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Volume 7, Issue 1, 2020

23 open-access articles, published July 2020. Titles link directly to full-text PDFs.

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  1. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 8-44

    TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCES ON DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGH SYNCHRONOUS VIDEO CONFERENCING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

    • Gökhan ORHAN
    • Ömer BEYHAN
    Keywords
    Distance Education; Teacher; Online Teaching; Video Conferencing; Synchronous

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    ORHAN, G., & BEYHAN, Ö. (2020). TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCES ON DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGH SYNCHRONOUS VIDEO CONFERENCING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 8-44. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_8_44.pdf

    Abstract. This study aims to investigate perceptions and teaching experiences of the teachers on the distance education during the Covid- 19 pandemic. The case study design was applied in this study. This study was carried out with 15 teachers. The data was obtained through a semi-structured interview form. For analysis, the content analysis was conducted. According to the results, most of the teachers perceived distance education as a technology-oriented process rather than a new teaching model. Engagement of students had a key role in teachers’ satisfaction. The teachers kept traditional teaching techniques during distance courses. For the teachers distance education was less successful than formal education because of lack of communication and interaction quality. Perceptions affect behavior and the quality of distance education applications affects the perceptions so, determining the perceptions of the teachers and taking the necessary measures in this direction is crucial to enhance quality of the system.

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  2. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 45-71

    INFLATION AND GROWTH WITH THE MIU APPROACH AND THE EQUATION OF EXCHANGE

    • WEI-BIN ZHANG
    Keywords
    inflation; Tobin growth model; equation of exchange; Baumol-Tobin model; MIU approach

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    ZHANG, W.-B. (2020). INFLATION AND GROWTH WITH THE MIU APPROACH AND THE EQUATION OF EXCHANGE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 45-71. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_45_71.pdf

    Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to study a relationship between growth and inflation on the basis of the Tobin growth model. We deviate from the Tobin approach by determining money demand with the money-in-utility (MIU) approach. The utility is affected by money holding. The utility function is applied by an alternative approach proposed by Zhang. The wealth accumulation a key determinant of economic growth. The government supplies money which is described by the traditional equation of exchange. The velocity of money is determined as a function of the rate of interest as in the Baumol-Tobin model. We build the dynamic model and simulate the motion of the model. We carry out comparative dynamic analysis in various parameters.

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  3. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 72-90

    CHARACTER BUILDING IN STUDENTS' DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AT SMA NEGERI 1 KUTALIMBARU, DELI SERDANG, INDONESIA

    • Donald Tagino Hutagaol
    • Sismudjito
    • Hadriana Marhaeni Munthe
    • Rizabuana Ismail
    • Henry Sitorus
    Keywords
    Character Building; Social Construction; School; Family; Student

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    Hutagaol, D. T., Sismudjito, Munthe, H. M., Ismail, R., & Sitorus, H. (2020). CHARACTER BUILDING IN STUDENTS' DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AT SMA NEGERI 1 KUTALIMBARU, DELI SERDANG, INDONESIA. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 72-90. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_72_90.pdf

    Abstract. The objective of the research was to find out and to interpret the social construction of character building in families and schools of the students at SMA Negeri 1 Kutalimbaru, Deli Serdang. In-depth interviews were done with some informants – students, teachers, school principal, vice-principal, and students’ parents. The result of the research showed that the students who got problems were usually concerned with lack of character building from their families with various reasons, and one of them is lack of social interaction between the students and their families related to economic problems. Parents usually relied on school management in their children’s character building while the school provides it through subject materials. The imbalanced and disharmonious relationship between school and students’ parents has caused the construction of the children’s character-building to be inadequate.

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  4. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 91-108

    PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL USE ON SCHOOLING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN GENDER-SPECIFIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONITSHA EDUCATION ZONE, ANAMBRA STATE

    • Elizabeth Ifeoma Anierobi
    • Kingsley Chinaza Nwosu
    • Mary Nneka Nwikpo
    • Nkechi Uzochukwu Okeke
    Keywords
    alcohol use; brands; prevalence; consequences on schooling; adolescence

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    Anierobi, E. I., Nwosu, K. C., Nwikpo, M. N., & Okeke, N. U. (2020). PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL USE ON SCHOOLING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN GENDER-SPECIFIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONITSHA EDUCATION ZONE, ANAMBRA STATE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 91-108. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_91_108.pdf

    Abstract. This study was carried out to determine the male students’ brands of alcohol, the prevalence of alcohol use and consequences on schooling among adolescents in gender-specific secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in Onitsha Metropolis and all the boys public secondary schools were used in the study. The population consisted 936 senior secondary class 2 (SS2) male students in the 4 boys secondary schools in Onitsha Metropolis. Through random sampling technique, 50 students were sampled from each of the 4 schools giving a total sample size of 210. A researcher-developed instrument was used for data collection titled "Alcohol Use Questionnaire (AUQ)". Validity of the instrument was determined by three experts in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was determined using the Cronbach Alpha and an alpha coefficient of 0.81 was obtained which was considered high, therefore, the instrument was considered reliable for use. Results indicated that even at secondary level of education, male students have choice brands of alcoholic drinks. Though most of the students indicated that they are low to moderate drinkers, alcoholic consumption was perceived to have negative impacts on the students’ attention to their studies. It was recommended that parents, counsellors and the media should be involved in the fight against alcohol use among secondary school students through productive intervention program.

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  5. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 109-128

    ACCREDITATION RANKING IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (A CASE STUDY AT IAIN AMBON)

    • Mar’atun Shalihah
    • Mohammad H. Holle
    Keywords
    Improvement strategy; accreditation; Islamic institute; study program

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    Shalihah, M., & Holle, M. H. (2020). ACCREDITATION RANKING IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (A CASE STUDY AT IAIN AMBON). Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 109-128. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_109_128.pdf

    Abstract. Accreditation is a fundamental thing for every study program. Because, accreditation becomes one of quality benchmark for study programs. Nonetheless, every study programs commence every strategies and efforts to improve their accreditation. This study aims to (1) to reveal the effort of Shariah Economy study program in improving their maximum accreditation ranking, (2) to find obstacles that prevent Shariah Economy study program in improving their maximum accreditation ranking, (3) to reveal effective and correct strategy for Shariah Economy study program in order to improve quality and achieve maximum accreditation ranking. This study applies several concepts which are strategy, analysis, SWOT, university, accreditation, and nine criteria of study program accreditation. This study is field research type with case study approach. Next, in order to determine the informant, snowball technique is applied. Meanwhile, data collection technique uses observation, interview, documentation, and literature study. To analyze data, the study applies EFE Matrix, IFE Matrix, and SWOT Matrix technique. The result of study shows that (1) there are several factors that prevent Shariah Economy improvement, (2) total amount of EFI matrix 2,806 and EFE matrix 2,902. It means that Shariah Economy program study of IAIN Ambon takes quadrant V rank, it is on secure and defend strategy, (3) based on EFI and EFE matrix, Shariah Economy program study of IAIN Ambon takes quadrant V rank. It means the study program is on integration and development stage.

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  6. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 129-143

    A ROMANIAN AND ICELANDIC LANGUAGE STUDENT'S PROFILE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP

    • Monica TILEA
    • Oana-Adriana DUTa
    • Sigríður ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
    Keywords
    Education for Democratic Citizenship; student profile; iceland; romania; students

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    TILEA, M., DUTa, O.-A., & ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, S. (2020). A ROMANIAN AND ICELANDIC LANGUAGE STUDENT'S PROFILE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 129-143. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_129_143.pdf

    Abstract. In a global context marked by the need to uphold democracy and human rights, education for democratic citizenship (EDC) has increasingly emerged as a prerequisite for shaping active and responsible citizens for the decades to come. The importance of EDC is strongly acknowledged by the Romanian and Icelandic educational systems and it is integrated in school syllabi at all levels of education. However, despite the wide recognition and support for EDC, challenges in its putting into practice are still persistent. Against this background and capitalizing on complementary expertise, the University of Craiova, alongside with Bifrost University and the University of Iceland, has proposed a project that aims at moving beyond the traditional approach to EDC by addressing the transversal competences that lead to it, in order to show how they can be developed in classes which are not specifically oriented towards topics related to democratic citizenship.

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  7. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 144-165

    A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP (EDC) COMPETENCES IN THE ICELANDIC AND ROMANIAN CONTEXT

    • Alina S. RESCEANU
    • Anh-Dao K. TRAN
    • Magnús Á.S. MAGNÚSSON
    Keywords
    democracy; education; education for democratic citizenship (EDC); national educational policy; institutional strategy

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    RESCEANU, A. S., TRAN, A.-D. K., & MAGNÚSSON, M. Á. (2020). A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP (EDC) COMPETENCES IN THE ICELANDIC AND ROMANIAN CONTEXT. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 144-165. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_144_165.pdf

    Abstract. This comparative study has a two-fold aim. On the one hand, it provides a description of the national educational framework – legislative provisions, institutional strategies and policies – and the regional and local practices regarding the presence of Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) competences in the educational process. On the other hand, it brings together two educational systems that share a full commitment to European values and principles, but which are based on historically different and distant cultures. More specifically, this research starts from the presentation of EDC in the two contexts, comparing the presence of the EDC competences in policy and strategy documents, academic curricula and syllabi of study programmes relevant for EDC, focusing on the role and importance of education as a site of learning for democratic citizenship. Overall, it capitalizes the results obtained in the joint research work carried out within the international joint project "A Comparative and Transferable Approach to Education for Democratic Citizenship (ACTA)", funded under the EEA Grants - Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 and implemented during September 2018-April 2020 by the University of Craiova, in partnership with the University of Iceland and Bifröst University.

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  8. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 166-176

    CUMULATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COMPETENCES IN THE TRAINING OF PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHERS

    • Claudiu Marian Bunaiasu
    Keywords
    cumulative development of professional and transversal competences; educational research and innovation competences; cognitive competences; action-methodological competences; axiological competences; self-management competences of development in the field of educational research

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    Bunaiasu, C. M. (2020). CUMULATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COMPETENCES IN THE TRAINING OF PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHERS. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 166-176. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_166_176.pdf

    Abstract. The article analyses, from multiple perspectives, the problem of developing the educational research and innovation competences of the future primary and pre-school education teachers, with a view to the integral development of the training dimensions. Our previous research and papers in the field of educational curriculum and the development of professional and transversal competences represent a consistent conceptual basis and a useful platform for curricular representations and concepts, which have been capitalized in the issue of reflections, hypotheses and in the development of the theoretical framework of the problem. Starting from an analysis of the categories of professional and transversal competences formulated in methodological guides and institutional documents, we appreciated the legitimacy and the opportunity of explicitly introducing the educational research and innovation competences in the competence profile of the primary and pre-school education teacher. Our analyses reveal the possibilities of deriving and operationalizing these categories of competences, their ability to legitimize specific curricular structures, which will facilitate the development of the reflective-investigative-innovative dimension of the primary and pre-school education teacher. Also, our theoretical approaches converge towards asserting the comprehensiveness of the educational research and innovation competences, illustrated in a taxonomic system and it constitutes the support for further empirical and experimental research.

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  9. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 177-193

    FROM MULTICULTURALISM TO INTERCULTURATION: CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES

    • Simona RODAT
    Keywords
    diversity; multiculturalism; interculturality; acculturation; interculturation; subculture; counterculture

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    RODAT, S. (2020). FROM MULTICULTURALISM TO INTERCULTURATION: CURRENT SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 177-193. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_177_193.pdf

    Abstract. Due to the dynamism and heterogeneity specific to most societies nowadays, cultural diversity is a constant of social life. Therefore, different cultural identities, cultural contacts and exchanges, interculturality, but also subcultures and countercultures are, in today’s globalized world, features of contemporary societies, characterized by multiculturalism and social mobility. Especially as a result of the new waves of migration and fleeing in recent years, new discussions in the academic field have emerged related to the new contexts of cultural diversity, multiculturalism, cultural integration, social inclusion. The cultural impact and the various contrasts between the native culture of immigrants and the culture of the host societies generated debates and polemics both in political and scientific sphere. This paper deals with the current sociological approaches as regards interculturality and the major cultural processes and phenomena that emerge in a multicultural society. In this respect, a general framework for addressing these issues is delineated, and notions such as human and cultural diversity, multiculturalism, interculturality, acculturation, interculturation, but also concepts of subculture and counterculture are discussed. The current views and approaches in sociology are highlighted and the complexity and the difficulties that epitomise and accompany some cultural processes are pointed out.

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  10. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 194-211

    USING OF THE STUDY ON ENERGY PROFILE IN THE PREDICTING OF THE SUBSTITUTION REACTION OCCURRING AT THE CHEMISTRY COURSE

    • Sergiu CODREANU
    • Ion ARSENE
    • Eduard COROPCEANU
    Keywords
    interdisciplinarity; energy study; specific competence; radical reaction; ligand; coordinating compound; substitution

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    CODREANU, S., ARSENE, I., & COROPCEANU, E. (2020). USING OF THE STUDY ON ENERGY PROFILE IN THE PREDICTING OF THE SUBSTITUTION REACTION OCCURRING AT THE CHEMISTRY COURSE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 194-211. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_194_211.pdf

    Abstract. In order to achieve a modern, formative education, we consider the process of interdisciplinary teaching-learning-assessment of chemistry an important and determinant factor. Interdisciplinary study of content on different educational disciplines will substantially contribute to the education of chemistry students, to the formation and development of chemistry-specific skills, of a logical and flexible thinking, to a better fixation and systematization of theoretical knowledge and their ability to apply practice. To this effect, the use of different programs of molecular energy calculation, of some chemical processes arising in the analysed systems, of structure visualization, etc. requires an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of chemistry in particular, as well as in computer science, physics, mathematics. This interdisciplinary approach presents a challenge and, at the same time, a necessity for chemistry students as future specialists in the educational field.

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  11. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 212-224

    MATERIAL, INTENTION AND ORIENTATION OF THE MESSAGE

    • Stefan VLaDUTESCU
    Keywords
    communication; message; purpose; orientation; intention

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    VLaDUTESCU, S. (2020). MATERIAL, INTENTION AND ORIENTATION OF THE MESSAGE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 212-224. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_212_224.pdf

    Abstract. The present study is located to the epistemology of communication and aims mainly to clarify the inscription of the message with intent and the orientation given by it. The secondary aims to highlight ten types of materials with which the message is constructed (signs, codes, clues, indicators, clues, signals, symbols, images, symptoms, default stories). The method used is a comparative-meta-analytical one. The conclusion reached is that any message is targeted, that every message has a purpose.

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  12. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 225-241

    RESPONSE TO TWO-MODE OF EXERCISE TRAINING (BRISK WALKING AND JOGGING) OF UNIVERSITY STAFF HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN

    • Edward Odogbu Odo
    • Charlse Okey Ogu
    Keywords
    Brisk walking; jogging; lipid profile; high-density lipoprotein

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    Odo, E. O., & Ogu, C. O. (2020). RESPONSE TO TWO-MODE OF EXERCISE TRAINING (BRISK WALKING AND JOGGING) OF UNIVERSITY STAFF HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 225-241. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_225_241.pdf

    Abstract. The purpose of this study was to establish the response to brisk walking and jogging of volunteered university staff high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The area of this study was Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, and Abia State, Nigeria. The age of the regular non teaching staff is 35–60 years. As a result of the call for free lipid profile test, the population of this study was 67 volunteered university staff who presented themselves for the free lipid profile test at the University Health Center. Fifty-four (54) Non-teaching staff (39 females and 15Males) who pass the inclusion criteria test were selected as subjects, while 13 (9 male and 4 female) lost out of been selected as subjects of this study after strict consideration of both inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected using two instruments- Lipid and Risk Identification Questionnaire (LRIQ) and Venous blood samples from the subjects for lipid profile tests. The hypotheses were tested using ANOVA. Findings showed that after the treatment the male subjects in Brisk walking group had significant mean gain in the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol than jogging group. The HDL cholesterol of the female has almost equal positive response to both brisk walking and jogging exercise. The university programme and calendar that will motivate and give her staff opportunities towards active participation in exercise should be developed.

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  13. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 242-263

    ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC OPTIMISM AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNVERSITY (NAU), AWKA

    • Elizabeth Ifeoma Anierobi
    • Gabriel Chidi Unachukwu
    Keywords
    achievement motivation; academic optimism; academic engagement; postgraduate students

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    Anierobi, E. I., & Unachukwu, G. C. (2020). ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC OPTIMISM AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNVERSITY (NAU), AWKA. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 242-263. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_242_263.pdf

    Abstract. Academic engagement is a pre requisite for academic success among students at all levels of education. This study sought to determine the relationship that achievement motivation, academic self-efficacy and optimism have with academic engagement of postgraduate students in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Two research questions and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population comprised of 1633 Postgraduate students of 2018/2019 academic session in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. A sample of 280 postgraduate students were randomly drawn from the 14 Faculties in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka for the study. The instruments used for data collection were three, namely: Academic Achievement Questionnaire (AAC), Academic Optimism Questionnaire (OQ) and Academic Engagement Questionnaire (AEQ). Both validity and reliability of the instruments were determined. Validity of the instruments was determined by three experts in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was determined using the Cronbach Alpha and alpha coefficient of 0.72 was obtained for AAC, 0.75 for ASEQ, 0.70 for OQ and 0.72 for AEQ. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation for answering research questions and t-test of significance of r for testing the hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that the independent variables (achievement motivation and academic optimism) have a moderate and positive relationship (r = 0.508; and r = 0.582 respectively) with the dependent variable (academic engagement). Based on the findings, it was recommended that the University should re-strategize by employing more motivational packages for the postgraduate students to arouse them into active academic engagement required of their academic pursuit.

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  14. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 264-284

    SOCIAL ACTION IN SUROAN TRADITION IN JAVANESE SOCIETY

    • M. FADLAN
    • SUDJARWO
    • RISMA MARGARETHA SINAGA
    Keywords
    Suroan; social action; tradition; culture

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    FADLAN, M., SUDJARWO, & SINAGA, R. M. (2020). SOCIAL ACTION IN SUROAN TRADITION IN JAVANESE SOCIETY. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 264-284. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_264_284.pdf

    Abstract. Suroan is known as a tradition which resulting from acculturation between Saka and Islamic calendar. This tradition is performed to beg blessings and protections from misery and disasters. The implementation of Suroan became a custom in society and involving some trusted agents through social actions. However, most of Suroan performed in society is not in accordance with its true meaning. Regarding with this problem, this research has purpose to obtain the action in the Suroan tradition. The method used is descriptive qualitative with the kind of research is ethnography using Miles and Huberman’s interactive model. The data is collected through interview and observation in Bangunharjo, Taman Sari village. The result shows that social actions performed by Bangunharjo society are: a) traditional action through Suroan implementation is performed; b) affective action in a form of burial of the goat’s head, group prayers and puppet shows; c) instrument rational action in a form of physic, material, and emotional involving; d) rational action of value in a form of ubarampe. Thus, it can be concluded that Bangunharjo society still conserving Suroan tradition.

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  15. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 285-302

    THE EFFECT OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JOBS ON EMPLOYEE WORK ACHIEVEMENT IN SHIPPING COMPANY

    • Indah ayu Johanda Putri
    Keywords
    Work Performance; Work Experience; Job Characteristics

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    Putri, I. A. J. (2020). THE EFFECT OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JOBS ON EMPLOYEE WORK ACHIEVEMENT IN SHIPPING COMPANY. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 285-302. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_285_302.pdf

    Abstract. The commitment itself is shaped through individual characteristics and job characteristics. High commitment will improve employee work performance, thus individual characteristics and job characteristics should logically be related to work performance. This study aims to determine the effect of work experience and job characteristics on employee’s work performance in shipping companies. Methodology of this study is quantitative research and will be test the relationship between independent and dependent variables, with a sample of managers at shipping company located in Surabaya. Independent variable is work experiences and job characteristic, dependent variable is work performance. The data analysis technique used in this study is multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the result, it is obtained that the effect of work experience and job characteristic on employee’s work performance which has a significance value below 0.05 is a work experience variable. Thus, the work experience variable has an influence on work performance, while job characteristics do not have any influence on work performance. The result of this analysis indicated that work experience variable has an influence on work performance, while job characteristics did not have an influence on work performance. Based on the result, it can be concluded that Work experience has a positive effect on work performance, while Job characteristics do not affect work performance. However, work experience and job characteristics simultaneously influence work performance.

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  16. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 303-309

    MASS CULTURE IN THE GLOBALISATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM ERA

    • Alexandra IORGULESCU
    • Mihaela MARCU
    Keywords
    mass culture; globalisation; cosmopolitanism

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    IORGULESCU, A., & MARCU, M. (2020). MASS CULTURE IN THE GLOBALISATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM ERA. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 303-309. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_303_310.pdf

    Abstract. The first steps of real globalisation are related to the navigation development and great geographic discoveries, times when material and spiritual value exchanges took place worldwide. Thus, great changes at the human society level took place, the most concrete form of globalisation is known as "Europeanisation", a process unfolded over more centuries that succeeded in obtaining a cultural homogenisation in the mankind essential techniques plan. The intent of our endeavour is to trace an overview of the changes known by culture in the globalisation and cosmopolitanism era. Being a complex and dynamic process, globalisation is a term which exceeded the academic sphere, being frequently used in mass-media and by the population.

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  17. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 310-320

    THE ILLOCUTIONARY ACT AND THE POWER OF THE MESSAGE

    • Stefan VLaDUTESCU
    Keywords
    communication; communication channel; language acts; speech acts; children

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    VLaDUTESCU, S. (2020). THE ILLOCUTIONARY ACT AND THE POWER OF THE MESSAGE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 310-320. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_310_320.pdf

    Abstract. This study is circumscibed to the pragmatics of communication. The thesis under investigation is whether the message is a practice of power. It is found that between the communicators there is an inevitable and always denied war for control of communication. The fight to impose meanings is fought on all available channels. Predominantly, the conflagration of communication is one of words. The imposed illocutionary acts contribute to the power of the message. The conclusion reached is that the message is a matter of power: any message aims at the accumulation, preservation and / or imposition of power.

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  18. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 321-348

    DECENTRALIZED FINANCE (DEFI) – THE LEGO OF FINANCE

    • Andrei-Dragos Popescu
    Keywords
    Decentralized Finance; Decentralized Applications; Decentralized Exchange; Blockchain; Smart Contracts; Ethereum; Bitcoin; Stablecoin; Derivates; Futures

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    Popescu, A.-D. (2020). DECENTRALIZED FINANCE (DEFI) – THE LEGO OF FINANCE. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 321-348. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_321_349.pdf

    Abstract. Blockchain Technology can enhance the basic services that are essential in traditional finance and it has the potential to become the foundation for decentralized business models, empowering entrepreneurs and innovators with all the right tools. By means of a trustless and distributed infrastructure, blockchain technology is optimizing transactional costs and allows the rise of decentralized, innovative, interoperable, borderless and transparent applications which facilitate open access and encourage permissionless innovations. DeFi stands for "Decentralized Finance" and refers to the ecosystem comprised of financial applications that are being developed on top of blockchain and distributed ledger systems. The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) or Open Finance movement takes that promise a step further. Imagine a global, open alternative to every financial service you use today - savings, loans, trading, insurance and many others - accessible to anyone in the world only by means of a smartphone and internet connection.

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  19. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 349-361

    DISINFORMATION DURING THE CORNAVIRUS PANDEMIC. AN ANALYSIS OF THE TYPES OF FAKE NEWS IN FOUR STATES

    • Georgiana Camelia Stanescu
    Keywords
    Fake news; Covid-19; social media; propaganda; freedom of expression

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    Stanescu, G. C. (2020). DISINFORMATION DURING THE CORNAVIRUS PANDEMIC. AN ANALYSIS OF THE TYPES OF FAKE NEWS IN FOUR STATES. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 349-361. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_349_361.pdf

    Abstract. Disinformation is currently a real globally danger, and during the coronavirus pandemic it has reached alarming levels in the European Union and beyond. Studies in the field show that, in the first six months after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, false information was distributed through millions of false accounts on social networks, but also on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp. This paper analyzes, through the qualitative and quantitative method, the types of false news topics that have been published on various obscure sites and then distributed on social networks or messaging platforms. The analysis is made in three countries of the European Union (Romania, Italy and France) and in Russia, and news examples were selected from highly trusted fact-checking platforms, such as the one developed by the European Commission. The research highlights the extremely similarity between the news broadcast in the European Union and reflects the message differences of the fake materials distributed in Russia.

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  20. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 362-387

    ACACIA PROTOCOL – A PROPOSAL OF STRUCTURED PRODUCTS FOR AND WITHIN THE DECENTRALIZED FINANCE ECOSYSTEM

    • Timothy Mark Grant
    • Andrei-Dragos Popescu
    • Radu-Gabriel Stauceanu
    • Dan-Valeriu Voinea
    Keywords
    defi; structured products; decentralized finance; cryptocurreny

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    Grant, T. M., Popescu, A.-D., Stauceanu, R.-G., & Voinea, D.-V. (2020). ACACIA PROTOCOL – A PROPOSAL OF STRUCTURED PRODUCTS FOR AND WITHIN THE DECENTRALIZED FINANCE ECOSYSTEM. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 362-387. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_362_387.pdf

    Abstract. Decentralization matters. Decentralized Finance covers a range of products and services which aim to make participation in financial services more accessible to everyone. This paper presents a plan to create sophisticated products usually reserved for UHNWIs, Institutional investors and Asset Managers within the traditional finance world for the Decentralized Finance ecosystem. Structured Capital Market Products are innovative, ever evolving and well established in traditional finance and by this decentralized creation, a catalyst that will speed up the capacity of "decentralized" for everyone’s economic empowerment and the real accessibility to the global financial marketplace.

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  21. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 387-394

    AUTHENTICITY AND DRAMA, LIMITS OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

    • Xenia Negrea
    Keywords
    authenticity; message; circumstance; media

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    Negrea, X. (2020). AUTHENTICITY AND DRAMA, LIMITS OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 387-394. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_387_394.pdf

    Abstract. In this study, we aim to analyse the notion of "media authenticity", that might be slightly in contradiction with the message type, which is transmitted, mediated, resumed, and even retold. We will highlight that media authenticity does not mean "reproduction as realistic as possible" of an event, but refers to the way in which the meaning of the event is assimilated and communicated by the journalist.

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  22. Volume 7 · Issue 1 · 2020 · pp. 395-401

    BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM

    • Ana-Maria Predila
    Keywords
    health; communication; strategy; barriers; medical; system

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    Predila, A.-M. (2020). BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 395-401. https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SSERR_2020_7_1_395_401.pdf

    Abstract. Good communication is a linchpin of effective health care, and if it's missing, your entire business is likely to suffer. Health communication is extremely important for both physicians and patients. Effective communication between doctor and their patients is crucial to improving healthcare outcomes and patients’ satisfaction. Studies conducted during the past three decades show that the clinician’s ability to explain, listen and empathize can have a profound effect on biological and functional health outcomes as well as patient satisfaction and experience of care.

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