Impact of Intellectual Disability on the Family Economy in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria  - Pages 254-261

Owoade Philip Adeleke, James Abua Ewa, James Eburikuri Olayi and Samuel Orim Orim

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.02.22
Published: 07 July 2020

Abstract: This study investigated the impact of intellectual disability (ID) on the family economy in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The cost of parenting a child with ID in Nigeria is overwhelming as there is no state provision for the care of this group, consequently imposing burden on the parents. Parents of persons with ID in Calabar South Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria, constituted the study population. The study sample includes 150 parents of persons with ID. Intellectual Disability and Family Economy Assessment Scale (r = 0.877) was used for data collection. Data were analysed using frequency count and percentage. The study revealed that ID significantly affects the family economy and education of siblings and persons with ID in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The impact of ID on the family economy in the study area is generally negative. Nigerian government should put in place the necessary social facility that will help reduce the impact of the disability on the families.

Keywords: Intellectual disability (ID), impact, family economy, Calabar, Nigeria.

Special Education Paradigm in Contemporary Vital Environment at Educational Institutions  - Page 262

Published: 14 September 2020

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Questions of Development of Students’ Functional Literacy  - Pages 263-269

Zhainagul Beisenova, Kulanda Kanafiyeva, Saltanat Moldakhmetova and Zhanar Kuandykova

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.03.1

Published: 14 September 2020

Abstract: Objective: The article is devoted to the definition of critical thinking skills, the stimulation of critical thinking in language teaching. One of the requirements of the global linguistic globalisation is functional literacy, which involves a degree of native languages. Today the objective historical principal is the nomination of more serious requirements to the knowledge level and skills of students.

Background: In the current realities, the educational process in higher education institutions should focus on building skills that contribute to the implementation of the concept of “education throughout life”. It is obvious that the main condition for the formation of such skills is the presence of a certain level of functional literacy.

Method: To test the hypothesis of the research and achieve the objectives the following methods have been used: theoretical: analysis of pedagogical, philosophical, psychological literature on research; empirical: observation, analysis of results of operations, testing, conducting formative, notes and summarising experiments; statistical: mathematical processing of experimental results.

Results: The results of experimental work have shown positive changes in all indicators of the activity component. Significantly reduce the number of students who own conclusions and explanations skills at a low level.

Conclusion: To ensure the efficiency of the formation of functional literacy encourage students to apply the technology of critical thinking, which can be used to form the organisational, intellectual and other skills, including the ability to carry out activities of teaching independently.

Keywords: Qualified specialists, educational process, law schools, educational motivation, critical thinking.

The Organisation of Educational Space in the New Ukrainian School  - Pages 270-279

Nadiia V. Bilousova, Tetiana V. Hordiienko, Nataliia M. Demchenko, Olena S. Filonenko and Artur A. Bobro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.03.2

Published: 14 September 2020

Abstract: Objective: The paper covers the issue of organisation of educational space of primary education in the conditions of establishment of the NUS. The purpose of the study was to determine the specific features in the organisation of educational space in foreign educational institutions and to provide recommendations for the organisation of educational space of the NUS.

Background: The school begins with the organisation of new educational space as a carrier of symbolic information, which ensures additional opportunities for the cognitive, aesthetic, ethical development of the subjects of the educational process. The ideas of organising the educational space of foreign countries, with a clear division into the physical environment, curriculum, human factors, are embodied in the practice of the New Ukrainian School (NUS) to organise opportunities to meet the needs of the educational process while having its own features.

Method: The authors used communicative, cognitive, transformative, systematising and control methods of teaching during the research.

Results: The concept of "educational space" is described; models of organisation of educational space are presented. The paper provides the analysis of an array of works of scholars, which cover various aspects of the definition of educational space. The educational sources, which are determined by the Methodical recommendations on the organisation of the educational space of the New Ukrainian School, are analysed.

Conclusion: Recommendations are given to future primary school teachers on the organisation of educational space and educational sources in classrooms of modern primary school. The general conclusions concerning the investigated problem are formulated.

Keywords: Specialised education, schoolchild, training, modern tendencies, foreign experience.

Behavioural Features of Various Social Groups on the Internet  - Pages 280-287

Galina I. Gerasimova, Nadezhda Yu. Gavrilova and Pavel S. Medvedev

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.03.3

Published: 14 September 2020

Abstract: Objective: The objective of the article is to find an effective model for teaching children using modern educational technologies.

Background: The relevance of the study is that the formation of communication in social networks is determined by the ability to search for strategies for social contacts. In this regard, a significant part of people uses a ready-made communicative model created on a technological basis in social networks. The issue of understanding the general structure of communication in the formation of the social structure of a person in adolescents remains debatable.

Method: The article notes that the operation of social networks is governed by purely technical methods and technologies, which can be considered as prerequisites for the translation of such technologies into the space of social interactions.

Results: The authors show that the possibility of a regulatory impact on adolescent behaviour fully meets the principles of organising network communities with an orientation on each person's individual characteristics.

Conclusion: The use of Internet technologies allows for the growth and timely development of communication technologies for the formation of a balanced personality in a globalised world.

Keywords: Internet, information technology, social communication, formation.