Higher Education in Russia Higher Education in Russia under Transition: under Transition:

a Part of Europe or apart from a Part of Europe or apart from Europe?Europe?

Prof. Dr. Pevzner MikhailDr. Kaminskaja ElviraDr. Shirin Alexander

Priorities in higher educationPriorities in higher education

• To raise the quality of higher education

• To develop the system of Life Long Learning

• To make the sphere of education more attractive for investments

Higher education in Russia under Higher education in Russia under transition: tendencies and trendstransition: tendencies and trends

• Development of new relationship between the state and institutions of higher education

• Transition to the market and second academic revolution: integration of teaching, research, and commercial activity

• Contradictions between universities’ autonomy and state control

• Growing competition between universities in the sphere of admissions, education quality, financial and human resources

• Continuing argument between Euroskeptics and Eurointegrators

Arguments against European Arguments against European integrationintegration

• Russian system of higher education was internationally recognized as one of the best models, and there is no need for radical changes

• Bologna process is connected with the threat of globalization, loss of national identity together with historical roots and original cultural values

• European integration will speed up the process of “brain drain”

• Russia’s membership in World Trade Organization would open doors to foreign service providers who may push Russian universities out of educational market

• Russian employers are not ready to deal with those graduates who have Bachelor Degree

• Bologna process can undermine the traditional system of post-graduate degrees in Russia where we have Candidate and Doctor Degrees

Levels of internationalization in Levels of internationalization in higher educationhigher education

1. International contacts in the sphere of culture and education

2. Cooperation in research and education

3. International strategic partnerships

Level 1: International contacts in Level 1: International contacts in the sphere of culture and the sphere of culture and

educationeducation

• Faculty, student and post-graduate student exchange programs

• Inviting visiting scholars from abroad

• Organizing international conferences, workshops and master-classes

Level 2: Cooperation in research Level 2: Cooperation in research and educationand education

• development of cross-cultural educational programs

• implementation of new educational technologies

• recruiting and training international students

• organization of practical training abroad

• the system of bilingual education• the use of international quality

assurance systems

Level 3: international strategic Level 3: international strategic partnershipspartnerships

Institutions situated in two or more different countries which are linked by:

• Long-term cooperation agreements• Joint projects in research and

education• Partial integration in facilities, human

and information recourses that helps the fulfillment of strategic objectives.

Staatliche Universität Nowgorod

Stiftung Universität Hildesheim

Kooperationsvertrag seit März 2004

Vertrag über die Vergabe eines Doppeldiploms im Bachelor- und Masterstudiengang Erziehungswissenschaft seit September 2004

Vergleich der Module in den Vergleich der Module in den PartneruniversitätenPartneruniversitäten

Module an der Uni HildesheimModule an der Uni Hildesheim Module an der Uni NowgorodModule an der Uni Nowgorod

Einführung in die Allgemeine Pädagogik

Einführung in die pädagogische Tätigkeit Angewandte Pädagogik

Einführung in die Allgemeine Didaktik Allgemeine Pädagogik

Grundlagen der Soziologie und Sozialstrukturanalyse Soziologie

Allgemeine Pädagogik I ErziehungswissenschaftOrganisationspädagogik Organisationspädagogik

Forschungsmethoden Pädagogisch-psychologische Forschungsmethoden

Grundlagen der Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie

Allgemeine Pädagogik II Geschichte der Pädagogik Ethnopädagogik

Pädagogische Handlungskompetenz

Sozialpädagogik Familiäre Sozialisation

66Einführung in die Einführung in die SonderpädagogikSonderpädagogik

66Entwicklungs-Entwicklungs-psychologiepsychologie

22SozialpädagogikSozialpädagogik66SozialpsychologieSozialpsychologie

66Pädagogische Pädagogische Psychologie Psychologie

Cre-Cre-ditsditsModuleModule

Ergänzungselement für deutsche Studierende

Allgemeine- und Fachsprache Russisch

Nebenfach 54 Credit

In Nowgorod

1100

Kultureller und Kultureller und gesellschaftl. gesellschaftl.

KontextKontext

88Statistik und Statistik und empirische empirische

ForschungsmethodForschungsmethodenen

66Rechtliche Rechtliche

BedingungenBedingungen

Cre-Cre-ditsditsModuleModule

Ergänzungselement für russische Studierende

Allgemeine- und Fachsprache Deutsch

Studium Generale 56 Credit

In Hildesheim

Gemeinsames Curriculum in Gemeinsames Curriculum in ErziehungswissenschaftErziehungswissenschaft

2020Bachelor-AbschlussarbeitBachelor-Abschlussarbeit

1010PraktikumPraktikum

66Pädagogische Pädagogische HandlungskompetenzHandlungskompetenz

1010Allgemeine Pädagogik IIAllgemeine Pädagogik II

66Grundlagen der Grundlagen der

PsychologiePsychologie

1212ForschungsmethodenForschungsmethoden66OrganisationspädagogikOrganisationspädagogik66Allgemeine Pädagogik IAllgemeine Pädagogik I66Grundlagen der SoziologieGrundlagen der Soziologie88Allgemeine DidaktikAllgemeine Didaktik

1010Einführung in die Einführung in die Allgemeine PädagogikAllgemeine Pädagogik

Cre-Cre-ditsditsModuleModule

Kernelement (in Nowgorod und

in Hildesheim)Insgesamt 180 Credits

Insgesamt 180 Credits

Precondition for establishing of Precondition for establishing of Scandinavian and Baltic CenterScandinavian and Baltic Center

• Historical heritage and cultural traditions of Novgorod the Great

• The real cooperation of many subdivisions of the Novgorod State university with many Scandinavian universities in such direction as economics, archeology, ecological protection, culture, technological education and etc.

• The dessimination of the significant results of the project work between the Novgorod State University

• Interest of many Baltic and Scandinavian universities to cooperate in the frames of the Center

Center for cooperation Center for cooperation with Scandinavian and with Scandinavian and

Baltic countriesBaltic countries

Field of interestsField of interests

Northern countries – Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland

Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Russian regions – Archangelsk, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov regions and the republic of Karelia

Cooperation in the sphere of Cooperation in the sphere of educationeducation

•Introduction of NORMAN school experience in NovSU educational process

•Joint bachelor-degree programs (economics, management, pedagogics, psychology, etc.), including the conferment of joint degree or double degree to the graduates

•International master degree programs (Master of Business Administra-tion – MBA, finance – Master in Finance, management in education)

•International educational programs of training and retraining of administrative personnel

•Distance Learning in NovSUDistance Learning in NovSU•Library of research and educational literature, including on-Library of research and educational literature, including on-

line libraryline library• Joint programs of Life Long LearningJoint programs of Life Long Learning•Development of criterion and conditions of mutual recognition Development of criterion and conditions of mutual recognition

of diplomas and courses in the course of Bologna processof diplomas and courses in the course of Bologna process•Assistance in NovSU students and teachers mobilityAssistance in NovSU students and teachers mobility• Joint programs for education quality systemsJoint programs for education quality systems

Scientific researchScientific research• Joint research projects in strategically

significant directions: bioenergetics, environmental protection, sustainable development of the region, public health, social well-being, environmental policy and use of resources, environmental education and upbringing, archeology, history, culture studies, pedagogics and education, psychology, sociology

• Joint conferences (including video-), symposiums, exhibitions

• Joint academic publications• Scholarship programs, exchange programs for

students, researchers, post-graduate students, teachers and persons working for doctor’s degree

InfotainmentInfotainment

• Business contacts and information exchange with international organizations and associations, international institutions, businesses

• Information about the countries, which are in the sphere of Center’s interests, international educational, technical and innovation programs and projects

• Interaction with international and Russian funds and organizations that provide sponsorship for international cooperation in the sphere of education, science and technology, including exchange programs

Culture exchange and teaching of Culture exchange and teaching of foreign languagesforeign languages

•Support of exchanges in the sphere of culture between countries which are in the sphere of the Center’s interests

•Exhibitions, festivals, fairs, recitals and readings, contests, that reflect cultural peculiarities of the countries

•Support for Scandinavian and Baltic countries language teaching (basic and additional specialties, courses of choice)

•Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian language courses as a part of additional education

•Summer Language Schools in the universities-partners of Northern European countries and in NovSU

•Programs like “Foreigners in Norway” providing intensive language courses

Other activities of the CenterOther activities of the Center

• Support in carrying out specialized research work in the region for enterprises and universities on the basis of individual agreements

• Creation of data-base that would include information about business structures, investment projects, support in the search for business partners, creation and assessment of the projects

• Other activities that are not forbidden by the legislation of Russian Federation, including licensed activities

Subdivisions of NovSU cooperating Subdivisions of NovSU cooperating with Baltic and Scandinavian with Baltic and Scandinavian

countrycountry• NORMAN business school• Interdisciplinary workgroup in Economics

and Management • Department of Northern languages • Nordistics laboratory• Project group “Training technology

teachers for general and vocational education”

• Laboratory for comparative research in education

• Research group in environmental protection

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