Specific Character Traits Research Articles

High School Sports Houses as Identity Primers: Constructing Queensland and Australian Identities

ABSTRACT Sport plays an important role in the conception of Australian national identity. Much of the scholarly work on this topic has concentrated on professional, high-profile sports and athletes. In this article, we draw attention to a highly symbolic aspect of popular sporting culture—school sports houses—and the prominent historical figures and motifs that they project through their team names, mascots and colours. School sports houses are potent examples of banal nationalism, whereby elements of Australianness are reinforced through the tradition of school athletics and swimming carnivals. Here, we highlight the overlap between the school-based agenda of encouraging group identity and the broader notion of the nation as an imagined community. Using a comprehensive dataset of Queensland high school sport houses in 1969 and 2023, we observe several trends, such as the persistence of houses named after colonial explorers and the disparity between houses with women’s and men’s namesakes. We consider the role of school sports houses as “identity primers”, or scripts, that encourage schoolchildren to identify with specific historic figures, landforms, animal totems, character traits and other qualities as indicators of the region and nation in which they live.

Forms of regulatory regulation to ensure tactical literacy of official combat missions by personnel of the National Police of Ukraine

In the article, the author examines the legislative provisions regarding the tactical competence of the National Police of Ukraine during the performance of their official and combat tasks, including combat training of personnel during a state of war. Specifically, attention has been given to the origins of some fundamental concepts in their work, the authority to ensure and implement measures of the legal framework during a state of war, the performance of official duties, and the execution of combat tasks by police officers.
 The research's scientific novelty lies in the in­depth theoretical study of the legal aspects of tactical competence of National Police officers while carrying out their official and combat duties. The performance of police services during times of war, emergencies, or other critical situations necessitates specific competencies, skills, and character traits for police personnel. Key requirements for police officers include the ability to make rapid decisions in critical situations, act while considering all circumstances, possess a basic level of military training and skills to effectively cooperate with military units and other law enforcement agencies during a state of war, take responsibility for organizing and providing humanitarian aid to civilians, including evacuation and first aid, as well as ensuring the preservation of the rights and freedoms of citizens, even in wartime conditions, avoiding excessive use of force, and regulating their activities in accordance with the law.
 The research underscores the importance of utilizing the appropriate competencies, skills, and character traits for the successful execution of tasks by police officers in times of war, emergency situations, and other critical circumstances.

The moderating and mediating effects of personality on the association between morningness and well-being.

Morningness (morning-eveningness preference or chronotypes) and personality can be both associated with well-being, but few studies have directly compared these two constructs as correlates of well-being. Thus, the first purpose of this study was to test the effects of interactions between stable personality traits (temperaments) and morningness on well-being. Furthermore, personality factors are often composed of both stable biological factors (temperament) and socio-cultural factors (character), and little is known about personality interplay of temperament and character factors with respect to morningness and well-being. The second purpose of this study was therefore to examine the sequential mediating effects of temperament and character factors on the relationship between morningness and well-being. The Composite Scale of Morningness, the Korean version of the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised Short Version (TCI-RS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were used to measure morningness, personality dimensions, and well-being, respectively, in 287 Korean university students. Moderating and sequentially mediating effects of temperament and character traits were determined using Hayes' PROCESS macro in SPSS after controlling for sex and age. First, novelty-seeking (NS) and persistence (PS) temperaments have demonstrated the moderating effect in the association between morningness and well-being. The positive effects of morningness on life satisfaction increased with lower NS and PS, respectively. However, other temperaments such as harm avoidance (HA) and reward dependence (RD) have not shown the moderation in the relationship between morningness on well-being. Second, HA temperament and self-directedness (SD) character sequentially mediated the relationship between morningness and well-being. The combination of low scores of HA and high scores of SD have shown the positive effect on the relationship between morningness and well-being. This study demonstrated that both the interactions between temperaments and morningness, and combination of specific TCI-RS temperament and character traits play important roles in influencing the association between morningness and well-being. The significance of the mature SD character and its implications for well-being are discussed with limitation of the present study.

ДО ПРОБЛЕМИ ФОРМУВАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНО І ПРОФЕСІЙНО ВАЖЛИВИХ ЯКОСТЕЙ ФАХІВЦІВ ЦИВІЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ

The specificity of the work of civil defense specialists, their activities in conditions of danger, uncertainty, unexpected changes in circumstances, the need for constant analysis of large volumes of information, intense attention, high responsibility for the results of assigned tasks actualize the problems of forming socially and professionally important qualities of a personality while training these specialists at higher education institutions. The purpose of the article is to systematize and classify the socially and professionally important qualities of future civil defense specialists Methodology. The analysis of scientific works on the research problem proved that, despite the variety of approaches to defining the essence of socially and professionally important qualities, the key statement is that these qualities are formed in the process of activity and have a decisive influence on its productivity and efficiency. Results. Socially and professionally important qualities of a civil defense specialist are defined as a set of individual typological, socially determined personality properties that reflect the level of their professional readiness to work in operational and rescue units, as well as specific character traits that determine the success in educational and further professional activities. Based on the analysis of the psychological and pedagogical literature on the research issues, six groups of socially and professionally important qualities of civil defense specialists were singled out, namely: intellectual and cognitive; mnemic; emotional and volitional; organizational and managerial; communicative and psychophysiological ones. Value (originality). It is concluded that, taking into account the fact that some of these qualities are natural and relatively stable, the purposeful formation and improvement of qualities that need to be developed should be carried out not only during professional training, but also by means of non-formal education. Key words: professional training, civil defense specialists, socially and professionally important qualities, classification of socially and professionally important qualities of personality.

Behavioural adaptation of domestic animals on the example of different breeds of domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus L., 1758)

The excessive increase in the anthropogenic burden on wildlife, namely the uncontrolled use of natural resources, including deforestation, mining, wasteful nature management systems, a decrease in biodiversity due to intensive agricultural development, and more recently, war, affect the living conditions of both wild and domestic animals. In the new realities of the modern world, pets, losing their usual natural environment, are forced to either adapt to changes or cease to exist. The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of adaptation of the body (Felis silvestris catus L., 1758) of domestic cats in home conditions. Long-term methods were used to achieve this goal: daily visual observation, time budget, followed by the analysis of data on greater animal activity. The behaviours of cats were evaluated on a six-point scale: imitation of hunting – active play using toys (5 points) and territory inspection, jumping, scratching claws (4 points); communication with the owner – food search and bunting (3 points); self-cleaning – passive walk, toilet (2 points); rest – state of light sleep or napping (1 point), state of deep sleep (0). The selected samples were compared statistically using Kendall's rank correlation coefficient It is established that intra-breed and inter-breed differences in the duration of behavioural acts of obligate and facultative behaviours are largely determined by the temperament and character of the animals under study. The daily activity of cats of different breeds is described, which is determined by the imposition of the influence of genetically determined cycles on specific character traits and is formed during selection breeding. It is statistically proved that there is a substantial consistency between the traits under study in animals with different temperaments. If the temperament is similar, behaviour and motor activity do not correlate with each other, and the differences in the behaviour and activity of male and female purebred cats are poorly expressed. It is substantiated that the results obtained can serve as a basis for understanding the problems and difficulties that arise in purebred cats in the process of adaptation to life together with humans and, thereby, provide an understanding of the main manifestations of behavioural adaptation of domestic animals

Latent Profile Analysis of Children's Moral Character and the Classing Effect on Bullying in Rural China.

Moral character is the key component of positive youth development. However, few studies have examined children’s moral character and the association with bullying and bullied behavior. Guided by the framework of positive psychology, this study aimed to investigate the association of moral character with bullying and bullied behavior among children in rural China and whether the association differed between left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (NLBC). A total of 723 children (aged 11–16 years) in rural China completed standard questionnaires that contained six specific character traits and bullying/bullied behavior. Latent profile analysis revealed that children’s moral character was divided into three classes (i.e., low-character class, average-character class, and high-character class). Compared with children in low-character and average-character classes, children in the high-character class had the lowest bullying and bullied behavior. Children in the low-character class were those at greater risk of bullied behavior. The association of the latent character classes with bullied behavior differed between LBC and NLBC. These findings highlight the urgent need for character-based and targeted interventions to prevent children’s bullying and bullied behavior.

Relationships between Positive Character Traits, Virtues, and Health

Virtues and character traits are increasingly recognized as impacting health outcomes, although distinctions between these constructs remain unclear. In order for Christian social workers to most effectively incorporate virtues-based interventions into their clinical practices, there is a need to identify the distinct nature of the different virtues and their relationships to health outcomes. In Part I, a principal components factor analysis of six character traits (i.e., altruism, empathy, forgiveness, gratitude, hope, and humility) based on 402 students primarily from Christian universities determined the empirical validity of these constructs (i.e., whether they are best conceptualized as distinct constructs, dimensions of higher order constructs, or one overall “goodness” virtue). Results identified 12 distinct character traits, suggesting a need to focus on specific character traits rather than general virtues. In Part II, hierarchical regressions indicated that personality variables predicted 37% of variance in mental health, with only gratitude and lack of resentment toward others (i.e., two of the 12 identified character traits) predicting an additional 8% of the variance (no variables predicted physical health). The results suggest the need to conceptualize character traits as distinct constructs, and that interventions to increase gratitude and reduce resentment may be most effective in improving mental health outcomes in Christian college students.

Agent-Based Modeling of Collaborative Work

In the modern world, it is no longer enough to simply create a product that performs its function, but it should perform it better than thousands of competitors. However, the problem is that human intellectual abilities are limited and many complex tasks are beyond the capabilities of a single person. The natural way of raising our intellectual level is to build teams to share our experience, knowledge, and worldview to create something beyond the capacity of the individual.Thus it is not surprising that according to a recent ranking, collaborative skills are considered most essential in the 21st century [2]. To cope with all challenges and create high-quality products, there should be a team whose members are experts in communication, discussion, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In addition, it is important to manage the team effectively. To do so, it is necessary to know more about the social processes which take place inside a team. Agent-based modeling can be an effective tool to gain such insights.Agent-based modeling is a powerful instrument for simulating different processes, including social ones. This technology was formed under the influence of many other fields such as artificial intelligence, sociology, game theory, and so on.In this article, a model which simulates human interaction in the framework of «Wilderness Survival: A Consensus-Seeking Task» is used to demonstrate the core principle of agent-based modeling. The group of agents complete a test by themselves and afterwards discuss their answers to reach a consensus and achieve the best score.It will be analyzed which human character traits are more important for successful collaborative work. Situations in which some team members are not interested in the team success will be identified. Also, a user interface is provided to enable running custom experiments to better understand how specific character traits impact the team results.

Microlearning and microteaching: prospects of improvement in regions within crosscultural education

The research article explores the evolving trends in modern education, which are microlearning and microteaching. The authors analyze microlearning and microteaching as the most progressive and up-to-date approach. This article brings up the role of the globalization in the process of education encompassing crosscultural education. Although micro learning and teaching embrace many demands of modern learning and teaching, the approaches catering to the needs of students from different regions, have not been developed yet. Therefore, the main objective is to demonstrate the opportunities which microlearning offers within crosscultural education. The authors consider theoretical and empirical revie w of the literature and a conceptual framework to be the basic methods. The results obtained can be formulated as follows: a regional model of the micro-learning education (learning and teaching) with a set of specific character traits of students to facilitate the ideas of microeducation has been developed. This article is aimed to discuss the evolvement, current perceptions, basic principles and tools of microteaching and microlearning; to analyze their efficiency in the modern world and to suggest its further development through analysis of cross-culturalism in education using Hoffstede's dimensions including the model for regional program developing within crosscultural education.

Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae)

AbstractTriatominae are the largest radiation of haematophagous species within the true bugs (Hemiptera) and the sole vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, the causative agent of Chagas disease, a neglected human disease that affects millions. We used a combined ultraconserved element (UCE) and ribosomal dataset from ethanol‐preserved and pinned specimens in a museomics approach to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships among triatomines, including taxa of four of the five tribes with substantial representation of the Old World fauna. We conclude that: (i) Triatominae are monophyletic and Opisthacidius Berg is their predatory sister taxon; (ii) the three large genera (Rhodnius Stål, Triatoma Laporte and Panstrongylus Berg) are not monophyletic; (iii) Triatomini fall into nine well‐supported clades, only two of which are identical in composition to previously recognized groups; and (iv) the Old World clade is deeply nested within Triatomini. Ancestral character state reconstructions of specific character traits provide insights into the evolutionary history of Triatominae.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CREATIVE PERSONALITY AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ART PROJECT PERFORMANCE

Any project is first of all a project team that implements it. It is people who have the knowledge, experience and motivation to complete the work, that are the engine without which even a perfectly planned project will remain only on paper. Therefore, project management pays much attention to the formation and methods of the project team management. And an important component in the process of forming and managing a project team is to take into account the psychological traits of each team member and determine their further impact on project implementation. This is especially important for art projects, where the team is creatively gifted people with certain psychological aspects, which are inherent for talented individuals. Identifying and analyzing the specific character traits that are usually inherent in creative people will greatly help the project manager to understand the needs and capabilities of each team member, the motivation of each person and their fears and help create the conditions for full disclosure of each talent. But at the same time, this knowledge is necessary in order to create a coordinated teamwork that will guarantee the success of any art project, regardless of its complexity and size. This is extremely necessary based on the results of the analysis, which gave the understanding that a creatively creative person is not interested in organizational work on the project in general. A creative person is completely absorbed in the creative process of creating a certain product. But organizational issues remain out of the creative person's attention only as long as the organization of the project activity does not directly concern the schedule of its work, the quality of materials or equipment with which the person has to work. Therefore, the project manager needs to build the project management process in such a way that while creating conditions for productive work of the project team, minimize risks to achieve project management goals, namely, get a product of a certain quality on time and budget.

Study Regarding the High Schoolers' Perception of the Physical Education Teacher's Personality

To find out what are the personality traits of the physical education teacher, evaluated through the perception of teenage pupils, constitutes the starting point of a sociological intervention conducted in high school. The paper stems from the author's loyalty toward the profession of physical education teacher, trying to support the identification of certain personality traits that are different through its instructional content and organizational framework from other teaching professions. The paper starts from the belief that the instructional process that is specific to this field, influenced by the people contributing to the formation of specific attitudes and character traits, can lead to valuable influences in modeling the personality of physical education teachers. The research consisted in applying a 12-item questionnaire with closed and open answers, organized at the ”Eremia Grigorescu” Technological High School of Marasesti, county of Vrancea, on two eleventh grade groups of pupils, which totaled a number of 50 subjects. The perceptions of the subjects regarding the various topics were evaluated by grouping the items into 5 categories, according to their importance given by each subject. The data has permitted the assessment of the subjects' opinions on categories of assertions, measured on a scale of 1 to 5 for each question. The items proposed in the questionnaire envisaged the character, behavioral, attitudinal traits as components of the personality of physical education teachers manifested during the high school educational process. The results of this sociological intervention show that in the investigated subjects’ opinion, the physical education teacher’s personality is perceived as a model and an example for life.

Changing realty: altering paths of brand discovery for real estate websites in India

PurposeBrand awareness is a key cognitive metric and a vital component of consumer-based brand equity. Generating and maintaining brand awareness has been an important metric for brands and a significant outcome of advertising and promotional activities. Brand awareness has been studied over the years in the context of market share and mind share and is considered to be the fundamental starting point of a brand relationship. Most branding variables are challenged in their linear definitions by the multi-dimensionality of the connected online world. Consumers may start their brand journey with brand awareness and then proceed to explore higher options in a non-linear fashion. This challenges traditional advertising and brand salience models. In the web context, brand awareness could even happen with little prior cognitive processing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the little researched area of brand awareness in the context of Indian websites.Design/methodology/approachThe study leveraged technology to study the brand discovery behaviour of real estate website users in India. The authors looked at essentially modified processes such as the brand experience journey, specifically, the sources and antecedents of brand awareness for real estate websites. Considering the fact that direct and indirect traffic to a website is indicative of the brand awareness metrics, the authors analyse the metric as a basis of the comparison.FindingsBrand awareness in the digital world can be attributed as firm generated, user generated and, as the authors also discover, experience initiated. The altered dimensions have a profound impact on the brand advertising spends of not just digital brands, but all marketers who will find digital technology increasingly central to their brand communication efforts.Research limitations/implicationsBurgeoning websites and media proliferation have increased the source set for website discovery. Customers do not rely solely on advertising or chance encounter to discover a new brand. Usage of search engines remains the key point of discovery for brand awareness. Some of the respondents recognised websites from prior advertising exposure and selected the brand from the consideration set offered in the search results for their keyword search. In other cases, brand awareness followed brand experience as the users did not process the brand information or, in most cases, were not aware of the brand name prior to website visit. The quality of brand experience created brand awareness and had further implications, including brand visit intent.Practical implicationsWhile mass media television advertising and ubiquitous online advertising can build brand awareness, the impact of search engine advertising and search engine optimisation is equally significant, if not more important. Brand managers can additionally focus on branding on the search channel in the light of increasing search intensity. Beyond traditional keyword planning, this can be an enhanced branding platform for reaching out to specific behavioural or character traits of the target audience. Brand experience can mature from task completion to brand awareness and higher level values if the website includes key brand messages and goals.Originality/valueThis paper offers insight into the little known field of online brand management. Information intermediary websites are unique in their value proposition, and brand building is challenging. Real estate websites have grown in popularity, but have not merited researcher attention. This paper offers a unique perspective on branding websites, specifically in the context of emerging markets like India.

Інтерпретація сюжету про Дон Жуана: літературознавчий вимір

The article explores the interpretation of the plot about Don Juan in scientific articles. The author of the article notes that many researchers are studying the plot of Don Juan. Scientists understand the hero well. Don Juan is a unique image of world culture. The hero has traits of national identity.  In Don Juan there is the age-old wisdom of the people. The hero has features of the author’s philosophy and his perception of the world. Researchers study the national characteristics of Don Juan. Scientists are studying the mental characteristics of his personality. Scientists are studying the evolution of this literary image. In articles, scientists study the genre features of works about Don Juan.  Authors create special terms. These terms help to better characterize works about Don Juan. Scientists help readers to understand well the ideas of authors of works. Researchers are studying how the story affects the character of the hero. They explore how the author gives the character his character. The author of the article writes that many of the characteristics of Don Juan do not change. This is love for women, attractiveness, charisma, audacity, courage. Many scholars study how national authors create their hero. Don Juan has specific character traits. In the history of literature, he was Spanish, French, German, English, Ukrainian, Russian and so on. The author of the article believes that it is important to know the opinion of the authors themselves about their hero.  The author of the article quotes Don Juan from the Ukrainian author Lesya Ukrainka and the Russian poet Konstantin Balmont. Lesya Ukrainka explains what idea she implements in her play. Konstantin Balmont writes that for Don Juan love is of great importance and that this love is unique.  The author of the article believes that in modern science it is very important to study the image of Don Juan. Scientific studies of scientists help to understand the hero and help to understand the plot of the work well.

Docility as a Primary Virtue in Scientific Research

Scientific epistemology is a topic that has sparked centuries of philosophical discourse. In particular, understanding the role that scientists play in the creation and perpetuation of scientific knowledge is a subject that continues to be hotly debated. A relative new-comer to scientific epistemology is the field of virtue epistemology, which positions knowledge creation as integrally linked to specific character traits held by the scientist. Positioning scientific research as a distinct practice, virtue epistemologists strive to understand what virtues foster robust knowledge creation. Examinations of current scientific virtue epistemology, however, reveal how framings of “the scientist” tend to be highly individualistic and position the individual scientist as an actor with a high level of agency and autonomy. Such approaches, while following more conventional scientific epistemology discourse, contrast significantly with a growing body of social science literature that emphasizes the group nature of scientific research and education. This paper makes use of this social science literature to critically examine current deficits in narratives of scientific virtue epistemology. It highlights the need for the prioritization of virtues that enable scientists to work and learn in social environments through social processes. In particular, it discusses how the virtue of docility, best understood as being “open to learning”, is a key virtue for training new scientists and for establishing robust processes of knowledge creation. By identifying current deficits in the manner in which science is taught, it demonstrates the considerable epistemic consequences of training scientists who do not embody docility in all aspects of their research activities. The paper concludes by discussing how docility may be considered a key factor in an alternate understanding of the current reproducibility crisis in modern science.

Personality risk factors of occurrence of female breast cancer: a case-control study in China

To investigate the association of personality traits with breast cancer risk, a case-control study was conducted from May 2014 to February 2017, in which the case group consisted of 262 women with breast cancer and 262 without (control group). The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) (88-question Adult Edition) and another self-assessment questionnaire that contained open questions to obtain more specific character traits were used to complete this survey. The results of the E scale showed that 121 women (46.18%) in the case group and 94 women (35.88%) in the control group were extroverted. The results of the N scale showed that 150 women (57.25%) in the case group and 86 women (32.82%) in the control group had unstable personality. Adjusting for other confounding factors, extroversion and unstable personality were risk factors for breast cancer (E scale: OR = 1.70, 95% CI = 1.28–2.15; N scale: OR = 3.18, 95% CI = 1.77–4.91). Personality instability was a higher risk factor than extroversion was. People with unstable personalities were 3.18 times more likely to have breast cancer than were those who had stable personalities. The results of the self-assessment questionnaire suggested that the more frequent character traits mentioned were being concerned over everything, irritable, and perfectionistic, seeking to prevail over others, and being manipulative and oversensitive.

Temperament and character effects on late adolescents' well-being and emotional-behavioural difficulties.

BackgroundResearch on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present study investigates the question of personality’s relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence.MethodsWe assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for Adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5 ± 0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors.ResultsCharacter maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, had a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties were associated to specific temperamental and character traits. For example, Harm-Avoidance and Novelty-Seeking positively predicted internalized and externalized problems, respectively.DiscussionThe present results suggest the usefulness of continuing to evaluate temperament and, in particular, character dimensions in investigations focused on adolescents’ well-being and psychosocial functioning, especially in the contexts of potential interventions aimed at enhancing development of adolescents’ character dimensions at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal levels.

The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

Worldwide scientific researches present the entrepreneurs have to declare specific character traits to be successful in the business. This paper is focused on the comparison of the specific character traits between potential young entrepreneurs and other young people. The aim is to compare the three chosen character traits differences between these two focus groups by using the statistical method of Pearson´s chi-square and bring the answers on the questions why some people incline to become the entrepreneurs more intensively than others, and what are the differences between them in relation to the character traits and their personality characteristics. The research was conducted among 1233 young people in all regions of Slovakia in 2012. The results show, that young people who plan to become an entrepreneur, are more creative, willing to face the risk, more confident in the solvation of complicated problems and difficult tasks with the opposite group of respondents.

The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

Abstract Worldwide scientific researches present the entrepreneurs have to declare specific characteristic traits to be successful in the business. This paper is focused on the comparison of the specific character traits between potential young entrepreneurs and other young people. The aim is to compare the three chosen character traits differences between these two focus groups by using the statistical method of Pearson's chi-square and bring the answers on the questions why some people incline to becoming the entrepreneurs more intensively than others, and what are the differences between them in relation to the character traits and their personality characteristics. The research was conducted among 1233 young people in all regions of Slovakia in 2012. The results show, that young people who plan to become an entrepreneur, are more creative, willing to face the risk, more confident in the solvation of complicated problems and difficult tasks with the opposite group of respondents.

Ugdytojų pozityvus edukacinis pokalbis kaip ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų harmoningo ugdymosi užtikrinimo sąlyga

The aim of the article is to reveal the expression of positive educational dialogue among educators seeking for child welfare in institution “X” of pre-school education. The object of the research is positive educational dialogue. The article consists of the introduction, scholarly literature analysis, research methodology and the analysis of research results, conclusions and recommendations, the list of literature. The current scientific article extensively explores communication of the teachers of pre-school education institutions and social pedagogues seeking to assure overall child education and the required learning environment. A positive educational dialogue of educators in a pre-school education institution helps to assure child welfare provided an appropriate communication style, directed towards the solution of a specific problem, is purposefully selected considering specific character traits of a child, trying to perceive the social network of the child, analysing the problembased situation, as well as properly identifying the problems and reasons of their occurrence. The research methods include analysis of scholarly literature and legal documents, as well as the method of interview and content analysis. The research participants are 7 teachers of institution “X” of pre-school education and one social pedagogue. The research results reveal that teachers discuss the possibilities of applying the method of positive educational dialogue with different children, analyse the possibilities of making situations game-like, as well as discuss the possibilities of the choice of topics for conversation with children. Dialogue as a method is an effective and frequent means that teachers use in creating favourable conditions for harmonious child education. The informants distinguished parent groups in accordance with the priorities given to child education: excellent familiarity with a child, awareness of their inclinations for drawing, sport, free creation and acting; a group of parents who claimed that their children did not have any interests and this attitude prevented them from recognising their children’s talents; and finally, parents who did not know about their children and could not distinguish their talents, abilities and inclinations. Keywords: communication, child, child welfare, parents, teachers, institution of pre-school education, positive educational dialogue of educators. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/su.2017.18