Seminar Participants Research Articles

Who Improves Most? The Differences in First-Year Students’ Learning Attitudes and Behaviors Measured by College Success Factor Index

Utilizing a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design, this study investigated the impacts of participation in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course on student learning attitudes and behaviors. Using the sample of 1,231 freshmen students in a large, public, research university in the Southeast, the study examined if FYS participation promoted students learning attitudes and behaviors in the following ten areas: responsibility, competition, task-planning, expectation, wellness, time-management, college involvement, family involvement, precision, and persistence. Additionally, the study tested for the differences in changes of students learning attitudes and behaviors among five student populations enrolled in the seminar: first-time in college, summer bridge, international, out-of-state, and teacher pre-professionals. Hotelling's T2 test revealed statistically significant differences in learning attitudes and behaviors between pre and posttests for each of the 10 measured factors, while a two-way mixed design MANOVA indicated that changes in students’ learning attitudes and behaviors were not significantly different for any of the factors depending on the subgroup. The lack of between-group differences demonstrated that the FYS course participation was equally beneficial for students from all populations examined in the study.

“Even God Cannot Change the Past”: Reflections on Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology

“Even God Cannot Change the Past”: Reflections on Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology

How effective is macroprudential policy? Evidence from lending restriction measures in EU countries

This 22I would like to thank Stijn Claessens, Miguel Segoviano, Philippe Wingender and seminar participants at the IMF's European Department, European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank and Bank of Finland for helpful comments and suggestions. I would also like to thank the editor - Henry Pollakowski - and the anonymous referee for valuable suggestions that helped improve the paper. The usual disclaimer applies.paper assesses the effectiveness of lending restrictions measures, such as loan-to-value and debt-service-to-income ratios, in affecting developments in house prices and credit. We use data on 99 lending standard restrictions implemented in 28 EU countries over 1990–2018. The results suggest that lending restriction measures are generally effective in curbing house prices and credit. However, the impact is delayed and reaches its peak only after three years. In addition, the impact is asymmetric, with tightening measures having weaker association with target variables compared to loosening measures. The association is stronger in countries outside of euro area and for legally-binding measures and measures involving sanctions. The results have practical implications for macroprudential authorities.

Discrimination in the Lab: Experiments Exploring the Impact of Performance and Appearance on Sorting and Cooperation

We present experimental evidence consistent with statistical discrim- ination in a public good and group formation game. We find that behavior is correlated with race and, to a lesser extent, gender, and people use race to predict behavior when no other information is available. When information on behavior is provided, people disregard personal characteristics completely. These charac- teristics are also disregarded when individual behavior is induced to break the correlation between characteristics and behavior. That is, people disregard race and gender even when observed behavior is unusual but relevant to payoffs. Fi- nally, our experiments show that sorting into groups has dramatic implications on cooperation. Overall payoffs are higher when sorting is possible than when groups are randomly assigned. This only occurs, however, when personal characteristics are known. Higher payoffs are attained at the cost of an equitable distribution. ∗ Petrie thanks the Office of the Advancement of Women and the Office of the Vice President for Research at Georgia State University for financial support. We also thank Krawee Ackaramongkolrotn, John List, Todd Swarthout, and seminar participants at the Southern Economics Association meetings, the International Economics Science Association meetings, Georgia State University, and Georgetown University.

ВЗАЄМОДІЯ ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ ТЕОРІЇ І ПРАКТИКИ

У сучасній інтерпретації наукове дослідження набуває значення, коли його результати використовують не лише в теорії, а й змінюють практику. На перший план виступає механізм упровадження теоретичних розвідок у сферу, що потребує їх практичного використання. Упровадження традиційно відбувається через форму матеріального втілення педагогічної інновації, водночас усе більшої популярності набуває організація і проведення тематичних заходів. Репрезентовано досвід упровадження у практику педагогічної новації шляхом проведення науково-практичного семінару. Доведено переваги такого формату представлення і перевірки результатів наукових розвідок: безпосередній контакт з потенційним споживачем наукового продукту, можливість критично його оцінити, внести своєчасні корективи щодо вдосконалення тощо. Розкрито мету, результативність, представлено висновки, квінтесенція яких полягає у потужності зазначеного тематичного заходу, що підтверджується можливістю набуття навичок сучасного професійного мислення учасниками семінару, розширення кола науково-експериментальних майданчиків науковцями. Але все це потребує створення специфічних умов, на яких зосереджено увагу: детальний, простий, цікавий виклад сутності теоретичних засад; створення проблемних ситуацій, можливість опори на власний практичний досвід.

Seminar Participants' Expectations of Home Care Services

Seminar Participants' Expectations of Home Care Services

A narrative history of the American Balint Society 1990–2020

An historical narrative tracing the inception, evolution, structure, educational focus, integration with international Balint movements and challenges to future growth of the American Balint Society (ABS) is enlivened and deepened by twelve Balint autobiographies that follow it. The ABS in choosing to create its historical narrative is confronting a vitally important project both for its members, and for many healthcare educators and clinicians. Both are deeply invested in promoting and preserving the integrity of the personal relationship between the provider and the client. The Society is striving not only to understand its past, but to educate itself through a contextual awareness of how to preserve a personal education for future healthcare providers. To truly understand how the Balint enterprise emerged in the USA, one must "hear" from the people who experienced and wanted to share the transformative insights of participation in Balint seminars. To "hear" their stories and to honor the diversity of perspectives within the organization the authors asked ABS members with long and committed involvement to write their personal "Balint Autobiographies." These authors tell a collective, personal and professional story that is truly integral with an ABS narrative history. Readers may find, amidst their narratives, gems of insight and instruction about the Balint Seminar process, its leadership and possibly indications of where the ABS could head in the future. However, the real significance of the history of the ABS lies in its potency to stimulate critical reflection on the true purpose(s) of the Society, to elicit new and stronger personal incentives in ABS members, and to initiate challenging, inquiring, and supporting reverberations in the medical-educational-insurance-business-governmental subculture in which it participates.

ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ІНСТИТУЦІЙНОГО РЕПОЗИТАРІЮ ДЛЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ НАУКОВО-ДОСЛІДНИЦЬКОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ МАГІСТРІВ

У статті з’ясовано роль інституційних репозитаріїв у формуванні науково-дослідницької компетентності магістрів. Здійснено порівняльний аналіз функціонування двох ресурсних баз – eSNUIR (Східноєвропейський національний університет імені Лесі Українки) та іRBNAU (Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет), що працюють на основі системи Dspace. Охарактеризовано функції, які здатна виконувати ця інформаційно-комунікаційна технологія (ІКТ) в інноваційній діяльності студентів останнього курсу. Запропоновано модель методичної підтримки інституційним репозитарієм процесу формування науково-дослідницьких навичок магістрів на різних етапах їх діяльності: при виконанні практичних завдань, що мають дослідницький характер; в індивідуальній роботі та проєктній діяльності, участі в конференціях та семінарах; підготовці та публікації тез наукової доповіді; написанні та захисті магістерської роботи. Описано особливості інституційних репозитаріїв eSNUIR та іRBNAU щодо організації та надання освітніх послуг. Шляхом опитування магістрів Східноєвропейського національного університету імені Лесі Українки та Білоцерківського національного аграрного університету засвідчено достатньо високу частотність використання респондентами ресурсів університетських репозитаріїв у науково-дослідницькій діяльності. Доведено, що функціональні переваги електронних архівів (відкритий безоплатний доступ, структурування матеріалу, зручність роботи в будь-який час, можливість розміщення власних досліджень) сприяють науковій комунікації серед магістрів. Визначено окремі недоліки в організації роботи eSNUIR та іRBNAU з метою їх подальшої корекції для забезпечення більш якісного надання освітніх послуг, які сприятимуть саморозвитку та самоосвіті магістрів, набуттю ними відповідних компетенцій. Зазначено, що напрацювання відповідних стандартів мотивує молодих науковців до розміщення в архівах своїх праць, продукуючи інноваційно-дослідницьку роботу університету.

Students Practicing Interprofessional Collaboration in the Context of Hospice and Palliative Care.

Interprofessional education allows students to collaborate with students and professionals of multiple disciplines. An Interdisciplinary Palliative Care (IPC) Seminar, held in the Midwest, involves students from disciplines of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and chaplaincy. The curriculum of the seminar incorporates asynchronous and synchronous didactic presentations, experiential learning through group exercises and discussion, along with home visits by students in interdisciplinary dyads. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students' participation in a 3-week IPC seminar would positively influence their socialization and value of interprofessional collaboration with the ultimate goal of developing skilled professionals who engage in interprofessional practice in hospice and palliative care settings. This descriptive study invited participants to take a pre- and postseminar online survey using the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale-21 (ISVS-21) to assess shifts in students' perceptions of interprofessional socialization and the value of collaborative health-care practice. In their pre-and postseminar scores, 71 participants reported they more strongly agreed with all items on the ISVS-21 after completing the seminar. The results from this study suggest the IPC Seminar is an effective educational model for advancing the value of interprofessional socialization and collaborative practice in hospice and palliative health-care.

Preface

On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank you for your participation in The 4th International Seminar on Sensors, Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology (ISSIMM 2019) which has been held at Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP) in Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia, November 14th, 2019.This 4th ISSIMM is organized by the Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Padang. It is jointly organized by Universitas Indonesia (UI), Universitas Brawijaya (UB), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) and Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP). Moreover, Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI), Instrumentation and Metrology (Puslit KIM-LIPI) and ISASS will provide technical supports to this seminar. The ISSIMM conference is a fusion of International Conference on Sensor, Sensor System and Actuator (ICSSSA) and International Seminar on Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology. Prominent researchers and scientists from around the world will join together in the seminar to share their latest research results and exchange their ideas. In addition, direct contacts among the researchers and scientists will therefore promote international research networking as well as collaboration in the future. The seminar will include plenary speeches, invited presentations, and contributed presentations.I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the participants, financial sponsors, exhibitors, supporting organizations and all the committee members who has made 4th ISSIMM successful. With these strong support, we are sure ISSIMM 2019 will be beneficial to all the participants.We are looking forward to meeting you in the next ISSIMM.

Prevention of Cervical Cancer With Seminar and IVA Test for Productive Ages Women In Universitas Negeri Padang

Cervical cancer is one of the main problems of reproductive health in women in Indonesia. The results of a questionnaire of 100 women of productive age workers in UNP 80% had never done an IVA test and did not know about the IVA test for early detection of cervical cancer. Lack of knowledge and awareness of women workers at UNP to take preventive measures for early detection of cervical cancer, is carried out in prevention of cervical cancer with seminar and IVA test for productive ages women in Universitas Negeri Padang. Activities have been carried out in the rector's office, faculties and IVA test at the UNP polyclinic in collaboration with the Air Tawar Health Center, Padang City Health Office and the UNP Polyclinic. This activity has 3 stages namely seminar the importance of early detection of cervical cancer, IVA test and monitoring. Participants are women of childbearing age over the age of 18 who are married / widowed, not yet married but have had sexual intercourse at UNP. Seminar participants totaling 130 participants have exceeded the 30% target. Monitoring activities are carried out with questionnaires to participants through a Google form sent to participant WhatsApp. The questionnaire contained aspects of knowledge and attitudes of participants towards early detection of cervical cancer. The results obtained 88.40% knowledge aspects (very good) and 84.16% attitude (good). But the participation for IVA test is still less than 10%. With this activity increased knowledge and active role of women for preventive action with early detection of cervical cancer that aims to improve the quality of health and reduce the mortality rate of Indonesian women against cervical cancer.

The distributional effects of early school stratification - non-parametric evidence from Germany

Whether early school stratification is conducive or detrimental to scholastic performance has been subject to controversial debates in educational policy and science across many countries. We exploit a reform in Lower Saxony, Germany, where performance based tracking was preponed from grade 7 to grade 5 in 2004, i.e. with the completion of primary school. In particular, we measure the long-run effects of this reform on PISA achievement test scores based on a difference-in-differences setup. In order to disentangle average from distributional achievement effects, we complementarily rely on a changes-in-changes framework. Our results indicate that preponed school tracking increases test scores in the upper tail of the skill distribution and lowers test scores in the lower tail of the skill distribution, compensating each other on average.11This study does not represent a comprehensive evaluation of the exploited reform in Lower Saxony in 2004. We are grateful for the data provided by the Research Data Center (FDZ) at the Institute for Educational Quality Improvement (IQB) associated with the Humboldt University of Berlin. Marcus Roller acknowledges financial support by the WWZ Förderverein. We are grateful for valuable inputs from Blaise Melly and two anonymous referees. In addition, we thank the participants of the EEA Annual Congress 2017, the SSES Annual Congress 2017, the Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2018 and seminar participants at the Universities of Basel and Tübingen. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Fate of a scholar in the fate of a country (about the book “N. S. Nizhnik, S. Y. Dergileva State and Law in Theoretical-Legal Views of A. I. Elistratov: monography. – M.; Yurlitinform, 2017. – 376 p.” as about an invitation to ponder)

This article discusses a monographic study dedicated to the prominent Russian legal scholar A. I. Elistratov (1822-1955), whose life and works fell on the different historical periods, including a tragic crisis time. The authors of the monograph N. S. Nizhnik, S. Y. Dergileva characterize the intellectual biography of the scholar and his sociopolitical activity in the context of establishment of the police-legal theory within the European and national educational scientific tradition. Subsequent changes in the attitude towards legal scholar and his scientific writings that were popular in Russia prior to the October Revolution are demonstrated through the prism of transformation of state-legal, political-ideological, socioeconomic, educational-scientific customs of the national culture. An effective reconstruction of the scientific biography of A. I. Elistratov became possible due to careful attention to the heritage of national police science and Soviet science of administrative law as a whole, as well as anthropocentric scenario of the conducted research. From the standpoint of historicism and anthropological approach, the peer reviews turns attention to functionality in the culture of complex mechanisms that ensure succession of the traditions. The new monographs demonstrates the importance and research prospects of the separate storylines related to the formation of scholar’s personality and his realization of scientific-pedagogical and sociopolitical activity, for example on the foreign business trips and participation in seminars on law, work of law communities in pre-October Russia, dynamism of educational and scientific activity of the first Soviet decades.

Dampak Sampah Plastik Bagi Ekosistem Perairan

The purpose of the service to high school/vocational high school, and junior high school students in malagusa Village, Aimas Distric, Sorong Regency is to provide knowledge and understanding to students about waste and plastic waste, types of plastic waste, the solution ecosystem. The method used is a lecture and demonstration method with sxhool students in Kelurahan Malagusa about waste and its handling. The results of the implementation of this community service where students attending Malagusa Village were(1) appreciation of the local government in this case the Malagusa village Government in this case the Malagusa Government regarding the seminar activities carried out (2) the high motivation of the community service seminar participant coming from Vocational, high school and junior high school students the whole village of Malagusa with liveliness asking questions at the discussion session guided by the activity organizing committee. (3) Increaasing students’ understanding, knowledge and ability in understanding about waste and increasing waste for the environment.

Actual problems of developing a mentoring system at industrial enterprises in Russia

The authors prove that in modern conditions the demand for such personnel technology as mentoring in the workplace is growing. The reasons underlying this are as follows: the mentoring system cost is less than the traditional methods of staff development (training, retraining, participation in seminars, etc.); retirement age increasing and the federal project implementation «older generation», contributing to the transition of older workers to the mentors category; theory development of the mirror neurons, «reverse mentoring» phenomenon, etc. Actual problems of the mentoring system development at Russian industrial enterprises are examined and solution directions are substantiated. One of the key proposals is the designing of mentoring training systems, which includes a competency level (soft skills development) and a technological level (professional mentors training in systems similar to TWI). The events on the exchange of experience of mentoring, motivation of mentors, providing for moral motivation (through raising the status of a mentor) and material motivation are justified. It is proposed to develop and adopt a professional standard in the field of mentoring, as well as develop a regulatory legal framework in the field of mentoring (changes in labour legislation, provisions of social partnership agreements, guidelines for mentoring, local acts of enterprises).

A New Project dedicated to developing International MOBILity of APPrentices in the Master’s Degree in Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology (MOBIL-APP project)

The project concerns the outgoing international mobility of block-release apprentices preparing the Master's degree in Instrumentation, Measurement, Metrology of the Filière Instrumentation (Physics Department of the Science Faculty). It targets universities and research centers involved in nuclear energy and is based on ongoing partnerships with CFA Epure–Méditerranée (apprenticeship center), EDF, and CEA thanks to on a solid research background in the LIMMEX laboratory run jointly by CEA and AMU (IM2NP) and dedicated to Instrumentation and Measurements under EXtreme conditions, on the ANIMMA international conference and the EFMMIN Franco-Moroccan school. This has led to the development of a useful network of operators (partners involved in the project) in priority geographical areas for AMU’s international strategy: Nuclear Reactor Laboratory at MIT, Moroccan Nuclear Center and Mohammed V University, Polish Nuclear Center, Slovenian Jožef Stefan Institute, Belgian Nuclear Center. The project will consist in sending a group of block-release apprentices for one week per year to a partner site who will propose visits to reactors, laboratories and companies, and participation in seminars, short courses, experimental projects and workshops together with local students. They will visit cultural places and prepare an activity report in English. When the project is completed its possible extension to other block-release courses at AMU will be examined because international mobility is a real advantage in terms of employability for young-people.

Thirty Years Ago, a Soviet-American Seminar Was Held in Vladivostok

Precisely thirty years ago, in June 1990, an international scientific seminar dedicated to cooperation between the countries of the North Pacific was held in the then Soviet Vladivostok. The seminar was initiated by the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Fletcher is one of the oldest and leading international training institutions in the United States. The main inspiration for the seminar, which was supported by the Soviet Peace Committee and its Primorsky branch, was the head of the North Pacific program of the Fletcher school, Professor John Curtis Perry. The core of the participants of the ten-day seminar in Vladivostok, held in the House of Negotiations at the suburban Sanatornaya station, were students and professors of Fletcher, as well as young Soviet scholars and diplomats. There were also representatives of Japan and China. Among the Soviet participants of the seminar there were many very well-known names. These are Alexander Yakovenko (the recent Russian Ambassador to the UK, and now the rector of the Diplomatic Academy), prominent political scientist Boris Makarenko, historian and writer Konstantin Pleshakov, and historian Amir Khisamutdinov.

Olga Rzhannikova’s Seminars on Literary Translation from Bulgarian into Russian

This article is dedicated to the seminars on literary translation from Bulgarian into Russian held regularly over the course of several years for students of the Department of Slavic Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University by associate professor Olga Rzhannikova (1955–2014). The article discusses Rzhannikova’s approach to teaching Bulgar- ian and the role of different types of translation in training future linguists. The learning process at the translation seminars is described through the eyes of its participants: students of the Slavic and Russian departments at the MSU Faculty of Philology who studied Bulgarian as their primary foreign language. Notable features of the seminars included the active participation of each student as well as the detailed discussion and analysis of all translation options. Seminar participants translated works by famous Bulgarian writers, which allowed them to not only practice their translation skills but also to familiarize themselves with contemporary Bulgarian literature. Several participants went into translation professionally and are currently successfully working in this field. After the death of Olga Rzhannikova in 2014, some of her former seminar participants continued her work teaching translation from Bulgarian to anyone interested. This continued for several more semesters, for as long as there were people still interested in taking the course. The purpose of this article is to preserve the memory of Olga Rzhannikova not only as a professor of Bulgarian language, history, and dialectology but also as a professor of translation, as well as to highlight and preserve the tradition of translating Bulgarian literature into Russian. The article outlines some of the accomplishments of the seminars: translations of short stories by Georgi Gospodinov, Deyan Enev, Peter Chukhov, and Yordan Radichkov.

Impressions of Participation in the 3rd Seminar on the Environmental Radioactivity and Radiation

Impressions of Participation in the 3rd Seminar on the Environmental Radioactivity and Radiation

CURRENT STATE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE

In the article the current state of the system of higher medical education in Ukraine is analyzed. The necessity of professional training in higher medical educational institutions in Ukraine is grounded. The importance of professional level improvement of health care representatives in the context of the health care system’s reformation of Ukraine is determined. It has been discovered that over recent years there has been a change in educational paradigms from analytical to synthetic, mostly aimed at system solutions, – informatization of education. The author points out that the university education implements the processes of synthesis of new information due to the active work of the bearer– the pedagogue or the lecturer. It is noted that the pedagogical process is focused on the self-education of a future specialist; the use of information and communication technologies is also important, it will simplify the development, replication and use of teaching materials, and ultimately improve the quality of education. That is why the training of general practice doctors – family doctors – requires updating of programme and methodological teaching resources to adapt specialists for work at primary level, in rural areas, providing the appropriate level of knowledge and practical skills and abilities not only for the provision of emergency assistance, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, but also for preventive health care, in particular sanitary and educational and anti-epidemic work.It is determined that changes in medical education are fully integrated into the logic of higher education reformation, beginning from 2014 with the adoption of the new law “On Higher Education». The initiated reform is being built around the idea of expanding university autonomy. Despite the fact that broad autonomy is an integral part of modern successful higher educational systems, it does not exclude external quality control. This issue is especially important for so-called «regulated professions” – those whose work provides for particularly high level of responsibility for safety and health of people. These include lawyers, pilots, doctors, and in some countries, access to the profession of teacher, architect, etc., is also regulated. Regulated profession status implies that access to it is only possible through compliance with mandatory requirements for the level of education, preparation of special examinations, obtaining a license or membership in a professional association. Discussions about the introduction of «regulated profession» concept in the legislation are only ongoing, but de facto the certain part of professions has special regulation already. Educational legislation also provides that for certain professions the state may conduct an independent assessment of educational results in the form of a single state qualification examination. Science is international, medicine is developing all over the world, and the most up-to-date scientific articles, the best studies are published today in English. Therefore, without its understanding, the probability that a medical student will read new books, receive relevant knowledge, is very low. Future Ukrainian doctors will know the international language of modern science, and the incentive for this will be a mandatory English test. Not only university education is important for the medical profession, but also a constant increase of the professional level for already working doctors. Still, this requirement is formally provided by the system of “advanced training” in the form of pre-certification cycles in institutions of postgraduate education, every five years. The new Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine resolution, initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science, changes the system of one-time (and, frankly, rather formal) training and creates the preconditions for the comprehensive system of continuous professional development. According to the new model, there should be a monopolization of education – now the choice of place or organization is given to the doctor, recognized: education received abroad, participation in professional seminars and conferences, online courses, workshops held in Ukraine by international organizations and professional associations.