Special Issue #1, 2011
Educational Engineering University Cluster\'s Projection: Humanitarian Technology
The report provides information on the results of modern research of Russian scientists in the field of teaching technologies, particularly in the context of the education of the engineer-intellectual. Category of «engineer-intellectual» proposed by the authors as a variant of a competent specialist in the field of industrial environmental management.
Humanitarian Technologies in the Ecological Education of University Students
The article is dedicated to the notion «humanitarian technology» which is analyzed through the correlation of such notions as «educational technology», «social technology», «humanitarian technology» and considers the possibilities of realization of humanitarian technologies in the educational process of a humanitarian higher educational institution for the achievement of the goals of ecological education. Key words: humanitarian technology, social technology, educational technology, ecological culture, humanization, humanitarization.
Burnout Syndrome in Students: Ways of Pedagogical Process Optimisation
The analysis of medical students health state in the course of professional formation is carried out in the paper, the unfavorable factors fatally influencing mental and somatic health, stress-resistance level are revealed that, in particular, shows in formation of burnout syndrome (BS), amazing up to 34—40%. Theoretical analysis of burnout syndrome phenomenon, its frame, models, development stages is presented, features of BS in medical students are described. In own empirical study with application of modern psychodiagnostic toolkit and methods for autonomic balance analysis is revealed that burnout syndrome in medical students can be considered as distress exhibiting, induced by nonoptimal educational conditions and showing by an individual combination of different symptoms depending on initial contributing of personal psychological features. On the other hand, even early stages of BS development negatively affect students stressreactance, doing by their more vulnerable to stress factors in the course of training. At the final stage of the article analysis of possible technologies and methods for burnout syndrome prevention in medical students is carried out. The developed recommendations about correction of the educational process organization and knowledge control methods at the department of Normal Physiology are presented that is an effective mean in the prevention of burnout syndrome appearance in students of medical high schools.
New Generation of Teaching Materials on Ecology: Russian High Schools Experience
The experience of the module designing on the course «Introduction to Ecology» for bachelors-ecologists is presented in the paper. Its basic purpose is formation of complete outlook and ecological culture of a person on the basis of ecological-humanitarian paradigm.
Sources of Historical and Cultural Experience in Teacher\'s Ecological Culture Formation
Key words: ecological culture, ecological formation, ecology, ecological-professional readiness, ecological consciousness.
Education in the Interests of Sustainable Development and Ecological Competence
The problem under consideration is the competence approach as one of the mechanisms of realization of the model of education for stable development. The ecological competence, its structure and matter is also accentuated in the article. Key words: education for stable development, competence approach, ecological competence.
Experience of school teacher-psychologist on program realization of vital values elaboration in children on the basis of ecological formation and education is presented.
Humanitarian Technologies in the Work of a Teacher on the Formation of Ecological Culture
In the article below the problem of ecological crisis solution is considered as a psychological and pedagogical issue. The change of the parents role in modem education moral guiding is a pedagogical condition that develops their ecological culture. Psychological atmosphere of boarding school is favourable for teachers-pupils interaction because of special conditions of work organization.
Ecological Design: the Program (Module) and Methodical Materials
Developing ideas of modern arts education Concept on the basis of the theory and technologies of contextual training in conditions of competence approach, the course «Ecological design» is developed. Problem field of the course — inevitable ecologization of all spheres in social development, design character of modern culture and overcoming of contradictions in the higher education. These contradictions of social development as though incorporate in education of the future designer and demand to be overcame. In his project activity the designer should be capable to connect harmoniously a creative, art plan and practical embodiment, the product of its activity urged to be nature-adherent, to correspond to ecological criteria. Developing abilities, it is necessary to embody them in the professional work, one of which major components is ecological competence. The course program, structure, algorithm of its realization are presented.
The Training Course Program «Actual Problems of Human Ecology»
The concept and the training course Program «Actual Problems of Human Ecology», addressed to students of ecological specialities are presented. The place of human ecology in system of ecological knowledge, the purpose, structure, the maintenance and a course place in vocational training of experts in ecological sphere are defined, the contribution of the given discipline to formation of professional (cognitive, functional and personal) competencies of ecologist is presented. The training course structure, the curriculum, the list of the obligatory and additional literature, questions for self-preparation and the control are presented.