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Due to the fact that it is vitally important for the people of Latvia to preserve and develop their national identity in today’s globalized world, it is especially important to maintain a high level of art education quality and promote the well-being of art teachers more holistically. In the era of growing globalization and multiculturalism, suppor...
During the period of 2018-2019, in line with the informative notification "Proposals for Providing a Conceptually New Complying with the Requirements of Competence-Based Teacher Education in Latvia" different-level new study programs in the field of education were developed. Oriented towards research-based higher education, improvement of study qua...
The topic of academic integrity (AI) has recently gained importance worldwide. In Latvia, from 2019, these issues have been revisited in initiatives of the Ministry of Education and Science and higher education institutions (HEIs). Taking into account the increasing diversity of challenges related to AI, HEIs face the need to create research and an...
Career growth or career planning is a process that a person can go through to improve their professional status. It is the process of making decisions for long term learning, to align personal needs of physical or psychological fulfilment with career advancement opportunities. In the study, the relevance of self-development of career and profession...
The role of health care personnel in any medical institution is particularly important. Staff as a resource is the most important and valuable capital that ensures the continuous and systemic functioning of the institution, its development in perspective. The competence and attitude of the employees determine the satisfaction of clients and patient...
The aim of the study is to assess the role of the university environment of higher education institutions in Latvia in the formation and promotion of the entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, paying special attention to the impact of the protracted epidemic crisis on entrepreneurial mobility. In the sc...
The aim of the study is to assess the role of the university environment of higher education institutions in Latvia in the formation and promotion of the entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, paying special attention to the impact of the protracted epidemic crisis on entrepreneurial mobility. In the sc...
Improvement of quality of public services is one of the important goals in the advancement of the operation of state / public administration in Latvia. The aim of the research was to evaluate the quality of customer service in the institutions of public administration in Latvia, to perform the factor analysis of the collected data.The research was...
. The aim of the present study is to consider a range of problems that are to be solved during the implementation of the projects aimed at increasing the access to healthcare and based on the achievements of the new technological order on the example of Latvia, primarily the e-health project. Since January1, 2018, the use of the e-health system in...
In modern social science, the concept of multidimensional poverty is considered the most progressive approach to measuring poverty in countries of various development levels, including the developed ones. As an indicator of poverty in the EU, the multidimensional index of the risk of poverty and social exclusion (AROPE) is used, which integrates th...
National security and sustainability are the main priority of any state. Therefore the Republic of Lithuania as well as any other state follows its National Security Strategy which establishes the interests of national security, directions of its evolution, the security and defence policy in general, means and types of risk factors and threats to t...
This article is aimed to give an empirical answer to the following research questions: 1) whether work as a type of activity and as a life value is losing its significance in the modern world; 2) whether human-machine collaboration (HMC) is a significant factor of labour productivity and efficiency. The authors suppose, that in the market economy l...
It is obvious that in recent years the system of higher education quality assurance has undergone several essential changes: a greater emphasis is being laid on the qualification framework, on student-centred learning and study results; also there is a change in the attitude from quality assurance towards the development of the teaching staff. One...
Scholars have been interested in issues related to the investigation of personal traits specifically characteristic of leaders, trying to locate the essential factors of leader formation as well as the features that hold a person in a leading position. The present research opens up a new perspective on the investigation of the successful leaders pe...
As an academic higher education institution, Daugavpils University (Latvia) operates in the new knowledge-based information environment, which is characterised by radical and far-reaching changes. Such environment enables creation and implementation of knowledge that is needed to build up and strengthen the platform of Daugavpils University mission...
In recent years the system of higher education quality assurance has undergone several essential changes: a greater emphasis is being laid on the qualification framework, on student-centered learning and study results, the development of the teaching staff, active students’ participation in the assessment of the study process. The given study is or...
In the context of external and internal requirements for accountability and improved higher education, coupled with high quality education requirements, institutions of higher learning and systems at all levels seek to understand how they can more effectively collect, disseminate and share information and seek more effective ways of making decision...
At present, there is an objectively determined process of the formation of a new type of education paradigm that envisages both in content and in organization passage from an informational-reproductive model to that of creative search. Solution of these problems requires operative organization in Latvia of the growth of professional competence of e...
Information Technologies keep developing and have steadily become available to a growing number of users. It is then necessary to emphasize importance on data security and employees mobility. Social engineering and quality management systems in organizations are directly connected with the use of the latest Information Exchange Technologies. In the...
Researchers have extensively explored the conditions determining happiness and the quality of life of children in the educational setting since the educational system does not meet the needs of a contemporary child. The purpose of this study is to reflect on the view of happiness of a child by various stakeholders. This qualitative study explores t...
Organizational culture is an important issue because of its` big influence on enterprises’
productivity and consequently on realization of their objectives and goals. The
validation and harmonization of organizational values and employees’ values has an
important role in increasing operational efficiency. It has long been established that enterpris...
Since 1991 the government of Latvia pays a close attention to the security of Latvia in the Transatlantic space. To ensure a security of the country, this is essential to secure borders of the country. Recently the issue of migration has become a topical question in Latvia and in Europe, causing controversial debates and discussions in media. The a...
Information is the most precious thing in the world. It has been a well-known fact for centuries. Introducing electronic data exchange into the enterprises and organizations, an issue about information and its security has become more topical than ever before. Recently more and more people have been thinking about information security because from...
The existing system of values in organization is best for describing the basic meaning of organizational culture. In order to understand what the values are, which unites organizations and their employees and how they change, the personal and organizational culture values are viewed and analysed in this study. Values were already analysed by ancien...
This paper examines the peculiarities and principles of elaboration of teaching materials which re-orient studies in the sphere of management sciences to learning outcomes and are based on the transdisciplinary approach. The main results of the research are related to reorientation of study process to learning outcomes in the sphere of management s...
Scientists and practitioners have developed and continue to refine methodologies of knowledge management with the aim to implement it into practice of public organisations. In recent studies, there has been an emphasis on the development of what can be considered a transdisciplinary approach in knowledge production and usage, where knowledge manage...
The understanding of a human development and consequently of the educational process in the contemporary Latvia’s pedagogy has the following accents: student’s activity in learning/teaching process; activity as a base for the development; all-round and harmonious development; individuality as the unity of qualities of the activity subject (Žogla, 2...
The paper is concerned with the investigation of organization culture and it sees organization as a complicated social mechanism, which is an especially topical issue in matters of state administration. Many researchers consider that organization culture is the principal potential for the survival of an institution, because organization culture is...
The article is devoted to the study of organizational culture, this is being considered as a problematic topic in management but it requires a wise management. Culture should not be considered as an obstacle in business. In time of competitiveness and changes it has some advantages (Hoecklin, 1994). The culture of a particular organization determin...
The current problems and obvious contradictions in Latvia’s education require flexibility in pedagogical work: one the one hand, the system of Latvian education needs changes, and on the other hand, we also need people who will advance and stimulate these processes. This poses a question: what are the most essential teacher’s competences which can...
Multi-subject scientific journal "Innovations and Technologies News" 1 (2): 21-36. ISSN 1691-4937.
Theoretical research of innovations is a new field in research activities, and it creates challenges for education. The research emphasizes the importance of identifying what teachers think about innovations in education and their own position in rel...
The article offers an integrated review of literature on the phenomenon of professional identity. Empirically, professional identity has been studied in the experimental group consisting of 214 Daugavpils University students majoring in teacher training programs, using M.Kuhn methodology and the unfinished statement technique. The data obtained fro...
This research is focused on philosophical basis of the master study program "Community and Establishment Administration" in the context of community's democratization in Latvia. Integration into European Union is a main priority for the nearest future as it is defined in the documents of Ministry Cabinet of Latvian Republic. The majority of adminis...
Theoretical research of innovations is a new field in research activities, and it creates challenges for education. Nowadays, in Latvian society much attention has been given to the main value – a human being as a creative person who encourages the development of the society. Research aim: to investigate theoretical foundations of innovative activi...
The stimulation of teacher's motivation towards creative work can be understood as the stimulation of a teacher towards meaningful enquiry of possibilities of one's creative work, as well as fostering cooperation with other teachers, institutions and also by developing teacher's pedagogical and methodological culture. The stimulation of creativity...
Teachers' Views on Innovative Processes in Schools of Latvia
Orienting society toward sustainable development is impossible without the development of a teacher into a creative person with his/her individual style of activity and thinking. This cannot be achieved without a continuous and systematic professional development that promotes innovation....
Characterization of the new trends in current education and emphasis on the role of the research for the development of teacher provides a background for the analysis of the methodological aspects of the research within the context of teacher's sustainable development. A teacher dealing with the current pedagogical issues has to conduct the researc...
