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I. Ilina, E. Kryukova, A. Zotova & E. Kuznetsova & E. Nakhratova
Russian State Social University, Moscow, Russia

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.15

Abstract

The article analyses the relative position of the Russian teachers from higher education institutions in professional labor market in transition. The specificity of teachers’ situation in the labor market is revealed in conditions of shift from administrative command system to market relations. There are distinguished the factors that increase the risk of job loss risk by teachers of different categories. The characteristics of main forms and types of “professorate” unemployment in modern stage are discussed. Based on the results of sociological survey, the relation of teachers to the market economy is analyzed and an attempt is made to find out the way which can stabilize teachers’ professional position at the time when new educational policies are being implemented in order to optimize the field of higher education.

Keywords: Labor market, academic teachers, unemployment, employment, higher school upgrading.

Nurbol Koyshybaevich Abishev
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan

 Victor Alekseevich Dalinger
Omsk State Pedagogical University, Russia

Yessen Yklasovich Bidaibekov
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan

Oleg Victorovich Knyazyev
Omsk State Pedagogical University, Russia

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.14

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This article discusses changes happening in higher education systems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan namely  diversification,  democratization, globalization and regionalization of education, as well as the main directions of modernization of these systems according to the Bologna Declaration: increased access to the European education, improving the quality of higher education, introducing comprehensible, comparable qualifications in higher education, introducing assessment of study attainment and performance in terms of credit points, inclusion of the curriculum in the diploma supplement, the increased mobility of students, teachers and administrative staff. The article also deals with the problems of higher education in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, and analyzes competency-based approach to the construction of the educational process in higher education, and comments on the shortcomings of the competency-based approach. It also covers the basics of active and interactive learning technologies and methods for the diagnosis and assessment of learning outcomes (NPS – technology of assessment of the quality of learning outcomes, the system of expert assessments and the method of calculating Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient).

Keywords: higher education, competency-based approach, NPS-technology of assessment of the quality of learning outcomes, the system of expert evaluations.

Surapee Akomkong & Vichian Puncreobutr
St.Theresa International College, Thailand

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.13

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 The purpose of this study was to measure the Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture of Educational Institutions along the Thai-Lao borders at Bueng Kan province. The target respondents for the study are students’ parents and Thai teachers in schools along Thai-Lao borders and the estimated sample size for the study is 384. The statistical tools used for the study are mean, T-test and Pearson’s simple correlation. The results of the study furnished that existence of transformational leadership and organizational culture is at high level in schools along Thai-Lao borders. Besides, among the parents and teachers, parent’s agreeableness is high towards transformational leadership and organizational culture. And the correlation results indicate that there is a positive significant relationship (.639) between transformational leadership and organizational culture. Conclusion and suggestions are presented for applications in future research.

Keywords: transformational leadership; organizational leadership; educational administrators; Bueng Kan Province

Tanat Titiworatat & Vichian Puncreobutr
St. Theresa International College, Thailand

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.12

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This research was aimed at studying the readiness level of educational management in providing education in the Thai-Lao border region of Bung Karn Province. The study compared the readiness level of educational management in terms of nationality and category of respondents. The target respondents of the study are parents, students and teachers/administrators who live along Thai-Lao border of Bung Karn Province. The estimated sample size of the study was 384 based on Krejcie and Morgan Table. The survey questionnaire was constructed for the study and tested for reliability, which hold good reliability with Cronbach alpha value at .82. Statistical tools used for the study are Mean, T-Test and One-way ANOVA. The result indicated that major group of respondents are Laos people and most of them are willing to work in Thailand and foreign nations. The overall readiness of educational management is at moderate level, whereas the aspects like academics and resources are highly ready to serve the people in the region. But in terms of international program, the educational management is not yet ready to serve the community. When comparing the readiness of educational management in terms of nationality, there is no significant difference among Thais and Laos People, but in terms of category of respondents (Parents, Students and Teachers) significant difference exists. Further pair wise comparison test has been conducted and it is found that the significant difference exists in parents’ group towards readiness of educational management.

Keywords: readiness; educational management; Bueng Kan Province.

J.P. Aggarwal
Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.11

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The novels of Toni Morrison depict her tirade against the forces of white hegemony; she has raised a cry of Black women in America.  The Bluest Eye, Beloved and Song of Soloman use the tools of subversion, perversion and eroticism to depict the traumatic experiences of the Black women protagonists. Toni Morrison’s main concern is to tell the world how the Blacks are dehumanized. Her novels depict the cancerous virus of hatred and racial antagonism and gender discrimination. She uses grotesque, magic, the gruesome and elements of folk tale to depict the psychological depression and mental disorder of her women protagonists. Her novel The Bluest Eye presents Pauline Breedlove, Beloved depicts the traumatic life of Sethe who kills her own daughter in pervert desperation. The erotic and sexual scenes in all these novels are subversive in nature and Morrison infuses positive elements into erotic and sexual actions of the Black stereotypes alluding to the primitive slavish history. In Song of Soloman, Pilate Dead has the elements of grotesque and his bizarre vision helps to dig out the perversion in the Black protagonists who grow violent; destructive and depressed. The present research paper digs out the dilemmas and absurdities of the Blacks who are caught in the trap of perverse behavior and erotic sensibility.

Keywords: Dilemmas, Eroticism, Sexuality, Perversion, absurdities, Racial, Consciousness, Excavation

Gurpal S. Rana
Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.10

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This paper explores the justification for a prosody based model of English language teaching which focus on enhancing “sophisticated communicative competence” of learners, while weighing in divergent ideas which might scuttle this pedagogical initiative. In the article four different dimensions are examined with the aim of exploring the neglect of prosodic focus in language teaching and learning: 1) Non native identity of the language teacher as a stumbling block, 2) Fallacy of assumption about automatic acquisition of prosodic attributes, 3) Misperception about prosody being a mere academic exercise, and 4) Defying “critical period hypothesis” underlying biological constraints in acquisition of language nuances.  The choice of title of brick-mortar analogy lays renewed focus on subtle characteristics of speech, which remain either largely ignored in curricula or undermined as a pedagogical tool.

Keywords: prosodic orientation, suprasegmentals, pragmatic fossilization, critical period hypothesis, communicative competence.

E.A. Dyganova & Z. M. Yavgildina
Kazan  Federal University (the Volga region), Russian Federation, Kazan

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.09

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The article focuses on improving the professional performance of teachers of music, particularly, on achieving a higher level of the capability for self-education. Equipped by the techniques for self-education, a teacher-musician will continue to grow personally and professionally; the techniques determine the level of his/her professional achievements. The authors have developed, proved theoretically and implemented a set of schooling features in the academic practice of a teachers’ training university. These aim at cultivating the culture of self-education, necessary for a teacher-musician for mastering the disciplines in the field of choir singing and conducting. The program has undergone a trial period of validation and the results give grounds to conclude that the authors’ concepts are effective.

 Keywords: self-education, self-education for music educators, the culture of self-education, a set of schooling features, disciplines in the field of conducting and choir singing, a future teacher-musician

Devdeep Chakarvarti
Academic Heights Public School, Haridwar , Uttarakhand , India

Manohar Lal
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.08

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The present study was conducted to determine the relationship of emotional intelligence with social physique anxiety and performance of sprinters. It compared the emotional intelligence and social physique anxiety between high performance and low performance sprinters. The study was conducted with of 23 sprinters, including the high performers (N1=8) and low performers (N2=15) belonging to All India Inter-University. To determine the relationship of emotional intelligence with social physique anxiety and performance, the product moment method of correlation was used, and to test the difference of significance between two groups independent ‘t’ test was used. Results revealed that, all the components of emotional intelligence have negative insignificant relationship with social physique anxiety and competition performance among sprinters. Findings further showed that high performance sprinters were insignificantly more emotional intelligent with less social physique anxiety than low performance sprinters.

Key Words: Emotional intelligence, social physique anxiety, performance and sprinters.

Ripudaman Singh

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.07

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Role of education and particularly female education in the development process is well documented. Economists of the classical period have also highlighted this association. Besides the social and economic benefits of education, female literacy is considered a bet in improving the health and basic child care. Higher literacy rates show lower poverty ratios in different parts of the world. India has also shown a tremendous increase in its literacy rates since independence, but it too has the largest concentration of poor people in the world. This has been postulated to be tested through the case of India. Present paper attempts to determine the spatial patterns of female literacy and economic development in India. Higher female literacy rate districts are noted for lower proportions of poor populations.

Keyword: Asset-less population, economic development, female literacy, India.

Neelam Sharma & Nidhi Sharma

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.06

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Autism is a multifaceted neuro-behavioral disorder and includes impairments in  language, social interaction and communication skills. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of yogic and recreational activities for improving self injurious and aggressive behaviour of autistic children. The study was conducted on  twenty (20) autistic children of age group of 8-14 years. Further, respondents were bifurcated  into three equal groups namely i.e -yogic group, recreational group and control group. Two years selected training program, based on the interest and connotation of respondents were given to the subjects. Before imparting the session of yoga and recreation activities, pre-test data were obtained through Autistic Distress behavior  standardized scale. Pre-test and post-test data were collected by imparting selected training programme to the subjects. No experimental treatment was given to control group. The results of  present  investigation affirm  positive effects of recreational and Yogic activities on the different dimensions of self injurious and aggression behaviour.

Keywords: Autism,Yoga, Recreation, Self injury, Aggression, Behaviour