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This study focused on teacher responses during COVID-19 in the 2020-2021 academic year about homework assignments, their preparedness, internet use, resources used, measurement and evaluation methods. The study is qualitative using content analysis and the N-Vivo program. Ten teachers in different types of high schools in different socio-economic regions in Adana/Turkey participated in this research. The results showed that the opinions of the teachers did not vary according to school type and socio-economic environment. They made creative efforts for effective instruction by integrating different types of evaluation, homework, and methodology. Based on the results, it is suggested that distance educational planning should be made preparing teachers for such unexpected events; it includes the development of software, alternative teaching platforms, providing government support for internet and access to equipment and technology. Additionally, it is noted that teachers may experience a lack of motivation during the pandemic and should be supported psychologically during such unexpected events. [This study was presented at the International Professional Education Conference (IPEC) held on 23-29 August 2021 at Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University/Turkey.]

Do you wish to connect with your students? Then cultivate the art of storytelling. A good story can enliven a dull lesson, and it can expand the horizons of an interesting one. Storytelling can be used as an advance organizer for introducing a new unit of thought, or it can work equally well as a capstone for what has already been learned. Great teachers have shown themselves to be lively storytellers. How can storytelling enhance both teaching and learning?

We live in an age rife with evaluations. Everyone is busy evaluating everyone. Teachers evaluate students; administrators evaluate teachers; the public evaluates administrators. Testing agencies are having a field day creating instruments for evaluating everyone and everything. The circle feeds on itself. In my 45 years of teaching experience, my most treasured evaluation came from a six-year-old boy who came to class one evening with his mother. During the class period, he sat quietly next to his mother working with pencil and paper on something placed upon his desk. At the end of the class, he came to the front of the room and presented me with a picture of myself standing in front of the classroom waving my hands in the air. Below the picture he had written, "You are a good teacher and funny." They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I like to think the little boy captured the spirit of my teaching. The following article is a venture into the spirit of teaching. Hopefully, it can assist thoughtful teachers in developing their own classroom artistry.

Urbanistične raziskave, opravljene na globalnem severu, kažejo, da je z vidika organizacije časa in prostora, vrednot in družbenih stikov tradicionalni polodprti stavbni blok nizke zazidave z mešanimi funkcijami najprivlačnejši morfološki tip stanovanjske gradnje v mestih. Avtorji v članku proučujejo, ali osnovne urbanistične hipoteze glede udobnosti bivanja na stanovanjskih območjih različnih morfoloških tipov veljajo tudi za ukrajinsko prestolnico. Primerjajo kakovost življenja ter analizirajo razlike v vedenjskih vzorcih in zaznavah prostora prebivalcev različnih tipov stanovanjskih območij, da bi opredelili glavne značilnosti najudobnejše oblike stanovanjske soseske. Na podlagi ankete in strokovnih ocen proučujejo zgodovino, delovna mesta, družbene, izobraževalne in kulturne storitve, okoljske kazalnike, stopnjo varnosti in sodelovanje javnosti v treh stanovanjskih soseskah v mestu: v Žuljanyju, Podilu in Rusanivki. Žuljany je naselje prostostoječih enostanovanjskih hiš, Podil je soseska s polodprtimi stavbnimi bloki nizke zazidave, Rusanivka pa je primer sovjetske modernistične visoke blokovske zazidave. Izsledki raziskave kažejo, da je na podlagi objektivnih kazalnikov in mnenj prebivalcev Rusanivka najudobnejše stanovanjsko območje v mestu, kar se ne ujema s splošno sprejetimi teorijami o najbolj zglednih in najprivlačnejših morfoloških tipih mestne stanovanjske gradnje. Privlačnost omenjene soseske je posledica njenih načrtovalskih in gradbenih značilnosti, zlasti osredotočenosti na človeka ter dobro premišljenega in celostnega načrtovalskega pristopa.

According to Global North urban studies, the traditional low-rise mixed-function perimeter block is the most attractive urban morphology in terms of organization of space, time, values, and social interactions. This study examines how valid these basic theses are regarding the comfort of urban housing morphological types in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. We compare residents’ quality of life and analyse the differences in residents’ behavioural patterns and spatial perception in different morphological types of housing to identify distinguishing features of the most comfortable urban form. Using expert evaluation and surveys, we assess history; jobs; social, educational, and cultural services; environmental indicators; security levels; and public activity in three different neighbourhoods: Zhulyany (with detached houses), Podil (with low-rise perimeter blocks), and Rusanivka (with Soviet high-rises). The results reveal that the Soviet neighbourhood, Rusanivka, leads in terms of both objective indicators and residents’ perception as the most comfortable living area. This finding contradicts generally accepted theories about exemplary and attractive urban morphology. This preference is based on the planning and construction priorities of the unique social system of Rusanivka, where its human-centeredness and a thoughtful integrated approach are highly valued