PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE WORKS OF V. VERNADSKYI

The article deals with philosophical and methodological fundamentals of reforming higher education in the works of V. Vernadskyi in the early 20th century. It undoubtedly has the important ideological and methodological significance for directions and values of modern transformation of Ukrainian higher education in the era of mutual influence of globalization of educational space and reproduction of the original national educational tradition in the conditions of state-building. The aim of this article is to identify principles of reforming higher education in the scientific works of founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences V. Vernadskyі. The tasks of this article are perform an analysis the philosophical and educational views V. Vernadskyi and explain their influence on the learning process in universities; to identify the relationship between the normative principles of higher education V. Vernadskyi and pedagogical and philosophical thoughts of other scientists for the formation of a global educational space. Research methods are structural-functional, socio-cultural and comparative approaches in their dialectical unity. Research results: V. Vernadskyі has been proved that the fundamental regulatory principles of improvement in higher education, according to the Ukrainian researchers, are: rationality, scientificity, democratization, humanization of education, spiritual and cultural learning of the world and lifelong learning in combination with the classical model of the university. It has been determined that during educational process in higher educational establishment, it is advisable to take constantly into account the results of the latest research in compliance with deep democratic foundations. Conclusion. The transformation of higher education in the work of V. Vernadskyi is closely connected with the general planetary tasks of the existence of future humanity. It is the processes of world life that play a global role for the entry of humanity into the noosphere, are reflected in the qualitative changes of higher education.

Development of the methods for the class teacher effectiveness assessment

The problem of developing a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the class teacher’s educational activity and the possibility of its implementation in the context of an educational establishment has been getting more vital. The developed methodology for assessing the class teacher performance efficiency was tested on the basis of four educational establishments in Nizhny Novgorod, which are the clinical internship bases to train future teachers and class teachers at Minin University (Nizhny Novgorod), who were experts carrying out the examination of the methodology for assessing the performance efficiency according to the proposed indicators. The developed methodology for assessing the class teacher performance efficiency can be used in the practice of educational organizations to develop a system for assessing the encouragement of the class teacher performance, supervising his professional growth, developing individual trajectories of professional improvement, analytical conclusions, and expertise.

Russian as a Foreign Language Teaching in a Higher Educational Establishment of the Republic of Belarus in Conditions of Closely Related Bilingualism

The study relevance is caused by the special language situation in Belarus which is in close attention of modern linguists for several decades. Russian-Belarusian languages interaction is a special type of bilingualism which has specific features due to the common fate of the Belarusian and Russian people, genetic relationship, and language systems kinship. In Belarus the processes of generation and perception of the text in Russian language take place against a special psychological background of the Belarusian language system which creates the effect of the so-called unbalanced bilingualism. As a result one language system comes into contact with another causing interference. A serious problem in Belarus is the spontaneously russified version of the Belarusian language - Trasyanka. The goal of author is to identify the main problems of foreign students language adaptation in conditions of Belarusian-Russian bilingualism. Studying Russian in Belarus foreign students have to deal with texts in the Belarusian language, with colloquial speech and, of course, use words, terms, names in the Belarusian language. The author comes to the conclusion that foreign students do not experience any special communication difficulties from the Belarusian language unfamiliarity. The teacher of Russian as a foreign language, however, has a different, special task - to ensure a harmony among the culture of the language being studied (Russian), the culture of the host country (Belarus) and the national culture of the student.

Influence of the degree of adaptability and lifestyle on the quality of life of medical university students

Adaptive capabilities of young people enrolling at higher education establishments differ from person to person. Depending on the level of these capabilities, a new student may see his/her quality of life deteriorating and a variety of diseases developing. Against this background, investigation of the dynamics of students' adaptation to studying at a higher educational establishment acquires special urgency: the results of such an investigation would enable designing an effective psychological support program for such students. This study aimed to investigate how the quality of life of students changes as studying at a higher education establishment alters their degree of adaptation and lifestyle. The report compares the studied degree of adaptability and quality of life of the same group of students in their first and third years. By design, the study was prospective continuous; it involved 120 students. M. Gavlinova's two-factor questionnaire (SA, social-ANS) enabled study of the degree of adaptability. As for the quality of life of the participating students, it was registered with the help of the SF-36 questionnaire. Lifestyle of the students was assessed relying on the questionnaire designed to uncover the person's attitude to smoking, alcohol, drugs, physical culture and sports. The results obtained enabled development of recommendations aimed at identifying students running risks of maladjustment and illnesses with the aim to render such students targeted medical and psychological assistance and adjust the sanitary and epidemiological conditions of studying.

Empowering Health Care Providers and Self-Management Education in Diabetes? A Scoping Review

Context: There has been an increasing emphasis on the role of education in diabetes prevention and management, and shedding light on evidence gaps is mandatory for national action plans establishment. Data Sources: This scoping review was part of the Iranian Diabetes Road Map project that used a systematic method based on the Arksey and O'Malley approach. Results: After the screening, 173 articles were included, most of which were published in 2018 and focused on self-management. Only a limited number of articles studied healthcare provider education and educational establishment. Conclusions: Education is an important part of diabetes, and specific needs for Iranian patients should be addressed in future studies. Paying attention to new topics and conducting high-quality interventional studies will help fill evidence gaps in this field in Iran.

Russian musical folklore as a development factor of ethnic self-consciousness of students-musicians in the educational space of a higher educational establishment

The purpose of this article is to analyze the results of the development of ethnic self-awareness of students-musicians using Russian musical folklore in the educational space of a higher educational establishment. As a result of the study and analysis of the normative legal documents regulating the professional training students-musicians in the direction of training 44.03.05 Pedagogical education (with two training profiles), focus (profile): Music, Additional education; Music, World art culture, the disciplines of the curriculum were determined, and the forms of educational work of young people were identified, contributing to the most effective immersion in the Russian musical tradition, the formation of an environment of ethnic unity, the development of ethnic identity. The conducted research has confirmed the effectiveness of the development of ethnic self-awareness of students-musicians in the educational space of a higher educational establishment using Russian musical folklore. The mechanism for the implementation of this process was the provision of a choice of content and forms of familiarizing students-musicians with folk musical art.

Self-regulation as the basis of successful professional development of higher educational establishment students

The article deals with the essence of self-regulation development as the basis of successful professional development of higher educational establishment students. It also analyzes the functions and components of self-regulation. An attempt to clarify the nature of self-regulation of professional development made it possible to establish the reason for the functioning of the structural elements of self-regulation development during educational activities.One of the tasks of modern education is to meet the social requirements for preparing young people for a successful life in modern society. In connection with the restructuring of the world system in Ukraine, increasing the level of psychological and pedagogical support for professional training, the relevance of the study of the self-regulation of future professionals is growing significantly. Therefore, for specialists dealing with learning problems, pedagogical research devoted to the problems of self-regulation is becoming increasingly important.Researchers’ approaches towards self-regulation on physiological levels as well as in the field of education were analyzed.On the theoretical grounds of the self-regulation problem, self-regulation was regarded as a complicated mechanism, which provides planning and realizing a person's actions following the aim determined.The professional development of future professionals should be aimed not only at mastering modern knowledge of general and professional disciplines, education of highly educated, cultural, harmoniously developed personality but also to promote the ideas of health and lifelong learning, education for sustainable development, competence approach, democracy, creation of a single zone of European education and tolerance.

THE INNOVATIVE FORMS IN THE ACTIVITY OF REGIONAL ART MUSEUM OF VINNYTSIA AS THE IMPORTANT REGIONAL CENTER OF CULTURE AND EDUCATION

The article has revealed and founded the innovative forms in the activity of Regional Art Museum of Vinnytsia. The research methodology is based on the systemic, structural, functional and active approaches. It makes possible to analyze the development and functions of Regional Art Museum of Vinnytsia, to determine the main directions, types of work and innovative forms of the museum activity as well as to show the role and significance of such important regional cultural and educational establishment. It is admitted that due to the introduction of innovative forms and modern technologies the museum has transformed its activity and has remained relevant to the contemporary audiences

NEW UKARINIAN SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL REFORMS AND PROFFESSIONAL MASTERSHIP OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

The physical education teachers’ attitude towards reforming of education in Ukraine in terms of reform “New Ukrainian School” was analyzed in the article. The physical education specialists’ thoughts according these reforms’ impact on forming of professional mastership of teachers were analyzed in the article. The goal of the research is to provide comparable analysis of the support level of New Ukrainian School reforms that have impact on building professional improvement of physical education teachers. In order to reach the goal such methods were applied as analysis and generalization of literature sources, teachers’ survey, based on questionnaire, its mathematic processing and comparative analysis. There were questioned 341 teachers from 7 Ukrainian regions with different qualification levels and pedagogical experience. All the respondents have given their permission in participation in the research. The different levels of support of educational reforms among physical education teachers were found out. Innovations, in general, have higher than average and lower than average levels of support. The highest level of support has such innovation as freedom to choose or create educational program – 77,4%. However, even with high level of support, 41,9% of teachers think that they should teach pupils according to the only studying program, that is submitted by profile ministry. Only 6,5% of respondents are ready to create their own studying programs. However, 33,8% of teachers think the studying program should be adapted according to conditions of educational establishments. In order to build professional mastership, it is essential to imply different forms of qualification improvements (71,3%), distance studying during course retraining (59,7%), teachers’ certification (53,6%). The lowest level of support has decentralization in management of educational establishment (39,1%).