Summaries 11-2014

Summaries 11-2014
Practice of education modernization

GRYAZEV M.V., RUDNEV S.A., ANISIMOVA M.A., BLYAKHEROV I.S. MODULE PLANS AS A MEANS FOR EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON THE BASIS OF FSES3+

Abstract. The article deals with the problems arising in connection with the development of curricula for basic educational programs based on the Federal State Educational Standard 3+ in multi-disciplinary higher educational institutions. The article also proposes some improvements to the educational system basing on the experience of Tula State University in implementing module-based curriculum as a step for transition to asynchronous education.

Keywords: curriculum, Federal State Educational Standard 3+ (FSES 3+), asynchronous education, competence, educational module, module-based curriculum, curriculum matrix, basic disciplines, alternative disciplines, elective disciplines
References

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Authors:

GRYAZEV Mikhail V. – Dr. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Rector, Tula State University, Tula, Russia, [e-mail]

RUDNEV Sergei A. – Dr. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Pro-rector for educational work, Tula State University, Tula, Russia, [e-mail]

ANISIMOVA Marina A. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Assoc. Prof., Tula State University, Tula, Russia, [e-mail]

BLYAKHEROV Igor S. – Dr. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Tula State University, Tula, Russia, [e-mail]

ENDOVITSKIY D.A., BUBNOV Y.A., GAIDAR K.M. INCREASED VOLUME OF DOCUMENTS CIRCULATION AS A FACTOR OF DECLINE OF UNIVERSITY’S ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY

Abstract. The main issue of the article is an unprecedented analysis of constantly increasing volume of documents circulation, mainly external, at higher education institution. On the basis of accurate data, it is emphasized that it leads to the decline of economic efficiency and decreased quality of educational institution functioning. Furthermore, changing qualitative and quantitative characteristics produce negative economic, organizational, and psychological consequences in the activities of the university. The authors come to a conclusion that in order to solve the problem stated above the optimization of documents circulation is necessary and beneficial for higher education institution functioning.

Keywords: document’s circulation, external documents circulation, internal documents circulation, educational institution, economic efficiency
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Authors:

ENDOVITSKIY Dmitry A. – Dr. Sci. (Economics), Prof., Rector, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia, [e-mail]

BUBNOV Yuriy A. – Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Prof., Vice Rector (Strategic Administrative Management), Head of History of Philosophy Department, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia, [e-mail]

GAIDAR Karina M. – Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Assoc. Prof., Head of General and Social Psychology Department, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia, [e-mail]

KOSHKIN V.I., GORDEEV A.I., BELOTSERKOVSKY A.V., KAPLUNOV I.A., Maltseva A.A., PUSTOVALOVA E.L. Improving the efficiency of national student competition

Abstract. The article considers the new ways and methods for improving the efficiency of national student contests and Olympiads as a tool for identifying and supporting young talents. The authors suggest a new approach to the organization of the Olympiad movement including such principles as the limitation of the state’s role (it should be only a general initiator and supporter), segmentation of contest types, determination of contestants’ level, finding the optimal combination between of the system’s stability and its capability to develop.

Keywords: student contests, Olympiads, concept for identifying and supporting young talents
Authors:

KOSHKIN Valeriy I.  Dr. Sci., Prof., Rector, Moscow State Industrial University, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

GORDEEV Alexander I., Moscow State Industrial University, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development, [e-mail]

BELOTSERKOVSKY Andrey V. – Dr. Sci. (Physics), Prof., Rector, Tver State University, Dr., Tver’, Russia, [e-mail]

KAPLUNOV Ivan A. – Dr. Sci., Prof., Vice-Rector for research and innovation, Tver State University, Tver’, Russia, [e-mail]

Maltseva Anna A.  Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of Innovation center, Tver State University, Tver’, Russia, [e-mail]

PUSTOVALOVA Evgeniya L.  Ph.D. course student, M.Sc. in economy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

Philosophy of education and science

VALITSKAYA A. P. RUSSIAN INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL AND TEACHER EDUCATION

Abstract. The article is devoted to the modernization problems of national education and is aimed to analyze the system's ability to achieve the objectives of the development of intellectual potential of the country. The author offers to consider the methodological errors of the educational policy of the last decades: the orientation to the Euro-American economic model; the assignment of secondary and higher education to the service sector and commercialization; the definition of education as a process (standard quantitative parameters of quality, scientometrics in the ranking of scientific personnel, and others), the loss of valuable meanings in the content of education, the speculative replacement of the main ideological mission of education with a set of competences – the destruction of teacher education. These errors led to a crisis of the system, and a way out of this crisis is possible only with a radical reform of teacher education, providing an ideological position and a clarity of values.

Keywords: intelligence, intellectual potential, management concept, modernization, national traditions, culture axiosphere, teacher education
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Author:

VALITSKAYA Alice P. – Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Corresponding Member of the RAO, Prof., Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia, [e-mail]

Gorokhov V.G. technoscience as A new stage in the development of modern science and technology

Abstract. The article considers a new phenomenon of the modern science and technology — technoscience. Technoscience is a combination of the natural scientific theory and engineering theory. This is also a new way of the communication between science and society and between science and politics. The article analyzesinterdisciplinarity of technoscience and the role of the theoretical investigation in technoscience. Representative example of technoscience is nanotechnoscience.

Keywords: technoscience, interdisciplinary research, natural scientific theory, engineering theory, experimental technology, socio-technical systems, nanotechnoscience
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Author:

GOROKHOV Vitalii G. – Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Prof., Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, [e-mail]

POLONNIKOV A.A., PROZUMENTOVA G.N. HUMANITIES STUDIES AS AN ATTRIBUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION

Abstract. This is a methodological review of a case study discourse in humanities teaching; the focus is on the role and significance of scientific methods in the practices of reproduction and development of education. The heuristic value of the case study is demonstrated, followed by a discussion of the educational prerequisites for the application of the case study procedure and the use of its results in predicting educational change. The aim was to develop an operating framework for supervisors and academic advisors to practitioners of innovative methods of education and students of a variety of education-related issues.

Keywords: innovation turn, educational innovation, humanities studies, research engagement, paradoxical communication
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Authors:

POLONNIKOV Alexander A. – Cand. Sci.(Psychology), Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director of the Education Development Centre, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, [e-mail]
PROZUMENTOVA Galina N. – Dr. Sci. (Pedagogy), Prof., Director of the Scientific Educational Centre “Institute for Innovation in Education”, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, [e-mail]

SHESTAK V.P. UNIVERSITIES AND THE TRANSITION TO AN INNOVATION ECONOMY IN THE RUSSIAN REGIONS

Abstract. The article highlights the problem of the research activities of state universities, located in the Russian regions. Discusses the role of universities in socio-economic development of regions in the process of transition to innovative economy. The research activity of universities is considered within the model of the triple helix theory of innovation development. Proposes classification of scientific priorities, taking into account the interests of the regional economy and the conditions of scientific-pedagogical staff of universities in part, such as publication activity, the formation of the wage and the organization of students’ research work. It is assumed that the university can be an innovation hub of regional technological platforms.

Keywords: university, socio-economic development of regions, transition to an innovative economy, triple helix model of the innovation development theory, scientific-technological complex of the region, regional technological platforms, innovation hub, university science, research priorities, student science

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Author:

SHESTAK Valery P. – Dr. Sci. (Physics), Prof., Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

University life

Classical university at Chuvashia Republic
ALEKSANDROV A.J., AFANASIEV V.V. THE ULIANOV CHUVASH STATE UNIVERSITY: BASing on TRADITIONS TO INNOVATIONS

Abstract. The article presents the historical path, the current state and the development prospects of the largest university in the Chuvash Republic – The Ulianov Chuvash State University. The authors examine various types of activities of the university: education, scientific research, training, and others.

Кeywords: multidisciplinary university, socially oriented system of continuous education, academic structures, workforce capacity
References

1. 
   Agakov V.G. (2011) [50 years of electrical and power specialties at Chuvash university]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo Universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 3, pp. С. 3−6. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
2. 
   Shchedrin V.A. (2011) [Alma mater for creators of scientific and technological progress of the Chuvash Pepublic celebrates half-century jubilee]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo Universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 3, pp. 7−16. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
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   Lyamets I.Ya., Nudel’man G.S. (2011) [Formation of relay-city in Cheboksary]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo Universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 3, pp. 16−20. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   

Authors:

ALEKSANDROV Andrey Yu. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Assoc. Prof., Rector, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

AFANAS’EV Vladimir V. − Dr. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Vice-Rector for Research , The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

SHCHEDRIN V.А. ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR INNOVATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHUVASH REPUBLIC

Abstract. The article analyzes the state of engineering education in Chuvash Republic after signing the Bologna Declaration and the introduction of the new FSES VPO of the third generation; proposes measures for the preservation of the basic foundations of national engineering education. The main idea concerns the formation of a modified baccalaureate model including various modulars and profiles with the different education pepriods. This model should combine the methodological principles of Bologna Declaration and the advantages of Russian engineering education.

Keywords: engineering education, Bologna Declaration, bachelor degree, master degree, networking, electrical cluster
References

1. D’yakov A.F., Platonov V.V. (2011) [On the problems of higher power engineering and electrical engineering education in Russia]. Electrichestvo [Electricity]. No. 12, pp. 2−11. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)

2. D’yakov A.F., Platonov V.V. (2011) [The competence and level of bachelor degree in the field of power engineering and electrical engineering]. Energetik [Energetic]. No. 11. pp. 2−8. (In Russ.)

3. Shchedrin V.A. (2014) [Engeneering education during the change period]. Releynaya zashita i avtomatizatsiya [Protective relaying and automation]. No. 1, pp. 58−62. (In Russ.)

Author:

SHCHEDRIN Vladimir A. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

ALEKSANDROV A.YU., GARTFELDER V.A., KOVALEV V.G., SUDLENKOV A.A. INTEGRATED STRUCTURES OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES TRAINING FOR INNOVATIONAL SECTORS OF REGIONAL ECONOMY

Abstract. The article considers the issues of network cooperation between higher professional, secondary professional educational institutions and enterprises. Integrated structures appear to be an integral part of engineers’ training system in modern conditions. The educational scientific centre based on Chuvash State University and Electromechanical College is viewed as an example of such integrated structure focused on the development of highly technological production works.

Keywords: engineering class, resource centre, affiliated chair, applied baccalaureate, educational scientific centre
References

1. D’yakov A.F., Platonov V.V. (2014) [Restoration of higher school intellectual capability – the basic condition for formation of Russia tomorrow]. Energetik [Energetic journal]. No. 5, pp. 3-7. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)

2. Aleksandrov A.Yu. (2013) [Educational process organization at higher school in conditions of transition over to new educational standards]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo Universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 2, pp.111-115. (In Russ.)

3. Arkhipova A. O tom, kak byurokraty ot vysshego obrazovaniya i nauki ne dayut rabotat' prepodavatelyam rossiiskikh vuzov [As for how bureaucrats of higher education impede professors of higher schools to teach]. Available at: http://www.gazeta.ru.science/2014/08/29. (In Russ.)

Authors:

ALEKSANDROV Andrey Yu. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Assoc. Prof., Rector, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

GARTFELDER Victor A. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Machine building Department Dean, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

KOVALEV Vladimir G. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Power engineering and Electric engineering Department Dean, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

SUDLENKOV Aleksey A. – Cheboksary Electromechanical College Head, [e-mail]

Petrov N.A., troeshestova D.A. Organization of Psychological and pedagogical support of University entrants

Abstract. The article examines the necessity, goals and tasks of psycho-pedagogical support of university entrants in the continuing education system. The functional two-stage model of psychological and pedagogical support of university entrants is offered. The testing results of this model in the period of admission campaign 2014 of the Chuvash State University are submitted for discussion.

Keywords: learner-centered education, individual educational trajectories, psychological and educational support, professionally-oriented person, professional self-determination, personal fulfillment

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2. 
   Aleksandrov A.Yu. (2013) [Organization of educational process in conditions of transition to new educational standards]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 2, pp. 111–115. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
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   Mikhaylova E.V. (2012) [Individual educational trajectories of students in the system of constant education]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 4, pp. 186–190. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
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   Kontseptsiya organizatsionno-pedagogicheskogo soprovozhdeniya professional'no-go samoopredeleniya obuchayushchikhsya v usloviyakh nepreryvnogo obrazovaniya [The concept of organizational and pedagogical support of professional self-determination of students in a continuing education]. Vestnik Obrazovaniya Rossii. [Herald of the education in Russia]. 2013, no. 19. (In Russ.)
   
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   Velichko E. V. (2012) [Psychological and educational support of professional and personal development of college students]. Psihologicheskie nauki: teoriya i praktika: materialy mezhdunar. nauch. konf. [Psychological Science: Theory and Practice: Proceedings of the international. scientific. conf. (Moscow, February 2012)] Moscow: Buki-Vedi Publ., pp. 97-100. (In Russ.)
   
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   Zhuina D.V. (2013) [Acmeological center in university educational space] Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii [Higher education in Russia]. No. 4, pp. 81–86. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   

Authors:

PETROV Nikolay A. – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

TROESHESTOVA Dar’ya A. – Сand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Assoc. Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

Sociology of education
Shirokov O.N., Ivanova T.N., Idrisov R.A., Yaltaev D.A., Kodybaykin S.N. Experience in organizing patriotic education AT classical university

Abstract. The article describes the experience of the educational work of the lecturers of historical-geographical faculty of the CSU of I.N. Ulyanov. A combination of manifold forms and methods in this area of educational activity ensures its efficiency. CSU of I.N. Ulyanov was the first university to introduce for all first-course students the discipline “Civic studies and patriotic education” aimed at formation of socially active persons ready for performance of civic duties.

Keywords: patriotic education, historical education, civic consciousness, professional requirements, tolerance, mentality
References

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   Andreev O.V., Grigor’ev A.D., Sokolova V.I. (2012) Grazhdanovedenie i patrioticheskoe vospitanie [Civic studies and patriotic education]. Cheboksary: Chuvash St. Univ. Publ., 36 p. (In Russ.)
   
2. 
   [Problems of patriotic education and civic consciousness in the multiethnic region]. Materialy mezhregionalnoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferentsii, 17 marta 2011 g., Cheboksary [The materials of the interregional scientific-practical conference, March 17, 2011, Cheboksary]. Cheboksary: Chuvash St. Univ. Publ., 2011, 375 p. (In Russ.)
   
3. 
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   Victorov O.N., Viktorova O.O., Krasnova M.N. (2005) [Valuable orientations of student youth]. Problemy obrazovaniya: istoricheskiy opyt i sovremennost’ [Problems of education: historical experience and modernity]. Cheboksary: Chuvash St. Univ. Publ., pp. 47-61. (In Russ.)
   
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6. 
   [Great sons of Russia – Katukov, Maresyev, Sudayev … (to the 70 anniversary of Kursk fight)]. Sb. materialov Otkrytogo konkursa-festivalya nauchno-issledovatelskikh i tvorcheskikh rabot [Сollection of materials of Open competition festival of research and creative works]. Cheboksary: Novoe vremya Publ., 2014, p. 220. (In Russ.)
   
7. 
   Donskaya V.K., Shirokov O.N. (2012) [Historiography of the movement of historical reconstruction on the example of the Volga-Vyatka region]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 4, pp. 15-19. (In Russ.)
   
8. 
   Nikitina N.D., Fedotov V.A. (2012) [Spiritual and moral guidelines of student's youth]. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta [Herald of the Chuvash University]. No. 4, pp. 107-112. (In Russ.)
   

Authors:

ShirOkov Oleg N. – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Dean of historical-geographical faculty, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

Ivanova Tatyana N. – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Head of the department of history and culture of foreign countries, The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

Idrisov Rustem A. – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

Yaltaev Dmitriy A. – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

Kodybaykin Sergey N. – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., The Ulianov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia, [e-mail]

ERMAKOV M.A. MEANING OF THE SOCIAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

Abstract.The empirical base of the article is the materials of the survey conducted in 2012 in Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU), which is one of the largest universities in Perm. The study was conducted by the method of a questionnaire survey. The objects of the research were the second-year and fourth-year students of PNRPU and also master degree students. The size of a sample is 799 people. We investigated the personality awareness of information society, in particular the opinion of respondents about higher education and its role in the transformation of society. The position of students, which implies underdevelopment of the information society, is illustrated. The key differences between information society model and the modern stage are selected.

Keywords: information society, transformation, higher education, student, competence
References

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   Yakimova E.V (1996). Teoriyasotsialnykh predstavleniy v sotsialnoy psikhologii: diskussii 80–90-kh godov [The theory of social representations in social psychology: discussions of 80s - 90s]. Moscow: INION Publ., 115p.
   
2. 
   Toffler A. (2010) Tret’ya volna [The third wave]. Moscow: AST Publ., 784p.
   

Author:

ERMAKOV Mikhail A. – assistant of Sociology and Political Science Department, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russia, [e-mail]

PERVUSHINA E.A. DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

Abstract. The article analyzes the development of volunteer activities at higher education institutions, considers the basic steps for creating a volunteer center at university: from conceptual development of volunteerism to elaboration of criteria for its estimation. The author dwell on the main problems for the development of volunteering at universities, such as an inadequate the legal and regulatory framework, uncertain status of volunteer activities at higher education institution, decrease of students’ interest, non-interaction between participation in volunteer projects and formation of professional skills. The main tasks for volunteer centers: popularization of the ideas and values of volunteerism among the students and the development of the effective teaching system for volunteers.

Keywords: volunteering, volunteer, higher school, volunteer center, volunteerism
References

1. Pervushina E.A. [PR activity in the volunteer center "Sochi 2014"]. Sbornik materialov Vos'mogo Mezhdunarodnogo nauchnogo kongressa «Rol' biznesa v transformatsii rossiiskogo obshchestva – 2013» [Proc. of the MUIF «Synergy» "The role of business in a society transformation – 2013"]. Moscow: Econ-inform Publ., 2013, no. 700, pp. 698-699. (In Russ.)

2. Lednev V.A. (2011) [It is necessary to work as a volunteer to become first-trade expert]. Kachestvo obrazovaniya [Quality of education]. No. 12, pp. 42–44. (In Russ.)

Author:

PERVUSHINA Elena A. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Assoc. Prof. of Corporate Culture and PR Department, Moscow University for Industry and Finance “Synergy”, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

CHEPYUK O.R., GINZBURG M.Y. STUDENT BUSINESS INCUBATOR AS A CENTER FOR YOUTH INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY

Abstract. This article describes the formats of interaction between Student Business Incubator as a center for youth innovative entrepreneurship at the contemporary university and departments and external environment of the university. The authors analyze the problems and suggest solutions based on the experience of the activities of Student Business Incubator of the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, which is the center for youth innovative entrepreneurship in the region.

Keywords: Student Business Incubator, innovation entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial university, youth business movement
References

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   Chepyuk O. R., Ginzburg M.Y. (2014) [To the question of the innovation’s infrastructure formation in the region. Problems and their solutions based on the example of Business Incubator of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod]. Innovatsii [Innovations]. No. 4 (186), pp. 18-22. (In Russ.)
   
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   Innovestnik [Innoforum]. Available at: http://www.innoforum.unn.ru/files/innovestnik/03.pdf. (In Russ.)
   

Authors:

CHEPYUK Olga R. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Head of the laboratory Student Business Incubator, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, N. Novgorod, Russia, [e-mail]

GINZBURG Maria Yu. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Assoc. Prof., Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, N. Novgorod, Russia, [e-mail]

PROKHOROV S.G., SVIRINA A.A. EFFICIENCY of university MONITORING AND RUSSIAN SMALL CITIES PERSPECTIVES

Abstract. The paper analyzes indicators that are used in higher education institutions and autonomous campuses monitoring, and reveals the corresponding problems, which arise from implementing these indicators to autonomous campuses in Russian small cities. The authors arrive at the conclusion that without higher education institutions Russian small cities do not have development perspectives. In in medium-term perspective it signifies an extreme polarization of economic space of Russian Federation.

Keywords: higher education, efficiency monitoring, autonomous campuses, Russian small cities, polarization of economic space
Authors:

PROKHOROV Sergei. G. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Prof. of equipment building department, Kazan National Research Technical University, Kazan, Russia, [e-mail]
SVIRINA Anna A. – Dr. Sci. (Economics), Head of economics and management department, Kazan National Research Technical University, Kazan, Russia, [e-mail]

Engineering pedagogy
Prikhodko V.M., Borsch V.V., Sazonova Z.S. logistics education in terms of integration of education, science, industry and business

Abstract. Discuss issues of training of graduates of transport logistics educational programs in the context of advanced professional activities. Context is modeled in terms established in MADI scientific and educational center of transport logistics "REC-TL."

Keywords: transport logistics, bachelors, Research and Education Center, methodological basis for the preparation of logisticians
References

1. Sazonova Z.S. (2007) Integratsiya obrazovaniya, nauki i proizvodstva kak metodologicheskoe osnovanie podgotovki sovremennogo inzhenera [Integration of education, science and industry as a methodological basis for preparation of modern engineer]. Moscow: STU-MADI Publ., 487 p.

2. Lednev V.S. (1991) Soderzhanie obrazovaniya: sushchnost', struktura, perspektivy [The content of education: the nature, structure and prospects: Textbook]. Moscow, 224 p.

3. Kubrushko P.F. (2001) Soderzhanie professional'no-pedagogicheskogo obrazovaniya [The content of vocational teacher education]. Moscow: Vysshaya shkola Publ., 236 p.

4. Verbitskiy A.A. (2004) Kompetentnostnyi podkhod i teoriya kontekstnogo obucheniya [Competence-based approach and the theory of contextual learning]. Moscow: ITSPK Publ., 84 p.

5. Kirsanov A.A., Zhurakovskiy V.M., Prihodko V.M., Fedorov I.V. (2007) Osnovy inzhenernoi pedagogiki [Fundamentals of engineering pedagogy]. Moscow: STU-MADI Publ.; Kazan: Kazan State Technical University Publ., 498 p.

Authors:

PRIKHOD’KO Vyacheslav M. – Dr. Sci. (Technical), Prof., Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector, The Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

BORSHCH Vitaliy V. – Cand. Sci. (Technical), Assoc. Prof., The Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

SAZONOVA Zoya S. – Dr. Sci. (Pedagogy), Director of the Centre for Engineering Pedagogy, The Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

IVANOV V.G., Priymak E.V., BIKTAGIROV I.A. Training OF quality assurance specialists for the enterprises of petrochemical complex in conditions of the formation of the technical regulation system

Abstract. The article touches upon the problem of shortage and even absence of experts, capable to solve the questions concerning technical regulation of quality and safety of production in the conditions of the Customs Union, Uniform economic space and the WTO. Kazan National Research Technological University has elaborated special skill raising programs in the sphere of organization, functioning, and administration of the system of technical regulation adapted to the requirements of the Customs Union and WTO. The authors came to a conclusion of the necessity of introducing into curricular of economic and engineering universities a new economic discipline  “Economics, trade policy and WTO law and practice”.

Keywords: quality management, system of technical regulation, Customs Union, WTO law and practice, educational programs, improvement of professional skills
References

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   Mukhametshina A.M., Priymak E.V., Shigabiev T.N. (2011) [Some aspects of education quality management]. Uchenye zapiski Kazanskoi Gosudarstvennoi Akademii Veterinarnoi Meditsiny imeni N.E. Baumana [Scientific notes of the Kazan state academy of veterinary medicine of a name of N.E. Bauman]. Vol. 207, pp. 373-375. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
2. 
   Nikolaeva N.G., Priymak E.V. (2013) The Development of a Competence-Based Model for a Graduate and Professional Standard, 42^nd IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy «The Global Challenges in Engineering Education» and 16^nd International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL). Kazan, Kazan National Research Technological University, pp. 697-698.
   
3. 
   Priymak E.V. (2012) [Technical regulations and standards as measures of non tariff regulation within the limits of the WTO and the Customs union]. Vestnik Kazanskogo tekhnologicheskogo universiteta [Bulletin of the Kazan technological university]. Vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 284-287. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
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5. 
   Ivanov V. G., Biktagirov I.A., Prikhodko L.V., Biktagirov R.I. (2012) Metodika i praktika primeneniya antidempingovykh, kompensatsionnykh i spetsial'nykh zashchitnykh mer pri importe tovarov Rossiiskoi Federatsiei [Methodology and practice of application of anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures for imports of goods of the Russian Federation: Textbook]. Kazan: Ikhlas Publ., 376 p. (In Russ.)
   

Authors:
IVANOV Vasilii G. – Dr. Sci. (Pedagogy), Prof., First Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia, [e-mail]

PRIYMAK Elena V. – Cand. Sci. (Chemistry), Assoc. Prof., Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia, [e-mail]

BIKTAGIROV Il’dus A. – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Assoc. Prof., Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia, [e-mail]

Internationalization of education

MEDNIKOVA T.B., SENASHENKO V.S. ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE USA

Abstract. The article examines education of engineering workforce as one of the priority areas for the US education system development, analyzes the structure of undergraduate engineering programs, discusses the quality of engineering education, as well as the issue of meeting the requirements of the labor market and other problems of the US education system, related to educating highly-qualified specialists in engineering.

Keywords: engineering education in USA, degrees in engineering, undergraduate programs in engineering and engineering technology
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   Mednikova T.B., Senashenko V.S. (2014) [Particularities of the conception and the structure of undergraduate programs in the USA as one of the levels of higher education]. Alma mater. No. 2 (In Russ.)
   
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Authors:

MEDNIKOVA Tat’yana B. – graduate student, senior lecturer, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]

SENASHENKO Vasiliy S. – Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Prof., Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Moscow, Russia, [e-mail]
GITMAN E.K., GITMAN M.B. USE VS ACT OR WHAT AND HOW IS TESTED IN ENTERING EXEMINATIONS TO UNIVIRSITIES IN RUSSIA AND THE USA

Abstract. The article offers a comparative analysis for two testing systems: USE (Unified State Examination) introduced in Russia, and ACT (American College Testing) used in the USA. Starting from aims and intentions and followed by organizational aspects, differences in these two systems are discussed in the paper. Dissimilarities concern the final use of the both systems, tested parameters, the number of tests, periodicity of examinations and the time the results are valid. It is underlined in the article, that the main parameters, strongly monitored in the ACT system, are the qualities, defining the readiness of enrollees to study at Universities.

Keywords: USE (Unified State Examination), ACT (American College Testing), examination, entrance to Universities, aims of testing, content and structure of test materials, test organization, readiness of enrollees to study
References

1. 
   Verbitsky A.A., Puchkova E.V. (2013) [The potential of tests as a means of education quality diagnostics: myths and reality]. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii [Higher education in Russia]. No. 6, pp. 33-44. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.)
   
2. 
   Rizhkin A., Efremova N., Kovalev L. (2002) [Unified state examination: experience and perspectives]. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii [Higher education in Russia]. No 3, pp. 3-9. (In Russ.)
   
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   Khutorskoy A.V. (2010) Pedagogicheskaya innovatika: Uchebnoe posobie [Educational Innovations. Textbook]. Moscow: Academy Publ., 256 p.
   
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Authors:

GITMAN Elena K. – Dr. Sci. (Pedagogy), Prof., Perm State Humanitarian-Pedagogical University, Perm’, Russia, [e-mail]

GITMAN Mikhail B. – Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Prof., Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm’, Russia, [e-mail]

Facts, comments, notes

LOMAKINA O.V. Difficulties in the application of interactive teaching methods

Abstract. The article is an attempt to analyze the difficulties in the use of interactive methods in the educational process from the positions of teachers and students.

Keywords: learning process, teaching methods, interactive teaching methods, teachers, students
References

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   Vestnik filiala Vserossiyskogo zaochnogo finansovogo-ekonomicheskogo instituta v g. Barnaule [Herald of Barnaul Branch of All-Russian Correspondence Financial and Economic Institute]. 2012. No. 15.
   
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   Lomakina O.V. (2012) [Perception and evaluation of interactive teaching methods by students]. Problemy sovremennogo obrazovaniya [Problems of modern education]. No. 6, pp. 108–111. (In Russ.)
   

Author:

LOMAKINA Olga V. – Lecturer, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Barnaul Branch, Barnaul, Russia, [e-mail]