Significance of the studied problem is confirmed by the fact that currently the system of higher
education in the Russian Federation is focused on the search for optimal solutions to adapt the
structure and content of higher education to the requirements of professional standards. The
Ministry of Education and Science of Russia has already started to approve new Federal State
Educational Standards of Higher Education adapted for professional standards, which will enter
into force at the end of 2017. In this regard, educational institutions of higher education will get a lot
of work aimed at organizational, didactic and methodical support for the transition of educational
process to new Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education. The purpose of this article
is to justify and describe the model for creating space for the professional development of students,
aimed at development of their professional competencies in the field of physical education and
sports. Simulations are applied as the leading research method allowing to consider the professional
development of the future graduates in the framework of a specially designed didactic system of
competence-based format. The article shows that the space of professional development is formed
in didactic systems of the metric competence-based format between the areas of knowledge and
abilities development synchronized with the requirements of relevant professional standards.
Month : June 2017
Psychological determinants of achievement of the first stage of academic careers in higher education
The main indicator of the achievement of the first stage in the academic career is the award of the
PhD, which comes only from the evaluation of the research level of the applicant. Our research
allowed us to create a psychological model of the subject of scientific research activity and highlight
the specific psychological characteristics that form the personality of the beginning scientist.
Previously, the requirements and assumptions of the individual were described, and this made it
possible to consider a person as a subject of scientific research activity. However the psychological
determinants were never defined. The nature of the requirements was related to the general mental
processes, the possibilities and qualities of the individual, the internal specific conditionality of
which was not disclosed. The work of by Е.А. Klimov on professionally oriented periodization
allowed us to distinguish two phases of the development of research activities: «the phase of
internality – the acquisition of professional experience» – training in graduate school and «the phase
of skill – the qualified performance of work» – the requirements of standards and the defense of the
candidate’s thesis. The search for psychological determinants as an «internal condition» determining
the transition from phase to phase was based on the theoretical and methodological approaches of
Russian psychologists E.A. Klimov, N.M. Peysakhov, Y.A. Ponomarev, and S.L. Rubinstein. This
made it possible to determine the block of psycho-diagnostic tools, a set of valid and reliable author’s
questionnaires, statistical data processing methods of high level of reliability.
Semantic analysis of mental states of students from different ethnocultural groups in situations with a certain and uncertain outcome
Uncertainty is inherent in the modern world. Global problems of the present, environmental,
cultural and social problems, information revolution, problems of interpersonal communications
and interaction of the person with the environment, all this generates uncertainty of human’s
existence of the person in the world. Under such circumstances of the existence a special role is
played by a tolerance phenomenon to uncertainty. In this regard, in spite of sufficient complexity
and relevance of a phenomenon of tolerance to uncertainty and interest in this problem of various
sciences, there are no theoretical and empirical data on features of tolerance to uncertainty and
the tested mental states of various ethnocultural groups, in particular of Russians and Tatars, that
defined the purpose of our research. The research was conducted by means of a technique of a selfassessment of mental states of Alishev, Gabdulkhakova. In article are presented and analized the
results of a research of mental conditions of representatives of the Russian and Tatar nationality
in situations with a certain and uncertain outcome. It is revealed that at collision with uncertain
situations there is a shift of qualitative characteristics of states from positive to negative at examinees
of the Russian and Tatar nationality. It is shown that in situations with defined (negative outcome
there are negative mental states, while in situations with a certain outcome positive states are felt.
On the Issue of Intensification of Teaching a Foreign Language in a Non-linguistic Institution
Update of the research problem is associated with the software of the educational process in higher
educational institutions in this domain as a “foreign language”. The article discusses the most
important aspects of the intensification of teaching a foreign language in non-language high school;
possible orientation of a foreign language in the future professional activity; the use of certain
approaches to teaching foreign languages, in particular, intensive training approach as a way to
intensify the training; the use of intensive training principles; consideration of factors of intensification
of training; the use of methods of learning a foreign language in non-language high school; creation
of certain components of the educational environment for teaching a foreign language. The author
reveals the importance of the integration of various approaches to the intensification of training
in order to optimize the entire system of organization of cognitive activity of students. The article
analyzes the possibility of using situational principle which involves the study of a foreign language
on the basis of situations. The article shows how in teaching a foreign language in non-language
high school there’re used some interactive forms of practical sessions. In this regard, it is concluded
that learning a foreign language speech activity on the basis of the communicative component of the
intensification of training must be systematic, targeted as close as possible to the conditions of reality
in order to achieve a positive result in learning a foreign language.
Analysis of Students’ Demand for Informational Resources during Study and Research Activity
The relevance of research of this problem is due to the need to improve the quality of service for library users and the activity of using information resources in the educational process. In this regard, this article is aimed at developing recommendations for improving the library activities in the electronic educational environment of the university.
The leading method in the study of this problem is a questionnaire, conducted among 1,096 students of the Siberian Federal University. The results of the research determined the attitude of students towards library services and information resources.
Based on the theoretical analysis and practical study of the formation problem and development of the electronic library, the development strategy of the digital library is considered, the technologies for creating and implementing information resources in the educational environment of the university are defined.
The recommendations presented in the article will allow increasing the efficiency of using information resources in the educational process.
Open and distance lifelong non-formal learning for self-development: current practices and possible applications in Russian contexts
Non-formal and lifelong learning play a critical role in self-development and mastering the
knowledge and skills demanded by an ever-changing world. This review examines the ways in which
open and distance learning methods and technologies are being used to provide such non-formal
learning in the developing countries to reduce inequality, provide education for all and ensure
sustainable development. Having considered the main trends and possibilities in these contexts, it
speculates on the possible applications of these methods and technologies in support of the social
and economic development of Russian society.
Editorial: Ethical authorship
At the beginning of each scholarly article, beneath the title, is a list of the authors.
We get so used to writing our name, together with the names of our co-authors that we
seldom give it much thought. In this piece, I want to explain why it is very important to
get it right.
Being listed as the author – or one of the authors – of a published paper is important
for your credibility as a researcher; you are judged by the number and quality of your
publications. They help you to advance in your profession, to secure research funding,
and with invitations to contribute to conferences. But what does being listed as an author
mean?
E&SD Volume 12 Issue 2 contents
This is the English language contents page for E&SD Volume 12 (2) (Issue 51)
Nick Rushby:
Editorial: Ethical authorship 6
Colin Latchem, Daria Khanolainen:
Open and distance lifelong non-formal learning for self-development: current practices and possible applications in Russian contexts 12
Ruslan A. Baryshev:
Analysis of Students’ Demand for Informational Resources during Study and Research Activity 31
Agzam A. Valeev, Irina G. Kondratieva:
On the Issue of Intensification of Teaching a Foreign Language in a Non-linguistic Institution 42
Milausha V. Gabdulkhakova:
Semantic analysis of mental states of students from different ethnocultural groups in situations with a certain and uncertain outcome 52
Inna V. Krotova:
Psychological determinants of achievement of the first stage of academic careers in higher education 62
Marina Yu. Schennikova, Almaz M. Galimov:
Requirements of professional standards as a basis for professional development of students 73
Education & Self Development Retractions and notices 84
Our Authors 117
Notes for authors 129