Aim: to identify the influence of body length on the indicators of vegetative-vascular regulation of student-athletes. Material and methods. The study involved 42 second-year students who play sports at the amateur level (qualification level - 2-3 sports degree). The following research methods were used in the work: method of analysis of literary sources; method of determining body length; orthostatic test method; method of determining stroke volume and minute blood volume. Results. It was found that the increase in systolic blood pressure during the transition from horizontal to vertical position in students whose body length is above 190, significantly higher than in students whose body length does not exceed 175 cm (p <0.01) diastolic blood pressure, then in students whose body length is above 190 cm, this figure is significantly higher (p <0.01) both horizontally and vertically. The stroke volume of tall (more than 190 cm body length) students in the standing position is significantly less than that of students with a body length of 150-175 cm. There is a significant effect of body length on systolic blood pressure in the standing position, diastolic blood pressure in the supine and standing positions, heart rate in the supine and standing positions, stroke volume in the standing position, minute blood volume in the supine position and standing (p <0,001). The effect of body length on the orthostatic test was also significant for the following data: systolic blood pressure in the vertical position, diastolic blood pressure in the vertical position; change in diastolic blood pressure when changing body position from horizontal to vertical; heart rate in vertical and horizontal positions; change in heart rate during the transition from horizontal to vertical position; stroke volume of blood in the vertical position; change in stroke volume of blood during the transition from horizontal to vertical position; all indicators of minute blood volume. Conclusions. The state of the cardiovascular system of student-athletes is characterized by high fitness. It was found that students with a body length of more than 190 cm have difficulty with vegetative-vascular regulation.
The purpose of the study is to examine and evaluate the impact the "flipped classroom" model-based learning environment accompanied by multimedia-based textbook entitled "English through Soft Skills" provides for the learning styles of the university students majoring in Economics. The study sought to identify tangible (seemingly measurable) and intangible (difficult to measure) gains the "flipped classroom" learning model brought to both students and instructors. A multimedia textbook "English through Soft Skills" was developed for the study. A multi method approach was used to gather feedback and quantitative methods were used to analyze the data. Specifically, Covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) software as SPSS AMOS and Textalyzer were used to process the students' responses to survey questions. The results reported a shift in student preferences in learning, including a greater desire to engage independently with computer-assisted work, quicker problem solving, increased motivation to study, and improved time management and lifelong learning skills. Additionally, there was a shift in teaching approaches of the instructors, namely from a teacher-centered to a student-centered approach. The study may better inform building the learning process for the students with limited learning opportunities or studying the distance learning model. Despite the experimental group involving only the students majoring in Economics, this methodology could be applicable to teaching English for Specific Purposes to other majors, such as: Business, International Relations, Psychology, Law. The research is advancing the knowledge of integration multimedia tools into teaching, and specifically the use of multimedia textbooks in the "flipped classroom" settings to deliver Business English course to the students majoring in Economics Keywords: tertiary school, teaching business English, "flipped classroom" model, multimedia-based textbook This research was inspired by the easy-to-adjust nature of the multimedia textbook-based "flipped classroom" model as it fits ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approaches to teaching English Language at tertiary schools. A "flipped classroom" teaching method is often difined as the inverted classroom, or to put it simply, the flip. This teaching method or model is related to the concept of creating a hybrid, or blended learning and problem-based learning environment to engage students in active learning through the use of new technologies (Arnold-Garza, 2014). The latter moves the lecture outside of class and enables using class time more efficienly dedicating it to the practical application assignments (Educause, 2012). Therefore, flipped learning is
Purpose: to reveal the features of the indicators of the orthostatic test in students with different body lengths and different sport´s specializations, studying in the specialty "Physical education and sports". Material and methods. The study involved 42 students who play sports at the amateur level. The following research methods were used in the work: method of analysis of literary sources; method of determining body length; orthostatic test method; method of determining stroke volume and minute blood volume. Results. The influence of both factors (body length and sport) on the orthostatic test was significant for the following data: systolic blood pressure in the vertical position, diastolic blood pressure in the vertical position; change in diastolic blood pressure when changing body position from horizontal to vertical; Heart rate in vertical and horizontal positions; change in heart rate during the transition from horizontal to vertical position; stroke volume of blood in the vertical position; change in the stroke volume of blood during the transition from horizontal to vertical position; all indicators of minute volume of a blood-groove (p <0,005; p <0,01; p <0,001). The more significant influence of judo and football classes in comparison with running short and medium distances on the indicators of vegetative-vascular regulation was determined: the best indicators - in judo, the next place - in football, then - athletes. It was found that students with a body length of more than 190 cm have difficulty with vegetative-vascular regulation. Conclusions. To improve the adaptive capacity of vascular regulation to change the position of the body from horizontal to vertical in tall athletes is effective to use any exercise, but the most effective exercises that activate aerobic and anaerobic glycolytic energy systems. Also useful are exercises that require frequent transitions from lying down (sitting) to standing position, as well as changes in the direction of movement.
The paper examines the difficulties teachers and students face while teaching and learning Business English in Ukrainian higher institutions; identifies and evaluates the problems of teaching English to future lawyers; determines the main methods and methodological approaches in teaching English for Specific Purposes and Business English to future lawyers. The authors describe a project recently piloted at the Academy of the State Penitentiary Service (Chernihiv, Ukraine) in which law students participated in the attitude survey toward learning the English language. In this study, feedback and quantitative methods were used to analyse the data of surveys. The teachers' and students' responses to survey questions were examined. The results showed a shift from a teacher-centred to a student-centred approach in university teaching and student preferences in learning English. The study calls for the enhancement of teaching the essential professional skills in English that students need to succeed in making their pathway choices and enable continuous growth throughout a legal career. Research findings are discussed with due regard to the surveyed students' needs and personality-oriented principles in legal education. The results indicate a need for methodological innovations that will support meaningful learning and boost the students' and cadets' productivity and efficiency of teaching and learning process. Despite the experimental group involving only the cadets and students majoring in "Law" and "Law enforcement", this methodology could be applied to teaching Business
Current reforms in the education systems in all European countries involve modernization of the education content in terms of implementation of new educational standards, programmes of study and textbooks, refining teaching approaches. It actualizes comparative studies in order to outline the achievements of European education and to define opportunities to use them in an innovative and efficient way in Ukrainian education. The study aims to make comparative analyses of curriculum format and in four parts of the UK in order to outline areas of similarities and differences of the curriculum content in the UK. The study covers approaches to the designing of school curriculum in terms of programmes of study formulation (in accordance with national curriculum aims, community, school and pupils needs); planning a timetable; the number of terms in a year; lesson length, subject allocations, minimum time per subject per week, pupil groupings, additional hours for numeracy and literacy. The article illustrates how the schools are adapting their curriculum in light of current curriculum and education reforms. The article draws on evidence from a sample of primary schools in the UK, which provides an overview of how primary schools currently build, plan, implement, monitor and improve their curriculum. Key approaches to designing and structuring the curriculum content are also specified in the study. These are the principle of considering community and pupils' needs, educational traditions while forming the education content, practice-centred approach, resulting quality and the principle of flexibility.
Recent sociological surveys reflect direct dependence of economic growth in European countries on the level of their citizens’ skills of English as the Language of International Communication. Taking this fact into consideration there is an increasing need for capacity building in the sphere of the English language in the learning process of higher educational establishments in general and on the MA level in particular, which will enable all-round growth of every citizen. The relevance of learning English to broaden educational and professional horizons and capacities encourages Ukraine to develop state initiatives aimed at providing labour market with competitive graduates; to promote integration of educational and academic components into international and European communities; to support in-depth and systematic English language learning as a high-priority state policy area. A state educational vision as a predictable result in the sphere of developing English language learning strategy by 2025 is considered the basis for implementing specific recommendations and steps. According to recent projections a concessive adoption of the strategy will likely result in the increase of the English language skills among students and teachers, more attention to and better reputation of English due to high quality methods, free access to educational resources, professional growth of the academic personnel, relevant content of the disciplines taught. The last of the listed actions is of great interest to the developers of the Master courses “Foreign Language for Specific Purposes”. It stems from the fact that Master’s Degree is obtained according to the academic and professional components of educational programmes. Specifically professinal components as a system of essential constituents within the scope of a chosen profession define the anticipated competences an individual must acquire, which results in the content peculiarities of the academic discipline “Foreign Language for Specific Purposes”. Key words: the second educational level, “Foreign Language for Specific Purposes”, psychologists, interdisciplinary approach, competence approach, knowledge, competences, skills.
The authors of the article substantiate the peculiarities of organizing the distance teaching English to future lawyers with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period. The aim of the article is to develop the conceptual foundations in the organization of future lawyers’ distance learning of English with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period. The tasks of the study are to cover theoretical background and to develop the foundations in the organization of future lawyers’ distance learning of English with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period. According to the aim and tasks of the study, it is proposed to carry out future lawyers’ distance learning of English with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period on the basis of personal-activity, competent and reflexive approaches. Research methods include theoretical methods (analysis of domestic and foreign resources on the theme of this research, analysis of modern programmes for teaching English for Specific Purposes and the Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning languages; the experience in forming English communicative competence to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning English; analysis of online platforms for forming English communicative competence); empirical ones (testing of cadets and students to determine their level of formation of English communicative competence and the requirements of the programme for teaching foreign languages in a higher education institution; identifying the difficulties to improve the process of organizing the distance teaching English to future lawyers with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period). The educational material of distance teaching English to future lawyers includes English speech and language samples, grammar rules, vocabulary of the topics for a certain stage of studying English at the Academy. The results of the study consist of the development of conceptual foundations in the organization of future lawyers’ distance learning of English with the use of a multimedia textbook during the war period. The authors found that current events in Ukraine require essential modernization of the process of training future lawyers, first and foremost, to develop in them analytical changes, strategic thinking, the ability to synthesize information received through English mass media, use professional knowledge during communicating in English with foreign colleagues, quickly adapt to changes, etc. It was established that thanks to the integration of verbal and audiovisual information in the multimedia guide, the educational material on the chapter’s topic is much better perceived and easier to remember for students, in addition, it is presented multi-level and varied. The developed technology of distance learning of English consists of the preparatory, organizational and final parts and organizational, educational and control stages. The authors propose to carry out distance learning of English using a multimedia guide on the basis of personally-oriented, competency-based and reflective approaches.
Expansive development of the English language throughout the world has recently given it the status of the language of international communication, known as a global language or “lingua franca”. The established status of English is strengthened by its dominating in the sphere of politics, mass media, culture, trade and science. Globalization processes accompanied by the expansion of the English language influenced the demand on staff with certain amount of knowledge and skills in the sphere of international communication. Considering the rising need in English-speaking employees, there is a need in preparing teachers capable of teaching competitive specialists. Accordingly, it is important to find optimal methods to teach English to adult students. The article aims at presenting an outline of existing teaching methods to teach English as a second (foreign) language in the view of characterizing basic practices, their development and their influence on adult learners. At the same time the article describes key points of individually-oriented innovative EU educational platform. In order to achieve the intended objective of the research there was certain methodology applied. Descriptive method let us analyze relevant features of main English teaching methods; historical method helped uncover their developmental peculiarities; comparative method was used to single out their common and different traits in the methodology used in teaching and learning English as a foreign language. Regarding a method to be a set of procedures, which turn out to be a practical implementation of the chosen approach in a teaching process, the paper reveals different viewpoints on its nature, stresses on hierarchical relations between a method and an approach, and dwells on the major methods having made a considerable impact on the modern English Teaching Methods in EU. Resulting from main approaches and methods, a case study of «IC-ENGLISH» platform as an example of an individual approach to teaching adults is presented, whereas four sui generis styles of learning designed by its creators focus on every personality type satisfying their learning needs. The practical value of the paper lies in the ability to apply the results of the research I teaching English as a second (foreign) language on the basis of the suggested student personality types and according to the devised practical tasks. Key words: English Teaching Methods, foreign language, method, approach, IC English platform, adult learning types.
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