This is the English language contents page for E&SD 15(1)
Nick Rushby
Editorial: Open reviewing 6
Marina M. Solobutina
Ego Identity of Intellectually Gifted and Sport Talented Individuals in Puberty and Adolescence 12
Vsevolod V. Andreev, Vladimir I. Gorbunov, Olga K. Evdokimova, Giorgia Rimondi
Transdisciplinary approach to improving study motivation among university students of engineering specialties 21
Martin F. Lynch
The Cultural Internalization Scale: Assessing internal and external reasons for endorsing one’s cultural identity 38
Tatiana Yu. Dorokhova, Nikolay P. Puchkov
A regional system of targeted training of specialists for the electronics and telecommunications industry 56
Anastasia S. Kosogova, Nina V. Kalinina
Giving trainee teachers a global cultural view of knowledge and cognition 69
Lyudmila V. Bayborodova, Ekaterina N. Shipkova
Analysis of the practice of private supporting tutoring for rural school students 79
Victoria G. Malakhova, Tatiana N. Bokova
Philosophical ideas of postmodernism and their impact on the education system
in Russia and the USA 93
Gulnara F. Biktagirova, Roza A. Valeeva, Nadezhda Yu. Kostyunina, Natalya N. Kalatskaya, Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova
The phenomenon of “victimization” in modern Russian and foreign studies 104
When I was a post-graduate student at Imperial College London, one of the highlights
of the week was the research seminar. As its name suggests, this was a meeting of
the research students to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and, crucially, for the
critical examination of any reports or papers that we were in the process of writing. It was
an unspoken rule that nothing could be submitted for publication until it had passed the
internal review of the research seminar. Although it was often frustrating for the authors,
it had the desired effect of sharpening the arguments, exposing any inadequacies in the
analysis, improving the readability. It almost guaranteed that, when the article was submitted
to a scholarly journal, it would be accepted with only minor revisions. The hard
work had already been done in the research seminar.
This study examines the developmental crisis of talented individuals in puberty and adolescence
during which there are personality conflicts of identity versus role confusion. The article describes
how intellectually gifted and sports talented individuals experience this fundamental opposition and
the needs for it to be resolved at the end of adolescence. The research examined the congruence of
the structural organization and the nature of ego identity of intellectually gifted and sports talented
individuals in puberty and adolescence. It was conducted in two stages (i) the development of a
semantic differential for measuring participants’ ego identity (following the concepts developed by
Erik H. Erikson) and undertaking factor analysis, and (ii): a comparison of the congruence of the
structural organization and the nature of ego identity in comparable groups of participants. The
factor analysis identified four parameters denoting the nature of ego identity in adolescence: positive
identity, negative identity, confusion identity, and identity crisis. Significant differences were found
in the congruence of the structural organization of ego identity in puberty and adolescence.
In pedagogy, motivation is considered more important than ability. This study aims to identify,
and provide a rationale for, ways to increase of study motivation among the university students of
engineering specialties. The creation of conditions for the subject to predict results of his activity,
as well as for the manifestation of self-dependence and creativity, contributes to ensuring students’
motivation and to the development of their search activity, that is “critical inquiry” of useful
information. To implement these conditions, we suggest extending transdisciplinarity in education
and integrating it with all forms of the educational process, and establishing more effective contacts
(both formal and informal) between teachers and students. Such integration is based on integrity,
dialectic method, mental activity and integration of the laws of nature. We see the role of this
extension of transdisciplinarity as combining heterogeneous knowledge by content (education)
and methods (development) in conjunction with improving the quality of organizational and
pedagogical support of training sessions (upbringing).
The constructs of ‘culture’ and ‘cultural identity’ have long been recognized by researchers as
important, but traditionally have been treated as static properties rather than in terms of their degree
and quality of internalization. Adopting the more dynamic view of internalization proposed by
Vygotsky and by self-determination theory (SDT), two studies tested the measurement properties of
the Cultural Internalization Scale (CIS), which assesses internal versus external reasons for endorsing
one’s ambient culture. In a U.S. sample, Study 1 (N = 149) provided evidence for the reliability, factor
structure, and predictive validity of the scale. Study 2 replicated these results in a second U.S. sample
(N = 205) and in a sample from China (N = 245). In addition, Study 2 demonstrated that greater
internalization of one’s ambient culture was associated with satisfaction of the basic psychological
needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Discussion focuses on the potential applications
of the CIS in research on socialization, the cultural adjustment of immigrants and sojourners, and
implications for students in higher education settings.
The article explores the methodological basis of a model of a regional system of targeted training
for the electronics and telecommunications industry and its implementation using a technical
university as a backbone component of this system. An expert evaluation of the professional
activity of specialists was undertaken, and ways of increasing the efficiency of these enterprises were
formulated in the light of the requirements of the defense industry. This led to the development
of graduate competences required solve problems of manufacturing electronic products in an
innovative industry. The evaluation methodology and the functioning of specific systems over the
past few years are considered
The article identifies the essence of the ‘global worldview’ concept and its impact on training
teachers in cultural differences in knowledge and cognition. The global worldview is treated as
conscious identification of man with the biosphere, the planet as a whole and the space, on
one hand, and the circumstances that are naturally created on Earth, on the other. The article
substantiates the assumption that the global worldview is a determining condition for the teacher
to be able to translate knowledge and ways of cognitive activity in different cultures. This culture is
understood as a quality of the personality, a set of content, activity and personal self-presentations.
It determines the axiological, intellectual and personality, activity and methodological components.
The article sets out the principles for building this translation function.
This study highlights the key features of tutoring students in rural areas. Private tuition classes are
increasingly popular for modern school children. Over half the schools in the Russian Federation
are in rural areas and differ from those in urban settings in a number of respects. It is based on a
survey of 210 teachers of rural schools in six regions of the Russian Federation, complemented by
conversations with teachers in rural schools to elicit their views on private tutoring, observation,
literature and Internet resources analysis, interviewing, content analysis and case-studies. The
research investigated the reasons why such lessons are less practiced in the rural areas than in the
cities. It showed teachers believe that the practice of private tutoring in school subjects stimulates
the students’ self-development and they have a positive attitude towards private tutoring – including
that of their own children. Accommodation and studying were not perceived as major problems. A
comparison of private tutors in cities and rural areas confirmed that the practice of private tutoring
on school subjects is common not only in urban schools, but is also a characteristic of rural areas and
consequently is not a special case.
The modern education system requires flexibility, plasticity, continuity and resistance to crises
and risks. This study examines the main features and requirements of the modern socio-cultural
situation. It identifies strategies and directions in contemporary education based on the ideas of
postmodernism. Using conceptual analysis of the influence of postmodern ideas on the education
systems of Russia and the United States it compares and contrasts the strategies and trends
identified. The results can serve as a basis for further research in the field of comparative pedagogy
and philosophy of education, in the context of the influence of postmodern ideas on education,
reflecting the ‘spirit of the time’.
Victimization of children and adolescents, as well as other groups in society is an important issue
and complex issue that needs to be better understood so that measures can be put in place at every
level to prevent and correct these phenomena. This study was based on the bibliometric analysis
of relevant scientific literature in both Russian and foreign publications. The resulting qualitative
analysis indicated a variety of viewpoints on the concept of victimology, with different approaches,
theories of victimization, and concepts of specific aspects of prevention, minimization, correction,
and individual assistance. A large number of publications are devoted to the relationship of
victimization and other phenomena, especially in the school environment. Despite the diversity of
the scientific field, the study identified differences in the knowledge of this definition in the global
databases and an increasing number of publications dealing with this problem by both foreign and
Russian researchers. The phenomenon of “victimization” requires a further in-depth approach
to research of an interdisciplinary nature, as well as the development of conditions, models and
methods of de-victimization at various levels.