Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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Authors: O. A. Alforov, O. Yu. Zhorova, Ye. O. Koriaka

The aspects of application of practical physical culture in higher educational institution of creative field are considered. The main emphasis is made on the identification of place and role of physical culture in educational process of academy of music. The authors define that practical physical culture for students-musicians represent necessary element of educational process, which helps to enhance professional performing art. The necessity of using methods of practical physical culture is determined by the analysis of results of research level of health of students-musicians, where the mark of chronic diseases exceeds the general statistical indicators. Thus, the prevention of these diseases is the main task of practical physical culture in higher educational establishment of creative field. The need of particular creation of professionally oriented physical techniques for students of each musical specialization taking into account age peculiarities and physical loading in the period of rehearsal and concert performances is emphasized. The authors accentuate that development of sphere of practical physical culture will depend on many factors. Foremost, it will depend on the environment of educational culture of educational institution. The intensification of the process of formation system of practical physical culture can be determined by the following factors: the creating conditions for cognitive interest; the developing an informed attitude of physical exercises; the implementation of self-monitoring in process of independent training is noted in the article.

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Authors: N. O. Barvina

The aim of the article is to demonstrate the aesthetic function of the language, playing a significant role in developing student’s ability to perceive the life from the aesthetic point of view, transforming and transmitting their perceiving to others using language constituents; improving their own sense of beautiful, influencing the quality of the society life. Aesthetic education is defined as the students’ personal development, called on to enrich their spiritual interests, exhibit creative possibilities and reveal the most important human qualities. Aesthetic education is proclaimed as an important feature of education, whereas it promotes the development of students’ creativity. The implementation of the language aesthetic function is regarded as an essential component of students’ cultural education and necessary condition of upbringing them to be cultural values translators and creators. Language, performing a number of functions, is considered to be one of the most significant tools of human activity. Different functions of language, especially the aesthetic one, are regarded. The development of verbal arts is shown as one of the ways of aesthetic language education realization. The possibilities of applying the aesthetic function of language in students’ drama and arts creativity are proposed. The ways of providing students with the role models of motivation in implementation of aesthetic function of language education in their drama and arts creativity are demonstrated. The students’ drama and arts activity is considered to be the way of involving students in creative process. Students’ drama and arts creativity is regarded as the process of aesthetic culture formation, including aesthetic perception, feelings, needs and tastes.

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Authors: L. Е. Bielovetska

The article examines the process of formation and development of the system of work with orphans in the USA during XX-beginning of XXI century. It can be divided conventionally for three main periods: the first period (1900-1929), the second period (1930-1961), the third period (1961-2012). In the base of this division determined historical, political, social, economic and humanistic changes in the USA and the consequences of scientific and pedagogical researches. In each of these periods observed the facts of the influence of separate events, phenomena, persons and groups to national politics in general, including protection of orphans. American society is quite peculiar, people carried out a unique historical experiment, creating new powerful country practically from nothing. Throughout centuries in orphanages, there were the children who were without parents or children whose parents could not take care of them. There were few alternatives for maintenance for orphans.

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Authors: G. V. Globa, V. A. Getun

The article describes modern fitness applications for mobile phones as one of the most appropriate information technologies for use in physical education classes for University students. The authors analyzed mobile fitness applications according to the criteria of attractiveness for young people (to increase students ' motivation to attend classes), individualization (fitness for students with different levels of physical training), safety and competence (to prevent overloads when using them). It is concluded that the modern fitness apps for mobile phones is the best resource to interest young people in physical culture – they are constantly updated, use modern psychological methods for reminders, cheering up, the animation for the formation of a sporty mood, and the like. Students can use music that they like personally; they can join in mini-groups according to their own preferences, which turns the class into a fitness club space and stimulates creativity among students. These applications allow maximum individualization of exercises based on age, sex, health, weight, height, and even individual cycles (for example, periods days for girls). These mobile applications increase the safety of the class through constant monitoring of heart rate, pressure and other parameters, which minimizes the risk of overload during training. Mobile fitness applications contain entire libraries and video libraries on proper nutrition, drinking water, compilation of individual complexes, and the mechanics of sports movements. Consequently, students learn a large amount of professional information on physical culture during training.

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Authors: V. V. Dyomina, O. А. Panteleeva

The article highlights the practical aspects of the education and upbringing of future teachers of a foreign language in the context of a dialogue of cultures in the integral educational process of a higher educational institution. It has been substantiated that in the conditions of closer cooperation with the countries of Europe, the priority tasks of linguistic education is to ensure the effectiveness of the dialogue of cultures and the preparation of subjects of the dialogue of cultures capable of participating in the implementation of effective intercultural interaction. The author defines the specific conditions of multicultural education in the process of vocational training of philology teachers acting in the purposefully created bilingual environment of the higher pedagogical educational institution, in which a set of psychological and pedagogical factors are presented in close interaction. The named set of factors allows carrying out effective educational work, which contributes to the effectiveness of educational and educational process in higher pedagogical educational institutions. The content of practical training of teachers of higher educational institutions for the education of future teachers of a foreign language in the context of a dialogue of cultures is revealed. The conclusion is made about the feasibility of using the technology dialogue of cultures in education and professional education of a future foreign language teacher of a based on tolerance, intercultural competence and linguistic cultural studies, which contributes to the acquisition of system knowledge in the field of modern educational technologies and innovative methods of the educational process in the context of a dialogue of cultures in modern pedagogical educational institution.

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Authors: О. I. Kozmenko

The article is devoted to such factor in the development of student success as the teacher - student interaction. The quality of teaching is a significant factor in higher education and has a long-lasting effect. Highly professional teaching affects not only the results of academic achievement, but also promotes the development of the useful life skills. They are very important for students and help reach the ultimate goal of higher education, adapt in society, form the necessary social competence and achieve professional self-realization. One of the evidence of teaching effectiveness is the teacher's ability to create a situation of student`s success. This situation means the creation of such conditions during teaching that give the student possibility to feel satisfied with learning, obtain a positive result, enhance motivation, etc. The experience of successful learning allows the student to develop self-confidence, self-esteem and success in professional careers. In order to study the criteria for assessing high-impact teaching, a group of American scholars attempted to apply the Competing Values Framework (CVF) in educational institutions. It has four quadrants that contain criteria for assessing the skills and abilities of teachers. These criteria allow to explore and evaluate such components of teaching effectiveness as relationships — cultivating a supportive community, high expectations — maximizing every student’s achievement, continuous improvement — adapting and embracing change, stable environment — creating structures and processes. Highly effective educators successfully integrate practices in all four quadrants to improve student learning and are able to create an environment that fosters a sense of belonging, accomplishment, security and enthusiasm/

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Authors: S. A. Krasin

The article reveals the problem of the formation of preparedness for the conscious parenthood of future psychologists. The results of the study of their views on this issue were set out. The results of a survey of 170 students from the first to the fifth year are given. The results of the study are presented taking into account the course and gender. It was established that the dominate majority of respondents, regardless of the course of study and gender, consider conducting a special course on this topic necessary and support the importance of holding it before the birth of the first child. It was found out that these views do not affect to your own desire to participate in the special course. The diagnostic results showed that only a small percentage of psychology students surveyed showed a desire to be trained in the formation of readiness for conscious parenting. This figure is especially low for young men. It has been proved that a large number of respondents did not decide to participate in the special course, but they have an interest in this topic. It has been established that the addition of certain motivational factors increases the motivation of future psychologists to participate in the special course. There are two such factors. The first factor is related to the students’ professional interest. The second factor is related to the content of the proposed program. A program that takes into account a wider area of relationships than communicating with children is more interesting for future psychologists. It is very important that received knowledge and skills were useful both in communicating with children, in communication with parents, and in the field of female-male relations. According to the answers of the respondents, these factors significantly increase their motivation to participate in the special course.

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Authors: O. P. Luchaninova

In the paper the study of the psychological and pedagogical training of the future specialists – HR managers of professional education has been conducted and special aspects of the training have been defined. The methodological and theoretical concepts of the research have been outlined. The modern approaches to psychological and pedagogical training of the future specialists in professional education have been considered. General and specific characteristics of psychological and pedagogical training in the conditions of a modern educational institution have been determined. Similar functions and competences of the Master of Professional Education and HR manager have been determined. The leading qualities in the process of the future specialists’ formation which determine the effectiveness of the HR manager regarding human resources management have been mentioned. The evolution of approaches to the training of Masters of Professional Education has been studied from the concept of psychological and pedagogical training of the future specialists to the concept of «human management». The competency paradigm, which imposes such requirements on the students’ personality as the ability to cooperate, to make decisions independently when necessary, the complex problem solving and the ability to approve decisions, the sense of responsibility, etc. has been defined. The competences of the Master of Professional Education are compared according to the professional training program as well as the program results of the training and competencies of the HR manager. It is emphasized that psychological and pedagogical knowledge, skills and abilities that were acquired and learned in the institution of higher education will help Masters in Professional Education in their career as the future HR managers. The tasks of improving the content of programs and subjects, psychological and pedagogical professional development of teachers and management structures of institutions of higher education, that will promote psychological, pedagogical and professional training of the Masters of Professional Education as the future HR managers have been emphasized.

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Authors: Yе. Yu. Plisko

The paper considers priority trends of the modern social and educational work, which began to develop in the educational space of Ukraine with the proclamation of its independence. The author defines the core values of social and pedagogical work with juvenile offenders, which are based on compliance with the regulatory framework of the country and international requirements for the organization and the organization of educational process of juvenile offenders. The following key directions of general counteraction to crime are defined in the article: ensuring of appropriate conditions for the protection of the child’s health, his education, upbringing, physical, mental, social, spiritual and intellectual development determined, social support, family problem child, which includes social inspection, social care, social rehabilitation and other social and pedagogical work. It is clarified that the priority in contemporary public policy of preventing and combating unlawful behaviour of minors is a complex of organizational and practical measures, the priority of which is prevention and preventive education of children and adolescents aimed at preventing the possibility of committing offences. The main task of the intensification of preventive work is to prevent the spread of criminal behavior among children. The author characterizes the levels of preventive interventions, which are divided into primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. In addition, the author separately singles out the following: general juvenile delinquency prevention, special prevention, individual prevention.

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Authors: M. L. Roganov

The article discusses some features of the application of the concept of cloud technologies in the process of professional training of teachers of Informatics. The article highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud computing technology and free software products offered by it in teaching computer science. It also provides a comparative analysis of desktop and cloud applications, showing the obvious advantages of the latter for schools that do not have the means to license the software. Concepts are considered: "cloud technologies", "cloud computing", "cloud services", "cloud-oriented information computer technologies of training", "cloud- oriented educational environment", "cloud-oriented educational and scientific environment". The main advantages and disadvantages of using cloud computing technology in the educational process, as well as various applications of cloud technology that can be used in the process of teaching-learning-assessment are analyzed. It was found that cloud has all the necessary resources for almost the entire program of the course "Information technology". It is concluded that the process of training of future teachers of Informatics can be implemented using cloud computing technology, the use of which involves a number of advantages, such as: minimum material costs (only for Internet access); free access to a variety of applications for the use of which only the Internet is necessary; simplicity and convenience of the organization of individual work of the student; simplicity and convenience of the organization of evaluation of projects implemented by both one student and a group of students. Thus, using cloud computing in the educational process, you can get free access to the latest methods of information processing.

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Authors: L. A. Spivak, O. V. Migunova

The article reflects the results of the correctional-educational technology developed and implemented in the practice of special schools for the formation of ecological culture among students with disabilities in the process of studying natural science. The essence of experimental technology, which is a set of methods, means and actions of teachers and students, as well as educational activities aimed at the formation and development of cognitive, emotional, axiological, behavioral and activity components of ecological culture, and is based on organic interaction and interaction theoretical and methodological foundations of technology and practical ways to implement it. It is shown that the structural basis of the correctional educational technology of the formation of ecological culture has identified two main components: management and information. The essence of the management component is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations for the construction of correctional educational technology. The content and structure of the information component made up the theoretical and theoretical positions and content lines based on the basic theoretical generalizations of the management component and embodied in the content and methodological support of the implementation of the technology. It is emphasized that the integrity of the pedagogical impact is ensured only by a close connection in the lessons of natural history with extracurricular activities using the methods and techniques of remedial work. Proved the effectiveness of the proposed technology for the formation of the environmental culture of students with disabilities in the process of studying natural science and the need to translate into practice the work of a special school.

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Authors: Kh. A. Shaparenko

The of article deals with the pedagogical aspects and directions of formation and development the personality of the future preschool education teacher, which are both stimulating factors of personal self - improvement, as well as independent regulators of competitiveness and creative activity of the future specialist. Personality self-perfection as intellectual and volitional process is described. The exposed tasks of personality self-perfection are in the process of professional preparation of students. It is proved that the continuity of stages of personal self-improvement and educational preparation based on the continuity, success and productivity principle of these processes is simultaneously a precondition and a condition for improvement of the entire system of modern preschool education teacher professional training. Worked out model of personality self-perfection of future teacher of preschool education which foresees cycles: decision-making about the necessity of personality self-perfection, study (finding out) of possibilities of self-perfection and estimation of prospects of their realization in-process above itself; aspiring to cognition in accordance with a select ideal (will attach) or accumulated knowledge about possibilities of personality self-perfection; choice of ways, methods and facilities of self-perfection, development of necessary recommendations which can help in providing of achievement of certain goal of self-perfection; realization of the programs (plans) of personality self-perfection, active practical activity of student, spiritual activity which is a variety, sent to achievement of formed раніше the valued orientations.