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Section 4. Pedagogy
Chernivtsi women’s teachers seminary did not have a fulltime Frehel course, yet in the late 90s of the XIX century a part-time kind of training for pre-school teachers was introduced through a 3-month practicum at a kindergarten with distinction. Among those who were first to receive qualification certificates of “pre-school teacher" were E.Rotenburg and L.Tumlich in 1897 [1, 1-2].
Thus, the qualifications of a pre-school teacher in the last third of the XIX - the early XX centuries in Galicia and Bu-kovyna could he obtained through studies at women’s teachers seminaries alongside with qualifications of a people’s school teacher or at a special Frehel course (full-time and part-time) that were active at those seminaries. The Frehel course namely contributed most of all to formation of the new independent occupation of a pre-school teacher.
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Mazur Vladimir Vasilyevich, Ural Federal University, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Economics and Management E-mail: mr.mazur.aem@mail.ru
Students’ participation in the scientific activities of the University
Abstract: This article presents the results of studies involving students in research activities of GSEM UrFU, USUE and GU. Differences in scientific prospects of future computer scientists, managers and economists have been studied.
Keywords: student; scientific activity.
During the period from September 22 to October 19, 2014 the monitoring of student scientific and research activity was conducted among students of the first year of the Graduate School of Economics and Managements of the Ural Federal University (GSEM UFU), Ural State University of Economics (USUE) and Humanities University (HU). All of them perform their professional activity in Yekaterinburg. Two aspects of scientific activity are reflected in the present research. The first aspect is the participation in the current
scientific events and conferences. It shows the interest of students in the scientific activity. The second aspect is educational plans of a student. This item reflects a desire of a student to do a scientific activity in the future because the master’s degree is also related to the research activity. During this period a survey was performed among the university students of the following disciplines: economics, management and applied computer science. 109 full-time students were surveyed within the frames of the research.
Table 1. - Overview of the survey participants according to universities
Discipline UFU USUE HU Total
Economics 21(223/28)* 30 (335/60) 5(40/25) 56(598/135)
Management 24 (185/50) 13(144/60) 2 (26/6)** 39 (355/116)
Applied computer science 7(33/26) 4(25/10) 3 (30/6) 14(88/42)
Total 52(441/104) 47 (504/130) 10(96/37) 109(1041/271)
* Number of admitted students/number of state-funded seats
** State-funded seats at HU for the disciplines of Management and Applied computer science are paid from the HU funds
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The total number of students and the number of state-funded seats were defined according to the orders of the first year student admissions ofthe respective universities [1; 2; 3].
More students of economics participated in the survey than the students of management and applied computer science. It is determined by the domination of economic disciplines.
Table 2. - Cost of studies according to universities (thousand rubles)
Discipline UFU USUE HU
Economics 105-198* 95-76** 81
Management 105-125 95-76 81
Applied computer science 130 97-78 76,8
* The cost depends on a concrete discipline, department
** The cost depends on the number of points scored by a prospective student
According to the obtained results, the cost of studies at GSEM UFU is maximal for all considered disciplines. Herewith, the number of students of economic disciplines at USUE is bigger as well as the number of state-funded seats.
A negative answer was given to the question «Do you participate in scientific and research projects, i. e. projects that go
beyond the educational process?» by most students, which is a standard situation for higher educational institutions. However, it should be noted that a significant number of students attends different scientific events.
Let’s specify variants as follows: 1 — yes, I participate; 2 — no, but I attend other scientific seminars and events; 3 — no, I don’t participate.
Table 3. - A share of students participating in scientific and research projects
Discipline University 1 2 3
Economics UFU 23,81% 47,62% 28,57%
USUE 23,33% 33,33% 43,34%
HU 0,00% 40,00% 60,00%
Management UFU 12,50% 45,83% 41,67%
USUE 7,69% 30,77% 61,54%
HU 0,00% 50,00% 50,00%
Applied computer science UFU 14,29% 28,57% 57,14%
USUE 0,00% 50,00% 50,00%
HU 0,00% 33,33% 66,67%
Herewith, about 16% of first year students have scientific upon the answer to the question «Do you have any scientific
publications, which is insignificantly more than the number publications?». of those engaged in scientific activity. This data was obtained
Table 4. - A share of students with scientific publications
Discipline University Have Have not
UFU 19,05% 80,95%
Economics USUE 26,67% 73,33%
HU 20,00% 80,00%
UFU 12,50% 87,50%
Management USUE 7,69% 92,31%
HU 0,00% 100,00%
UFU 14,29% 85,71%
Applied computer science USUE 0,00% 100,00%
HU 0,00% 100,00%
The question «Have you participated in the events from the list?» was posed. Concurrently, the maximal level of events out of the variants that students responded to was taken into consideration. Ifwe perform a comparison according to the level of conferences, which students took part in, the result will show that the most visited events fall within their university. Moreover, over one third of the respondents
haven’t visited any scientific events at all.
Let’s specify the variants as follows: 1 — conferences conducted at their university; 2 — conferences conducted at the higher educational institutions in Russia; 3 — conferences conducted abroad; 4 — schools, seminars, expeditions; 5 — I haven’t participated.
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Table 5. - Shares of students as per event
Discipline University 1 2 3 4 5
Economics UFU 23,81% 33,33% 0,00% 14,29% 28,57%
USUE 56,67% 6,67% 3,33% 10,00% 23,33%
HU 20,00% 40,00% 0,00% 20,00% 20,00%
Management UFU 12,50% 12,50% 0,00% 20,83% 54,17%
USUE 15,39% 7,69% 7,69% 23,08% 46,15%
HU 0,00% 50,00% 0,00% 50,00% 0,00%
Applied computer science UFU 14,29% 0,00% 0,00% 28,57% 57,14%
USUE 0,00% 25,00% 0,00% 0,00% 75,00%
HU 0,00% 0,00% 0,00% 33,33% 66,67%
The final question was: «What is the highest degree you would like to obtain?». This question is important to define students who plan to engage in science in the future. A considerable part of management and applied computer science
students do not plan to continue education under this specialization.
Let’s specify variants as follows: 1 — baccalaureate; 2 — master’s; 3 — PhD; 4 — I haven’t decided yet.
Table 6. - Shares of students according to planned level of education
Discipline University 1 2 3 4
Economics UFU 33,33% 47,62% 9,53% 9,52%
USUE 26,67% 43,33% 13,33% 16,67%
HU 60,00% 20,00% 20,00% 0,00%
Management UFU 37,50% 37,50% 4,17% 20,83%
USUE 53,85% 15,39% 7,69% 23,07%
HU 50,00% 0,00% 0,00% 50,00%
Applied computer science UFU 42,86% 14,28% 0,00% 42,86%
USUE 50,00% 25,00% 0,00% 25,00%
HU 100,00% 0,00% 0,00% 0,00%
On the assumption of the obtained research results, a few conclusions can be made. They reflect the agenda, plans of students for the future and engagement of students in scientific activity.
1. The share of students participating in scientific and research projects at all universities and disciplines is low (15,60%); herewith, a group of 39,45% is interested in widening their horizons and obtaining additional knowledge, which is a good indicator. Moreover, students of economic disciplines participate more in scientific events. The best indicators among the considered universities fall within GSEM UFU (61,54%).
2. 16,51% of students have scientific publications, which can be considered a negative indicator relative to the total number of those engaged in research at the moment (15,60%) and shows the reduction of interest in scientific activity in the first year in the whole. The best indicators are shown at USUE (19,15%).
3. 44,04% of respondents took part in conferences of different level. Furthermore, the students of HU participate the most in all-Russia conferences (30,00%), and USUE students participate the most in internal and international events (40,43% and 4,26% respectively).
4. 42,20% of students plan to continue scientific activity enrolling for the master’s or PhD. Moreover, the best indicators fall within USUE (44,68%) and GSEM UFU (44,23%).
On the assumption of the results of the research, one can conclude that students, who choose cheaper studies (up to 90 thousand rubles), are not interested in scientific activity, which is reflected by HU indicators. Students studying the disciplines the cost ofwhich is 90-115 thousand rubles show maximal interest in scientific research with further decrease of the interest due to the increase of the cost of studies. The increase of activity in the category of 90-115 thousand rubles is stimulated by the best correlation of price and quality of education along with free time for additional research.
References:
1. Orders on admission at GSEM UFU. URL: http://abiturient.urfu.ru/applicant/supply/enrollment/prikazy-o-zachisle-nii/vshehm/;
2. Orders on admission at HU. URL: http://gu-ural.ru/?lng=&r=7328.
3. Orders on admission at USUE. URL: http://abit.usue.ru/novosti/482-prikazy-o-zachislenii.
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