{"title":"PROJEKTS ERASMUS + KA2 NR.2017-1LT01-KA201-035234 \"MEDIĀCIJAS SISTĒMAS ATTĪSTĪBA IZGLĪTĪBAS SEKTORĀ\"","authors":"Rita Orska, Aija Vonoga","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4214","url":null,"abstract":"Mediation is one of the important topics in today's pedagogical science. The topicality of the project is based on educational development requirements. The main aim of the project is development of nonviolent communication skills in schools by implementing mediation system. The objectives of the project are the following: enhancing school educators' professional development through development of mediation training programme and organization of trainings; fostering pupils' conflict resolution skills through development of training programme and organization of training activities; raising awareness of mediation as effective method for nonviolent communication within school communities. Results of the project - teacher mediator preparation program; teaching material for the preparation of teacher mediators; pupil mediator preparation program; recommendations for introducing mediation in school.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123753420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ADOLESCENT’S ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR DECREASE OPPORTUNITIES AT SCHOOL","authors":"Karīna Zuša","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4215","url":null,"abstract":"Prevalence of addictive behavior among young people is very rapid. Different preventive measures are being taken in schools to reduce addictive behavior, but often the youth age is the time when they want to experiment and self-testify using different intoxicants and often the form of organizing these preventive measures is not binding and effective for young people. The aim of the research is to reduce the addictive behavior of socio-pedagogical activity by developing social skills for young people. Research Methods: interviewing, questionnaires, mathematical processing of data. Mainly young people are starting to use addictive substances as a result of peer pressure, having problems with friends, out of curiosity, and family problems. However, the knowledge of the consequences discourages use of various intoxicating substances, the control of the parents, the fear and the fact that their friends also do not use. Skill, no, decision-making skills, critical thinking skills, skills to protect your opinion, and reasonable talk skills help refrain from using addictive substances.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125376626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAREER SUPPORT FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH DURING THE UNEMPLOYED-TO-EMPLOYED TRANSITION IN THE PROJECTS „YOUTH GUARANTEE” ACTIVITY „WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH”","authors":"Līga Lizdika","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4211","url":null,"abstract":"Youth without profession and unclear vision for the future are exposed to unemployment risk. The State Employment Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science, local governments, social services, youth organizations, employers, as well as educational institutions, implements the project „Youth Guarantee”. Activity „Workshops for Youth” is one of activity of project „Youth Guarantee”. The aim of „Workshops for Youth” is to involve youth in labor market by giving a chance to get to know three professions during six weeks. The aim of the research – to establish the results of career support for entry into employment of unemployed youth within the project „Youth Guarantee” after the activity „Workshops for Youth”. Methods:1. Theoretical – literature selection, study and analysis.2. Data acquisition – interview, survey.3. Data analysis – descriptive statistics, the criterion of Kolmogorov-Smirnov. The results of the youth survey show that after the participation in activity „Workshops for Youth” youth are motivated to continue their education, as well as to start working in one of the profession. Also after participating in activity „Workshops for Youth” youth can to continue training and work in hired labor or as a self-employed person.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127923733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAREER GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY","authors":"Ilze Skabe","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4209","url":null,"abstract":"People with disabilities in any society are at risk of social exclusion and discrimination. Nowadays, in recent decades, the treatment of people with disabilities has shifted towards giving people with special needs the opportunity to manage their own lives. The emphasis is on building a society that incorporates and is capable of meeting the needs of all people, including people with disabilities. Career development is a continuous process in which an individual uses information about himself, collects it and uses it to master the vast of professions and apply it to himself. This report discusses people with disabilities and their opportunities to integrate into the Latvian labor market.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133043789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"STUDENT CREATIVITY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN VISUAL ARTS IN THE CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION SYSTEM","authors":"A. Samuseviča, Gunta Krastiņa","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4206","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper looks at school age children’s creativity and the potential of its growth in the context of the contemporary educational system. In broad terms, visual art education in Latvia can be categorised in three categories: compulsory prescriptive, that every child has to learn in general schools, relatively voluntary in specialised art schools and voluntary in art studios. The paper draws on the practical experience of the author while teaching art in a studio that is voluntary in attendance. Through seven years of observation the author has found that children’s creativity grows the most when they are given tasks that inspiring fantasy and lack restrictive guidelines.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115829484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAREER COUNSELLOR GUIDANCE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAREER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS","authors":"Vitalijs Drozdovs","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4210","url":null,"abstract":"In globalization era career management has been changed. The individual is now responsible for the decisions he or she will make in terms of career. The problem is crucial for secondary school students, as when they graduate secondary school they should know what they going to do next. Some students leave a career decision to the latest moment; however it may lead to serious problems as career uncertainty may impact students’ future career. Career counsellor may guide students, although the final decision about future profession choice should be made by them. The paper provides theoretical framework of career guidance system in Latvia. 76 secondary school students were involved in the study from Rezekne Polish State Gymnasium. The results of the study showed that secondary school students think about their future profession. However, most of the secondary students do not plan to attend career counsellor. Various factors may affect students’ decisions about their future career, though most of them rely on their own opinion.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126287924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CHANGES IN THE MOTIVATION OF THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED DURING THE STATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY’S MEASURE “MOTIVATION PROGRAM FOR JOB SEEKING AND SOCIAL MENTOR SERVICES”","authors":"Astrīda Zahare","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4208","url":null,"abstract":"One of the significant risks of the labour market is the high proportion of the long-term unemployed, therefore an acute problem is their integration into labour market, as well as low motivation of the target population. From December 2015 till 31 December 2021 an ESF project “Support for the long-term unemployed” is being implemented, this project includes the implementation of a measure “Motivation program for job seeking and social mentor services” which aims to motivate and to preventively support the long-term unemployed, as well as to facilitate their placement in appropriate permanent workplaces. This research analyses the carrier support provided for the long-term unemployed during State Employment Agency’s measure “Motivation program for job seeking and social mentor services” and examines whether participation in this measure changes the motivation of the long-term unemployed for integration into the labour market.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"128 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128028687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF LEARNING CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS","authors":"Olga Vindača","doi":"10.17770/er2019.1.4213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/er2019.1.4213","url":null,"abstract":"Media and new technologies integration into the learning process of higher educational institutions stimulates the necessity for the development of digital competence. However, the evaluation of digital competence is required before working out and offering the new programs for the improvement of digital competence. This article will review the issue of digital competence focusing on the analyses of its evaluation instruments such as \"Attitudes toward Information Technologies (IT) Scale\" and \"Self-appraisal form\". It is the preliminary result of on going applied research of RTA Research Institute for Regional Studies (RIRS). The aim of this research is to adopt \"A-IT Scale\" to Latvian conditions and to define students and lecturers of Latvian higher educational institutions attitudes towards IT as the necessity for digital competence improvement in the context of learning conceptual aspects in higher education institutions.","PeriodicalId":276690,"journal":{"name":"Education Reform: Education Content Research and Implementation Problems","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131478358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}