Vol 26, No 2 (2022)

Introduction. Teaching industrial engineering in the second decade of the 21st century requires problem-solving and decision-making competencies oriented towards sustainable development. The growth of information metrics, the Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality, and Artificial Intelligence bring more diverse, complex and imprecise challenges. This article aims to show a framework employing Challenge-based-learning, Project-based-learning and Computer-Aided technologies as dynamic resources supporting the comprehensive teaching of industrial engineers for industrial solutions oriented towards sustainable development.

Materials and Methods. Our research involved a systemic analysis of the framework variables, the stages, and the partial results of its application in three academic years research. We selected several case studies to evaluate the professional competencies related to Sustainable Development Goals of industrial engineering students, using active learning tools integrated with Computer-Aided technologies. These cases illustrated the acquisition of Sustainable Development Goals competencies. Two simultaneous Latin American scenarios were examined (Mexico and Cuba).

Results. Its main contribution is an appropriate framework for using Challenge-based-learning, Project-based-learning and Computer-Aided technologies as resources to develop professional competencies in industrial engineering and sustainable development. The control groups results demonstrate the utility, relevance, and accuracy of the proposed framework.

Discussion and Conclusion. The study of the theoretical and methodological components of teaching Industrial Engineering, emphasizing competencies, at two universities in Latin American countries revealed the need to understand Computer-Aided technologies as a complex process. The proposed framework considers Computer-Aided technologies per the typologies of selected competencies integrated into the curricular design, including Challenge-based-learning and Project-based-learning, oriented toward the Sustainable Development Goals. The authors’ conclusions contribute to the development of active learning methods in engineering, supported by the application of CAD/CAM/CAE tools and focused on the fulfillment of sustainable development objectives. The materials of the article will be useful for the teaching of Industrial Engineering from a digital transformation perspective, contextualized in sustainable development environments.

Introduction. Despite the numerous publications on the implementation of distance technologies, there are practically no studies on the systematic analysis of various forms of video conferencing that support educational technologies and serve as a practical guide for teachers in teacher training. The purpose of the study is to analyze the experience of implementing video conferencing in various forms of interaction, to identify and experimentally test the effectiveness of their implementation in the process of professional socialization of student teachers.

Materials and Methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the method of reflexive-system analysis of the implementation of video conferencing in the professional training of student teachers. Based on the questionnaire and the method of expert assessments, testing of the level of social and psychological adaptability, professional and behavioral skills, social and emotional comfort of students was implemented. The experiment involved 209 students of the Glazov State Pedagogical Institute and Kazan Federal University.

Results. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the implementation of the group form of video conferencing significantly increases the involvement of almost all students in active communication activities in the classroom. Communication activity in the implementation of social and educational interaction between small and large groups made it possible to most effectively form professional socialization among students. Statistical analysis showed that it was classes in a remote format using video conferencing in subgroups of 4‒5 students that had the greatest positive effect.

Discussion and Conclusion. The conclusions made by the authors contribute to the development of new forms of effective communication through social and educational interaction in the implementation of video conferencing. The materials of the article can be useful in the implementation of teacher education to increase the level of studentsʼ involvement in professional training in the context of distance education.

Introduction. The article is devoted to the issue of learning activity of first-graders with intellectual disabilities, the relevance of which is dictated by the search for factors of effectiveness of the educational process. In the theory and practice of remedial education of learners of the studied category much attention is paid to their learning skills in the learning process, but for the first time the most significant in the dynamics of the ratio of opportunities and achievements in mastering the content of the adapted educational program is considered. The purpose of the study is to analyze the learning opportunities and the results of the performance of academic tasks in the subject areas of adapted programs by first graders with intellectual disabilities.

Materials and Methods. The sample included 95 first-graders with intellectual disabilities. The following methods were used to process research results: standardized observation to explore learning opportunities and learning outcomes; pedagogical testing to study the results of the implementation of educational tasks in accordance with the subject areas of the adapted training programs (Russian, mathematics, etc.); Wilcoxon T-test, Spearman correlation analysis, principal component factor analysis followed by varimax-normalized matrix rotation, Statistica version 10.

Results. We identified statistically significant variance in the structure of correlations between learning opportunities and the results of completing educational tasks in the subject areas of adapted programs at the current and intermediate cut in subjects studying for options 1 and 2 of ABEP. We have noted the variability of the factor structure of learning opportunities and the results of the implementation of educational tasks in the subject areas of ABEP at the current and intermediate cut in both groups. We found obvious advantages of practice-oriented skills in assignments in subjects such as visual activity, music, manual labor, etc. and the ways of their implementation (by joint actions, by showing and imitating) over verbal assignments (in subjects – Russian language, mathematics, reading, etc.) and methods of their implementation (orally, according to verbal instructions), which allows us to consider the importance of the practice-oriented skills in teaching first-graders with intellectual disabilities.

Discussion and Conclusion. The results of empirical research make a significant contribution to special pedagogy, to its methodological resource, as they expand not only the understanding of the possibilities and results of learning of modern learners with intellectual disabilities, but specify the determinants of the dynamics of their learning activities.

Introduction. Under the growing role of university science in Russia, special attention is paid to improving the quality of scientific publications of Russian university researchers in leading international and Russian journals. To understand the direction of scientific discourse on this issue, the authors explored scientific publications that address the tools to influence Russian university researchers to publish in journals indexed by Scopus or Web of Science.

Materials and Methods. Articles found up to 2022 in the Scopus or Web of Science databases were included in this review. A systematic approach based on PRISMA recommendations and the qualitative content analysis method were applied. The review sample covered 14 articles.

Results. The review results showed that the research topic is in its infancy, but there is interest in it. Three stakeholders were identified on this topic: the researcher, government bodies, and university management. The most mentioned tools of influence were: for the “researcher” stakeholder – the propensity for scientific work and participation in scientific projects, for the “government bodies” stakeholder – grants and government policy pressure, for the “university management” stakeholder – implementation of the rating system/scientometrics, initiation of incentive payments, support for collaboration, and competition stimulation. According to the review results, the main shortcomings of the system of influencing Russian researchers were bureaucratic management, scarce funding, pressure to publish, “academic capitalism”, and restrictions on academic freedoms. Most authors of the review sample commented that a number of tools to influence Russian researchers need to be improved or even replaced.

Discussion and Conclusion. This review contributes to improving research management in Russia, highlighting the features of stakeholders to influence Russian researchers for high-quality publications, the main shortcomings of the system of influence and recommendations to address these shortcomings.

Introduction. The protest potential of youth is a complex, integrative concept that allows one to assess the existing prerequisites for the emergence of protest tension, protest readiness and protest activity of the subject. The scientific problem facing the industry community is establishing continuity between these indicators and predicting possible incidents in the youth environment, as well as significant behavioral reactions to social risks of the environment.

Materials and Methods. The article proposes the results and analysis of materials from a 2021 study conducted among student youth in the Russian region (Belgorod Oblast) using a combined survey method (online survey and tablet interviews), using a spontaneous sample, in which quantitative limits were laid for the participation of respondents from diff educational institutions, directions of training and courses. On the basis of the developed online form, 1557 respondents, aged 18 to 24, who study at regional universities, were interviewed.

Results. On the basis of the proposed typology of protest potential, the regional protest potential of student youth is defined as a “progressive” type – a ripening protest mood, which has a particularly well-grounded discontent and readiness for its manifestation. The regional prerequisites for the formation of protest tension based on the reflection of the social situation, assessment of social security, diagnostics of violation of constitutional rights and freedoms, as well as discrimination of young people in the areas of receiving social services have been determined. Revealed the protest readiness not only to permitted, but also to prohibited forms of protest, determined the indices of the likelihood of the implementation of protest practices by student youth in the region. The protest activity of student youth was assessed as insignificant in the fi of illegitimate forms of protest.

Discussion and Conclusion. The data obtained make it possible to clarify a number of provisions related to the political activity of young people, to supplement the scientific basis on this issue of sectoral sociologies (youth sociology, political sociology), to actualize the scientific problem of finding and developing methodological tools for measuring the prerequisites of protest potential, creating mathematical models for predicting youth protest activity. Research materials have been and can be in demand by governing bodies of state youth policy of different levels, state and municipal governing bodies, governing bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, youth organizations, and educational institutions.

Retracted article: Kozlovskaya N.A., Morozova I.S. [The Formation of Moral Feelings as a Determinant of the Development of Psychologically Healthy Personality of the Younger Student]. Integration of Education. 2007;(3/4):182–187. (In Russ.)

This article by N. A. Kozlovskaya (natasha78_0@mail.ru), and I. S. Morozova (ishmorozova@yandex.ru) has been retracted (i.e. withdrawn from the press) by the editor with permission of the publisher.

Retraction of the publication due to the request of the first author I. S. Morozova on the basis of identification of a duplicate article published by the second author without the knowledge of the first author in the Siberian Journal of Psychology (2007;(25):73–77) titled “Shaping Moral Feeling as Condition and Factor of the Development to Mentally Sound Personality of the Younger Schoolboy” (In Russ.), the authors of which are G. P. Gorbunova and N. А. Kozlovskaya.