Studia Universitatis Moldaviae. Stiinte ale educatiei

3-12

Authors: Natalia COJOCARU

This paper examines the sociogenesis of a polemic representation, paying close attention to the context of repre¬sen-ta¬tional production. By means of content analysis of the written press from 1988-89, it will be illustrated how this representation originated in a context that retained past ideological characteristics both at the level of discourse and social practices and how it was presented to the Other. In the perestroika period, the official Soviet discourse, even if it was change-oriented, was thematized in the framework of the typical wooden language, so that the new emancipated representation (about glasnost) would not contradict the hegemonic one (of socialist ideology). Social conflict escalated when a group of intel¬lectuals, taking advantage of the glasnost reform, engaged more seriously with the national issues and put forward this polemic representation, which opposed the hegemonic representation of the Soviet Communist Party. Based on in-depth interviews with participants in diverse protest actions from that period, I intended to elucidate how their polemic represen¬tation was initially shaped in confrontation with Others (those who did not share these beliefs), as well as how this was expressed at the level of intergroup relations, and how it is now presented by means of narrative discourses.

18-22

Authors: Olena BONDARCHUK

The article deals with the problem of the correlation between subjective well-being and psychological health of teachers. It is shown that the problem of the relationship between subjective well-being and health in general is characterized by both potentially extremely important findings, and also by pivotal research issues and questions. The basic principles of the study of psychological health are determined. The main criteria and indicators of psychological health are highlighted. Groups of factors of subjective well-being of teachers that are directly related to their psychological health are identified. Distinctive features of teachers that can negatively affect their psychological health and subjective well-being are identified. The expediency of monitoring the subjective well-being of teachers as an important condition of identifying and maintaining their psychological health in the extreme conditions of nowadays is shown.

28-32

Authors: Einas SHAMA DANIEL

The current article reflects some results of research that come up with several essential contributions to the im¬ple-men¬tation of effective integration process within the Physical Education framework, by focusing on the root of altering behaviour  by examining and daring to alter stigmatic attitudes which demand taking responsibility on one's own role as a living model for leading change and eventually, being prepared to restructure the school culture. Based on a special training programme, Physical Education teachers were exposed to and became familiar with the multi-diversity attitude changing model and we could see that they actually became able to reconsider and change their attitudes towards the students, providing live leadership models for their “regular” pupils to keep making change happen.

39-44

Authors: Angela POTÂNG, Carolina TRIGUB

This study aimed to investigate the problem of occupational stress, in general and to identify the stressors in the job of prosecutors from the Republic of Moldova in particular. The research identified the main stress factors in the prosecutors' work: organizational stressors, operational stressors, external and internal stressors, as well as stressors related to the future professional. Highlighting these sources would facilitate the efficient organization of the work, as well as give the possibility to act at with the view of promoting stress management strategies in the law enforcement area.

50-58

Authors: Natalia COJOCARU

This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic is presented as a “sensitive object” and how this social object of representation generates “polemic social representations” (“polemic SR”) given the medical, social and religious controversies. To begin with, I will argue why the pandemic is a “sensitive object” and how this generates the elaboration of a new representation. Therefore, given that the representation of the pandemic is not well articulated in the social imaginary, I will analyse some aspects regarding the process of its elaboration (pre-existing representational contents, meanings attributed to new social practices, and implications of these social practices at the intergroup level) in order to outline some directions for the intended empirical study. I have looked, in particular, at three social practices that I consider defining in the construction of the representation of the pandemic, implicitly with intra- and intergroup effects: 1) mask wearing 2) physical distancing and 3) self-isolation. All three seem to be hardly integrated (for the time being) into the existing system of social practices.

63-68

Authors: Oxana PALADI, Tatiana LUNGU

This article is an important landmark in perceiving and understanding the role of will in directing the learning behaviours and learning activities in students. The starting premise is the concept of will as a process of behaviour regulation, which determines a person's ability to mobilize, concentrate and guide the nervous energy to achieve the intended goal. As a result, the content of this article addresses dimensions such as the meaning of the voluntary act and voluntary effort; the stages of the voluntary act, different theories about the voluntary act; the qualities of will, and approaches that underpin the importance of will in ensuring school's success. At the same time, the will is formed throughout life, and to achieve the desired results, it is necessary to practice will with the help of activities and constant exercise of voluntary efforts of various intensity, at the same time, shaping certain qualities that manifest themselves in personality traits.

77-83

Authors: Angela VERDEȘ

Communication is an essential attribute of the human group, but especially for preadolescents whose do¬minant activity during this period of development is the communication with peers. Preadolescent aggression is a key issue addressed by both teachers and parents and therefore, this topic of interest deserves further development and analysis. The present study examined aggression and communication styles in preadolescents. The study sample consisted of 90 5th, 6th and 7th grade preadolescent students. The three research hypotheses were verified, and the results allow us to state that preadolescents who are at different stages of schooling differ from each other in terms of forms of aggression; the 5th, 6th and 7th grade students differ in their communication styles; on supporting the existence of a relation¬ship between aggression and communication styles in preadolescents, especially related to the non-assertive style.

87-90

Authors: Olga GUȚU

In this study, we present the results of a theoretical analysis of international practices regarding the insurance of psychological activity in the general education system, especially in that of Belgium . The hierarchy and structure of the Commission of Psycho¬logists, the activity framework of the sectors and the contribution of the abilities of their members to the society are reviewed. We also argue the importance of knowledge of international practice in the analysis and restructuring of psycho¬logical activity for the Republic of Moldova. An important problem that has a great influence on psychological assistance is the establishment of those responsible for coordinating and monitoring the psychological activity. This aspect is well determined in psychological assistance in Belgium.

98-100

Authors: Cristina DOLINSCHI

The present study is a comparative theoretical analysis of language development in children from a gender perspective, with a predominant focus on two factors that directly contribute to shaping gender differences in the linguistic dimension: the neuropsychological factor and the family factor.

108-116

Authors: Mariana BATOG

The psychoemotional well-being of the pupils in the learning process is very important, and the school needs to provide a favourable and safe educational environment for their emotional health. We consider relevant the need to include in the normative and regulatory acts for education the provisions in order to strengthen the emotional psychological dimen¬sion, namely the emotional well-being of the pupils. Studies of national education policies confirm that education policies are unbalanced in this sense and give priority to the formation of other psychological dimensions than that of emotional well-being. The formation of affective availabilities becomes an important goal of education and a major task of school psychologists. The creation of new structures at the state level and the promotion of laws that will facilitate the work of psychologists in educational institutions is indispensable. At the same time, it is necessary to expand scientific research in order to study the particularities of the affectivity of pupils in new vital conditions, and the characteristics of the emotional sphere of pupils in response to new societal challenges.

123-127

Authors: Николаe БУКУН, Оксана ПАЛАДИ

The article describes the strategic directions valorized in the research and innovation domains in the Republic of Moldova and tackles the research dimensions of the theoretical and methodological bases of psychological activity assurance in the general education system from the perspective of contemporary societal approaches. They highlight the objectives, the novelty and originality of the proposed research, the expected scientific results, as well as their area of impact on society.

133-136

Authors: Юлия ЧАПЛИНСКАЯ

The article considers parasociality as a teacher's resource during the COVID-19 pandemic and distance learning. The author describes the five main illusory experiences that media consumers experience in parasocial relationships and draws analogies with the teacher-student interaction in distance learning. The article also provides examples of creative media practices that can improve the quality of distance learning.

141-145

Authors: Valentina BODRUG-LUNGU

This article addresses the issue of gender education. The findings and conclusions are made based on the analysis of real practices the subject being explored in a formal-non-formal-informal context. The experience gained shows that gender education must begin at the early stage of gender socialisation, in the childhood and must be continuous. In this sense, gender education must become part of both formal and non-formal, and informal education.

150-156

Authors: Mona-Lisa-Ștefania CIOBANU

In this article we intend to highlight certain opinions formulated by some leading thinkers of humanity from the past centuries - philosophers and theorists in the field of culture, civilization or educational sciences - on the issue of value in general, with emphasis on the fundamental values and their impact on shaping the paradigm of the educational ideal in different eras. Fully aware of the vastness of the topic that deserves an exhaustive research in a separate volume, we intend, for the time being, to have an initial approach to the subject matter, formulating some assertions in a rather prolegomenic/propaedeutic manner. We focused on the beginning of the modern epoch, because from then on pedagogy becomes more and more separated from philosophy, outlining a special discipline, with its own object of study, most often called the philosophy of education. Interesting to note that from the perspective of the subject under investigation, regardless of the name given to the disciplines dealing with education, the problem of fundamental values is a recurring one; likewise, their influence or contribution to building the paradigm of educational ideal in different epochs is enduring too.

162-169

Authors: Iulia MÎNDRESCU

The article addresses the formation of the elementary musical-artistic competences in the art school from the perspective of interculturality, which demands a specific educational strategy integrated in the Praxeological Model of teaching/learning and the Differentiated Learning Scheme. These are supported by a predominantly individualized and differentiated edu¬ca¬tional process of training onnected to the respective educational standards, while formation of the inter¬¬¬cultural competence on training evels is designed by applying an adequate repertoire of works for the study pro-cess¬.

174-181

Authors: Alexandra CLAPATIUC

In an attempt to answer the question “What is culture and why do we need it today?” in the context of contemporary education, the article examines the conceptual dimensions of the notion of culture in terms of different schools of thought, directions, theories, models and systemic interpretations of the humanities, including anthropology and philosophy of culture. Emphasizing the idea that human ontology is conditional on the cultural one, it is the culture that determines human becoming at the individual (personality) and collective (society) level, mediating the integrity, the originality of the personality and its creative potentialities. In the same vein, the article presents two fundamental concepts inherent to the cultural phenomenon such as: “value” - representing an ideal, a world to which the human being aspires and “style” - determinant of the unity of essential spiritual manifestations. Following the pedagogical valences of forming a complete personality and becoming human as a man and creator, the article elucidates the cultural phenomenon first of all as a manifestation of the spirit, congenital to the human being and immanent to the plastic definition of man. Returning to the area of current education, in the idea that the “school” is the most important social institute designed to highlight cultural phenomena in order to “cultivate the human spirit” and reveal the teleological essences of the human being, the article also discusses the effects of the “spiritual/cultural crisis” of postmodernity, marking as the main loss of contemporaneity - that of the “complete man”.

190-194

Authors: Ольга ИОВВА

The relevance of this study is due to the fact that in recent years all over the world there is an increase in the number of persons with disabilities, both adults and children. Child disability is therefore an indicator of population’s health decline. It is common knowledge that the health of the younger generation determines the reproductive capabilities of the nation and is a factor of national security playing a significant social role.