The University Mission in the Humanitarian Dimension: Stating the Problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-1) ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
Olga Zinevich ◽  
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Tatyana Balmasova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
University Mission ◽  
The University

The article focuses on the mission humanitarianism of a university as a social institution from the perspective of social ontology. The mission is viewed as a perfect benchmark (supreme goal and purpose) necessary for university existence as well as for maintenance and authorization of its institutional identity. It is shown that despite the changes in functionality of universities under the conditions of knowledge-intensive economy development (use of business models in interaction with the society), the humanitarian orientation has not lost its significance since it is necessary for the existence of a university as an institutionally organized specific educational activity, including knowledge generation, storage and transmission. Key institutional characteristics are considered that reveal the importance of humanitarianism for preserving the university as a unique social phenomenon. The authors are guided by the methodology of moderate constructivism – the study of value and meaning of human mentality, ideas and ideals in forming the institutional design of social reality. The role of the ideal and the intentionality of human actions in the construction and function of an educational social institution, which is expressed in the university corporation’s drive to be orientated at values, which give positive social significance to its activities and are aimed at achieving good, are explored. The university produces and conveys knowledge through establishing a knowledge subject, in other words, it forms the very intention to achieve a socially significant result not only in an objectified form of knowledge, but also in the form of evolution (development) of an individual who can produce and use knowledge for the good of society and for their personal advancement. In this context, the mission is understood to be a supreme goal and an ideal benchmark in the concrete historic practices of university education in forming a knowledge subject who must master the fundamental values necessary for society’s existence. The university mission is based on the concrete historic interpretation of the key socially significant goal of education: the development of a “human being” who acts for the good and benefit of society and its members via conveying the thesaurus of universal human values in their concrete historic theoretical and ideological formats.

scholarly journals Educational motivation of the senior students of Dental faculty

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
V. B. Lampusova ◽  
L. Yu. Orekhova ◽  
L. I. Shalamay
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
The People ◽  
Motivational Support ◽  
Educational Motivation ◽  
The University ◽  
External Stimuli

Introduction. The question of learning motivation turns out to be the leading one in psychology of study. The content and structure of motivation form a certain motivational level of a student as well as the degree of his educational activity. During the years of study at the university, the correlation of motives changes, influencing the academic progress of the students.The objective of our study was to investigate the motivation peculiarities of educational activity in 4th year-students of the Faculty of Dentistry.Methods and materials. Forty-eight 4th year – students of the Faculty of Dentistry were analyzed for the structure of their motivation to study. The techniques and methods used in the study were «Studying the motives of students` learning activities» by A. A. Rean and V. A. Yakunin, «Motivation for university education» by T. I. Ilyina, «Motivation for success» and «Motivation to avoid failures» by T. Ehlers.Results. The learning activity of dental students is supported by many motives. The strongest leading motives are professional, educational, and cognitive motives as well as motivation for obtaining a diploma. The motivational sphere of students embraces both external and internal motives that do not depend on external stimuli. The students are equally aimed at gaining knowledge and mastering the profession. In the sphere of motivation, the students have both motivations for achieving success, and the motives for avoiding failures. The methods of forming positive learning motivation in the classes of 4-year dentistry students are given.Conclusion. The educational activity of dental students is supported by professional, educational, cognitive, and pragmatic motives. The structure of motivation includes both external and internal motives that give it stability. Students are satisfied with their chosen profession, and their educational activities are not compelled. The dental students have motivations for archiving success and the motives for avoiding failures, expressed to a greater extend. It must be taken into account in motivational support.Authors declare no conflict of interest.The authors confirm that they respect the rights of the people participated in the study, including obtaining informed consent when it is necessary, and the rules of treatment of animals when they are used in the study. Author Guidelines contains the detailed information.

scholarly journals Modern problems of university education positioning of the Chuvash Republic

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Valentina Yurievna Kirillova ◽  
Larisa Yurievna Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Chuvash Republic ◽  
The University

The article deals with the modern understanding of the university and its role in the educational process, the essential features and criteria of the university, the idea of the reference university are given. The authors emphasize that the educational environment of the modern university is an important resource for the formation and development of the student's personality. The university acts as a social institution, performs socio-cultural tasks of modern society development and acquires new qualities.

Humboldtian Man vs. Utopian Future: On the Mission of University in the Modern World

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Liana A. Tukhvatulina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Reform ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article analyzes the significance of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s philosophical ideas about the model of the organization of university education in light of modern challenges. The fundamental ideas of the Humboldt’s project are dis­cussed. The “fictitiousness” of the university as a social institution was the most important advantage of Humboldt's educational strategy. The educational agenda here is not determined by institutional interests, which means that it turns out to be flexible and does not seek to maintain the status quo. At the same time, it is the destruction of “fictitiousness” and the university's establishment as a “real” social institution that becomes one of the most important symptoms of the crisis in the modern academic world. One of the vivid expressions of this crisis is the priority of quantitative indicators of the educational process's effectiveness. The key difference of a modern university is its aspiration for the future. In turn, an appeal to the future turns out to be a pseudo-strategy of the educational process, since the future itself is an unattainable goal. At the same time, Hum­boldt’s project suggested that only in the image of a person does the ultimate goal of education find unlimited development opportunities. The author believes that returning to the “Humboldtian man” can be an important task for university reform in the modern world.

scholarly journals Methodology of institutional changes in university education

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Marina G. Volnistaya
Keyword(s):  
Professional Community ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Academic System ◽  
Institutional Sustainability ◽  
The University ◽  
Global And Local

The article analyses the problem of institutional changes at the university as an academic system in a pandemic. The academic values of the modern university professional community include the social responsibility of the university. In the new conditions, this value dimension of the role of the university in the life of society determines the main directions of research on transformations of the university as the most important social institution. The factors of institutional sustainability of university education are determined. The author examines the role of the university in overcoming global and local risks.

scholarly journals Russian-German Competence Center on the Problem of Infectious Diseases as a new structural division of the Siberian State Medical University

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
O. I. Urazova
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
University Administration ◽  
Practical Medicine ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Competence Centre

The article contains information about Koch-Metchnikov Siberian Competence Centre which deals with the problem of infectious diseases. It is a new structural division of Siberian State Medical University which was founded in 2008 on the initiative of the university administration together with a German social institution — Koch—Metchnikov Forum. The article describes backgrounds of the foundation of Siberian Competence Centre, its main aims, tasks, the most perspective areas of Russian-German cooperation in the sphere of fundamental and practical medicine, results of the joint scientific-educational activity as well as outcomes of implementation of the program of experience and knowledge exchange in the network of professional trainings, international conferences and seminars.

scholarly journals The socializing function of the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 01032
Author(s):  
Tatiana N. Seregina ◽  
Sergey A. Prosekov ◽  
Sergey V. Nazarenko ◽  
Maxim R. Logunov
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Value Perception ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
The City

The article considers the role of the university as a social institution in the urban space. The article establishes the connection and interdependence among the phenomena of the city, the university, the type of rationality, and the type of communication. The transformations of urban space and the functions of the city in history affect the organizational forms and functions of the university. The research environment at the university, using the communication practices that have developed in society, creates a certain type of rationality. The nonclassical type of rationality is formed in the industrial city environment, and university education is changing towards professionalization, and commercialization, changing communication practices and values that need to be mastered for socialization into the industrial world. The post-nonclassical type of rationality coincides with the emergence of a new type of university, created within the framework of the Bologna Process. This is associated with the emergence of so-called multiple identities, formed by a variety of socialization practices. Universities are operating in the global space of global cities and megalopolises. The convergence of these phenomena results in the transformation of the value perception of the world and the axiological paradigm of society. The activity-based method of analyzing the socialization process allowed determining the need to create the idea of a university, based on a value approach. Values and value-based communication practices in the educational system of the university allow moving to a sustainable development society.

FORMATION OF SELF-ORGANIZATION SKILLS OF STUDENTS'S EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-158
Author(s):  
A. Kosshygulova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Independent Organization

This article deals with the problem of formation of modern students ' skills of self-organization of educational activities. It is also shown that a number of contradictions have arisen in the theory and practice of higher education, which determine the relevance of solving this problem. Self-organization of students' learning activities is set out on the expediency, activity, reasonableness of motivation, planning of their activities, independence, speed of decision-making and responsibility for them, criticality of evaluating the results of their activities. The author, relying on the opinions of many domestic and foreign scientists, defines the independent organization of educational activities not only as educational, but also as an independent work that has personal and social significance. He gives some results of his own research conducted at the university among students of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd courses on this problem. It also identifies a set of skills for self-organization of students ' learning activities.

University and Congress as Interdisciplinary Communicative Environment (Experience of Philosophical Comparison)

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Oleg N. Polukhin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Communication ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
High Educational Level ◽  
State University ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Scientific Environment

The article actualizes the problem of the university community as a key meaning-forming scientific environment and the congress as a form of scientific communication. The perspectives of interdisciplinary communication in the university environment and also the experience of Russian philosophical congresses, which have become an important factor in the scientific consolidation of the Russian philosophical community, are considered as material for this kind of comparison, designed to demonstrate the substantial similarity of the problems arising in scientific communities. The author notes the similarity of the problems arising in the formation process of the disciplinary diversity (specialization) of the university environment and the similarity between the functioning of the classical within a modern university (on the example of Belgorod State University) and the problems that are solved at philosophical congresses. Philosophical congresses help to overcome a period of disciplinary fragmentation, which philosophy is now also going through. At the same time, the author notes the importance of the experience gained within the framework of philosophical congresses for solving the problems of university education, in which philosophy traditionally plays an important role in ensuring interdisciplinary communication between faculties. It explains the need for consistent and various attention to philosophical congresses on the part of Russian national universities, which are going through the time of searching for historically well-timed forms of scientific and educational activity. Due to the practical development of personal worldview and methodological beginnings of cognitive activity of high educational level, the author proposes for discussion at the upcoming philosophical congresses (Russian and international) topics related to the question of prospects of philosophical communities in universities. According to the author, it can be the subject of a broad discussion at the next Russian philosophical congress.

Hindrance to the Integration of e-learning Adoption in Nigerian Universities

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Abasiama G. Akpan ◽  
Chris Eriye Tralagba
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
University Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
University System ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Electronic learning or online learning is a part of recent education which is dramatically used in universities all over the world. As well as the use and integration of e-learning is at the crucial stage in all developing countries. It is the most significant part of education that enhances and improves the educational system. This paper is to examine the hindrances that influence e-learning in Nigerian university system. In order to have an inclusive research, a case study research was performed in Evangel University, Akaeze, southeast of Nigeria. The paper demonstrates similar hindrances on country side. This research is a blend of questionnaires and interviews, the questionnaires was distributed to lecturers and an interview was conducted with management and information technology unit. Research had shown the use of e-learning in university education which has influenced effectively and efficiently the education system and that the University education in Nigeria is at the crucial stage of e-learning. Hence, some of the hindrances are avoiding unbeaten integration of e-learning. The aim of this research is to unravel the barriers that impede the integration of e-learning in universities in Nigeria. Nevertheless, e-learning has modified the teaching and learning approach but integration is faced with many challenges in Nigerian University.

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