SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY AS A FACTOR OF THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY OF A MODERN SPECIALIST

Transformational processes in the modern society, the market approach to training of specialists, increasing of competition in the field of employment determine the relevance of the development of professional mobility of the individual. In general, professional mobility characterizes the readiness and ability of the specialist to socio-psychological and functional-status changes, innovative transformations of themselves and the environment. Obviously, the development of this quality is one of the most important tasks of the vocational school. The most intensive formation of professional mobility is facilitated by various factors, one of which is scientific research activity. The purpose of the article is to characterize the phenomenon of scientific research activity of a modern specialist as a factor of the formation of his professional mobility. Research methods: analysis and synthesis of scientific literature (to clarify the key concepts of the study), systematization (in order to identify existing scientific approaches to solving this problem), theoretical generalization (to formulate the final provisions and conclusions). The phenomenon of scientific research activity is considered on the example of the specialty «Social work». Scientific research activity is an integral component of social work, which is formed through the separation of the scientific research subsystem in its system. This interpretation of scientific research activity allows us to identify its most important features: it is an empirical scientific research activity; it is purposeful and characterized by the relationship of certain elements, procedures and methods; it is built within the framework of logical and constructive schemes, methods and means of cognition inherent in research activities; it is performed in accordance with the research algorithm; relies on the facts that require empirical verification; the result is new knowledge about the objects of social activity; is a methodological regulation that sets the logical direction of choice of methods and means of activity. In the process of scientific research activity there is the development of professional, systematic, logical, reflective, creative and innovative thinking, the ability to predict the results of work depending on the conditions of activity.

Future pedagogue’s sociо-professional maturity formation in scientific research activity

Scientific research activity is an essential component of the professional activities of a higher education pedagogue. Exploring the world around, future pedagogues not only organize their knowledge about pedagogy and the profession but also form a pedagogical style, professional and personal worldview. Students' scientific research activity is an important form of professional training, characterized by meaningful and organizational diversity, involves the formation of future pedagogues' knowledge and ability to use it in practice; the methods of scientific and pedagogical research, development of abilities to the analysis, synthesis, generalization of information obtained from literature sources and in the process of studying pedagogical process. Students' scientific research activities contribute to the development of professionalism of future lecturers of pedagogy, in particular skills and experience of carrying out scientific research activities. The methods we have used in the research process included, in particular, observation, expert evaluation, modelling and forecasting. The level of professionalism of the future lecturer of pedagogy is determined in particular by the development of one’s abilities and skills to organize scientific research activities. The scientific research activity itself is an important condition for the professional growth of the future pedagogue-professional. Scientific research activities of the future pedagogue involve one’s participation in the study of a particular pedagogical situation, observation of a particular pedagogical process, the study of students’ personality development. The generalized result of such activity is the work of the future pedagogue on the implementation of qualification work, which involves advanced study of theoretical aspects, systematization of previously acquired knowledge and supplementing them in the process of practical solution of a defined problem. Here the skills of research organization, organization of the experiment and independent activity are realized.

Biobanks and GDPR: A Look at the Portuguese Panorama

The need for the existence of biobanks for health research purposes is something of which government authorities have been aware for several years. One year after the full entry into force of the GDPR, the Portuguese legislature has finally passed the law that ensures the full implementation of the data protection regime’s points left open by the European legislature. However, Portugal has also in place a range of legislation regulating the establishment and functioning of biobanks. The regulation of biobanks for research purposes imposes special protection duties on scientific research activity in which biological samples and associated data are used in order to guarantee protection of privacy and confidentiality.

Medicīnas terminu vārdnīca: mobilās lietotnes izstrādes metodoloģija un izmantotie digitālie resursi

The research provides a snapshot of the development of a methodology for the „English-Latvian-English glossary of medical terms” (bilingual dictionary and phrase book) that was implemented as a cooperation project between two higher education institutions. The study describes the resources used in the drafting process and the structure and functionality of the dictionary. The research was conducted at the end of 2019 as a project Mobile application English-Latvian-English Bilingual Dictionary and Phrase Book of Medical Terms within the framework of internal research project competition Development of Scientific Research Activity at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences. The research concept originates in the up to now insufficiently deployed characteristic of the terminology of various fields (including the medical domain) in different respects: the selection and grouping of terms, their categorisation and translation. Given the experience of the authors of the available and so far published medical dictionaries and the results of empirical work and the survey of potential users about their expectations for a medical dictionary, possible problems of and solutions for the development of a new dictionary of medical terms were deployed.

Methodological approaches to the construction of a pedagogical system of educators' professional development

The article discusses the pedagogical system of educator's professional development in the process of research activity in a departmental educational organization as a complex of interconnected components, characterized by ways of integrating education and science. The essence of methodological approaches (personality-activity, personality-oriented, integrative and competency-based) to the construction of a system of educators' professional development in the process of scientific-research activity is revealed. Attention is paid to the principles and functions in the pedagogical system construction.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF MASTERS IN THE SPECIALTY «LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ACTIVITY»

The article describes topics of master's theses in the field of «Library and Information Activities» at the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture. The authors pay special attention to the presented methods of scientific research. Fifty-three research methods have been identified and divided into three groups: theoretical, empirical and methods of processing and visualizing of empirical information.

PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETING

Article describes innovative technologies and marketing arrangements; perspectives of managing marketing activities; disclosed content tools, allowing customers to expand the scope and strategies to maximize the relevance of marketing approaches based on scientific research activity; research of personal inquiries of consumers is analyzed. KEY WORDS. Marketing, marketing research, innovation, development.