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Both in the Central Baltic (CB) countries and Russia, there is a need to develop current education regarding resource efficiency, which is a relatively new and complex issue. The aim of the paper is to present the results of the two parallel twinning international projects "CREA-RE" (Creating aligned studies in Resource Efficiency) and "CREA-RE-RU" (Creating aligned studies in Resource Efficiency in Sweden and Russia), which has been realized from 2018 to 2020. The main goal of the projects was to produce up-to-da...

Development of environmental education becomes a topical issue of educational policy and secondary school in Bulgaria. The efforts are mainly focused on integrating and promoting environmentally friendly activities for children in different age groups. The paper explores new approaches to stimulate motivation and extension of activities related to sustainable development and environmental protection; new methodologies with a similar focus are interpreted, and specific models for implementation are proposed. The pa...

The efficiency of teaching Earth Sciences to international students depends on many circumstances. In particular, it depends on the personal cultural and educational resources. All universities work on actualizing them, as the processes of educational systems internationalization are of great significance for all countries. International students have less cultural resources for completing university programs, if compared to local students, but the educational migration is increasing throughout the world. In 2018,...

The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that tourist and oblast studies in Ukraine and its oblasts are especially in the light of recent events (the annexation of part of the country's territories by the Russian Federation (2014), the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) in the world as never before one of the most effective forms of gaining knowledge, developing creative thinking, practical skills and abilities, ensuring national-patriotic education of youth and schoolchildren, as well as expandi...

The article demonstrates application of distance learning in foreign language teaching at the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies in Presov. The study of a foreign language is very closely connected with professional subjects. There is a close connection with many engineering disciplines within all study programs. The method of distance learning is an important part of the modern education. The implementation of blended learning to the study process is needed for the newly accredited study programs at the Facult...

The article is a summary of transforming geographic and environment research trends and shows new guidelines in the field of natural education in Ukraine in the context of the global process of sustainable development ensuring. It is argued that priority should be given to environmental studies, which will be considered exclusively in a set of three interrelated components. These are: 1) environment assessment as a natural area of society and analysis of its capacity to preserve the socio-economic and environmenta...

The level of geological competence of students studying in the areas of undergraduate studies ?Earth Sciences? and ?Pedagogical Education? (profiles Geography, Geography and Biology), determine not only the acquired theoretical knowledge and competencies, but also the ability to record and summarize field observations. The latter is formed in the process of a person's knowledge of the natural environment according to the didactic principle?- from the known to the unknown, from close to far. In Russia, it received ...

The problem of higher education is a priority for the strategic development of the professional land administration, cadastre and geodesy. Innovative development of the Russian economy requires the modernization of higher education aimed at preparing professionals who are proficient in modern digital and intelligent technologies at the level of world standards. Training of specialists in land administration and cadastre for the establishment of an effective land administration system in the country plays an import...

The aim of the article, in the pre-research issues, was to examine the scientific questions which cover the main ergonomic problems in the work environment of the training workplace for training of future air traffic controllers in the conditions of the educational institution. The methodology of researching the problem to achieve the goal of the article was based on an expert method, on a guided interview with instructors of practical training for air traffic controllers to obtain an expert opinion on identifying...

The current methodology of geography training in secondary school is aimed at finding opportunities for the implementation of an effective educational process. Recent studies prove the effectiveness of the so-called outdoor lessons. And this is no coincidence, given their impact on learning motivation in training process. They practically operationalize the methodological principle of "learning through experience", especially relevant to modern didactic. However, how can this type of lesson be organized in the con...

The article discusses the information-cartographic approach to the visualization of educational information as a universal educational strategy aimed at the full development of cognitive processes, the imaginative thinking of students, taking into account the functional asymmetry of the cerebral hemispheres through the use of intellectual and graphic tools for visualizing educational information, creating a new communicative system of transition from verbal language to language grafting. The information-cartograph...

The need to make innovative changes in the professional training of students is due to the fact that today future specialists require not only deep knowledge, but also the ability to acquire new knowledge in a rapidly changing situation and use it to design their own activities. Recently, in the theory and practice of professional education, more and more attention is paid to active forms, methods and technologies of training, which can become an effective means of training specialists. The goal of innovation is a...

This study is intended to develop educational technologies for disabled students with violation of musculoskeletal system. According to the World Health Organization the statistical data on diseases of the musculoskeletal system accounts for 30% each 10 years, as for the percentage disablement due to this factor it accounts for 25-30%. The Global Burden of Disease study reported that musculoskeletal disorders are ranked as the second most common cause of disability. The disabled people?s problems related to the pr...

Sustainability is becoming an integral part of all aspects of life. Education for sustainable development (ESD) is rather a new educational paradigm and an important tool for achieving sustainability. The aims of ESD are well-established, but there are still significant challenges in finding the most efficient and strategic methods of achieving these objectives. Plurality of ESD perspectives and methodological approaches, as well as variations in practice also apply to integration in higher education. The complexi...

The article is devoted to the issues of communicative competence development at students of non-linguistic specialties, its role in adaptation, definitions of the concept, foreign-language components of communicative competence, a range of problems, methods, assessment of communicative competence level, the development of universal and general professional competences according to Federal State Educational Standard. The aim of this research is to identify and verify the most effective methods of communicative comp...

Many schools have long figured out that the internet can be a strong ally in the teaching of each subject. Those who are able to use its power offer online courses not only as a complement to mainstream studies, but as a full-fledged form of education for specific groups. Not only for full-time or part-time students, but also, for example, for people who are unable to relax at regular times or who prefer self-study at time, of their own choice. For this group, the school has undeniable advantages over the Internet...

The problems and challenges which contemporary world faces set the leading idea of ?sustainable development? as key aspect of geographic education. In the paper is used the well-known definition for sustainable development ? development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. As a result of these tendencies, it can be pointed out three very important concepts in geography didactic ? environmental education, global study and education for s...

The implementation of a competence-based approach in higher education suggests the reinforcement of personality-oriented education, the use of technologies that demonstrate the personal growth of the student, and the formation of professionalism. For this purpose, traditional teaching methods are complemented by innovative ones that create conditions for student activity, putting him in a situation of free choice and decision making. The article focuses on the training portfolios technology application in the educ...

An actual problematic question in geography didactic, directly related to the quality and effectiveness of training, is that of the methodological principles. They are defined as the regulatory basic rules and criteria adopted in the practice, the compliance of which determines the optimal organization and effective implementation of the geography training process. The system of principles is open and dynamic. The principles themselves are not independent and isolated from one another, but interact. Principles are...

Today, the developing countries face a situation where there is an abundance of specialists with higher education, while the economy lacks qualified practice-oriented personnel. In general, there is a disproportion between the ever-increasing demand of specialists and supply on the labor market, and between the way of professional education and modern business. Society requires the commercialization of fundamental knowledge, the restructuring of the education system. Without losing its fundamental nature, educatio...

Large-scale changes can be observed in the Russian society in the XXI century. They laid the foundation to the Russian Federation integration into the global political, economic and cultural space, to the demarcation of a great number of borders as well as identified the indispensable necessity to uphold national interests of the state on a permanent basis. The processes of globalization, the development of international economic relations between the countries of the world community increased the need for competi...

The primary goal of the economic and innovative potential development lies in promoting cooperation between Russian universities along with academic organizations and manufacturing companies in order to expand knowledge-intensive production and fuel the supply of innovative products and services. Cooperation between universities and enterprises is organized around the joint development of sought-after technological solutions which are used as the basis for the creation of innovative products. By addressing applied...

Today, distance learning does not surprise anyone, most of the educational institutions of various levels abroad, to one degree or another, use distance technologies in the pedagogical process. Many students today consider this form of education as an alternative to the usual one, not only when receiving a second education, advanced training, but also choose this method for obtaining the first higher education. There is nowhere to go from current trends, and many universities understand this and are trying to deve...

The study of thinking, as well as any subject of psychological science, is determined by theoretical ideas about it, as well as various specific tasks. Currently, several theoretical approaches to the study of thinking are used. The system approach is based on the position that the specificity of a complex system object is not limited to the features of its constituent elements, but is primarily related to the nature of interactions between elements. In the process of system analysis, not only the causes of phenom...

The development of knowledge-based economy is based largely on the national innovative system. The effectiveness on innovative processes depends not only on the scientific, technical and production potential, but also on the relationship between science and production. Higher education institutions in post-industrial economies expand the list of functions they perform, as they are involved in the commercialization of scientific knowledge. Thereby, the article aims to investigate the forms and the level of particip...

Higher education in Kosovo is considered a public service, regardless of whether the institution is a state- or privately-owned facility. As such, regardless of the country?s stage of development, it faces a constant challenge, namely to ensure a quality education system. Quality assurance in higher education in Kosovo is characterized by problems and difficulties related to the low level of recognition and low interest of relevant institutions for internal quality mechanisms, as well as the lack of external contr...

The article examines the relationship between the tasks facing geologists and the General state of the economy of the USSR and modern Russia. Since the end of the 19th century, geology has moved away from purely historical research of the Earth and is increasingly focused on the search and exploration of minerals and on merging with the mining industry. Given that the territory of the USSR and modern Russia has almost all types of minerals, it is most profitable to use the resources located on its own territory. H...

The aim of the study is to give the evidence that the formation of students' cognitive initiative as a part of integrative personality development by means of a foreign language becomes a defining factor in training a competitive specialist. A sufficiently high level of mental development, a strong memory, having the logic for reasoning, broadening one's horizons, working capacity, perseverance, etc. ? all these contribute to student?s success. However, even with all of these qualities, it is necessary to constant...