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Abstract : Transformation of Education Processes and Preparation of Competencies for the Digital Economy
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Abstract: In this article, the problem of training specialists with digital competencies for the agricultural sector, as the main industry, necessary for the food security of the state. The analysis of the views of researchers on the issues of teaching youth in the context of global digitalization is presented. The analysis and generalization of information about modern technologies in the system of training personnel for the agro-industrial complex, taking into account the experience of the Omsk State Agrarian University, with the support of modern information and communication technologies. The idea is substantiated that digitalization of production and management processes in the agro-industrial complex is impossible without hard and soft skills with new competencies. The article summarizes new material based on the results of a survey of rural youth in Russia and Kazakhstan on the problem of professional self-determination. The characteristic features of modern students and their self-positioning in the conditions of a changing professional environment are highlighted and described. Special attention in the work of the authors is focused on the need to form an educational trajectory, which is based on the symbiosis of classical agricultural education, practice-oriented learning, project activities, concepts - technologies, e-learning and other digital educational resources. The conclusion reveals the authors' opinion on the forecast trends on the issue under study. Keywords: Youth, Professional self-determination, Training, Omsk State Agrarian University, Survey, Digital competencies. |
Abstract : Genesis, Evolution and Indicators of Leadership in the World Economy
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Abstract: The article reflects the results of scientific research on leadership in the world economy. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems of determining the key factors of the genesis and evolution of this phenomenon, as well as to identify indicators of the leading position of countries in the global economy. The relevance of the topic is due to the current global processes of the structural shifts within the world economic system and trends concerning a new change in the geo-economic leadership. Based on the world-system methodology, the geo-economic approach, as well as the comparative and historical methods in economics, methods of global political economy, the author developed and demonstrated their synergic potential applied to the research of the world economy’s evolution. Heuristic possibilities of the methodological-theoretical concept of a geo-economic polarity (including multipolarity) are used. The author concludes that the leadership is characterized by the presence of immanent factors that determine the genesis of becoming a leader. It is substantiated the significance of each of these factors and proved that their effective combination leads to the formation of a leadership in the global economy. The article provides and describes the chronological periodization of leadership, and its universal triggers, which are unique for each specific stage of the world economy’s development. It is established the presence of key indicators that reflect this leadership, and emphasizes the change and expansion of the range of these indicators in the process of the evolutionary development of productive forces. It is justified that current leadership tends to geographic dispersion and is expressed in the gradual establishment of a geo-economic multipolarity of the world economy. The article predicts the current change in the nature of geo-economic leadership itself. Keywords: Leadership in the world economy, growth triggers, economic history, competitiveness, geo-economics, institutions, technological structures. |
Abstract : College and University Faculty Perceptions Towards Carrying Concealed Firearms on Campus
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Abstract: This study uses a survey of university and college faculty members at two schools in the eastern United States to investigate their attitudes towards qualified faculty members and students carrying concealed firearms on their campuses. We found that faculty members who own a gun and are politically conservative were in favor concealed carry for qualified students and faculty, while liberal faculty member who are not gun owners were not. Keywords: Campus safety, college faculty, firearms, logistic regression. |
Abstract : Communication Violence in Verbal Expression and Nonverbal Behavior of Preschool and Early Primary School Teachers During Teaching Process: An Observational Study
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Abstract: The teaching process is actually a communication one. It could be interesting or not, pleasant or woeful etc. depending mainly on the teacher’s attitude, his/her verbal expression and nonverbal behavior performed in the classroom. Especially, in children of preschool and early primary school ages, the words a teacher uses in an everyday chat or discussion with students during teaching, the tone of his/her voice and nonverbal behavior may create a positive or negative classroom climate which affects relationships among him/her and the students. This study, based on observations of teachers’ communication behavior during teaching process, focuses on the way they choose to communicate with children and on their verbal expressions in regard to classroom climate conditions. Also, the study focuses on teachers’ nonverbal behaviors, which like nonverbal communication aspects, affect the relationships among classroom participants in school environment. Emphasis is given on teachers’ verbal expressions and nonverbal behaviors that may lead to communication violence and bullying because teachers are more than often behavioral patterns especially for preschoolers and very young elementary school children (pupils). Keywords: Communication violence, kindergarten, primary school, teaching/instructional style. |
