand, and on the other hand, this is students’ motivation for learning and their internal, self-motivation.

3-8

Authors: Otilia DANDARA

This article emphasizes the issue of career projection for women. All statements and conclusions are based upon an empiric study on a group of women, mostly from the rural areas. The results partially confirm the theories on the specific perception that lay at the base of research, and the necessity for women’s career development throughout the lifespan. Lacking methodical guidance in an institutionalised context, women tend to build certain visualizations on careers being influenced by their lifestyle, non-formal activities and informal education. Yet, a powerful factor, which still impacts women’s career projection is the family and the motherhood, even if there are different approaches and attitudes related to this dimension. Qualification represents a vectorial mechanism for career growth.

19-26

Authors: Valentin-Cosmin BLÂNDUL, Carolina ȚURCANU

This article addresses some aspects of the European policies on non-formal education following the transformations brought about by economic, social, demographic and, in particular, pandemic contexts. In this sense, the European policies are part of the educational policies related to lifelong learning and key competences transfer, recommended by the Council of Europe at Brussels in 2018. The article also describes some conceptual approaches to non-formal education in the context of the new public policies in the field of education. At the same time, a comparative study of the aspects, profiles and outcomes of non-formal education in the European countries is presented and the respective conclusions are formulated.

36-41

Authors: Aliona AFANAS

The article reveals a comparative analysis of standards of teachers’ professional competencies at the national and international levels. The analysis highlights similarities and differences regarding the competence system of teachers in various countries. The scientific information presented is based on several normative and educational policy documents. The analysis of standards of teachers’ professional competencies and their role in the continuous professional teacher training allowed the formulation of some relevant conclusions for the education system.

47-53

Authors: Valeria PASCARU-GONCEAR

Attitudes are the psychic structures that help us in the selective orientation towards various aspects of the environment in which we live. They represent explicit or implicit conceptions of what is desirable or undesirable, are not directly observable, and involve cognitive, affective and behavioural elements. Attitudes are a fundamental motive of human behaviour and often its direct cause, and, consequently, a central element in the determining the chain of human behaviour. Attitudes determine the orientation of behaviour and make it meaningful. That’s why the deep and multilateral knowledge of the phenomenon of attitudes unleashes vast possibilities to understand the human being and their behaviour and is an important tool for elucidating the explored problems.

58-65

Authors: Veaceslav IORDACHESCU

The variety of approaches to religious education in the school curriculum has led theorists' efforts to establish its various para¬digms. In this article we present some of the paradigms of religious education developed by researchers J.P. Willaime, W. C. Durham, Carl Sterkens, Michael Grimmitt, Goth Read, J. Pelupessy-Wowor. Each of these paradigms has crystallized in response to certain social challenges, such as multiculturalism and religious diversity.

72-75

Authors: Constantin ȘCHIOPU

The article refers to a series of psychological factors which determine the reading and interpretation of the literary work: linguistic, literary, cultural competences, the imaginative, associative, sensorial, empathic, emotional and projective endowments, opinions, beliefs and personal attitudes of the reader/interpreter, their expectation horizon. Therefore, some theories on the reading and reception of the literary work have been updated: the structural character of the literary work (H.Markiewicz), the horizon of expectation (H.R.Jauss), the training of competences (P.Cornea), the reader  a participant in the creative act (J.P.Sartre). Hence, depending on these psychological parameters, several methodological suggestions regarding the interpretation of the literary work are proposed.

81-88

Authors: Oxana CREANGA

The present paper approaches the concept of mediation in the context of teaching English as a foreign language. Drawing on the analysis of this language activity treated by notorious authors, such as Maria Stathopoulou, Brian North, and Enrica Piccardo, it focuses on a broader view of mediation presented in CEFR (2001) and subsequently developed in CEFR Companion Volume with New Descriptors (2018). The article pursues to determine the improvements brought to this concept, the new illustrative descriptor scales alongside the mediation strategies with a view to devising specific mediation tasks correlated with the three macro-groups of mediation activities: mediating texts, mediating concepts, and mediating communication aimed at developing learners’ mediation skills.

94-100

Authors: Татьяна ПАНКО, Николае СИЛИСТРАРУ

The article discusses the model of professional ethnopedagogical training of future teachers aimed at the formation of ethnopedagogical competence. The following basic blocks for the formation of ethnopedagogical competence are presented and described: target, methodological, organizational, substantive, methodological, criterial-diagnostic and effective. Also, there are described the tasks, approaches, principles and conditions for the development of ethnopedagogical competence of the future teachers. The authors identify the components of ethnopedagogical competence and the criteria for its formation. The feasibility of introducing a model into the educational process of a higher education institution has been experimentally proven.

109-117

Authors: Ольга ГЕРЛОВАН*, Татьяна ШАРШОВ

The article determines the specifics of the educational product and its assessment at the stage of the summative (final) assessment in the Russian language and literature high school course. The authors substantiate the structure and content of the test for the national baccalaureate examination in the Russian language and literature. Particular attention is paid to the essay as a final educa¬tional product. The authors analyse the use of criteria-based assessment on a specific example and show the typical weaknesses in writing an essay.

122-125

Authors: Oana Gabriela ȘORODOC

This article proposes a short etymological presentation and a conceptualization of ethnosophy, a side that comes to complete the image of ethnology and antropology, although the term can be found rarely in dictionaries, because it is still in the search of its birth certificate. At the same time, we shall try to discover the role of the junimists in the birth of ethnosophy as a science.

135-138

Authors: Armine HOVHANNISYAN, Valentina BODRUG-LUNGU

In this article, we explore several ideas focusing on civic engagement. It is emphasized that today we are living in a period of major transformations in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which puts people, activities and institutions to the test. According to the theories of representative democracy and participatory democracy, participation is associated with the understanding of democracy and the relationship between citizens and the state. At the same time, the term civic engagement includes several meanings such as participation, involvement, cooperation, responsibility, commitment etc. We conclude that civic engagement can manifest itself in various forms - individual volunteering, community involvement efforts, organizational involvement, which can include the direct approach to a problem through personal work, community activity or involvement in the work of representative democracy institutions. Civic engagement implies not only the wil¬lingness to engage actively, but also the skills necessary to participate, to correlate the rights with the respective res¬ponsibilities.

143-146

Authors: Aurelia GLAVAN, Silvia VRABIE

This article discusses the process of evaluation, diagnosis and multimodal intervention for children suffering from autism. The main idea is that autism should be diagnosed as early as possible, considering that the outcomes can be improved over the long term through an early intervention of a multidisciplinary team, and the practical experience demonstrated that autism therapy is primarily based on education.

153-160

Authors: Galina PRAVIȚCHI, Victoria CHICU

Researching attachment styles and love languages of young people is a particularly current and important part of the condition that any person throughout their life will maintain a couple relationship. Knowing your own and your partner’s patterns of behaviour can ensure a cognitive understanding of communication problems which allows empathising with your partner who can sometimes overwhelm with their needs or who hurts with their indifference – it all depends on the request-response dynamics of the attachment style and the love language. These define, to a great extent, the functional capacity of a qualitative couple relationship.

166-168

Authors: Elena NISTREAN

The article presents an analysis of the literature on separation anxiety. The impact of long and repeated interruptions of the bond between mother and child in the first years of life is elucidated. A particular aspect that John Bowlby (1970) supports is that although the losses suffered during the first five years of life most often lead to the occurrence of separation anxiety disorder, the losses suffered later in life have pathogenic potential too. In this sense, the theory is validated by clinical practice that attests the causal relationship between psychological disorders and loss or separation that occurred at a certain time.

174-179

Authors: Valeria PASCARU-GONCEAR

The term “paedophilia” is often applied in various social contexts as any sexual interest towards children or as the act of child sexual abuse. Paedophilia occurs at the age of puberty and is a lifelong affection. A risk factor is the antisocial behaviour, as well as sexual abuse in childhood, as put by many paedophiles. Some researchers believe that the stigma of paedophiles in society prevents them from seeking a specialist for treatment. The purpose of this article is to explain paedophilia and to provide information on the characteristics of those who are sexually attracted to minors. Although the article also covers some emotional issues that paedophiles can face, there is absolutely no intention of justifying their behaviour or attractions. On the contrary, the message is to urge and encourage paedophiles to use the help of specialists because they are responsible for their own sexual behaviours.

183-186

Authors: Ionica-Luminița STOENICĂ

Our study approaches the issue of affectivity at the level of special dimension of human personality. At this level, the reflecting content and the reflection forms specific for simple, complex and superior affective processes are highlighted. As a superior product of affective processes, emotional intelligence does not exclude, but rather involves the opening towards other noncognitive and cognitive processes. From this perspective, we emphasise the thesis promoted by D.Goleman regarding the fact that emotional intelligence has an overwhelming amount of influence over the development of human personality. The importance of EQ in education is obvious at the level of affective and motivational empathy. In this context, Goleman proposes a process of “education of emotions”, which ultimately aims at cultivating “more democracy in the treatment of others”.

191-195

Authors: Инна ТЕЛЮКОВА, Людмила АНЦИБОР

A person’s emotional development is recognized as the key factor in determining life success, considerably more than the mental power. Therefore, the formation of “smart” emotions and removal of gaps in the emotional development should be considered as a prioritized and overriding task in education/mental training.