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Multicultural Training of the Teacher for Work with Children of Muslim Migrants
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): C.R. Gromova, R.R. Hayrutdinova Activization of migratory processes led to increase in number of Muslim migrant children in educational institutions. Migrant children have a language barrier in communication with peers, difficulties with adaptation to new culture, new traditions, customs, value orientations, new relations in group. And a result is negative experience of training and high trait anxiety. Concerning children's age migrants studying is actual sociocultural, language, psychological and pedagogical aspe...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students to Cultural Diversity: (Portuguese-spanish) in a Transboundary Context
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): E. Begoña García-Navarro, Emilia Martins Teixeira da Costa Our main goal was to identify the attitudes of nursing students to cultural diversity in a healthcare setting, and find the potential relationship between this and the students’ national background and their knowledge of cultural diversity. A descriptive observational study comparing two culturally different populations within a cross-border area (Algarve-Huelva) was conducted. The attitudes of the participants were measured across six categories: this...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Academician's Attitudes Towards Honor
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Kıymet Yeşilçiçek Çalik, Canan Birsel Demirbağ, Hacer Kobya Bulut, Şule Demirdağ Honor is an important concept that can affect lives and life-styles of many women, even end up with death case in Turkey. This research was carried out to determine the attitudes of university teaching staff towards honor and violence committed against women in the name of honor. This descriptive study was conducted with 294 academicians at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. Academicians strongly stated that it is quite...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

ICT in the English Classroom. Qualitative Analysis of the Attitudes of Teachers of English Towards its Implementation in Secondary Schools
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Carmen Galván Malagón, Magdalena López Pérez The government of Extremadura proposed the introduction of a computer for every two pupils in state secondary schools since 2000. With the project Escuela 2.0, the aim of the Ministry of Education in Extremadura is providing each class with a digital blackboard and each student with a lap top computer from their first to their last year at secondary schools. Given the enormous cost of this programme, it is imperative that schools make the best use of ICT. Our study ...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Health Support Directed at Lesbian, Gay and Bisexuals: Socio-demographic Context and Education
Conclusion: The results show the existence of a significant association between the socio-demographic variables and healthcare practices. They also show that the health professionals with the least competence also used inadequate healthcare practices for LGB clients. Training in affirmative competencies should provide for ethically guided therapeutic interventions which are culturally accessible and socially inclusive and thus ensuring the effectiveness of health systems. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Project of “Cap Collection”: A PBL in the School and an Opportunity of Social Inclusion for Students and Adults with Intellectual Disability
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): José Francisco Amiama, Javier Monzón, Javier Ballesta This Case study, which is included in a wider research, gathers the experience, started in the previous academic year, of a community service learning project on the collection of plastic caps done by students of sixth form (11-12 years old) in collaboration with adult people who suffer from an intellectual disability. From a qualitative methodology based on analysis of documents, observation and deep interviewing, we want to investigate its keys to success,...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Facebook Use in University Students: Exposure and Reinforcement Search
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Marta García-Domingo, María Aranda, Virginia María Fuentes Social networking sites have impacted usual ways of relating, leading to new interaction scenarios. We focus attention on Facebook, which is the most widespread social platform (3 out of four global internet users participate in it), whose potential lies in the possibility of sharing information, tastes, feelings and experiences. The main goal of this research is to assess the use of Facebook and its relationship with the following variables: (a) perso...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Application of Some Research Methods to Determine the Level of Safety in Municipalities
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Jozef Kubás, Zuzana Štofková The issue of safety has always been one of the strongest of perceived human needs. Feeling safe is second in the hierarchy of basic needs, right after physiological needs. Safety is currently one of the most important determinants affecting quality of life. This is why it is important to pay special attention to this issue. To increase the level of safety for citizens, local governments should be able to assess adequately their current safety status. For the purpose of determining t...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What Do the Teaching Staff in Three Secondary Schools with ISO 9001/2008 Certification Think about the Quality of Diversity Improvement Plans?
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Isabel Martínez Sánchez, Beatriz García Lupión, Daniel González González The present study has as its basis the commitment and interest with the quality improvement to the diversity awareness through improvement plans. The main goal was to determine the main components of analysis of the quality of the centers that serve the diversity, from the teacherś perspective. The purpose is to appreciate the teacher staff perception about the plans for the improvement of attention to diversity. This is a descriptive...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

ICTs and Teenage Students. Problematic Usage or Dependence
The objective of this work is to determine the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and the reasons for their use among young people aged between 12 and 21, as well as the perception of dependency. An initial study was conducted based on a questionnaire prepared for that purpose. It was administered to a stratified cluster sample of 2,063 students aged between 12 and 21 years old, attending 27 centers of education in Burgos (Spain), and had a confidence level of over 95.5% and an error margin of ± 2.11%. Two longitudinal random follow up questionnaires were administered to samples of 96 and 88 student...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Analyzing Informal Learning Patterns in Facebook Communities of International Conferences
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Carlo Giglio, Roberto Palmieri This paper is geared to analyze learning interactions between members of Facebook communities. In particular, this study considers the online dynamics occurring in academic communities associated with international conferences. The data collection process covers 40 days of pre-event activities within the conference-related Facebook community, and aims at elaborating and interpreting such data in order to provide useful information on how to create an online breeding environment for s...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Women Prisoners in the Colombian Caribbean and Social-educative Action: Multicultural Faces in the Feminization of Poverty, Conflict and Social Exclusion
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Francisco José Del Pozo Serrano, Magdalena Jiménez Ramírez The purpose of this study was to investigate the main characteristics of women prisoners in the “El Buen Pastor-”, in Barranquilla (Colombia). The project was thought as an integrated program based on a differential gender framework, which would promote a more suitable reinsertion process and the development of new initiatives for equal penitentiary treatment and policies in Colombia. The instrument was the survey ENMURE, which focuses on women pris...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

ICT-based Visualization for Language and Culture Mediation Skills Training: Addressing Societal Needs
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Anastasia Atabekova The paper explores the potential of ICT-based visual resources for developing non-language students’ skills in the area of language and culture mediation in domain specific area. The legal administrative settings are taken as an example. The paper integrates the previous research findings regarding the visualization role in education and latest developments in the field under study. The research framework maps the concepts of visualization and cross-cultural mediation within the educational en...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Romantic Ideal of Men and Women Involved in the Relationship of Friends with Benefits
In conclusion, friends with benefits do not get rid of a romantic imaginary that generates emotional and sexual inequalities between men and women and is the source of problems in the couple. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Tutor's Roles and Functions in Online Education. Qualitative Study Within the Context of Worker Training
Publication date: 21 February 2017 Source:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 237 Author(s): Miguel Ángel Fernández Jiménez, Esther Mena Rodríguez, Ligia Isabel Estrada Vidal E-learning education has become a reality that transcends the educational environment. This research focused on continuous education of working people for whom e-learning offers many advantages given the characteristics of this group. The tutoring process is key when introducing improvements and contributing to the progress of this educational experience. The research here presented was intended to analyze the functions performe...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research