School Course Research Articles

Development of entrepreneurship culture in secondary school students as a problem of pedagogical science and educational practice

In the modern world, the concepts of a successful state and a successful person are very close to the notion of economic success. Despite the fact that economic success is not yet a guarantee of a successful state or a person, the reverse one is also true: without economic prosperity, a successful state cannot exist. The economic prosperity of states in the modern world is inextricably linked with the development of a free market economy based on entrepreneurship and innovations. Computers, cars, delicious coffee, supermarkets, and even the Internet are all the result of a cultural phenomenon that the author proposes to call "entrepreneurial culture". The article examines the significance of the concept “entrepreneurial culture” as a fundamental basis for developing modern views of the world and the prerequisites for the development of society. For this purpose, the concepts such as culture and entrepreneurship are analyzed, a definition of "entrepreneurial culture" is introduced. The author concludes that the development of entrepreneurial culture is important from the viewpoint of state development, the development of science, and the development of young people acquiring school education. The author examines the history of perceptions of entrepreneurial culture in Ukrainian society and analyzes contemporary views on entrepreneurial activity. The article also raises the questions: “What the teaching of entrepreneurship courses in the new Ukrainian school should be like?” and “Who should be involved in this?” As it is known, in 2017, the reform of Ukrainian school education began, which was named the New Ukrainian School. Among the competencies that learners will acquire, in addition to others, there is entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Therefore, the author asks whether the image of an entrepreneur in Ukrainian culture coincides with the image of a person that the learner dreams of becoming and whether they have an internal motivation to become entrepreneurs. Will they become future entrepreneurs due to acquired competencies if the attitude towards entrepreneurs that exists in our culture does not change?

​​THE APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY TO ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CHINA​

English is one of the important courses in vocational schools of China, and the teaching of English vocabulary is of great importance. However, there are few researches on how to effectively improve English vocabulary teaching in vocational colleges. In recent years, the application of the theory of multiple intelligence to the teaching of various subjects, change the traditional teaching methods, improve students' interest in learning, and rise attention on students' personality differences home and abroad. The purpose of this paper is to study the current situation of integrated English vocabulary learning in vocational colleges, and whether students' interest in learning English vocabulary can be improved under the guidance of Gardner's multiple intelligence theory, and whether students' vocabulary learning performance can be improved. This study takes students majoring in primary math education as the research object, applies multiple intelligence to English vocabulary teaching and carries out vocabulary teaching through three kinds of teaching activities organized by logical and mathematical intelligence, including mind mapping, English songs, listening sounds and identifying sounds. This study uses a combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis to conduct research in three ways: questionnaire, interview and experimental test. Statistical analysis software SPSS20.0 and Microsoft Excel 2003 were used for data analysis. The research results show that the English vocabulary teaching driven by multiple intelligence can improve students' interest in English vocabulary learning and vocabulary achievement and achieve the purpose of effective teaching with ideal effect. The English vocabulary teaching method based on the theory of multiple intelligence is worth popularizing and helps to improve the interest and effect of English vocabulary learning for primary math education majors.

Методы кодирования информации на базе трехмерного параллелепипеда на уроках математики

Social informatization requires strong information security measures that would allow companies and individuals to protect their data. Courses in information security may solve this problem. However, methods of coding and encryption can be incorporated in the school curriculum as part of Mathematics and Computer Science. This article introduces an original reliable method of encoding to be integrated with the high school course of Mathematics. The authors used geometric methods of representing points in three-dimensional space bounded by a closed parallelepiped and elementary algebraic operations with matrices. The paper proposes flow and k-gram variants of the matrix method of text encoding and their program implementation in the Python programming language. The encoding methods require no special mathematical training, which makes them teachable to 9–11-graders. By mastering these methods, high-school students can increase their personal information security and develop an algorithmic style of thinking, as well as mathematical skills in general. The article contains some extramural tasks that consolidate practical skills of text coding. The academic and methodological materials make it possible to give the methods of coding and encryption while teaching Mathematics, as well as part of academic disciplines related to information security.

Research on the Teaching of Circuit Analysis Courses in Higher Vocational School

Fundamentals of circuit analysis is an important professional foundation course for electronics majors, the author has explored from the organization and arrangement of course content, teaching methods and means, assessment methods, experimental teaching and other aspects, and received good results.

The peculiarities of organizing pedagogical courses in Podillia in the first quarter of the twentieth century

Based on archival and literary sources, the article examines the history of the creation of Vinnytsia short-term pedagogical courses for school, preschool and out-of-school education workers, Higher permanent 3-year pedagogical courses (Vinnytsia, Tulchyn, Bershad, Olgopil, Haysyn, Tyvriv, Khmilnyk, Nemyriv, Zholoby, etc.), which were established to provide teachers for all types of schools in Podillia in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The changes and innovations in the educational process of pedagogical courses have been considered, the peculiarities of the professional training of future teachers in the history of the formation of the national pedagogical system have been highlighted. It has been proven that pedagogical courses were almost the only pedagogical training that provided the retraining of teachers in the conditions of the transition period of pedagogical education, and as a result - the actual lack of professional training of future teachers, which negatively affected the entire educational system of Podillia, where graduates of pedagogical courses were working. It has been proven that pedagogical education has undergone numerous reforms and will continue to require in-depth study in the first quarter of the twentieth century in Podillia. Pedagogical courses were intended to improve the professional training of future teachers, to upgrade their future activities - to systematize purely pedagogical training, to acquaint them with the basics of didactics and methodology, with the best methods and techniques of teaching. It has been proven that, during the researched period of practice, the courses were assigned the same tasks that were to be performed by the pedagogical educational institutions, however, they could not replace the training of teachers in special pedagogical educational institutions.

Research on the Construction Problems of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Programs in Higher Vocational Colleges and Universities under the Background of Digital Technology Era

Abstract Entrepreneurship and innovative education have emerged as a new paradigm for the development of higher vocational abilities in the modern era, leaping into the global trend and tendency of higher education’s change and growth. The objective of this study is to explore the current state of innovation and entrepreneurship course construction in higher vocational schools. Specifically, we extracted students’ behavioral characteristics using the short-term behavioral sequence of attention and used the SVM model to predict the classification of innovation and business ownership education courses in higher professional colleges. Data mining was used to combine background information from the digital technology era to construct these courses in higher vocational schools. Furthermore, a multivariate linear regression model based on students’ comprehensive ability to innovate and entrepreneurship is established after the problems associated with curriculum construction are analyzed in order to investigate the relationship and impact between curriculum construction and students’ ability to innovate and entrepreneurship. The findings indicate that there is a general lack of an entrepreneurial culture in schools, a poor cultural heritage of entrepreneurship, a gender difference of 6.1, a lack of faculty strength, and a lack of funding, to the tune of 5.2 and 4.4, respectively, and the comprehensive ability of innovation and entrepreneurship of students = 0.30+0.25*curriculum structure+0.54*curriculum implementation+ 0.15*curriculum evaluation. Higher vocational institutions looking to enhance the way their courses on innovation and entrepreneurship are constructed can use the results of this study to guide their research.

The Method of Mathematical Modeling in Teaching Solving Applied Problems to Secondary School Students

The article describes the relevance of using the method of mathematical modeling in teaching students to solve applied problems, explains the concept of mathematical modeling and considers various ways to use this method in solving problems with practical content. In the course of the research work, psychological, pedagogical, methodological literature was analyzed, as well as a review of domestic and foreign research in the field of information technology and their use in the classroom. The necessity of teaching mathematical modeling in the school course of mathematics is theoretically substantiated. It is shown that the rich resource of mathematics, concentrating the knowledge necessary in everyday life, plays an important role in the intellectual development of the individual, as well as in his professional development, for solving practical problems, orientation and communication in society and life, in the surrounding space as a whole. The article also shows the expediency of preparing students for the study of real situations using mathematical modeling. The authors believe that the use of computer mathematical systems is justified, since it allows stimulating the activity of students in a secondary school, improving the quality of education, raising the professional level of a teacher, and diversifying the forms of communication between participants in the educational process. In addition, the authors believe that the use of computer mathematical systems in the classroom, visualization of information is a great advantage for students to receive it.

문헌분석을 통한 특수학교와 일반학교 통합학급 음악교육 요구에 관한 동향 분석

Objectives This study investigates whether the steady demand for special music education has been reflected in the field and improved in order to cultivate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required in a rapidly changing society, and discusses the direction of practical and specific support through analysis of trends in special music education needs.
 Methods In order to suggest the direction in which music education in special education should move, music edu-cation needs are extracted based on literature related to music education by disability area and school level in spe-cial schools and general schools, and trends in music education needs are analyzed according to analysis standards. This is a literature analysis that quantifies the analyzed data by category and then expresses it as a final ratio to suggest the direction in which music education should move based on the results of music education de-mand trends.
 Results In the case of sensory disabilities, teacher expertise showed the highest rate in the areas of admin-istrative and financial support, and middle school courses in special schools for developmental disabilities also showed the highest rate of teacher expertise in the areas of administrative and financial support. The elementary school curriculum was found to have the highest demand rate in terms of motivation to learn textbook content, and teacher expertise was found to have the second highest rate. In the unclassified category, motivation was emphasized in terms of textbook content and song lyrics in the educational content area, and demands for univer-sality and specificity were also consistently appearing. Integrated classes in general schools also recognized the need for teacher expertise in administrative and financial support, and particularly emphasized the need for spe-cial education teachers to have expert music knowledge. In addition, the universality and specificity of each area are emphasized, and it was found that the rate of students' learning motivation was quite high. You must be able to use it right away. In addition, by referring to the songs included in the music textbook of the common curricu-lum, we pursue universality and specificity at the same time, and further secure the diversity of genres to motivate students by allowing them to experience the content system of all music, including singing, instrumental music, appreciation, and daily life. You will have to do it.
 Conclusions Since it is virtually difficult to cultivate teachers' administrative tasks and special education and music education expertise at the same time, experts with both music and special education expertise are selected at the national, provincial and provincial offices of education, and school level to develop textbooks and teacher guide-lines to provide training in the field.

Educational Technology: A Postdigital Social Tradition

AbstractThe dissolution of the campus during the early stages of the current pandemic provides a compelling case study of how Higher Education responds to emergencies. Initially, digital education was perceived as a lifeline and educators spoke of a ‘pivot online’. What followed was an undignified stumble into remote teaching. Social theories of innovation suggest that rapid technological change is simply a matter of choice and organisations can make rapid and strategic changes when required. I argue that talk of pivots and innovation is misleading and deflects enquiries from an important reason for academic resilience: teaching as tradition. Drawing on early forays into the importance of imitation by Gabriel Tarde, I contribute to efforts to rediscover his microsociological approach and link this to modern evolutionary research. By using a sociocultural evolutionary lens to analyse 102 courses in a business school, I demonstrate the persistence and resilience of teaching traditions and the use of imitation, rather than top-down direction. Using a phylogenetic analysis, I show how flexible imitation of traditional practice created a resilient, but unplanned, response to crisis. I explain how these results can inform resilience-building in Higher Education, by supporting the flexible imitation of teaching traditions. The research also advocates the use of cultural evolution, drawing on the inspiration of Tarde, in postdigital educational research.

Teaching artificial intelligence in secondary school: from development to practice

Problem statement . Currently, various global and national institutions promote mainstreaming artificial intelligence (AI) technology into training programs for school students. The effectiveness of introducing artificial intelligence into school curricula depends on four factors: 1) defining methodological foundations for creating educational content; 2) selecting and structuring appropriate learning content; 3) adapting the content to the needs of different age groups; 4) integrating the content into school programs. The current study provides theoretical foundations for generating learning content for AI lessons aimed at secondary school students and determines possible ways of integrating that content into school programs. Methodology. The empirical part of the study involved 225 secondary school students aged 11-14 (forms 5 to 9) as well as 125 teachers from comprehensive schools located in Moscow and the Moscow region. Analysis, synthesis, testing and sampling average methods were used. Results. The authors conducted a pilot testing of the developed educational materials, measured students’ AI-related skill and knowledge and processed the obtained data using the method of selective averages. The theoretical research conducted showed the leadership of artificial intelligence training in primary schools, mechanisms for developing learning outcomes in the field of artificial intelligence for primary school students, the opportunity to reveal the possibility of forming the content of artificial intelligence training based on various approaches. The goals and results of teaching the basics of artificial intelligence within the framework of basic school were determined. The content of training was formulated. Conclusion. The research is characterized by scientific and practical novelty, as it helps determine methodological grounds for teaching AI to secondary school students and proposes a detailed unit plan for an AI training course in secondary school.

A Mobile Health App for Facilitating Disease Management in Children With Atopic Dermatitis: Feasibility and Impact Study.

Inadequate control of atopic dermatitis (AD) increases the frequency of exacerbations and reduces the quality of life. Mobile health apps provide information and communication technology and may increase treatment adherence and facilitate disease management at home. The mobile health app, Atopic App, designed for patients and their caregivers, and the associated web-based patient education program, Atopic School, provide an opportunity for improving patients' and caregivers' engagement and adherence to the management of AD. This noninterventional, observational study aimed to explore the feasibility and potential impact on the management of AD in children by caregivers using the Atopic App mobile health app. The patient-oriented eczema measure (POEM) and numerical rating scale for the grading of pruritus were used as severity scores (scale range: 0-28). The artificial intelligence model of the app was used to assess the severity of AD based on the eczema area and severity index approach. The deidentified data enabled the analysis of the severity of AD, treatment plan history, potential triggers of flare-ups, usage of available features of the app, and the impact of patient education. During a 12-month period, of the 1223 users who installed the app, 910 (74.4%) registered users were caregivers of children with AD. The web-based Atopic School course was accessed by 266 (29.2%) caregivers of children with AD, 134 (50.4%) of whom completed the course. Usage of the app was significantly more frequent among those who completed the Atopic School program than among those who did not access or did not complete the course (P<.001). Users who completed a second POEM 21 to 27 days apart exhibited a significant improvement of AD severity based on the POEM score (P<.001), with an average improvement of 3.86 (SD 6.85) points. The artificial intelligence severity score and itching score were highly correlated with the POEM score (r=0.35 and r=0.52, respectively). The Atopic App provides valuable real-world data on the epidemiology, severity dynamics, treatment patterns, and exacerbation-trigger correlations in patients with AD. The significant reduction in the POEM score among users of the Atopic App indicates a potential impact of this tool on health care engagement by caregivers of children with AD.

Use of information and communication technologies in studying the school course of mathematics

The article is devoted to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in remote mathematics lessons, highlighting the problems of using ICT, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of using ICT during the educational process, as well as analyzing the results of research on the problems that teachers have when using information and communication technologies in preparation for separate parts of studying mathematics during distance learning.

Human Anatomy Education: Knowledge, Attitude, Perception and Challenges Encountered by Medical and Nursing Students in Two Gambian Universities

Human Anatomy (HA) is one of the basic science courses in every medical school, and an excellent knowledge and understanding of HA is essential for medical and nursing students. Aim of this research was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, perception, and challenges in learning Human Anatomy amongst Medical and Nursing students in two Gambian universities. This study was conducted amongst Medical and Nursing students of American International University West Africa (AIUWA) and University of The Gambia (UTG). Both universities are located in The Gambia. 290 randomly selected students consented to this study. Data was obtained by administering a structured questionnaire on students’ knowledge, attitude, perception, and challenges in learning Human Anatomy. Data analysis and comparisons were done with independent samples T-test using IBM, SPSS version 23.0. Level of significance was set at p&lt;0.05, and at a 95% confidence interval. Mean age of the respondents was 20.7±7.4 years, 74.1% were females, and 75.9% of them had a Senior Secondary School Certificate (Ordinary Level) as their highest educational qualification. Only 64.1% of the respondents rated their knowledge of HA as average or above average for their respective professions. Students’ knowledge of HA was 72%, their attitude towards learning HA was 69.8%, their perception of studying HA was 64.4%, and their challenges in learning HA was 57.3%. Comparisons showed that medical students had an insignificantly higher (p&gt;0.05) knowledge of HA than nursing students, and AIUWA students had better knowledge of HA than UTG students (p&gt;0.05). Nursing students had a better attitude toward learning HA than medical students (p&gt;0.05), same as AIUWA students over UTG students (p&gt;0.05). UTG nursing students had the best perception towards learning HA, which was significantly high compared to AIUWA nursing students (p=0.0029). The medical and nursing students in both universities faced similar challenges with UTG medical students mostly affected. Knowledge of Human Anatomy is essential in all medical fields and adequate measures must be put in place to make the learning of this course less tedious for students.

A Java Application for Teaching Graphs in Undergraduate Courses

Graph theory is a common topic that is introduced as part of the curricula of computing courses such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering. Understanding graphs is fundamental for solving many real-world problems, such as network routing, social network analysis, and circuit design; however, many students struggle to grasp the concepts of graph theory, as they often have difficulties in visualising and manipulating graphs. To overcome these difficulties, educational software can be used to aid in the teaching and learning of graph theory. This work focuses on the development of a Java system for graph visualisation and computation, called MaGraDa (Graphs for Discrete Mathematics), that can help both students and teachers of undergraduate or high school courses that include concepts and algorithms related to graphs. A survey on the use of this tool was conducted to explore the satisfaction level of students on a Discrete Mathematics course taken as part of a Computer Engineering degree at the University of Alicante (Spain). An analysis of the results showed that this educational software had the potential to enhance students’ understanding of graph theory and could enable them to apply these concepts to solve practical problems in the field of computer science. In addition, it was shown to facilitate self-learning and to have a significant impact on their academic performance.

‘It’s more like checking in with an old friend’: A qualitative study of medical students’ experiences with longitudinal coaches throughout medical school

Purpose Coaching in medical education facilitates learners’ growth and development through feedback, goal-setting and support. This study explored how coaching relationships evolve throughout medical school and the impact of longitudinal coaching relationships on medical students’ approach to feedback and goal setting in the clinical years. Method In this qualitative study using a constructivist paradigm, authors purposively sampled 15 senior medical students at University of California, San Francisco, to participate in individual semi-structured interviews (October–November 2021). The authors used an inductive approach to thematic analysis. Results The authors identified four themes: First, the student-coach relationship deepened over the course of medical school. Second, students identified factors that sustained and strengthened the student-coach relationship over time: a strong foundation to the relationship, the non-evaluative nature of the relationship, coach supportiveness and responsiveness, and coach knowledge of the institutional landscape. Third, coaches provided individualized advice, assessed trajectory, and guided feedback interpretation. Lastly, students applied skills of soliciting and responding to feedback and creating learning goals, originally learned through coaching experience. Conclusions Coaching relationships, grounded in trust, evolve to meet students’ changing needs as they grow into physicians. Students apply feedback and goal-setting skills learned with the coach in clinical settings with other supervisors.

Strategies to Prevent Children from Dropping Out of School in the Lautem Municipality of Timor-Leste

This research project aimed to gather data that could be used when developing strategies to prevent children from dropping out of a new school that is now under construction in a remote rural district of Timor-Leste. Twelve (12) people living in this district – three (3) teachers, three (3) parents, and six (6) adults who dropped out of school when they were children – participated in this project by completing a questionnaire and later being interviewed about their experiences of children not completing their primary school courses. The findings reveal a lengthy list of the difficulties that all children face in their daily lives in this district, including long distances from school, lack of transport, health issues related to poverty and malnutrition, family and cultural obligations, the need to earn money and a lack of support for education. When children eventually arrive at school, they find that conditions are not helping them to remain there and continue their learning. Schools lack facilities and are poorly maintained. Teachers need to be well-trained in modern methods of learning and teaching. The research concludes that strategies to prevent children from dropping out of school will require serious and sustained work to deal with the many existing difficulties by using partnerships and collaboration between families, schools, communities, government departments, government programs, donors, international agencies, and churches.

The Outsourcing pathology of training courses in technical schools (Kar-Daensh): Lived experience of students and managers/deputies

The Outsourcing pathology of training courses in technical schools (Kar-Daensh): Lived experience of students and managers/deputies

The Implementation of Differentiated Learning in Merdeka Curriculum In Learning English at High School

An independent curriculum is a policy of learning program designed to restore the national education system. It enables schools, teachers, students, and all school resources to innovate, be creative, and learn independently. Teachers are the main drivers in this process. In differential learning, teachers choose the material to be taught taking into account students' readiness, interests, and learning styles. Currently, educators are more inclined to use conventional learning approaches. In this case, a teacher-center learning approach is used rather than a student-centric learning approach. The aim of this study is to find out how differential learning is used in an independent curriculum for English courses in high school (SMA). The study uses qualitative descriptive methods. The results of this study show that differential learning can be applied in an independent curriculum to English subject.

«Вправність і відповідальність мислення: філософський курс для учнів середньої і старшої школи»

Report on the implementation of the philosophy for children project “Dexterity and responsibility of thinking: a philosophical course for middle and high school studentsˮ, supported by the Sententiae community.

Putting It Off: Exploring the Prevalence of Procrastination of Assignments by the Aversive Nature of High School Courses and Student Impulsivity

Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing a task. Currently, procrastination is a serious issue among high school students as it can cause detrimental effects to work habits and contribute to poor health among students. After a review of scholarly sources within the body of knowledge surrounding procrastination, it was determined that procrastination is caused by two main factors: aversiveness and impulsivity. While there have been some studies determining the effects of procrastination in high schools, there was a gap in the body of research regarding a cause for procrastination in high school students. As a result, a study was conducted in which 253 students were selected through English classes in a New York high school to complete a survey which identified whether class aversiveness and student impulsivity had differing effects on student procrastination among three different course types: AP, Honors, and Regents. Three scales were used in the survey to record different statistical measures: the S-UPPS-P Behavior Scale for student impulsivity, the Perceived Stress Scale for class aversiveness, and a Student Procrastination Scale created by the investigator to measure student procrastination. After use of unpaired t-tests, it was determined that there is no direct correlation between class aversiveness and student impulsivity to procrastination.