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Science Education Journals as Hosts of Environmental Education Research: Perspectives and Trends in the 21st Century
Author: Korfiatis, Konstantinos
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Education,Scholarship,Periodicals,Environmental Education,Educational Trends,Educational Research,Scientific Research,Literature Reviews,Inquiry,Biodiversity,Climate,Psychological Patterns,Cognitive Ability,Science Departments,Adult Education,Empowerment,Content Analysis,Elementary Secondary Education,Higher Education,Research Methodology

Scholarly journals are not passive receptors of scientific information. On the contrary, they, within the process of filtrating the kind of research that will finally been published, contextualize a scientific field. In the present review I examine the Environmental Education related articles published in science education journals between the years 2000 and 2014. It turned to be that EE-related research published in science education journals is characterized by an emphasis on the development and study of inquiry-oriented educational settings in both indoor and outdoor learning environments, as well as a preference for studies on biodiversity and increasingly on climate change, while research questions cover a wide range of topics (although not in equal terms) extended from the study of conceptual understanding and psychological characteristics to the development of cognitive skills and the elaboration of community oriented actions. Methodological approaches are characterized by flexibility, while an important amount of EE-related research is produced in science departments. A lack of research on early childhood as well as on adult education and a need on greater emphasis on learning for empowerment and active participation are the most important weakness of the literature under review.
Role of ?reative Social Practices in the Development of United Activities in Russian Society
Author: Volkov, Yury Grigorievich
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Creativity,Self Actualization,Citizen Participation,Social Justice,Citizenship Responsibility,Citizenship,Social Change

The article reveals the role of creative social practices in the development of united activities in Russian society. Creative social practices in Russian society are implemented by different social groups and strata for the purpose of self-realization, participation in socially important affairs when agreed by state institutions, ensuring safety and stability, and developing social creativity. In modern Russian society, there is a requirement for social solidarity associated with the mutual responsibility of the elites and the public, community groups and the state.
Practice-Oriented Teachers' Training: Innovative Approach
Author: Shukshina, Tatjana I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Education,Educational Environment,Pilot Projects,Teacher Education Programs,Partnerships in Education,Teacher Competencies,Evaluation Methods,Professional Development,Faculty Development

Modernization of Russian education meets the global trend of professionalization of teachers' training which assumes strengthening the practical orientation of educational programs as a significant factor in increasing the competitiveness of the teacher in the modern educational environment. The purpose of the article is to identify and experimentally test the conditions for effective practical training of teachers in the framework of the educational program of pedagogical magistracy. The study was conducted on the basis of the methods of theoretical and empirical level. The leading method is the method of pedagogical experiment allowing to determine the effectiveness of professionally-oriented training of teachers, to identify a set of conditions for the organization of this process. The achievement of positive results of the pilot study was obtained due to the implementation of the following pedagogical conditions: the reliance on the idea of the activity approach, a focus on modular design of the basic professional educational program of pedagogical magistracy, a change of the organization procedure and the content of practices, partnerships of educational institutions in the context of the professionalization of teachers' training, a change in the assessment procedure of professional competencies and labour actions of teachers. The findings demonstrate the increasing level of formation of professional competence and labour actions of graduates which both form the basis of student's qualification. The materials of the article are valuable for scientists, graduates, teachers of educational institutions.
The Activity-Based Approach to Achieving Theoretical and Practical Consensus in Pedagogy of N. F. Talyzina
Author: Chapaev, Nikolay K.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Activities,Foreign Countries,Theory Practice Relationship,Teaching Methods,Cognitive Processes,Active Learning,Knowledge Level

The relevance of the problem under study is based on the necessity to solve the permanent problem of the unity of theory and practice in the content of students' cognitive activity in the modern conditions. The purpose of the article is to analyze and to generalize the main concepts of pedagogy by N.F. Talyzina for implementation of the activity-based approach as a productive means of achieving theoretical and practical consensus in the process of forming students' cognitive activity. The lead approach to studying this problem is the activity-based approach which adequately expresses the objective and the essence of our research. The article is based on the concepts of pedagogy by N.F. Talyzina and reveals the conceptual and instrumental components of implementing the activity-based approach as a productive means of achieving theoretical and practical consensus in the process of forming students' cognitive activity. The materials of the article can be useful in modeling, designing and constructing a pedagogical concept aimed at achieving the balance between theoretical and practical components within the process of carrying out educational activity.
Preparation of Professional Training Teachers for Network Cooperation between Educational Establishments during Labor Preparation
Author: Tarasjuk, Olga V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Cooperation,Academic Standards,Models,Social Networks,Network Analysis,Computer Uses in Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Competency Based Education,Program Implementation

Relevance of the problem being investigated is conditioned by the necessity to arrange network cooperation between educational institutions during labor force preparation in the conditions of informatization of educational and technological processes. The aim of the article is to prove the necessity of including basics of network cooperation between educational establishments to preparation of professional training teachers for computer modeling in the conditions of implementation of Federal State Educational Standards for labor professions. The main method of research is pedagogical modeling of professional training teachers preparation, permitting to identify the structure and content of the preparation process for computer modeling. The necessity to train professional training teachers in organization of network cooperation between educational institutions during preparation for computer modeling has been identified and proved; the approach to development of the structure and component content of the process of preparation for computer modeling has been determined; content of preparation for computer modeling has been reconstructed by introduction of cross-discipline module &quot;Computer modeling&quot;; module and competency-based learning and teaching support of the process of preparation to computer modeling has been developed. The materials of the article can be used by magistrands, post-graduates, teachers in development of content of information preparation of professional training teachers.
The Benefit of the GLOBE Program for the Development of Inquiry Competence in the Czech and Slovak Contexts
Author: Smoláková, Nikoleta
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Inquiry,Minimum Competency Testing,Environmental Education,Science Education,Grade 8,Scientific Literacy,Scientific Principles,Science Process Skills,Science Interests,Predictor Variables,Gender Differences,Comparative Analysis,Comparative Education,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Investigations,Scientific Methodology,Science Tests,Science Achievement,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Statistical Significance

This study compares the inquiry competence of the 8th-grade students participating in the science and environmental education program GLOBE in the Czech Republic with a sample of students of the same age not participating in the program from the Slovak and Czech Republics. Inquiry competence is analyzed as a set of variables representing students' investigation skills, understanding of the procedure of the scientific work, their understanding of the principles of scientific work, and their interest in science. While no differences between the Czech and Slovak students not involved in the GLOBE program were found, the Czech participants achieved a higher level of inquiry competence in most of the investigated variables. Gender was an important factor for both the groups not participating in the program, while no significant difference between boys and girls was found in the group of participants.
System of Attitudes in Parents of Young People Having Sensory Disorders
Author: Posokhova, Svetlana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Parent Attitudes,Perceptual Impairments,Adolescents,Visual Impairments,Hearing Impairments,Comparative Analysis,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,Parent Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Parent Child Relationship,Family Environment,Child Rearing,Stress Variables

The objective of the research was to identify the system of attitudes in parents of young people having sensory disorders. The survey covered parents of children aged 17 and older having hearing disorders, visual disorders, and no sensory disorders. The parents' system of attitudes united the attitude of the parents to themselves, to the child and the child's sensory disorder, to family and family values. The complex of techniques used included the multi-purpose three-factor semantic differential by C.E. Osgood (1964), parents' attitude questionnaire by A.Ya. Varga and V.V. Stolin (1988), and E.Ya. Didenko's (2013) questionnaire form. In conditions of parents and young people living together, it is peculiar to all parents to accept their children and to be able to interact with them as well as to control the organization of their life and activity. Experiencing anxiety and dissatisfaction of life, diverse personal change, understanding the communication barriers of their children and recognizing the value of their future are characteristic for parents of young people having sensory disorders. This creates conditions for symbiotic relationships and infantilization of the young people. The structure of parents' attitudes in case of the children's sensory disorders is distinguished by a high integration of significance of one's own &quot;I&quot;, of the value of one's own activity and openness.
The Structural and Functional Model of Development of Profession-Oriented and Specialized Competences of Students at Vocational and Pedagogical Higher Educational Establishments
Author: Guzanov, Boris N.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocational Education,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Teacher Competencies,Teacher Education,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Professional Development,Questionnaires,Observation,Statistical Analysis

The topicality of the problem under study is based on requirements of the society and the shortage of teachers of vocational education on the labour market, aimed at successful vocational and pedagogical activities by means of the needed level of development of profession-oriented and specialized competences through self-development and self-fulfillment by doing vocational and pedagogical tasks. The aim of the article is to draw up a structural and functional model of development of profession-oriented and specialized competences of students during the studying of profession-related disciplines and to test this model. The leading method to study this problem is pedagogical modeling, enabling us to consider this problem as the process of development of profession-oriented and specialized competences through self-development and self-fulfillment by doing vocational and pedagogical tasks. The article outlines the structural and functional model of development of profession-oriented and specialized competences of students while studying profession-related disciplines, consisting of interconnected components: purpose-oriented, theoretical and methodological, informative, organizational and activity-related, assessment and adjustment, and performance-related; an algorithm to introduce this model was also developed. The results of the study contain the invariable foundation of methodological support of profession-oriented disciplines and can be recommended for use for the entire range of educational disciplines for profilisation. The practical significance to control professional development of students is proved by the factual material illustrating qualitative changes in their need in self-development of professional abilities.
Professional Competencies Development of Competitive Bachelors in Machine Engineering
Author: Dorozhkin, Evgenij M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bachelors Degrees,Engineering Education,Competency Based Education,Instructional Design,Educational Quality,Questionnaires,Observation,Pretests Posttests,Program Implementation,Organizational Climate,Organizational Culture,Educational Environment,Foreign Countries

The significance of the problem being investigated is conditioned by the need of introduction of considerable amendments to academic discipline content with the objective of ensuring effective education process and professional competencies development level increase of bachelors in machine engineering necessary in their professional activities while performing employment functions. The purpose of the article involves structural-functional model development of forming bachelors' professional competencies towards &quot;Machine Engineering&quot; qualifications in studies of qualified educational subjects, and also identifying a set of organizational-educational conditions of its successful implementation. The key method of the given problem analysis is meant to be model analysis which enables to study the matter point of this problem in great detail. The fundamental result of the article is a generated structural-functional model of professional competencies forming, including information-packed, assignment, and evaluative units in its structure and being implemented with respect to organizational-educational conditions. The content of the article may prove helpful for faculty members of technical institutions for the purposes of high quality vocational training implementation which meets unit standard requirements of machine-building complex enterprises.
University Academic Excellence and Language Policy: A Case of Russia
Author: Atabekova, Anastasia A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Policy,Universities,Language of Instruction,Global Approach,Academic Achievement,Qualitative Research,Performance Factors,Barriers,Educational Trends,Content Analysis,Position Papers,College Programs

The paper focuses on the university academic excellence projects worldwide and tries to explore the higher education institutions experience and trends regarding their language policies within the international landscape and increasing globalisation. The article agrees that English goes as a major medium of instruction at universities that strive for reaching higher positions in world university rankings and takes into account the UNESCO traditions related to language diversity and multilingual education development, as well. The research focuses on language policy issues as language has always been a tool to create, deliver and process knowledge within, across and beyond local and national communities toward the global scale. The study took into account the experience of national academic excellence projects across the world, tried to identify those language challenges that the Russian universities as members of the Russian national academic excellence project are currently facing. The research goal was to map those changes and shifts in the language policies of Russian higher education institutions that could help them boost their academic visibility internationally. The methodology rested on the qualitative analysis of national education programmes, universities' action plans, data on Russian universities strategies and tactics regarding language issues.
Russian Education in the Context of the Third Generation Universities' Discourse: Employers' Evaluation
Author: Maximova, Olga
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Change,Economic Development,Educational Quality,Educational Improvement,Specialists,Surveys,Universities,Employer Attitudes,Education Work Relationship,Job Skills,Educational Technology,Industry,School Business Relationship,Job Training,College Graduates,Foreign Countries,Interviews

Urgent problems of modernization of the Russian system of higher education in the context of the discourse of the third generation universities were revealed on the basis of the expert survey of employers (heads of personnel departments of large industrial enterprises of the city of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan) within research project &quot;Strategy development of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period till 2030&quot;. These include: insufficient level of professional skills and competencies of graduates in recent decades; decrease in motivation of young specialists in employment and work in the industrial sector; formal activities aimed at enhancing interaction between universities and companies due to the lack of financial and material resources. To improve the quality of young specialists` training, experts offered recommendations such as improving the system of practical training of students, modernization of the educational process through the use of new educational technologies and active involvement of employers into the development of educational plans and programs, improvement of the quality of teaching university staff.
Using Educational Technology in Applications as Element of Teaching for Special Disciplines
Author: Neupokoeva, Elena E.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Information Technology,Relevance (Education),Teaching Skills,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Technological Literacy,Problem Solving,Observation,Questionnaires,Vocational Education,Courseware,Computer System Design,Hermeneutics,Teaching Methods,Hypothesis Testing,Foreign Countries,Higher Education

The relevance of research problem due to high growth of information technologies roles in industrial activity and low level of teachers professionalism in topics related with information technology. Purpose of article is to show main components of a learning technology aimed at improving level teachers skills to solve didactic problems associated with computer technologies and issues in field of IT private industry. Main strategy to resolve of this problem are: system and activity approach, which allow model a structure activities of future specialist and activity model which required for learning technologies working with application programs (AP); hermeneutic approach which allows to establish a system of semantic interpretation of the conceptual apparatus of the user interface taking into account the level of users' perception on different levels of using of applied programs; integrative approach which establish a single semantic component for group of disciplines related to information technologies, allowing to optimize learning process inside framework of application software that underlies this technology. In article presents main components of a learning technology, which works with application software: diagram of activities, which works with PC in office, methods of formation of conceptual apparatus in the field of creation of AP algorithms, minimizing of users algorithms. Article will be useful for IT teachers, which implement program of preparation of bachelors of vocational training (by industry), as well as business coaches, which will be create a instructional card for user training.
The Experience of Positioning the University at the Educational Services Market
Author: Dorozhkin, Evgenij M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Vocational Education,Free Enterprise System,Professional Education,College Bound Students,College Applicants

The relevance of the problem under study is based on the necessity to find the most productive method of positioning a higher educational organization at the educational services market within the conditions of transfer from the centrally planned economy to a market economy and changing of the thinking format of the young generation. The purpose of the article is to develop a set of marketing actions for positioning a higher educational organization at the educational services market and its assessment. The lead method of studying this problem is modeling which provides the possibility to consider the problem as a process of results-oriented and well-informed managing of the process of development of a university as an educational system. The article contains a set of marketing actions aimed at positioning the university at the educational services market using the organization's own internal resources and consisting of the interconnected components, such as motivational-target, content-processing and result-assessing; their specific features are described and the algorithm of implementing this set is developed. The developed and assessed system is intended for promotion of the university as a brand at the educational services market, for strengthening and reinforcing its competitive positions and increasing the university's attractiveness for future students. The materials of the article can be useful for education specialists oriented towards marketing of educational services, for teachers who deliver a course of lectures in disciplines related to pedagogical marketing or marketing of educational services.