scholarly journals REDESIGNING AN UNDERGRADUATE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE UNIT: REFLECTIONS ON ALIGNING DEPARTMENTAL PEDAGOGIC OBJECTIVES WITH THE NEW TEACHING PROGRAMME AND ASSESSMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Elena McNeilly
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Personal Effectiveness ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Feedback Questionnaire ◽  
The Individual ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
Intended Learning Outcomes ◽  
The University

In this paper, we look into how the new structure of the final-year undergraduate language assessment introduced by the School of Modern Languages (SML) at the University of Bristol (UoB) has affected the teaching on the final-year programme in the Department of Russian. This paper tests whether the intended learning outcomes, the content of the course, teaching on the individual modules, the learning resources and the new assessment can be considered as ‘constructively aligned’, i.e., whether the Russian language teaching team working on the new course design succeeded in ensuring that “the learning objectives, the learning processes and the assessment mode and criteria relate systematically to each other”. We will also explore whether the new blended synchronous and asynchronous teaching fits into the redesigned curriculum and whether the teaching programme continues to address the development of students’ discipline-related and transferable employability skills linked to the three areas of the Bristol Skills Network: knowledge and intellectual abilities; engagement and influence; personal effectiveness and wellbeing. The key element of this research is the analysis of the anonymous student feedback questionnaire (SFQ) which includes qualitative questions related to all three written modules taught on the redesigned final year Russian language unit: the students were given an opportunity to analyse the quality and effectiveness of their learning on this unit.

scholarly journals SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TEACHING OF HUMANITIES IN THE UNIVERSITY

2018 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Максим Поздняков ◽  
Maksim Pozdnyakov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Debate ◽  
Psychology Pedagogy ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Education Psychology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article discusses the place and role of social and humanitarian technologies in the system of higher education of the Russian Federation, specifically in the teaching of Humanities like: philosophy, logic, psychology, history, Russian language, etc. The author takes into account the broad understanding of technology as it is used in the current research literature. So technology is a sequence of steps to transform the starting material into the final product, in this case the social and humanitarian technologies is the totality of rational influence methods on individuals and social groups with a view to their transformation in the desired direction. Basing on this understanding, the author makes the conclusion that the teaching of the Humanities, first, is a technology itself, and secondly, it should provide the student with this kind of technology. The article analyzes the causes leading to the increased need to provide students with these technologies, as well as the problems associated with the current state of teaching humanitarian disciplines, in particular the impact of the increased pragmatism of students on the perception of humanitarian material, the increased availability of information, the obsolescence of some teaching formats. The author outlines his experience in the field of teaching philosophy, which interprets as one of the components of social and humanitarian technologies. The main technology, which the philosophy should teach, is the technology of persuading an individual or group. It should be stored as a tool and a result of course. He thinks key methods of demonstration and of forming this kind of technology to be the analysis of philosophical dialogues, philosophical debate and interpretation of texts with an opaque meaning unknown for students. Consideration of these methods is provided with recommendations to improve their effectiveness. Keywords: social and humanitarian technologies, technology, impact on the individual, Humanities, philosophy, logic, thinking, knowledge, teaching philosophy, higher education, psychology, pedagogy, competences, personality

Meyerhold: the Final Act

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (33) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Edward Braun
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
The Past ◽  
Language Selection ◽  
New Material ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

The process of rehabilitating the reputation of the great Soviet director Vsevolod Meyerhold began soon after Krushchev's repudiation of Stalinism in 1955. However, it was only with the recent opening of the KGB files on ‘Case No. 537’ that the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his trial and presumed execution was finally resolved. The full story, which combines the horrific torture of an old, sick man with the petty niceties of bureaucratic form-filling, has been gradually unfolding in Russian-language journals over the past three years: and here Edward Braun provides the first detailed account in English of what happened to Meyerhold – and to his wife, the actress Zinaida Raikh – between the liquidation of his theatre in January 1938 and his own liquidation on 2 February 1940. Edward Braun, Professor of Drama in the University of Bristol, edited the pioneering English-language selection from Meyerhold's writings, Meyerhold on Theatre, in 1969, and in 1979 published his major critical assessment, The Theatre of Meyerhold, now in process of revision to incorporate the new material released in recent years. He also contributes to this issue of NTQ a report on the opening of the new Meyerhold Centre in Moscow.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE FUNCTIONING OF ETHNOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY IN THE SPEECH OF STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3988-4000
Author(s):  
Kholmatova Dilorom Abdusamiyevna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Main Thing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
The Russian Language

This article reveals topical issues of the study of ethnographic materials at the present stage and ethnographicisms in the speech of student youth, describes the results of the questionnaire survey in the process of ascertaining the level of knowledge of students of ethnographic vocabulary and its functioning and use in the speech activity of students of the direction "Russian as a foreign language" philological faculty. Aim. The aim of this article is focused, first of all, on students' independent acquisition of information not only in the professional field from original foreign-language sources but also knowledge from different areas of life. Various information, including ethnographic format, expanding the horizons of student youth, enriching it with relevant knowledge, in turn, is associated with the problems of the comprehensive development of the individual in general, and professional self-development, in particular. Methods. Descriptive and comparative research methods, survey, observation and interview methods are used, which can be applied in the study of the Russian language and ethnographic terms. Results. The results of questionnaires and observations can serve as an important source for future educational and search, linguistic, scientific, methodological and other research. As a result of the research, it was revealed that students do not know enough ethnographic terminology. The main thing is that any attempt to identify and assimilate students of ethnographic terminology will have a positive impact on such internal personal factors as spiritual and cultural education, national values, mentality and outlook of students. Conclusions. The study of the use of ethnographic materials by students in the study of Russian as a foreign language at the university showed the relevance and topicality of the use of ethnographic materials for the development and improvement of the Russian speech of student youth. It was revealed that the conclusions drawn in the process of questioning and interviewing students will diversify the content of Russian language classes at the university, stimulate students to study the Russian language, as well as the widespread use of ethnographic words by student youth in the Russian speech stream.  

‘A Routh O’ Auld Nick-Nackets’ – the antiquarian collection of John Rae

2015 ◽  
Vol 36-37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183
Author(s):  
Paul Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
National Museums ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

John Rae, a Scottish antiquarian collector and spirit merchant, played a highly prominent role in the local natural history societies and exhibitions of nineteenth-century Aberdeen. While he modestly described his collection of archaeological lithics and other artefacts, principally drawn from Aberdeenshire but including some items from as far afield as the United States, as a mere ‘routh o’ auld nick-nackets' (abundance of old knick-knacks), a contemporary singled it out as ‘the best known in private hands' (Daily Free Press 4/5/91). After Rae's death, Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland, the University of Aberdeen Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, as well as numerous individual private collectors, purchased items from the collection. Making use of historical and archive materials to explore the individual biography of Rae and his collection, this article examines how Rae's collecting and other antiquarian activities represent and mirror wider developments in both the ‘amateur’ antiquarianism carried out by Rae and his fellow collectors for reasons of self-improvement and moral education, and the ‘professional’ antiquarianism of the museums which purchased his artefacts. Considered in its wider nineteenth-century context, this is a representative case study of the early development of archaeology in the wider intellectual, scientific and social context of the era.

Teaching practicum and the development of professional and pedagogical knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
Minerva Rosas ◽  
Verónica Ormeño ◽  
Cristian Ruiz-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

To assess the progressive teaching practicums included in an English Teaching Programme at a Chilean university, 60 former student-teachers answered a questionnaire with both Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The issues assessed included the relationship between the progressive teaching practicums and the curriculum’s modules and sequence, and the skills developed while implementing innovation projects during the student-teachers’ two final practicums. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses allowed us to identify both strengths and weaknesses. The participants highlighted strengths in the areas of teaching strategies, critical thinking skills and professional and pedagogical knowledge. Among the weaknesses, they identified limited supervision and feedback, and diverging views on teaching education between the university and the schools as the most difficult to deal with. These findings may be useful for introducing improvements in Initial Teacher Education aimed at reducing problems and discrepancies and devising suitable induction processes.

IMAGERY AND EMOTIONS IN THE PIANO PIECE „THE SICK DOLL“ FROM CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF P . I TCHAIKOVSKY

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Smilena Smilkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Sound Image ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Art Pedagogy

The proposed material examines the creative task of students majoring in Social Pedagogy at the University „Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov“ in Burgas, and studying the discipline Art Pedagogy – Part 1 – Music. In the course of the lecture course students get acquainted with the elements of musical expression, as a means of figurative representations and impact of music, with different techniques concerning individual musical activities, with the endless and diverse opportunities that music provides in the use of art pedagogy for social work teachers.Verbal interpretation of music is a necessary component when working with children with special educational needs, at risk and in the norm. Looking at Tchaikovsky’s short and extremely figurative piano piece „The Sick Doll“ from his charming „Children’s Album“, in the form of a short story, tale or essay, students express their personal vision, feeling and transformation of the musical image. The aim of the task is to transcribe the sound image into a verbal one. This requires speed, flexibility and logic in thinking, through imagination and creativity in its manifestation. Children love to listen, especially when they are involved. In search of the right way to solve problems and situations, future social educators could successfully benefit from the conversion of sound into words, according to the needs and deficits of the individual or group.

Educational text in the aspect of intellectualization of the university teaching of the russian language

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Amaiakovna Oganesian
Keyword(s):  
Literary Text ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Motivational Level ◽  
Linguistic Aspect ◽  
The University ◽  
The Russian Language

The article discusses the issue of intellectualizing the process of learning a language through the prism of studying literary text, describes the multiplicity of approaches and directions in studying an artistic text in order to reveal its nature in the linguistic aspect, increase the motivational level and update the educational process.

A University Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Willetts
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Universities have a crucial role in the modern world. In England, entrance to universities is by nation-wide competition which means English universities have an exceptional influence on schools--a striking theme of the book. This important book first investigates the university as an institution and then tracks the individual on their journey to and through university. In A University Education, David Willetts presents a compelling case for the ongoing importance of the university, both as one of the great institutions of modern society and as a transformational experience for the individual. The book also makes illuminating comparisons with higher education in other countries, especially the US and Germany. Drawing on his experience as UK Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, the author offers a powerful account of the value of higher education and the case for more expansion. He covers controversial issues in which he was involved from access for disadvantaged students to the introduction of L9,000 fees. The final section addresses some of the big questions for the future, such as the the relationship between universities and business, especially in promoting innovation.. He argues that the two great contemporary trends of globalisation and technological innovation will both change the university significantly. This is an authoritative account of English universities setting them for the first time in their new legal and regulatory framework.

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