The article elaborates on an interactive approach to language learning applied in an online EFL classroom. It presents a new insight into implementing interactive methods to develop students’ communicative competence. In conditions of world integration, the formation of communicative and life skills is indispensable. Eventually, such an approach to English language learning in distance mode is the most accessible way for teacher-learner(s) interaction to acquire general linguistic expertise and upgrade specific language skills. The study results show that an interactive approach facilitates live communication in online EFL settings, enhances learners’ motivation and autonomy, and fosters quick decision-making reactions. Modern computer technologies offer boundless opportunities for interactive methods application in the online foreign language learning context. A skillful instructor is called to masterly plan computer-mediated classroom activities, creating space to realize each student’s cognitive and communicative potential fully. Students learn to debate, substantiate their viewpoints, brainstorm ideas, do projects, work individually or collaborate in comfortable learning settings.
<span lang="EN-US">This paper investigates the implementation of web-based applications to develop students’ creative thinking skills in English for Specific Purposes. The paper explores the role of web-based applications during creativity development in English for Specific Purposes classes. The attention is paid to the analysis of organizational levels of creative thinking development and concepts of creativity. This paper discusses how to achieve creative thinking during distance learning in English for Specific Purposes classes. The sample was 310 bachelor students from two Ukrainian universities. The sample was selected on the basis of the stratified sampling technique. The instruments were used F-test, the Likert-type scale test, and interviews. The study presents the results gained from interviews with Ukrainian students and results of creativity tests passed by students. The examples of tasks aimed at creative thinking achievement during distance learning in English for Specific Purposes classes are given. A comparative analysis of results has allowed emphasizing the positive experience of two Ukrainian universities, which can be implemented in future distance learning in the higher institutions located in other regions of Ukraine. The findings of this study support the idea that the development of creative thinking skills during the distance learning of bachelor students of different specialism can be intensified with the selection of proper web-based applications.</span>
The article focuses on the content and functional specifics of efterskoles, post-secondary secondary schools in Denmark. It is emphasized that efterskoles in Denmark have changed significantly in content and procedure since their founding by Cold. It is noted that the schools under study are distinguished by the breadth of subject specialization and target groups of students with certain special needs. All of these schools, which are the subject of our study, share the key values of focusing on both comprehensive education and the personal development of each student. They are based on the idea of combining academic learning with “practical life learning” as a preparatory tool for all aspects of life based on the educational philosophy of “an individual in the community”. Solidarity, community and unity are key concepts in the Danish efterskoles. It is stated that the ethos of many post-secondary secondary schools in Denmark is that they reflect the diversity of society and thus offer numerous opportunities for personal, vocational and cultural development. Danish efterskoles ensure the development of students’ independent critical thinking, creativity, and they are considered the centers of education of responsible citizens with formed global competence. In these schools, students have more opportunities to develop their talents in various fields. Training and education in these educational institutions are based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and active cooperation of all participants in the educational process. Compared to public schools in Denmark, efterskoles have been shown to have considerable freedom in terms of, for example, developing their own curriculum, teaching methods and organizing the educational process according to the political, religious or pedagogical orientation of the school. The content and procedural features of the two largest efterskoles in Denmark, Ranum Efterskole College and Østerskov Efterskole, are highlighted. Keywords: Danish efterskoles; Danish high school students; harmonious personal development; key competencies; global competence; intercultural understanding; curriculum; game pedagogical technologies.
Анотація. Стаття висвітлює особливості становлення данської системи шкіл післябазової середньої освіти на основі концепції народної старшої школи. Зазначено, що ранні народні старші школи були освітніми установами-пансіонатами з можливістю проживання виключно для сільських жителів, щоб допомогти їм усвідомити свою ідентичність з іншими людьми через данську мову, історію, літературу, скандинавську культурну спадщину, а також через вивчення математики, основ медицини та розвиток практичних навичок землеробства. Наголошено, що данська освітня традиція народних старших шкіл допомогла створити культуру навчання і виховання, орієнтовану на особистість, яка бажає вчитися, та заснована на спільній відповідальності кожного учасника освітнього процесу за якість освітньої діяльності й особистісний розвиток. Встановлено, що сучасні школи післябазової середньої освіти, які вирізняються за предметними профілями (мистецький, гуманітарний, спортивний тощо) та цільовими групами учнів з певними спеціальними потребами, призначені для молодих данців, які не впевнені, чим вони хочуть займатися в подальшому після завершення базової середньої освіти, або зазнають труднощів у соціалізації. Незалежно від сфери спеціалізації, данські школи післябазової середньої освіти мають спільну освітню спрямованість на виховання всебічно розвиненої особистості зі сформованою демократичною громадянськістю на основі вивчення циклу загальноосвітніх дисциплін та залучення до суспільно значущої діяльності. Навчання і виховання у цих закладах середньої освіти, де учні та викладачі цілодобово перебувають разом в освітньому середовищі, побудовано на принципах рівності та взаємної поваги, що допомагає молодим людям у побудові міцних дружніх відносин з однолітками та сприяє ефективному діалогу й активній співпраці всіх учасників освітнього процесу. Окреслено основні напрями змін, що відбулися в освітній діяльності данських народних шкіл та зазначено перспективи подальшого розвитку цих закладів у Данії завдяки універсалізму освіти, що походить від Ґрундтвіґіанської концепції «Школи на все життя». Ключові слова: народні старші школи, школи післябазової середньої освіти, гармонійне виховання, демократична громадянськість, навчання впродовж життя.
The article highlights the interpretations of the multifaceted concept of “personal potential” available in the modern scientific and pedagogical discourse. It is noted that the concept of “personal potential” primarily characterizes the internal physical and spiritual energy of a person, its active nature, focus on creative self-expression and self-realization. It is asserted that the basis of key approaches to determining personal potential lies in the understanding of the problem of personality, the development of which, starting from the last century, is being conducted until now in both Ukrainian and foreign scientific circles. The broad interpretation of the key word “potential” in the concept of “personal potential” is based on its consideration as a source and measure of a person’s capabilities and resources exploited to achieve a certain goal. Personal potential is made up of aptitudes, inclinations, interests, the desire to create something new, the manifestation of general intelligence, perseverance, purposefulness, determination, hard work, and the ability to develop personal strategies. It is emphasized that the potential should be considered in relation to the activity and interpreted not as a state of temporarily unused resources, but as an ever-increasing readiness to solve increasingly complex tasks that may arise before the individual. Personal potential is always a plane of personal growth with opportunities for self-actualization and self-improvement of the individual. The fenimenon under study is a dynamic, integrative quality of a person that characterizes the extent of his capabilities and resources for effective life activities, determines his readiness and ability for self-realization and self-improvement. Such types of human potential are outlined, such as: epistemological, axiological, creative, communicative, professional, spiritual potentials.
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