{"title":"TOY PREFERENCES IN CHILDREN; IMPACT OF GENDER AND CULTURE, AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY","authors":"Esra Emolu","doi":"10.24250/JPE/2/2017/EM3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/JPE/2/2017/EM3","url":null,"abstract":"Toy preferences in early childhood have an impact on and are reflective of gender socialisation which is considered as an indicator of, amongst other things, future life decisions. This study is the pilot for the main study in which the extent to which culture affects Turkish and British children’s toy preferences together with a number of related variables will be investigated in a cross-cultural perspective. Socialisation is the process whereby the infant learns how to become a member of the society by adapting to the ways of the culture he/she lives in. Four agents of socialisation: family, school, peer groups and mass media guide him/her through the way.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123395592","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":"THE METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PROSPECTIVE ENGINEERING TEACHERS TOWARDS THE “EDUCATION”, “TEACHER” AND “TEACHING” CONCEPTS","authors":"Lorena Peculea","doi":"10.24250/JPE/2/2017/LP2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/JPE/2/2017/LP2","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to display prospective teachers’ perceptions towards the concepts “education”, “teacher” and “teaching” through metaphors. This study is a qualitative research and data were collected via metaphors. The sample of this study consisted of 101 first year students studying in different faculties of Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and participating in initial teachers training in the spring semester of 2016-2017 academic year. Participants completed the sentences: “Education is like … because …”, “Teacher is like … because …” and “Teaching is like…because…” The collected data was analysed through content analysis technique and interpreted accordingly. As a result, 6 categories with 71 metaphors about education, 6 categories with 52 metaphors about teacher and 6 categories with 64 metaphors about teaching were produced. It was concluded that prospective teachers had positive perceptions towards education, teacher and teaching. As another result, it could also be observed that their metaphors differed according to the faculty profile at which prospective teachers are being taught. Based on these data, the study offers a set of curriculum development solutions, oriented towards a more efficient academic teacher training program. The results are discussed in relation to their potential relevance for creating more reflexive prospective teachers and for the optimization of the teaching practice.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130997650","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":"THE MUSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THEIR INFLUENCE OF THE MUSICAL PREDISPOSITIONS DEVELOPMENT AT PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN","authors":"Gabrijela Grujić","doi":"10.24250/JPE/2/2017/GG","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/JPE/2/2017/GG","url":null,"abstract":"There is a common position among experts in this field that musical predispositions are the product of cumulative interactions between inherited dispositions and environmental factors favorable to them. However, there is not enough information about their aspect which is supposed to be able to provide a systemic effect on the development of the elementary musical predisposition on preschool level.Therefore, it was necessary to create a scientific review of the traditional approach to musical activity in the current program of the musical education and then to examine the possibilities of application of modern teaching concepts and methods of the stimulative program for the purpose of studying the possibility of their influence on the development of musical predisposition on preschool level.The survey was conducted using Gordon's Primary Measures of Music Audiation test. In a comparison of the results we have come to the following conclusions:A significant influence on the development of basic musical predisposition was achieved through the activities within the stimulative program of musical education, while activities of the current program of musical education did not show a sufficient effect on their development.The hypotheses that suggested a statistically significant difference in auditory and rhythmical discrimination among children who have been involved in the implementation of the two programs (stimulative and current) has been confirmed.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":" 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120829319","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":"HOW CAN ONE POSSIBLY DETERMINE THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES","authors":"Sanda Bordei","doi":"10.24250/JPE/2/2017/SB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/JPE/2/2017/SB","url":null,"abstract":"Measuring the multiple intelligences proves to be a very sensitive subject since Howard Gardner has always stated very clearly his position against the psychometric approach of the intelligence. This article aims to present some tools in the frame of the psychometric approach that could still be used in the every day practice of teaching and learning in order to identify and foster one`s different types of intelligence. These are: Thomas Armstrong`s Multiple Intelligences Inventory, Multiple Intelligences Development Assessment Scale (MIDAS) for Children by Branton Shearer and McClellan &Conti`s Multiple Intelligences Inventory. They had been adapted for Romanian population for research purpose and the factor analysis was used. A discussion about the main findings and their limits will be presented. multiple intelligences, Gardner, MIDAS, factor analysis","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127911464","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":"THE DYNAMICS OF MOBILITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE ASSESSMENT OF MANDATORY TESTS, INTRODUCED IN THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EVALUATION, IN STUDENTS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL STAGES","authors":"G. Badicu","doi":"10.24250/JPE/2/2017/GB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/JPE/2/2017/GB","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The objective of this article is a comparative analysis of the dynamics of mobility in the light of the assessment of certain motor skills tests introduced in the primary and secondary educational system. Methods: This research was conducted on October 2015 – April 2016, on a sample of 190 students, with ages between 7 and 15. The students undergoing this research were tested on eight motor aptitude tests in the National Assessment System of Physical Education and Sports (four tests for the primary education and four for the secondary education) and the results were compared depending on gender and stage of education. Results: On the 5x5m /5x10m “shuttle” test, the dynamics of mobility was on a downward trend, both in girls and boys; on the long run test, on both genders, the dynamics of motion was on an upward trend whereas in students from the secondary education level the dynamics of mobility showed small variations; on the standing long jump test, on girls, the dynamics is on an upward trend, with very small variations, and in the secondary educational cycle, the dynamics of results shows a continuous increase, just as in boys, in both cycles of education; on the last test of aerobatic gymnastics, the dynamics of the results obtained by both girls and boys shows variations, within both cycles of education. Conclusions: The dynamics of mobility in students has shown low values in the case of the 5x5m shuttle test, in both educational cycles (both in boys and girls). The best results were achieved on the long run test, respectively on the endurance run and standing long jump.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127376038","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":"HAVE STILL THE ADULTS A GENUINE NEED FOR LEARNING","authors":"R. Niculescu","doi":"10.24250/jpe/2/2017/RMN2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/jpe/2/2017/RMN2","url":null,"abstract":"The paper intends to highlight an important issue: the specifics of adults' learning process nowadays, the dynamics of motivation for formal learning activities (within tertiary education and/ or lifelong learning), the difficulties of educators in relation to adults' learners, and the position of society versus this segment of permanent education. Based on a systematic observation along five academic years, it is stressed that, the stated conclusions are required to be verified by an in depth research. The paper announces the existence of such a research, whose results will be the topic of further papers. Some core aspects of this approach are presented. The paper has the explicit intention to emphasize a thorny contemporary problem, by pointing out some worrying aspects in adult education, which may have earlier roots in ontogenesis. The presentation intends to be an additional and serious pleading for considering education a genuine national and universal priority, by renouncing to the pretend this priority only in the official papers. The worsening of the presented aspects, within the conditions of a nebulous actuality is highlighted and, also the huge danger of the “time of to pretend” (meaning to mime a reality that does not exist as such) is explained.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129573375","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":"ROLE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEINDIA","authors":"H. Pathak","doi":"10.24250/jpe/2/2017/HP","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/jpe/2/2017/HP","url":null,"abstract":"Vocational education and trainings are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. India has largest technical manpower in the world. In India, the emphasis has been given on vocational education. India is expected to be home to a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022. About 12 million persons are expected to join the workforce every year. This talent pool needs to be adequately skilled. The system is also failed to fulfill market needs, resulting in a curriculum that is of low relevance to employment needs. Various steps are being taken towards meeting the above objectives. As India moves progressively towards becoming a knowledge economy, it becomes increasingly important that the country should focus on advancement of vocational education and trainings, relevant to the emerging economic environment .","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126568000","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":"THE USE OF ICT BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE FAMILY. MODELS AND OPTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND","authors":"D. Opris","doi":"10.24250/jpe/2/2017/DO","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/jpe/2/2017/DO","url":null,"abstract":"The use of ICT by high school students in the family. Models and options for the weekend. The development of the technology lying at the base of ITC led to changes not only in society and education, but in the case of family, it brought about challenges hard to anticipate a few decades before. The present study aims at identifying the main elements that define the use of ITC in the family, at the weekend. We analyzed data collected from a sample of high school students, concerning the preference for various activities that include or take advantage of means of communication. Due to the complexity of the issue, we made analyses based on gender, in relation to the age of the respondents, to their residence, to the family extension, starting from their religious affiliation or confession, as well as to their education level.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130072431","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":"WHY CHOOSE A SPECIFIC CAREER? WHY NOT?","authors":"Emil Stan, M. Suditu","doi":"10.24250/jpe/2/2017/ESMS","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/jpe/2/2017/ESMS","url":null,"abstract":"This study analysis the way in which a post-totalitarian society (such as ours) is seeing the counselling as a profession. The paper is also approaching the reasons which are giving the options for a higher education path in an educational system in which the practice of counselling is almost absent. For this purpose we used the Holland test to observe to what measure the students from the first year from the Educational Sciences specialization.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129975656","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":"THE SPECIFIC OF HOMESCHOOLING AS EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVE","authors":"C. Bran","doi":"10.24250/jpe/2/2017/CB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24250/jpe/2/2017/CB","url":null,"abstract":"More and more parents consider education at home, homeschooling, as a solution to the crisis of the educational system from Romania. In our country, there are few scientific studies analysis of the impact of this alternative on cognitive acquisitions and the development of personality traits of children. The study proposed by us, carried out in the spring 2017, had as its primary objective the analysis of how homeschooling is practiced and carried out in families in our country, especially due to the fact that, in Romania, this educational alternative is not legalized. One of the methods of data collection were the online questionnaire. We have noticed that parents who already practice this system education face the prejudices of those around, most of the time, not even supporting the family or close friends. Sometimes due to this system of thinking, parents do not even dare to say they are educating themselves their own children, fearing that they will be judged. The legalization of this system and putting it \"in the light\" of the scientific approach would be just for the benefit of the children.","PeriodicalId":333593,"journal":{"name":"Journal Plus Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125535603","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}