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Main Organizers & Co-organizers |

● LUMEN Media SRL, Iasi | ROMANIA

● LUMEN Media Ltd., London | UNITED KINGDOM

● LUMEN Conference Center, Iasi | ROMANIA

● LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi | ROMANIA

● LUMEN Publishing House, Iasi | ROMANIA

● LUMEN Consultancy & Training Center, Iasi | ROMANIA

● Teacher Training Department, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania

● YouTube Channel Editura LUMEN

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Partners |

Valahia University of Targoviste, Faculty of Political Sciences, Letter and Communication, Targoviste | ROMANIA

Free International University of Moldova (ULIM) | REPUBLIC of MOLDOVA

Faculty of Law & Administrative Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University from Suceava | ROMANIA

Romanian Association of Medical Law, Iasi | ROMANIA

State University of Physical Education and Sports, Chișinău | Moldova

Research Center for Applied Ethics| Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest | ROMANIA

National Association of Social Workers| Iasi Branch | ROMANIA

Higher Education Research and Consulting Company | SUA

Grow More College of Education, Himatnagar, Gujarat | INDIA

Faculty of Physical Education and Sports within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi | ROMANIA

Faculty of Business and Industrial Management of the “Union – Nikola Tesla” University in Belgrade (FBIM) | SERBIA

Romanian Unit of UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Babes Bolyai, Cluj Napoca | ROMANIA

University Babes Bolyai from Cluj Napoca | ROMANIA

Academy of Sciences of Moldova | REPUBLIC of MOLDOVA

State University of Physical Education and Sport, Chisinau | REPUBLIC of MOLDOVA

“Petre Andrei” University from Iasi | ROMANIA

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“Al. I. Cuza” University from Iasi, Faculty of Philosophy and Social and Political Sciences, Iasi |ROMANIA

University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences | UKRAINE

Mukachevo State University | UKRAINE

Committees |

Organizing Committee |

Co-Directors |

Gabriel GORGHIU, PhD Professor PhD, Training Teachers Department, Valahia University of Targoviste (ROMANIA)

Antonio SANDU, PhD Professor PhD Hab., Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (ROMANIA)

Executive Board |

Laura Monica GORGHIU Associate Professor PhD, Valahia University of Targoviste (ROMANIA)

Ana FRUNZA Conferences Coordinator – LUMEN Conference Center; Lecturer PhD. Researcher III, LUMEN Research Center , Iasi (ROMANIA);

Bianca SANDU Managing Editor at LUMEN Publishing House (ROMANIA);

Roxana STRATULAT LUMEN PR Department & LUMEN Conference Center, Iasi (ROMANIA);

Elena UNGURU (GAFTON)

LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi, (ROMANIA);

Alexandra HUIDU Managing Editor at LUMEN Publishing House (ROMANIA);

Patricia GRAUR Editor at LUMEN Publishing House (ROMANIA); Conference Committee |

Professor PhD Antonio SANDU – “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (ROMANIA);

Associate Professor PhD Ana Maria Aurelia PETRESCU – Teacher Training Department, Valahia University of Targoviste, ROMANIA;


Lecturer PhD Iulian APOSTU – The University of Bucharest, Bucharest, ROMANIA;

Professor Ph.D. Gabriel GHITESCU, National University of Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest (ROMANIA)

Professor PhD Carmen NASTASE – Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava / Suceava, ROMANIA;

Associate Professor PhD Camelia Maria Cezara IGNATESCU- Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava / Suceava, ROMANIA;

Associate Professor PhD Otilia CLIPA – „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, ROMANIA;

Professor PhD Arup BARMAN – Deptt. of Business Administration, Assam University, INDIA; Ph.D, Post Doc, AMT (AIMA), F-IRATDE, Germany), FCE (Consortium Euro American)

Associate Professor PhD Simona DAMIAN – Associate Professor PhD, Chief of scientific works, Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi; Forensics MD, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Iasi, ROMANIA

Professor PhD Svetlana RUSNAC – Free International University of Moldova | MOLDOVA;

Lecturer PhD Nadejda GAGEA – Free International University of Moldova

PhD Roxana NECULA – President of the territorial department of CNASR Iasi, ROMANIA; PhD Associated professor at University „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iasi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences and Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania; Associated researcher – LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi (ROMANIA)

PhD Loredana TEREC- VLAD – “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (ROMANIA);

PhD Lukas VALEK – Ing. PhD, Assistant Professor University of Economics and Business Prague, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Entrepreneurship, Czechia (CZECH REPUBLIC);

PhD Candidate Alin SAFTEL, National University of Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest (ROMANIA)

Associate Professor PhD Luminița Mihaela DRĂGHICESCU – Teacher Training Department, Valahia University of Targoviste, (ROMANIA);

Organizing Team |

Loredana TEREC- VLAD, PhD, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (ROMANIA);

Roxana NECULA, PhD – President of the territorial department of CNASR Iasi, ROMANIA; PhD Associated professor at University „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iasi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences and Department of


Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania; Associated researcher – LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi (ROMANIA)

Lecturer PhD Ioana STĂNCESCU – Teacher Training Department, Valahia University of Targoviste, ROMANIA;

Teaching Assistant PhD Elena Ancuța SANTI – Teacher Training Department, Valahia University of Targoviste, ROMANIA;

Lecturer Ph.D Cosmin SANTI – Valahia University Targoviste, ROMANIA;


Table of contents

Key Competences in Sustainability for the Future Employees.

A dialogue between Employers and Higher Education ........................ 11 Daniela-Tatiana AGHEORGHIESEI, Laura Anca ASANDULUI,

Alexandru ŢUGUI ............................................................................................ 11

Some Aspects of Anti-Doping Control ...................................................... 14 Ecaterina AMELICICHIN, Eugen DUDNIC .................................................. 14

Culture, Knowledge and the Self Concept in the Educational

Process ............................................................................................................ 16 Mirela ANGHEL, Nicoleta Aurora POPESCU .............................................. 16

Higher Education in the Pandemic Situation. Adapting and Integrating

the Students. Good Practices .................................................................... 18 Gabriela Alina ANGHEL ................................................................................ 18

Student-Centered University Education in a Pandemic Context.

What Do Students Say? ................................................................................ 20 Gabriela Alina ANGHEL, Camelia VOICU, Ramona NEACSA............... 20

Family-School Relationship - Teachers' Opinions .................................... 23 Iulian APOSTU ................................................................................................. 23

Students’ Perspective on Education for Sustainability. Empirical

Evidences from Two Universities .................................................................. 25 Anca Laura ASANDULUI, Daniela-Tatiana AGHEORGHIESEI,

Lidia ALEXA, Gabriel ASANDULUI ................................................................ 25

Epistemological Landmarks of the Specialists Managerial-Legislative

Training in the Field of Physical Culture ..................................................... 28 Liliana BUDEVICI – PUIU ................................................................................. 28

The Behavior of Students and the Presence of Frequency Brain

Waves .............................................................................................................. 30 Oprea Valentin BUŞU, Elena Cristina ANDREI ........................................... 30

Training Opportunities for Intellectual Work Techniques ........................ 32 Viorica-Torii CACIUC ..................................................................................... 32

Cognitive Mapping as a Teaching Tool .................................................... 34 Felicia CEAUŞU ............................................................................................... 34

Early Childhood Education – Educational Policies & Good Practices 36 Otilia CLIPA ..................................................................................................... 36

General Didactics as a Theory and Methodology of Teaching ........... 38 Gabriela CRISTEA .......................................................................................... 38


Authority, Competence and Didactic Performance. A Possible Image

of Professional Skills ........................................................................................ 40 Constantin CUCOŞ........................................................................................ 40

Poor Education System - the Cause of the Lack of Labor in the

Industry ............................................................................................................ 42 Anişoara – IonelaDIACONU ......................................................................... 42

Large Hotel Chains’ Best Practices in Terms of Sustainability. Lessons

we Need to Learn ......................................................................................... 44 Lorin DRĂGAN, Daniela-Tatiana AGHEORGHIESEI .................................. 44

Teenagers` Perceptions about Discrimination ......................................... 46 Luminiţa-Mihaela DRĂGHICESCU, Ioana STĂNCESCU,

Ana-Maria SUDUC ......................................................................................... 46

Online School- a Challenge in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic ... 49 Veronica DUMITRAŞCU ................................................................................. 49

Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development - Advantages and

Disadvantages of Online Training .............................................................. 51 Roxana Constanţa ENACHE, Ana Maria Aurelia PETRESCU,

Laura Monica GORGHIU .............................................................................. 51

Educational Change as a Relational Practice ........................................ 54 Alexandra GALBIN ........................................................................................ 54

Moral and Citizenship Educational Goals; Representations for

Romanian Pre-Service Teachers ................................................................ 56 Roxana-Maria GHIAŢĂU ............................................................................... 56

Stress in Relationship with Different Types of Personality ....................... 58 Ioana Cătălina GHIŢĂ .................................................................................. 58

Principles of Gamification in Higher Education. Possible Applications

for the Online Learning ................................................................................. 60 Adina Elena GLAVA ...................................................................................... 60

From Needs to Results in the University Teaching Staff Continuous

Professional Development ........................................................................... 62 Laura Monica GORGHIU, Ana-Maria Aurelia PETRESCU,

Gabriel GORGHIU, Elena Ancuţa SANTI .................................................... 62

Democracy, Education and Sustainable Development in the XXI

Century. Psycho-Sociological Approach ................................................. 66 Silviu-Petru GRECU ......................................................................................... 66

Contemporary Commitment to NICT in Teaching and Choosing the

Proper Software ............................................................................................. 68 Mariana- Viorela, GRIGORE-FILIP (ŞERBAN) .............................................. 68

The Paradigm of Russian Psychocentric Pedagogy ............................... 71 Aura HAPENCIUC .......................................................................................... 71


The Mechanism of Social Acceptance in Groups of Schoolmates ..... 73 Alexandra HUIDU ........................................................................................... 73

Digital Storytelling in Education: Ethical Issues ......................................... 75 Maria KORDAKI .............................................................................................. 75

Education and Faith in a Pandemic World .............................................. 76 Adrian-Neculai LĂCĂTUŞ ............................................................................. 76

Academic Attitudes in the Process of Bologna. Quality Assurance .... 77 Juljana LAZE .................................................................................................... 77

Connecting Distance Learning with Education in Online Security –

Opportunities during the Global Pandemic ............................................. 80 Patrik LENGHART ............................................................................................ 80

The Impact of Using Modern Fitness Techniques vs. the Traditional

Ones on the Development of the Strength of the Lower Limbs in

Adolescent Girls ............................................................................................. 82 Nicoleta LEONTE, Ştefan TUDORANCEA, Florentin VASILESCU ............. 82

Doping Control in The Republic of Moldova: Specific Features ........... 84 Ecaterina LUNGU ........................................................................................... 84

E-learning: Introducing Computer Use in Mathematics Lessons in

Primary Education ......................................................................................... 86 Daniela Alice LUTA (MANOLESCU), Bianca Cezarina ENE,

Ionela Daniela JUGĂNARU, Daniela TUFEANU ......................................... 86

Determining Best Practices for Academic Coaches Using Online

Learning in the Area of Green Energy ...................................................... 90 Gabriela MĂNTESCU, Gabriel GORGHIU .................................................. 90

Making Career Decision in Context of COVID-19 Pandemic. An

Analysis Upon Disadvantaged Student Groups ...................................... 93 Gabriel MAREŞ, Venera-Mihaela COJOCARIU, Cristina CÎRTIȚĂ-

BUZOIANU ....................................................................................................... 93

Values Education for Public Integrity ......................................................... 96 Simona MINA .................................................................................................. 96

About Some Problems Watching Education in Moving to the Digital

Era, and Mathematics as a Tool for their Solving .................................... 98 Aslanbek NAZIEV ........................................................................................... 98

Pandemic Youth Education ...................................................................... 100 Constantin NECULA .................................................................................... 100

Narrative Therapy and Appreciative Education ................................... 102 Cătălina NECULAU ...................................................................................... 102

Violations of Privacy .................................................................................... 104 Gabriela NEMŢOI ......................................................................................... 104


Principles of Modeling Development Proces at Regional Level ......... 106 Valeriu Stelian NIŢOI, Constantina CHIRIAC, Marius GÎRTAN ............... 106

Strategies for Mitigation and Prevention of University Students’ Drop-

Out, Available in ROSE Projects ................................................................ 109 Ana-Maria Aurelia PETRESCU, Laura Monica GORGHIU,

Gabriel GORGHIU ....................................................................................... 109

Ethics Audit in Educational Organizations .............................................. 112 Antonio SANDU ............................................................................................ 112

The Factors that Influence the Students’ Eating Behavior and Coping

Mechanisms to Stress .................................................................................. 114 Elena Ancuţa SANTI, Gabriel GORGHIU .................................................. 114

The Classroom Demands, Teacher Self-Efficacy and Coping Strategies

in On-site and On-line Teaching ............................................................... 117 Maria-Doina SCHIPOR, Diana-Sînziana DUCA ....................................... 117

Contemporary Issues in Teaching School Physical Education through

Online Tools .................................................................................................. 119 Monica STANESCU ....................................................................................... 119

Teachers and Students’ Use of Social Media and Their Experience with

Online Fake News and Violent Content ................................................. 121 Ana-Maria SUDUC, Mihai BÎZOI ................................................................. 121

Sustainable Development and the better Way to Promote Education

for Regenerative Agriculture ..................................................................... 124 Gabriela TEODORESCU .............................................................................. 124

The Need for a New Strategy to Promote the Training in Education of

Farmers and Implementation of Sustainable Agriculture .................... 126 Gabriela TEODORESCU .............................................................................. 126

The Fight Against Corruption in Sport: International and National

Experience .................................................................................................... 127 Vasile TRIBOI, Natalia NASTAS ................................................................... 127

Features of Tactical Training Models in Sports Climbing at Youth

Level .............................................................................................................. 129 Antonia TRIFU, Monica STĂNESCU, Florin PELIN ...................................... 129

The Feedback, between the Reinforcement Behavior and the

Pedagogical Principle – A Perspective of Students Trapped in Online

Education ..................................................................................................... 132 Alina TURCULEŢ ............................................................................................. 132

Contributions Regarding the Development and Experimentation of a

Specific Physical Training Model for Greco-Roman Junior Wrestlers . 134 Florentin VASILESCU, Ştefan Dănuţ TUDORANCEA, Nicoleta LEONTE 134


Problematics of the Emigrants’ Accommodation in a New

Educational Context. Comparative Analysis between the Perspective

of Teachers and the Perspective of Pupils’ ............................................ 137 Aniella-Mihaela VIERIU ............................................................................... 137

The Challenges of Romanian Education in the Context of

Pandemic ..................................................................................................... 139 Loredana VLAD ........................................................................................... 139

Virtual Laboratories in Technical Education: Innovative Approaches

During the COVID-19 Pandemic .............................................................. 140 Valentin ZICHIL, Cosmin GRIGORAS, Elena NECHITA, Cristina Cirtita-

BUZOIANU, Brindusa-Mariana AMALANCEI ............................................ 140


Key Competences in Sustainability for the

Future Employees. A dialogue between

Employers and Higher Education

Daniela-Tatiana AGHEORGHIESEI1,

Laura Anca ASANDULUI2, Alexandru ŢUGUI3

Abstract

Our paper presents the initial results of a quantitative research that

explored the opinion of Romanian employers (a sample of 70

respondents) on the importance of sustainability in the company; the

key-competences in the field needed by the future employees; the

extent to which the sustainability knowlegde, abilities and

competences are taken into account in the recruitment process; the

extent to which respondents appreciate that current educational

training offered by the Romanian universities form the key

competences in sustainability, and the needed changes considered

to be applied by the higher education institutions to form the

competences required in the labor market, from the perspective of

sustainability.

More than half of the employers (62.9%) declare that sustainability is

very important in the activity of their business, and 31.4% that it is

important; among the main sustainability-related competencies that

employers consider to be important to a very large extent for their

future employees are: collaborative competency (71.4%); integrated

problem solving skills (57.1%); equally appreciated (57.1%) - the

competence of critical and creative thinking and the competence of

awareness; the strategic competence (51.4%), the anticipatory

competence (52.8%); systematic and systemic thinking competence

(48.5%). However, 70% of employers consider that the graduate of

higher education institutions in Romania have little specific

competences for sustainability. The needed changes most mentioned

by employers that would be appropriate to form the skills required in

the labor market, from the perspective of sustainability are: a closer

1 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, Iaşi,

Romania, [email protected], 0040232201445. 2 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, Iaşi,

Romania. 3 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, Iaşi,

Romania, [email protected], 0040232201600.

mailto:[email protected]


collaboration between academia and stakeholders to better

understand and address the needs of organizations and community

(74.3%); carrying out projects specific to sustainability, in which

students are voluntarily involved (70%); Introduction in the curricula of

the subjects related to sustainability / sustainable development

(65.7%).

The results of our research are addressed to the management board

of higher education institutions and the business world, and can be a

basis for decisions that might be adopted by the universities to

incorporate the concept of sustainability in their curricula to train the

future specialists, and also by the companies in hiring their employees

according the key-sustainability competences.

Keywords: sustainability in higher education; key-competences

in sustainability; sustainability and employability

Biodata

Daniela Tatiana Agheorghiesei is

Professor at Faculty of Economics and

Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan

Cuza" University of Iasi. She holds a Ph.D

diploma in Management studies. Her

areas of expertise are: management,

organizational ethics, entrepreneurship,

retail/merchandising. She followed a postdoctoral training

program (September 2010-March 2013) on "Postdoctoral

studies in the field of health policy ethics" at the Faculty of

Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr.T.Popa"

Iasi. She published 7 books as author and co-author, and over

20 articles that are indexed by the ISI Web of Science and by

other international databases. She has collaborated as expert

in numerous European-funded projects.

Anca-Laura Asandului is Professor at

Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"

University of Iasi. Her research interests are

in Applied Statistics and Applied

Econometry.


Alexandru Tugui is Professor of Business

Informatics in the Department of

Accounting, Business Informatics and

Statistics at Faculty of Economics and


Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania. He

received the Ph.D. in Economics at

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, in

2001. From 2010 he is Ph.D. adviser in Business Informatics.

In the last decade, he has been involved in the next topics of

research: Technological Singularity, Calm Technology, Limits of

AI, Society and Technology, Cloud Computing and Cloud

Accounting. He has authored or co-authored 37 books and

more than 165 papers, participated in more than 90

conferences and he was member in 17 International Program

Committees, made up of 20 conferences and workshops.

Acknowledgement

The data collection tool (the questionnaire) applied in this

research has been created by a research team coordinated

by the second author of the paper, within the frame of the

project titled ”Implementarea unor mecanisme moderne

pentru evaluarea calităţii proceselor de predare şi evaluare

didactică din perspectiva principiilor sustenabilităţii în

Universitatea ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi” – CNFIS-FDI-2019-

0540.


Some Aspects of Anti-Doping Control

Ecaterina AMELICICHIN1, Eugen DUDNIC2

Abstract

Doping is the use of substances harmful to health in order to obtain

sports performance. Doping does not only mean steroids but there is a

long list of doping substances, used in various sports from shooting to

cycling and from baseball to football. In bodybuilding, the use of

doping is only more obvious (the goal being to increase muscle mass),

not necessarily more frequent or more intense. Success in the fight

against doping in sport depends a lot on the collaboration between

all the partners in the anti-doping community: athletes, international

federations, national anti-doping organizations, regional anti - doping

organizations, national and international Olympic and Paralympic

committees, organizers of major sporting events, governments, anti-

doping laboratories, the sports arbitral tribunal. Athletes should be

subject to doping control anywhere and anytime, unjustified refusal or

failure to take samples after receiving the invitation to doping control,

in accordance with anti-doping regulations or in any way avoiding

sampling is a violation of applicable regulations. The doping control

program is in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, the

International Standard for Testing and Investigations. Unfortunately,

doping is no longer a unitary or individual action of an athlete, but

has developed into a dangerous phenomenon, with disastrous

consequences for athletes, coaches, doctors or authorities. In these

conditions, it is crucial to take firm positions and to adopt effective

normative acts, which prevent doping cases in sports, but also to

combat illicit activities, which affect, in the most direct way, the

national or world sports movement.

Keywords: doping, competitions, athletes, steroids.

1 PhD in pedagogical sciences, State University of Physical

Education and Sport, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,

[email protected], +37360833378. 2 PhD in Biology, associate professor at the Sports medicine Chair,

SUPES, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, +37367468904.



Biodata

Ecaterina Amelicichin, PhD in pedagogical

sciences, university lecturer at the

Management of Physical Culture Chair.

I have published 14 papers related to

marketing competencies in promoting the

sports services. Currently I am the

coordinator of the MA programmes, cycle

II within the State University of Physical

Education and Sport.

Eugeniu Dudnic, PhD in Biology, associate professor at the

Sports medicine Chair, he has published over 100 papers. He is

a researcher in professional ethics in the field of performance

sports.


Culture, Knowledge and the Self Concept in

the Educational Process

Mirela ANGHEL1, Nicoleta Aurora POPESCU2

Abstract

The brain structure is shared in two hemispheres each having its

own tools and responsibilities for a proper function of the

individual. Studies show that our brain copes differently based

on culture, education, geographic location, background, etc.

The present article had a theoretical approach to the tools

that one need to perform educationally. The purpose of the

study is to highlight the impact on how culture, self-concept,

self-esteem, education influence the individual. Our

contribution focuses on the theoretical approach in

highlighting the importance of these elements in

encompassing a thorough educational process. The

conclusions of the study would be based on theoretical and

analytical approach.

Keywords: culture, intercultural, self-esteem, education.

Biodata

Mirela Anghel is a lecturer Ph. D. at Faculty

of Sociology and Social Work, University of

Bucharest. She has completed BA in social

work, MA in Anthropology and

Communitarian Development, Ph.D. in

Sociology. Author of the books: “Language

and Communication in Society” (2010),

“Interpersonal Communication in Social

Work” (2012). She has written articles and

1 Lecturer Ph.D., University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social

Work, Bucharest, [email protected], +40720842698 2 Lecturer Ph.D., Valahia University of Targoviste, Faculty of Political

Sciences, Lettres and Communication, Targoviste, Romania,

[email protected], +40722595949.

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


book reviews in “Social Work Review” and other national and

international journals.

Nicoleta Aurora Popescu is lecturer Ph.D. at

Faculty of Political Sciences, Letters and

Communication, University Valahia of

Targoviste. She has completed Ph.D. in

Sociology. Author of the books: “TEMPORAL

CORRELATIONS WITH PRESENT PERFECT IN

MEDIA CONTEXTS” (2009), “PERSONAJUL

FEMININ ÎN LITERATURA SECOLULUI XX ÎN

ROMÂNIA ŞI MAREA BRITANIE” (2012).

https://www.valahia.ro/en/faculties/371-fpslchttps://www.valahia.ro/en/faculties/371-fpslc


Higher Education in the Pandemic Situation.

Adapting and Integrating the Students.

Good Practices

Gabriela Alina ANGHEL1

Abstract

In the pandemic situation, the specialization “The Pedagogy

for Preschool and Primary Education” has adopted a strategy

for the development of the learning process in the University

year of 2020-2021 in the online environment, a fact which

resulted in a series of modifications in the students’ behavior

and attitude regarding learning and the quality of learning. It is

interesting to analyze the way in which first-year University

students are adapting and integrating into the university

environment being conditioned to online studying. The

purpose of the research is to identify the educational best

practice which can be adopted in the university field to allow

successful academic integration. The objectives of the

research are: measuring students’ perception over factors

which influence successful academic integration in pandemic

times (SO1); measuring the students’ perception regarding the

importance of academic environment internal and external

factors which can influence the process of adapting and

integrating within the Higher Education environment during

pandemic times (SO2). The empirical research was

accomplished through the survey investigation on a random

group of 157 students registered in the 1st year of the bachelor

program “The Pedagogy for Preschool and Primary

Education”. The hypothesis of the research has monitored the

following explanations: conditions of educational process

development in pandemic times influences directly the quality

of the learning process in pandemic times between students

and also teachers (I1); conditions of the developing the

learning process in times of pandemic times contributes to the

1 Associate Professor PhD, Valahia University, Targoviste, Romania,

[email protected], +40722874797



rise on preoccupation for individual study and growth of school

performance (I2). The conclusions of the research: successful

academic adaptation and integration are highly correlated to

interpersonal interaction as in face-to-face; individual virtual

interaction contributes to adopting attitudes and behavior.

Keywords: pandemic, university education, virtual group,

university adaptation, university integration.

Biodata

Gabriela Alina Anghel, Ph.D. at Valahia

University in Targoviste, Romania,

Department of Educational Sciences. PhD

in Sociology at University of Bucharest

(2009). Graduated master programs in

Educational Management, University of

Bucharest (2008) postgraduate (Public

Service Management, Social Work) and

Pedagogy and Social Work specialization. Relevant

experience in implementing and development European

projects, teacher trainer and researcher, educational expert.


Student-Centered University Education in a

Pandemic Context. What Do Students Say?

Gabriela Alina ANGHEL1, Camelia VOICU2,

Ramona NEACSA3

Abstract

The challenges of quality education in a pandemic context

are mainly related to issues of learning outcomes and their

level in line with future vocational integration requirements. The

following rhetorical frame is required: can professional and

transversal skills be formed and developed in the virtual

space? To what extent are training and assessment strategies

appropriate for their training and development? Does the

virtual space successfully contribute to increasing the quality of

training, or is diminishing or blocking the quality of training? The

research aims to identify good university practices on

approaching the training and assessment process in the

context of the digital education. For this purpose, the following

research objectives were formulated: measuring students'

perception of training and assessment strategies in the online

environment; measuring the importance perceived by

students on desirable training and assessment strategies in the

context of digital education. The explanatory framework of the

research started from the following assumption: if teachers

adopt student-centered training strategies then their

motivation for learning increases . The virtual space influences

the quality of the educational act due to the lack of face-to-

face contact between teacher and student. The research was

carried out on a sample of intentionality consisting of 120

students from the second and the third year of studies in the

Education Sciences bachelor and master programs. The

1 Associate Professor PhD, Valahia University, Romania,

[email protected] 2 Lecturer PhD, Valahia University, Romania

[email protected] 3 Lecturer PhD, Valahia University, Romania [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


research was mixed: theoretical and empirical. The empirical

study was conducted through qualitative and quantitative

research. Research conclusions: there is a close correlation

between student-centered education and increasing the

quality of training in the context of online education.

Individualization of training in a didactic context successfully

contributes to increasing the motivation for learning and

increasing the quality of student training.

Keywords: pandemic, virtual education, student, professional

skills, student-centered education.

Biodata

Gabriela Alina Anghel, Ph.D. at Valahia

University in Targoviste, Romania,

Department of Educational Sciences. PhD

in Sociology at University of Bucharest

(2009). Graduated master programs in

Educational Management, University of

Bucharest (2008) postgraduate (Public

Service Management, Social Work) and

Pedagogy and Social Work specialization. Relevant

experience in implementing and development European

projects, teacher trainer and researcher, educational expert.

Ms. Camelia Delia Voicu is Lecturer at

Educational Sciences Department,

Valahia University of Targoviste. She has a

degree in Social Work and one in

Psychology, masteral studies in three

programs (Educational Counseling, Early

Education and Public Administration) and

Ph.D. in Sociology, with a thesis on social

representation and identity issues. Her

professional experience of over fifteen years included

educational activities and psycho-pedagogical assistance for

preschool, primary and secondary school pupils, assessment

and social care of children with disabilities, coordination of

social and educational projects and training of social workers

and teachers. Her scientific concerns focus on psychosocial


processes and phenomena in the sphere of education, family

and culture.

Ramona Neacşa, university lecturer Ph.D.

at Valahia University of Targoviste since

2003. Doctoral thesis defended in

December 2014 at the Institute of History

“Nicolae Iorga”, the Romanian Academy.

My main areas of interest are Medieval

History, General Didactics and Didactics of

History, Research Methodology,

Multiculturalism and Intercultural Education, Psychology of

Education. Competencies: teaching, tutorial skills, interpreting

and translations from and to English. Representative

publication: De la Mircea cel Batran la Neagoe Basarab:

Raporturile dintre biserica si domnie in Tara Romaneasca,

Targoviste: Ed. Cetatea de Scaun, 2014.


Family-School Relationship -

Teachers' Opinions

Iulian APOSTU1

Abstract

The family-school relationship has always been a strategy with

many challenges. With different views, both parents and

teachers, the parents' relationship with the school was

discussed most of the time, either through a total shift of

responsibilities in the school space by families, or as a didactic

excuse for non-performance due to non-involvement of

families.

The problem of this relationship is related both to the capacity

for action and interaction of the teacher but also to the

expectations regarding the education system from the parents'

perspective. Although more desirable than real, the

relationship between the teaching and the family environment

has received a new impetus, precisely because of the

vulnerability of pandemic conditions. The medical insecurity of

groups of children in public settings has put the family and the

school face to face more than ever. The teacher depends on

the parental management at home and the parents depend

on the direct instructions of the teachers. The new context

appears to be able to measure the degree of efficiency of this

relationship.

The study aims to analyze teachers' opinions on the relationship

between the family and the school, analyzing the resources

available in this type of collaboration but also the dysfunctions

of interacting.

Keywords: Education, family, school, socialization, school

deficiencies.

1 Researcher, Romanian Academy, Institute of Sociology, Bucharest,

Romania.


Biodata

Iulian APOSTU holds a PhD in Sociology

(University of Bucharest, 2010) and is the

author of several specialized studies about

family sociology. On a large axis of

conjugal diversity, its work examines the

image of contemporary couple, focusing

on structural transformations, from the

classic marriage to the new functional

benchmarks of the consensual union. Currently, Iulian Apostu is

researcher at Romanian Academy, Institute of Sociology and

Associate professor with the Faculty of Sociology and Social

Work, University of Bucharest.


Students’ Perspective on Education for

Sustainability. Empirical Evidences from Two

Universities

Anca Laura ASANDULUI1, Daniela-Tatiana

AGHEORGHIESEI2, Lidia ALEXA3, Gabriel ASANDULUI4

Abstract

Our paper presents the results of a research that analyzes

students’ opinion on the needed changes in the higher

education system for developing the skills and abilities required

on the labor market, from the perspective of sustainability. The

analys`is was developed based on the data collected through

a survey in two Romanian universities: „Gheorghe Asachi”

Technical University of Iasi (166 respondents) and „Alexandru

Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi (402 respondents). Two stratified

random samples of students were used for the two universities. Education for sustainability must focus more on the training of

students according to 97% of UAIC respondents and 94% of

TUIASI respondents. The introduction in the study programs of

sustainability / sustainable development topics (89.55% UAIC;

88,6% TUIASI), as well as the change of the teaching and

evaluation methods to form the specific competences and

abilities for sustainability (87.06% UAIC; 85.5% TUIASI) are

supported/ confirmed to a large and very large extent by over

85% of students from both universities. Moreover, a closer collaboration between the university

environment and the stakeholders for better understanding the

needs of the organizations and the community is supported to

1 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iaşi, Romania,

[email protected] 2 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, Iaşi,

Romania, [email protected], 0040232201445. 3 Lecturer, Ph.D, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi,

[email protected], 0040745887246. 4 Associate professor, PhD,“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of

Iasi, Romania, [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


a large and very large extent by over 91% of the survey

participants from both universities (91.54% UAIC; 92.2% TUIASI). The results of our study may be of interest to decision makers

from the Romanian universities or from other countries, as well

as to other categories of stakeholders such as university

instructors, policy makers in higher education, employers,

researchers interested in this topic and to the community at

large.

Keywords: sustainability in higher education; teaching and

evaluation methods to form the competences in sustainability;

students’opinions on sustainability.

Biodata

Anca-Laura Asandului is Professor at

Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"

University of Iasi. Her research interests

are in the field of Applied Statistics and

Applied Econometry.

















Lidia Alexa, PhD is an experienced

professional with more than 18 years of

practice in entrepreneurship and marketing

both in the private and public sector. She is

a lecturer in the Engineering and

Management Department within the

Faculty of Industrial Design and Business

Management at “Gheorghe Asachi”

Technical University of Iasi, Romania and has Bachelor degrees

in Law and in Management (University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”

Iasi), a Master in Communication (University “Alexandru Ioan

Cuza” Iasi), an MBA (Open University) and a Phd in Marketing

(University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iasi).

As part of her didactic activity, she has developed and

delivered undergraduate and graduate courses on Marketing

management, Marketing Research, E-Business,

Entrepreneurship and Product Life-Cycle Management.

Author of numerous research articles indexed in international

and national journals on: entrepreneurship, innovation, online

marketing and educational.

Gabriel Asandului is associate professor,

PhD, at “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical

University of Iasi and Director of the

Teacher Training Department of the same

university. His research interests are in the

field of history of education and the history

of technical education.

Acknowledgement

The data collection tool (the questionnaire) applied in this

research has been created by a research team coordinated

by the first author of the paper, within the frame of the project

titled ”Implementarea unor mecanisme moderne pentru

evaluarea calităţii proceselor de predare şi evaluare didactică

din perspectiva principiilor sustenabilităţii în Universitatea

”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi” – CNFIS-FDI-2019-0540.


Epistemological Landmarks of the Specialists

Managerial-Legislative Training in the Field of

Physical Culture

Liliana BUDEVICI – PUIU1

Abstract

Radical changes that take place in all society spheres

(economic, social, political and cultural) of a state, directly

and indirectly affect the development and functioning of the

socio-economic system of physical culture and sports. A new

category of human resources employed in the field of sports

management is emerging, given that sports organizations are

interested in forming a management system that ensures high

performance, development opportunities and a stable market

position. In the last decade, the system of physical culture and

sports management has undergone substantial changes (V.

Kuzin, 1993, 1997; S.G Seyranov, 1995, 1997; S.I. Guskov, 2000

etc.), as a result of the emergence of new sports events, the

development of sports movement, the creation of innovative

services and the production of special equipment /

installations in accordance with the legislation in force, as well

as due to modern trends in entrepreneurial activity in market

conditions. The fulfillment of the management functions in

these conditions, at a higher level, generator of performance

and success can be ensured only by qualified persons who

have received a special professional training (including

additional, continuous training) and requalification. This

training is necessary for all activities specific to the field of

physical education and sports management, for the

development and proper functioning of sports organizations.

Management and marketing activities, innovative for physical

culture and the national sports movement, require special

1 PhD, associate professor, The State University of Physical Education and Sports, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, [email protected],

+37368114146



knowledge, skills and an effective professional training of the

specialists in the field.

Keywords: physical education and sports, methodology,

managerial-legislative competence, conception.

Biodata

Liliana Budevici – Puiu is a university

associate professor, PhD in Pedagogy at

The State University of Physical Education

and Sport, Chisinau. I have published over

100 scientific articles, textbooks, lecture

notes and monographs in sport

management and legislation. Activity

scientific - teaching is centered mainly on

the physical culture and sports, professional management and

legislation. I teach courses in Cycle I, II and III and qualifying as

PhD supervisor. Successfully participate in research projects of

national and international, we reviewed various scientific

articles.


The Behavior of Students and the Presence of

Frequency Brain Waves

Oprea Valentin BUŞU1, Elena Cristina ANDREI2

Abstract

Knowledge of development stages in correlation with

biological and psychological age is an indispensable element

in ensuring an efficient teaching activity. Starting from the idea

that the experiences lived during childhood and adolescence

influence the behavior of the future young adult we focus on

the causes that led to the installation of a certain type of

behavior. Teachers in the university environment report visible

differences in behavior between students of different ages.

These differences need to be carefully considered, as they can

guide the teacher towards an appropriate approach to the

student's learning style. A special category is represented by

middle-aged students. They are easily distinguished by the

independent spirit, being self-controlled individuals who

consider that they are distinguished from their younger

colleagues by the experience accumulated during their life.

The behavior adopted by these students is correlated with the

presence of medium frequency Beta brain waves that define

a relaxed learning style. Also, the way middle-aged students

perceive the educational process differs from that of younger

students, because they tend to focus on the practical

component, while younger students focus more on the

theoretical component. The behavior of young students is

correlated with the presence of high-frequency Beta brain

waves, the situation in which many chemicals are produced in

the body caused by high levels of stress. Maintaining this

condition for a long time has harmful effects on the whole

1 Assistant, PhD, University of Craiova, Romania,

[email protected], 0771020682. 2 PhD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,

[email protected], 0767924788.

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body, producing major imbalances both mentally and

physically.

Keywords: behavior; brain waves; levels of stress; the

educational process; students;

Biodata

Oprea-Valentin Buşu is assistant, PhD, Teaching Staff Training

Departament - TSTD, at University of Craiova (Romania). He is

author or co-author of more professional books and articles,

published in Romania, Switzerland, Poland, Australia and USA.

Elena-Cristina Andrei is PhD of University of Medicine and

Pharmacy of Craiova. She is author or co-author of more

professional books and articles, published in Romania.


Training Opportunities for Intellectual Work

Techniques

Viorica-Torii CACIUC1

Abstract

After doing some studies I managed to identify a series of

learning difficulties that are encountered frequently by first

year students and that can be solved by means of improving

some intellectual work techniques: organizing study time,

personal learning style, taking notes, setting priorities, learning

on the last hundred meters, observing the study program with

more perseverance, overcoming timidity. The application of

the educational strategies centred on the student/subject of

learning offers the teacher multiple opportunities of

discovering the students personalities, and for the students the

possibility of creating learning experiences and forming or

practicing some competences and skills specific to the

didactic profession. The use of interactive and student-centred

educational strategies in pedagogy seminars offers future

teachers the possibility of developing a learning style by using

intellectual work techniques specific to the university level.

Starting from these arguments, in the present study I will try to

analyse the way in which using some interactive and/or

student–centred educational techniques and the formation of

some mini habits of learning can help to develop a learning

style by means of using some techniques of mental work which

are proper for the university level

Keywords: Techniques of mental work, learning style, didactic

skills, student–centered educational strategies, mini habits of

learning

1 PhD Associate Professor, Teacher Training Department, Faculty of

Physical Education and Sport, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati,

Romania, [email protected]..



Biodata

The author is a graduate of the Faculty of

Philosophy, Department of Pedagogy, from

“Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi, associate

professor at Teacher Training, from

“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Ph.D.

in philosophy. Among her published works:

Reflections on Adolescents’ Aggressiveness

towards Animals, publication in the

Proceedings of the ISI International Conference „Social Work

Perspectives on Quasi-Coercive Treatment of Offenders”, 3rd

Edition, “Violence among adolescents”, SPECTO 2012, indexed

in Conference Proceedings Citation Index formerly ISI,

Philadelphia, USA, Ed. Medimond - Monduzzi Editore

International Proceedings Division; pp. 65-69; Ideological

Influence on Educational Communication in Procedia - Social

and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 63, 2012, pg. 136 - 144, The

Role of Virtue Ethics in Training Students’ Environmental

Attitudes in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume

92, 2013, pg. 122 -127; Aspects of Environmental Awareness

Training in the Elementary Teaching System in Procedia - Social

and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 93, 2013, pg. 1624 -1629;

Ecocentric Reflections on the Realization of Environmental

Education in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences,

Volume 137, 2014, pg. 93 -99 etc..

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Cognitive Mapping as a Teaching Tool

Felicia CEAUŞU1

Abstract

In modeling the reality, we rely on our knowledge, irrespective

if this knowledge is real or imaginative, simple or sophisticated;

our mental models are constructed in many cases of

fragmentary information. Many studies regarding mental

modeling focus on the study of cognitive processes that take

place in the human mind, in certain specific cases such as

problem solving. The mental model is constructed with the aim

of understanding an aspect of the outside world. In the

process of mental modeling, the individual will necessarily use

his acquired knowledge. When the individual develops a

certain mental scheme, he can acknowledge that this scheme

is inadequate for his purposes. Now it is the moment in which

he starts developing a new mental model in order to

understand what is happening on the outside.

Thinking maps include methods that help visualize your thinking

or represent your abstract thoughts with concrete visuals.

Thinking maps enable meaningful learning as they help

organize ideas and information in a way that is easy to

understand. They also help break down complex information

into easily comprehensible sections and discover connections

in between. And they can be very useful during critical and

creative thinking exercises.

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of

using mental maps in the teaching-learning process and to

make a synthesis of them.

Keywords: cognition, knowledge, mind map, cognitive map

1 PhD, „Gh. Zane” Institut of Research, Romanian Academy, Iaşi,

Romania, [email protected]



Biodata

Ceaușu Felicia is PhD at „Gh. Zane” Institut of Research,

Romanian Academy, Iaşi. Research interests: social

psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive

psychology; pedagogy; philosophy. She published the

following books: Conceptual clarification of the relationship

body-psyche from de perspective of mental philosophy

Publisher Princeps Edit Iasi, 2008, Mind-body relationship in

contemporary philosophy of science, Publisher University

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, 2009, Cognitive Mechanisms and

Individual Strategies, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012,

Mental representation, from „texture” to discourse, LAP

Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017. She has published studies

in prestigious international journals such as: „The Healing Power

of Art-Therapy”,Review of Artistic Education, vol 16, issue 1,

2018; „Cognitive Architectures based on physical or social

representations”, European Journal of Science and Theology,

decembrie 2016; „Effects of Motivation on the Learning

Activity”, Romanian Journal for Multidimensional Education,

2018/6/1, Lumen Publishing; „Educational Role of Mental

Maps”, Review of artistic education, No. 9-10, Center of

Intercultural Studies and Researcher, 2015; „Developing by

Drawing Creativity of Children Activities”, Review of Artistic

Education, nr. 11-12, series De Gruyter Open, Ed. Artes

Publishing House, Iaşi, 2016. She organized the symposium "The

role of mental representations in the development of

personality", March 25, 2016, on the occasion of celebrating

150 years since the founding of the Romanian Academy.


Early Childhood Education – Educational

Policies & Good Practices

Otilia CLIPA1

Abstract

Nowadays, for entire world is consider a priority to invest in

Early childhood education and to realise upon this European

educational Policies. On September 2019, the European

Commission had published the comparative report about

Data on Childhood Education and Care in Europe and this

document describes the main policy measures to ensure

access specifying which countries guarantee a place in Early

Childhood Education and Care from which age and it show

how investment in this field have many benefits in entire life of

this people. In many educational policies are highlighted the

values of early age education and their effects on the

children’s social and emotional integration within that society.

In these debates, many countries focus their educational

policies to teacher training for early childhood education and

we described in this presentation.

Biodata

Otilia CLIPA is Director of Scicen of

Education Department and Associate

Professor PhD in Science of Education

Department, “Stefan cel Mare” University

from Suceava. Otilia CLIPA has a BA in

Pedagogy and Psychology and MD in

Integrated Pedagogy. She attended

Faculty of Science of Education and

Faculty of Psychology from “Al. I. Cuza” Iasi

in 1991- 1997 and 1996-2000 periods. PhD thesis approached a

theme about Evaluation in Higher Education. She published or

1 Ştefan cel Mare University from Suceava, Romania, [email protected]



coordinated over 12 books and many articles in international

journal (over 60 articles). Also, she is involved in many research

projects (national or European) in science of education field.

Areas of interest: early childhood education, preschool and

primary education, assessment in education, teacher

education and didactics for university teachers.


General Didactics as a Theory and

Methodology of Teaching

Gabriela CRISTEA1

Abstract

Our study approaches an important theoretical issue: the

status of general didactics/ theory and methodology of

teaching, in the system of education sciences, stated in

modern and contemporary pedagogy.

In a historical context, general didactics has evolved as a

pedagogical science or science of fundamental education.

We consider the leap from the magistrocentric paradigm

(premodern, pre-scientific didactics) to the paradigms of

scientific, modern (psychocentric and sociocentric) and

contemporary (technocentric / pedagogy through concrete

objectives; curricular design focused on basic competencies

and contents).

In the context of the curriculum paradigm, didactics have

evolved: a) epistemologically as a general theory of training;

b) praxiologically, as a training methodology conceived as a

teaching-learning-assessment activity. In our analysis we

consider the unity and continuity between the theory and

methodology of teaching.

The main argument favouring general didactics as a theory

and methodology of teaching is: a) epistemological, ensured

by the fundamental concepts that define the specific object

of study and normativity; b) praxiologically, engaged in

clarifying the relations between general didactics / theory and

methodology of training and specialised didactics, promoted

by educational disciplines, within the stages of the education

system (preschool, primary, secondary, high school, etc.).

The epistemological arguments highlight the quality of general

didactics/ theory and methodology as a teaching sub-theory

of general educational theory, applied at all educational

1 “Spiru Haret” University, Department for Teacher Training, Bucharest,

Romania, [email protected]



process level. The praxiological arguments support the

connection between the general didactics and specialised

didactics. They consider overcoming the development trend

of the specialised didactics only at the level of applied

didactics or didactics of science.

The theory and methodology of teaching capitalize on both

trends in the evolution of specialised didactics. Their

importance is reflected in the lesson, approached globally and

openly as: a) the main form of accomplishing the educational

process; b) the basic component of the learning unit.

Keywords: general didactics, theory and methodology of

teaching, applied didactics, didactics of science, curriculum

design.

Biodata

Graduate of Pedagogical Highschool in Slobozia in 1984,

Faculty of Psychology, Sociology, Pedagogy in 1995, Bucharest

with thesis "Changing university mechanisms", Master in

Educational Management and School Administration. Fields of

interest: history of pedagogy, general pedagogy, classroom

management, psychology of education, course of psychology

education at television "Romania of tomorrow" 2000-2004,

Doctorate in Education Sciences, University of Bucharest, 2000

with the thesis "The reforms of romanian education in the

period 1866-1944. Their analysis from the point of view of

pedagogical thinking and school legislation ", Conf. Univ. Dr.

from 2007, the psychology of education.


Authority, Competence and Didactic

Performance. A Possible Image of

Professional Skills

Constantin CUCOŞ1

Abstract

The didactic authority of the teacher, built on the relationship

between the prescribed competence and the activated

performance, has a positive impact on the perception of the

discipline as such, and on the status of education, in general,

by students, parents, community. It is gained over time, it is

formed and practiced in relation to the transmitted value

content, but also with challenges of all kinds (computer,

technological, cultural, social, etc.). The quality of teacher

training is very important and is focused (positive or negative)

on how it is valued, symbolized, accepted, the discipline of

study as such, the instruction and the training.

The psycho-pedagogical competencies are based both on

given, stable, sustainable behaviors, and on their dimensions

gained, modifiable, open. The typology of those

competencies is constantly evolving, both as extension, scope,

specification, but also as hierarchy, location, ranking, in an

order of priorities. The restructuring of the skill set is related to

the pressures generated by societal, cultural and

characteristics changes aimed at the "object" of education,

the dynamic personality of the child, the formal and informal

context of education, retreats regarding the involvement of

education factors.

Keywords: authority; competence; didactic performance;

professional skills.

1 Professor PhD, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and

director of the Department for Teacher Training at the "Alexandru Ioan

Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania.


Biodata

Professor PhD Constantin Cucoș

He is a university professor at the Faculty of Psychology and

Educational Sciences and director of the Department for

Teacher Training at the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi.

Areas of competence: training of trainers, philosophy of

education, pedagogy of culture, religious education,

intercultural pedagogy.

He is the author of over 200 studies in collective volumes or

specialized journals, university courses and coordinator of

several collective volumes. Of the more than 16 books written,

we mention: Pedagogy and axiology [Pedagogie şi axiologie]

(1995), Pedagogy [Pedagogie] (1996 and following); Time and

temporality in education. Elements for a management of

school time [Timp şi temporalitate în educaţie. Elemente

pentru un management al timpului şcolar] (2002), Theory and

methodology of evaluation [Teoria şi metodologia evaluării]

(2008), Education. Love, edification, perfection [Educaţia.

Iubire, edificare, desăvârşire] (2008), Education. Experiences,

reflections, solutions [Educația. Experiențe, reflecții, soluții] (2013), Education. Re-foundations, dynamics, prefigurations

[Educația. Reîntemeieri, dinamici, prefigurări] (2017), History of pedagogy. Fundamental pedagogical ideas and doctrines

[storia pedagogiei. Idei şi doctrine pedagogice fundamentale]

(2017), Religious education. Content and forms of realization

[Educaţia religioasă. Conţinut şi forme de realizare] (1996) all

published by Polirom Publishing House, Iași. Research topics: Education for values, Aesthetic education,

Religious education, Pedagogical epistemology, New

technologies and education, Museum pedagogy, Structures

and contexts of teacher training, etc.

He is a member of the editorial boards of several specialized

scientific journals, international professional associations,

national commissions and educational bodies, including:

International Association for Intercultural Education (1998),

International Association for Intercultural Research (ARIC)

(2001), the Romanian Association for Educational Research

(ARCE) since 2018 and Expert evaluator of the National

Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education (CNCSIS),

since 2000.


Poor Education System - the Cause of the

Lack of Labor in the Industry

Anişoara – Ionela DIACONU1

Abstract

The economic development depends very much on the

quality of our children education because investing in

education means investing in the future. To be able to stand

out in a modern, competitive and technological world in

which innovation and technologic evolution take place at fast

pace, is not possible without a high quality education. In order

to be competitive on the global market, the Romanian

education needs better trainings for specialists an greater

adaptability to the dynamic macro-economic trends.

If during the centralized economy there was an educational

system with a clear and precise purpose, namely - integration

on the labour market immediately after completing studies -

considering that Romania at that time was mainly an industry

based country -, now the integration is much slower. The

decline of the vocational and technical education system was

manifested both by a decrease in prestige and by a lack of

consistency in institutional practices, the cause being the

numerous legislative changes. The major problem of this deficit

comes from the lack of efficient mechanisms for correlating

labour market requirements with the Romanian education and

training system, vocational education being a tool in the

strategy of attracting foreign investors. Thus, this article aims to

provide a broad picture of the vocational and technical

education system as well as a series of solutions that could

ensure the operation of the system.

Keywords: education; industry; labour market; vocational and

technical education system.

1 Ph.D student, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania,

[email protected], +40764507961



Biodata

I have a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in

economics, both obtained at the

Academy of Economic Studies in

Bucharest. Starting with 2017, I am a Ph.D.

student at the Romanian Academy of

Advanced Studies. Also, I have a Master’s

degree in International and European Union Law at the Faculty

of Law. Professionally, I am economist at a company

specialized in energy. From 2018 I am an analyst at the Centre

for Analysis and Forecasting for Strategic Orientations

(C.A.P.O.S. Association). I have published articles in the

Economist magazine, Logos Universality Mentality Education

Novelty: Social Sciences and Logos Universality Mentality

Education Novelty: Economics and Administrative Sciences.

Acknowledgement

This paper received financial support through the project entitled

“DECIDE - Development through entrepreneurial education and

innovative doctoral and postdoctoral research, project code POCU /

380/6/13/125031, project co-financed from the European Social Fund

through the 2014 – 2020 Operational Program Human Capital”


Large Hotel Chains’ Best Practices in Terms of

Sustainability. Lessons we Need to Learn

Lorin DRĂGAN1, Daniela-Tatiana AGHEORGHIESEI2

Abstract

Our poster depicts the initial results of a qualitative research

based on content analysis and focused on assessing the types

and scope of sustainability across 13 of the largest hotel chains

in the world. Those hotel chains were selected according to 2

main criteria: (i) their size determined according to their

cumulative room numbers and (ii) their presence on the

European market in terms of hotel operations. The matrix

employed in data collection was conceived based on CSR

Index and GRI reporting standards, both applicable also on

the Romanian market. The research consisted in an analysis of

the selected hotels chains’ public reports on social

responsibility and sustainability. Besides, other data collected

from those hotel chains’ websites or specific articles from

literature was used and correlated with the initial findings.

Our initial conclusions point to the fact that the sustainability

model varies across regions. Depending on the hotel chain,

the emphasis in terms of sustainability might be placed upon

stakeholders’ rights, anti-corruption policies, environmental

protection, vulnerable communities support or solidarity

campaigns. The current research showcases a series of

sustainability best practices developed in the hospitality

industry and it could be useful to managers, academics and

public authorities alike. The latter could deploy support policies

or even regulations in the hospitality field based on gathered

evidence regarding the priorities in terms of sustainability.

1 Assistant Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi,

Iaşi, Romania, lorin,[email protected], 0040232201405. 2 Professor, Ph.D, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, Iaşi,

Romania, [email protected], 0040232201445.


Keywords: hospitality sustainability, social responsibility and

sustainability reports, hotel chains.

Biodata

Lorin Dragan is a professional and

academic acting mostly in the fields of

tourism and hospitality but having interests

in Strategy, Human Resources and Projects

as well. He teaches a series of courses and

seminaries in the above-mentioned areas

at the Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration in Iasi, Romania. He

published 3 books and a series of research articles, the most

recent being a manual of Food & Beverage Management.

















Teenagers` Perceptions about Discrimination

Luminiţa-Mihaela DRĂGHICESCU1,

Ioana STĂNCESCU2, Ana-Maria SUDUC3

Abstract

Adolescence is the age of impetuous transformations, but also

the age of crises accompanied by anxiety, insecurity, anxiety,

depression. When discrimination is added to them, the "route"

of adolescents to the crystallization of self-identity becomes

even more difficult. Awareness of discrimination and taking on

the mission to prevent / combat it, by cultivating values and

attitudes such as respect for diversity, equity, tolerance,

solidarity, cooperation become, in this way, objectives of the

school, achievable in the context of social education.

Going in this direction, the RAINBOW project aims to promote

social inclusion and positive EU values through the promotion

of non-formal education and its specific methods into the

school education.

Within the project mention above, we`ve done a research with

a target group consisted of 1487 students and 254 teachers

from six European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy,

Romania and Spain. From Romania, a group of 37 teachers

and 267 students was part of this approach. The research

method used was the questionnaire survey, which was

addressed to secondary-level teachers and to students from

12 to 19 years old. Regarding the target group of teenagers,

the objectives of the research undertaken included students'

perception of discrimination, awareness of the negative

effects of social media, but also of the importance of civic

competences` development.

1 Associate Professor PhD, Teacher Training Department, Targoviste,

Romania, [email protected], 0722859529 2 Lecturer PhD., Teacher Training Department, Targoviste, Romania,

[email protected], 0724478849 3 Associate Professor PhD., Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics

and Information Technology, Valahia University of Targoviste,

[email protected], 0722548868

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


In this paper, referring to the need for a proper understanding

of the phenomenon of discrimination, we will selectively

capitalize on some of the results of research conducted in the

RAIN.BOW Project, related to teenagers' perceptions and

experience of discrimination.

Keywords: adolescence; discrimination; students` perceptions;

social education; intercultural education; diversity; RAIN.BOW

Project;

Biodata

Luminița Mihaela Drăghicescu is Associate

Professor, Ph.D., Head of Teacher Training

Department, Valahia University Targoviste.

She graduated the Faculty of Sociology,

Psychology and Pedagogy, University of

Bucharest (1995). She has a Ph.D. degree

in Educational Sciences, University of

Bucharest (2007). She is author / co-author

of several relevant books in the area of

education: Education through Sciences. Aspects related to

instruction based on scientific investigation (2014), Educational

reform between design and implementation (2012); Education

and professional development (2011); Simion Mehedinţi -

theoretician of education (2009); Benchmarks of increasing the

quality of education in rural area (2008).

Ioana Stăncescu is lecturer PhD at Teacher

Training Department, Valahia University of

Târgoviste. She graduated Faculty of

Psychology and Educational Sciences,

Specialization Pedagogy,University of

Bucharest (2006). She holds a Master

degree in Educational Management (2008)

and PhD title in Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest

(2011). She is trainer in teachers training programmes and

author or co-author of some university courses, books and

articles like: Metacognition and motivation in academic

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