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The aim of the course is to enable students to develop an understanding of the nature, specificity, basic issues of history and theory of children's and youth literature and the role of literature in the process of personal development. The objectives of the study course 1. To improve the understanding of the value system, problems, types, genres (literary fairy tales, fantasy, science fiction), artistic system, tendencies of Latvian and foreign children's and youth literature classics and the most brilliant works of contemporary writers. 2. To develop skills to analyze and evaluate the content, form, relevance to the age of the reader, illustrations and design of literary works. 3. To see and learn to evaluate opportunities, problems and their solutions related to the study of children's literature at school. The language of instruction is Latvian.

In the course, students develop knowledge and raise awareness of the cognitive and social emotional aspects of learning according to competency-based education approach. The ability to recognise and consider biological, social and psychological factors of individual development and learning are developed. An independent (individual or group) work includes analysis of scientific literature, presentation and preparation for seminars. The aim of the course is to provide an in-depth knowledge and understanding of contemporary psychology theories and principles related to the educational context. The tasks of the course are to introduce theoretical and research findings of educational psychology, apply them to the practical work in different groups of learners, as well as to support skills to develop theoretical part of a dissertation and prepare for the doctoral exam. Language of instruction is Latvian.

The aim of the course is to develop an understanding about the interaction between the individual and the changing educational environment in the context of self-determination theory, humanistic pedagogy and social constructivism theory. The course will promote critical reflection on scientific concepts and personal research, identifying perspectives for the development of educational science and practice. Tasks – 1) To explore the theoretical approaches for understanding and integrating transformative education paradigms into pedagogical practice; 2) To integrate theoretical scientific concepts and practical approaches in a self-directed research process, identifying the current needs of learners in a changing educational environment; 3) To identify perspectives of transformative education and pedagogical practice development in a research process implemented by a doctoral student.
Languages of instruction are Latvian and English.

The formal definition of algorithm allows to prove unsolvability. Algorithmic problems arise naturally in algebra. Non-commutativity is crucial for unsolvability of words equivalence. The finiteness problem for automaton semigroups is undecidable. This result is reached only last decade. For groups such problem remains chalinge. We stress automaton semigroups can recognize as application of computer science in mathematics. The aim of course is to introduce students in modern problematics concerns algoritmic methods in algebra. Tasks: 1) to digest the technique with the help of which the equivalence of words in factor semigroups and factor groups is analyzed. 2) to digest the technique with the help of which it has been proved that the finiteness problem for automaton semigroups is undecidable. Languages of instruction are Latvian and English.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the most important aspects of international economics and international business, their historical development, influencing factors and consequences. The objectives of the course are: - to examine the international movement of goods, services, labor and capital, the main international organizations and their impact on globalization processes in the world; - pay particular attention to international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the IMF, NATO, the UN, the OECD and others; - to analyze global economic integration processes and to describe the world's major trading blocs, customs unions and common markets. The course also analyzes the European Union as the highest form of economic integration, focusing on the most important aspects of its functioning. The languages of instruction are Latvian and English.

Course aims: This course aims to give students an introduction to various aspects of linguistic anthropology through examining a broad range of ethnographic examples from all over the world. Course tasks: 1. Show how language relates to culture, how different cultures make use of language in different ways, and how some have suggested how language creates culture itself. 2. Deal with language from the beginnings of participant observation to more recent developments such as the use of culture and language as acts of persuasion to create culture itself 3. Shows how words are related to things, how language may have developed and the playfulness that language can contain. Languages of instruction are Latvian and English.

The aim of the study course is to provide students with an opportunity to master basic issues of chemistry teaching/learning methodology: organisation of the study process, planning, normative documents regulating the content of the syllabus of the subject, development of the curriculum at general secondary education optimal and highest levels. Objectives of the study course: 1. to ensure a natural science teacher with the knowledge necessary for teaching the content of chemistry and to understand the organisation of chemistry teaching/learning process, 2. to develop skills to design and analyse the teaching/learning process, 3. to master basic teaching/learning issues of chemistry as a natural science study subject included in the standard of general secondary education at the optimal and highest level.
Language of instruction is Latvian.

The course aims at developing a deeper understanding of the concept “word” and of its relevance in communication. While elaborating on and discussing the tendencies in the modern global discourses, the course aids students in developing language awareness, i.e. the awareness of the features of the word as a central nominating unit in the language (from interlingual viewpoint). The objective of the course is set to consider the concept 'word' in the broadest possible context of linguistic interpretations and extra-linguistic settings. These and other thematically related questions are discussed in seminars, which stimulate the understanding of vocabulary’s diachronic variability and allow for the exploration of its written sources - dictionaries, which are essential products in the field of humanities as well as practical tools in professional settings. Language of instruction: German

The aim of the course is to ensure the acquisition of the concepts, research methodology, concepts and artifacts of the historical development of culture, which are essential for the development of understanding of the cultural and environmental heritage and the study of humanities. The tasks are to introduce the students with: a) an analysis of the historical periods of culture and their characteristic patterns of world perception; b) essential aspects of the formation and development of culture and civilization; c) the most important artefacts of Western culture, which characterize the features of a certain cultural-historical discourse. In the acquisition of the course, emphasis is placed on the critical analysis of cultural-philosophical, cultural-historical texts and argumentation, as well as on the formation of an understanding of the location of historical and contemporary cultural artifacts in the cultural context. Language of the study course - Latvian

Publication is the most important review of performed scientific research. For sucessful defence of thesis research should be presented at least in three peer reviewed papers. The aim of the course is to publish a scientific article on the topic of the dissertation. The tasks of the course are to improve the doctoral student's skills to substantiate, interpret and publish the results obtained in the research, based on their own and other people's experience in the chosen field of health care. Writing a paper includes all the parts of scientific research starting with formulation of hypothesis and objectives of research and finalizing with conclusions, based on results of performed research. Writing a paper gives an insight into main priciples of scientific research and learns how research data have to be correctly interpreted. The course is designed in Latvian and English.