scholarly journals Higher Education and the Challenges of Network Society: Philosophical Themes

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
B. V. Markov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Workforce Productivity ◽  
Traditional Pedagogy

The article presents a philosophical analysis of the humanitarian impact of educational reform due to the influence of new digital technologies. The post-industrial development of society has been characterized as a network society. Specifically, the revolution in media today defines the technological and substantive changes in the educational sector. Its modernization in the 1990s in Russia began through the discussion of the humanitarian mission of the classical university model. However, the process of globalization and the mobility of education demanded the alignment and unification of national educational programs. The Bologna Process was a response. It was implemented in Russia as a two-tiered system, although the society still needed specialists and engineers rather than bachelors and masters. The restructuring of the educational process to comply with international standards then led to the necessity of economic reform. Society needed educated specialists but could not support a large number of educational institutions with a sizable staff. In the manufacturing sector, automatization leads to a growth in workforce productivity whereas in education the traditional pedagogy is mainly practiced. Digital technologies have opened up new opportunities for the increased economic efficiency of centers of education. However, the faculty body, especially in the Humanities sphere, expressed strong criticism. The argument is that digital technologies do not solve pedagogic problems. While discussing the economic efficiency, the main, substantive issue of the meaning and purpose of education has been left aside. Hence the question of how an individual’s education can be embedded into the overall educational process continues to be of high relevance. Resorting to philosophy may be appropriate and reasonable inasmuch as it has accumulated a range of caring and self-preservation practices aimed at the development of social skills of an individuum. Philosophy can also provide an anthropological expertise of on-going reforms, identifying their social and cultural implications.

scholarly journals Pakistan’s Industrial Experience and Future Directions

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (4II) ◽  
pp. 929-944
Author(s):  
A. R. Kemal
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Output Growth ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
The Government

This paper examines the growth and patterns of industrial production and investment activities in Pakistan during the last fifty years, 1947–1997. The industrial strategies pursued so far and the levels of efficiency and protection in the manufacturing industries are also examined. It shows that the growth rate of the manufacturing sector exceeded 8 percent up to the 1980s, but in the recent years, it has slipped to around 3 percent. Keeping in view the current sluggish output growth and inadequate investments in the industrial sector, it is recommended that Pakistan must pursue the efficient industrialisation strategy. For this purpose, the country has to pursue the sole objective of accelerating the pace of industrial investment activities and the tariff structure has to be changed in such a way that the activities chosen accord with her dynamic comparative advantage. In addition, the government will need to influence the structure of incentives, which are largely governed in Pakistan by the protection structure. The government must provide the necessary physical and social infrastructure for efficient industrialisation. Augmenting the science and technology apparatus of the private sector, bringing research institutions up to the international standards, and streamlining of technology creation, absorption and diffusion systems are essential to diversify production towards new technology-based industries. Cluster approach (i.e., an agglomeration of key industries, supporting sectors, infrastructures, and institutions that are interlinked and interdependent) can be quite useful in the development of vendors. The regulatory framework needs to be streamlined. There is also a need to improve outdated and overlapping laws regarding the industrial sector. Human resource development (through cluster approach) would improve industrial efficiency through innovations. Consistent and stable policies and improved law and order situation are pre-requisites for efficient industrial development in Pakistan.

International Standards of Education and Their Evolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
Н. Аббас ◽  
N. Abbas ◽  
О. Минченкова ◽  
O. Minchenkova
Keyword(s):  
Bologna Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
The Bologna Process

The article is dedicated to the problems of international educational standards. The areas in which at present at the national and international levels active work is underway on standardization and drawing up a unifi ed system of requirements are identifi ed. The defi nition of educational activity, which is understood as a purposeful activity involving a certain form of communication aimed at learning, is clarifi ed. The stages of development of standards of the Bologna process are allocated. In accordance with the main objectives and requirements of the Bologna process, the main standards and guidelines for assessing and ensuring the quality of higher education developed and published by ENQA are grouped into three groups: internal standards for ensuring the quality of education; standards for assessing the quality of the educational process by the external environment; standards for the activities of specialized agencies for assessing the quality of education. It covers major aspects of internal and external quality standards.

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IN ENGLISH AS A CRITERION FOR ADMISSION TO MASTER`S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Л. Е. Бєловецька
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Independent Evaluation

The problem of external independent evaluation in English for admission Master`s degree programs in Ukraine is considered in the article. The perspective for further improvement of English teaching and learning standards at Ukrainian universities has been found. The correspondence to the CEFR basic levels and English proficiency has been identified. Conceptual Principles of State Policy on the Development of English in the Field of Higher Education are considered. The study included 1546 participants. The age of students, who studied to gain the first higher education, was between 17 and 20. The students were not familiar with the structure of External Independent Evaluation and they have never passed it. The research was carried out during the period 2018–2019. The relevance of English language competence in the professional context is noted emphasized as a key point of the presented research. The necessity to provide a sufficient competitive level for Ukrainian graduates through improving correspondent English language training has been considered. The study is based on a study of reports by British experts and contemporary scientific publications presented international researchers have focused on the problems of internationalization and perspectives for Ukrainian universities in the English language dimension. The relevance of studying and adaptation of the UK higher education successful practice has been highlighted. The problems and potential ways of improving students` English language proficiency in the given context are identified. In particular, the study contains important recommendations regarding the number of contact hours and the required levels of English proficiency for the main groups of participants in the educational process in higher education according to international standards.

scholarly journals Integration of digital technologies as a factor of post-industrial development

2019 ◽  
Vol 497 ◽  
pp. 012035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Sokolova ◽  
Natalia Kolganova ◽  
Svetlana Barbashova ◽  
Anastasia Ovsyannikova
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Post Industrial

Schools in an evolving digital environment: Digital renewal and its maturity

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
А. Yu. Uvarov ◽  
V. V. Vikhrev ◽  
G. М. Vodopian ◽  
I. V. Dvoretskaya ◽  
E. Coceac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
Time Observation ◽  
The Impact

Evolving digital technologies are infiltrating schools wave after wave. The changes taking place are viewed as the schools’ digital renewal process (SDRP). The SDRP is complex (multidimensional). It includes changes in the educational environment (physical and virtual), the educational process, and the way the school operates. The SDRP goes uneven, with individual schools at different stages. One-time observation of the SDRP allows you to fix its current state (statics). The longitudinal observations allows you to see changes in the schools’ digital renewal (kinematics). The connection of the observed changes with the impact on the general education system makes it possible to discuss the development of digital renewal under the influence of individual control actions (dynamics). The stages of penetration of digital technologies into the work of the school: computerization, early and mature informatization, digital transformation (transition to the “Smart School”) can be considered as the stages of maturity of the SDRP. The article discusses a framework for describing the processes of digital renewal of schools in an evolving digital environment and an assessment of the SDRP’s maturity.

Digital Technologies in Everyday Life of the Russians

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
O. V. Kuchmaeva ◽  
M. Yu. Arkhipova
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Telecommunication Networks ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Modern Technologies

The development of innovations changes the usual living environment of people, affects their standard of living and lifestyle. The purpose of the article is to identify the main factors that determine the attitude of the Russians to innovations and contribute to their spread in everyday life. Findings based on the data of sample surveys, in particular the Comprehensive survey of living conditions of the population (2016), sample Federal statistical observation on the use of information technologies and information and telecommunication networks by the population (2018), and the materials of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) and the authors’ research conducted in 2017 in Moscow and the Moscow region. The authors used a set of methods for statistical data analysis. The application of the classification tree method revealed the main factors that influence the use of innovative technologies in everyday practice. Factor analysis was used to determine the specifics of Internet use by the Russians. The two-step cluster analysis procedure allowed to form two typology groups (clusters) of respondents depending on their use of such innovative practice as distance financial services. A positive attitude to innovation and information and communication technologies is determined by the experience of using modern technologies in the educational process, the age and interest (readiness) of respondents to use innovations and digital technologies in everyday life. The attitude to innovation is largely determined by the psychological characteristics of the respondent, their willingness to accept innovations. Although innovative practices such as tablet use and distance financial services are widely distributed, their prevalence is determined by similar factors. At the macro level, the parameters of the image and quality of life in various types of settlements, and the involvement in modern technologies in the workplace have an impact. The social and professional status of the person plays a more crucial role than the type of economic activity.

Implementation of Digital Technologies Into the Educational Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 385-391
Author(s):  
Eva Panulinova ◽  
Slavka Harabinova ◽  
Renata Baskova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Planning Implementation

Revolutionary changes in society are linked to digital technologies and affect all areas of social life, not excluding construction industry. This requires not only knowledge reform, but above all skills reform. The current demand of practice is to increase the knowledge and competences of graduates of civil engineering faculties in the field of introduction and use of digital technologies in the process of planning, implementation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as to support the skills development of civil engineers in teamwork while using BIM technologies. The presented, currently implemented project contributes to meeting the above-described Practice Needs. The expected direct impact of the project is to increase the competitiveness, employability, and quality of life of graduates entering practice.

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