Organization Of Study Process Research Articles

THE NEED FOR CREATING AND DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES IN MODERN STUDY PROCESS

In this article authors present the development of intercultural competences as a part of study process. Organization of study process in the modern world is not confined within one institution or one country. Possibilities to study in different joint programmes or choose Erasmus courses are open for many students. Not only the language abilities, but also intercultural awareness and competences influence the quality of communication and level of understanding by the representatives of other cultures. Intercultural competences are one of the very important abilities that are also presented as the outcomes of new methods of education that should prepare students to cope with intercultural environment. Study process requires students to obtain various abilities (application of knowledge, research, special, personal, social). All these abilities are particularly important in conducting comparative research and adopting foreign experience. The article emphasizes that intercultural competencies in modern study process can be assessed on two levels: the level of intercultural communication and intercultural level of scientific research. KEY WORDS: intercultural competences, lifelong learning, intercultural communication, intercultural research. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v67i2.848

THE MEANING OF INTRODUCING OF THE STANDARDS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF EXPERTISE 02 “CULTURE AND ARTS”, SPECIALTY: 024 “CHOREOGRAPHY”

THE MEANING OF INTRODUCING OF THE STANDARDS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF EXPERTISE 02 “CULTURE AND ARTS”, SPECIALTY: 024 “CHOREOGRAPHY”

ЛИНГВОДИДАКТИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ И ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЙ СПЕЦИАЛИСТА, НЕОБХОДИМЫХ В СФЕРЕ ДЕЛОВОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ, В ПОДГОТОВКЕ БУДУЩИХ ПЕРЕВОДЧИКОВ

The article discusses the definition and substantiation of competencies of a specialist in the field of business communication. The purpose of the article is to examine the interaction of communicants in business communication and to determine a complex of competencies necessary for successful business interaction, developed by future translators in the learning process. Some results of experimental work aimed at developing these skills through the organization of study process are given.

The formation of research skills in students as an important indicator of higher education

The higher education is an important nod of the system of continuous education which is responsible for the supply of high-skilled personnel in society. One of its main objectives is the formation and the development of research skills in future specialists. The article focuses on the importance of the scientific research in higher education, its development directions and problems and shortcomings in this sphere. Furthermore, it focuses on the impact of the organization of study process on the scientific research process. It analyzes the research results conducted in the thematic framework. It also presents recommendations directed at the elimination of the detected problems.

«DISEAS» OF OUR UNIVERSITIES: SOVIET UNIVERSITIES IN THE POST-SOVIETERA

The article falls under conceptual category. The aim of the article is to show specific features of higher education at the Soviet and post - Soviet territory and relation between Soviet education model and state planned economy. Russian education reformers as well as higher education specialists preparing theoretical basis for the reform do not understand these specifics and try to improve our education by the same instruments that are applied to Western universities. This naturally leads to practical failure of such reforms though it might seem that they were conducted successfully. The article uses the concept pf «economic razdatok» by O. E. Bessonova and author’s higher education «razdatok» concept which is a theoretical basis for this research. During the research it was found that Russian higher education system is in fact the Soviet one with slight modernization. Soviet universities were a part of state planned («razdatok» according to O. E. Bessonova) economy via enrollment plan mechanisms formed by USSR Gosplan on the basis of requests from institutions and companies from different spheres as well as designation of specialists to various economic and social spheres. «Razdatok» penetrated the very core of higher education in the USSR: organization of study process and lecturers’ activities were also under the plan and cycles of “hand in - hand out” whereas the study process was a dictator one in order to continuously supply economics and social sphere with necessary specialists. In this system lecturer turned to an unofficial state servant engaged in handing out and checking the knowledge. At the Ppost - Soviet time «razdatok» character of education remained though planned economy disappeared. Lecturer also remained sort of a civil servant though formally his relations with administration were based on the contract. However the reform destroyed these mechanisms in the system “university - state” leading to higher education working «idle» and produce specialists not employed according to their specialization. Recently because of appearing «target» students and regional requests the old mechanisms have begun to restore themselves. Limitations of this theoretical approach are related to the fact that modern Russia as well as the West is not limited to «razdatok» system. This should be taken into consideration by future researchers in this area. The novelty of the article is in the development of an original concept of the connection between the Russian educational model and state economy.

The academic mobility of Lithuanian students: trends, experiences and challenges

The international academic cooperation between higher education institutions and the encouragement of academic mobility have become one of the priorities of Lithuania’s higher education policy, consistently with the European Bologna process and the Lithuania Progress Strategy 2030 approved by Lithuanian Government in 2012. Lithuanian higher education institutions encounter the challenge to promote student mobility with the aim to develop students’ cultural awareness, transferable competences and, most importantly, to strengthen students’ employability. The student mobility strategies, accordingly, have to emphasize the study quality as defined in the document Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area. As the official statistical data reveals quite steady growth in outgoing student numbers in Lithuania, the mobility rate is still insufficient. The paper aims to explore the empirical findings on the experiences of outgoing students with the focus on their intentions for educational mobility, their expectations, and the factors influencing their satisfaction with study quality. Methods: statistical analysis, descriptive and factor analysis using SPSS 19.0 version. The empirical findings highlighted that the majority of respondents are satisfied with their academic mobility in foreign countries. Teaching quality, career prospects, increased employability possibilities, learning – oriented environment and the organization of study process were listed as the main elements that effect students’ satisfaction on studies and internship. The analysis of statistical data and empirical study results implied the discussion on the challenges for Lithuanian higher education for promoting high quality student mobility. Keywords: mobility ; academic mobility ; students ; higher education institutions ; Lithuania.

The management of technology enhanced study process development at LUA

This article is the result of the research made in Latvia University of Agriculture (LUA) with the goal to study the possible usage of information communication technologies (ICT) in the studies of mathematics in engineering programs and the basis for that is the Pale's division of ICT usage in education system. The problem has been studied using the analysis of scientific literature, the author's experience reflection and various observations as well as analysis of the results of participation in research and development projects. An empiric research was carried out as well – a questionnaire for the students and lecturers of LUA on the factors determining the organization of study process of mathematics. Thus, according to the results of the research the main emphasis in this paper is put on ICT as a facilitator tool for the intensification of study process in the studies of mathematics development. The intensification includes two essence directions. At first, it includes the minimizing, automatizing or even avoiding at all from so called “non-educational” functions. Secondly, making the learning and studying processes faster, easier, more concentrated, wider and deeper thus providing support in the processes of learning and teaching.