Tomsk State Pedagogical University

"TEACHERS OF THE YEAR" OPEN COURSES FOR RUSSIAN TEACHERS

The "Highest League" online project for teachers from all over the country starts in Russia. Winners, prizewinners, laureates, finalists, and participants of the All-Russian contest "Teacher of the Year of Russia" hold open classes with teachers and share their secrets. The meetings are organized by the Foundation for New Forms of Education Development with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. The partners of the project are the Multimedia History Park "Russia - My History", the online publication "Uchitelskaya Gazeta", the All-Russian Trade Union of Education, and the All-Russian Public Organization of Educational Leaders "Teacher of the Year".

"Classes are held twice a month beginning January 19. This year there will be online...


THE ROLE OF THEATER PEDAGOGY IN THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS AT THE TSPU

Students and staff of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University are working on the play under the title "Volkov. So what?", dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the writer, a graduate of the Tomsk Teachers' Institute Alexander Melentievich Volkov. He is a famous Russian writer who wrote a famous children's novel The Wizard of the Emerald City. The play, which will tell about the multidimensional personality of the author, is being developed in collaboration with the Theater of Young Spectators, the process is led by Katerina Kostina, an actress, and director of the Theatre of Young Spectators.

Students learn the principles of working on the stage during their training at the university: the Institute of Childhood and Art Pedagogy of the TSPU has "Theatre pedagogy" and "Theatrical...


POLAR EXPRESS THROUGH THE WORLD OF COMPETENCES

This year in camps "Green cape" and "Beryozka" children had fun and developed useful skills under the guidance of representatives of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University. Expert of Department of patriotic education of the TSPU Gleb Balabaev was the head of the educational group in "Green cape".

The ten-day training "Wonder Train" was aimed at the development of 6 competencies: creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, functional and financial literacy. The organizers of the shift expanded the existing concept of 4 competencies, which include critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration, based on the challenges of modern society.

"Among the competencies necessary for a modern person, we selected these six, because now...


MAGIC OF EDUCATION

For students of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, January is not only a holiday weekend and time to prepare for the exams: future teachers annually work with children in camps. This year, the students practiced their skills at the Energetik Sanatorium and the Solnechny Center.

Taisia Shutova, a student of the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Cooperation at the TSPU, tried her hand as a tutor at the Energetik Sanatorium in Kemerovo Region.

"When a child comes to a children's camp, he finds himself in an unfamiliar atmosphere with its own laws, rules and traditions. He has to learn this world from beginning to end. And this learning process will constantly be tied to communication with other people. At the...


TSPU STUDENTS AT THE NATIONAL AWARD "STUDENT OF THE YEAR"

The Student of the Year Award is a unique competition and educational project for students of Russian educational institutions. This year the finals were held online through the ZOOM platform.

"For the student center of Russia - Tomsk region - it is a special pride and responsibility. Together with the Ministry of Education, the non-profit organization "Russia - Land of Opportunities" and the Russian Youth Union with the support of the national project "Education" we will name the best students in the country. We are confident that the award experts will identify those bright stars, who will proudly wear the title "Student of the Year," - commented the deputy governor of the Tomsk region on social policy Alyona Levko.

The professional skills...


INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: PRESENT AND FUTURE

In 2020, the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Cooperation was established by the decision of the TSPU's Academic Council. The structural basis of the Institute consisted of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of TSPU, represented by five departments, and the Department of International Cooperation.

Today, the goal of the Institute is to train highly qualified competitive bachelor, master's, and postgraduate students in the fields of teaching, linguistics, intercultural communication, translation, and translation studies. All programs offer the study of two foreign languages in various combinations according to the student's choice, among them English,...


LANGUAGE SKILLS FROM AMERICA TO TOMSK

The meeting of the English Conversation Club was attended by a guest from America, headmaster of Fairfield College Preparatory School in Connecticut Thomas Smiskey.

Meeting with a native speaker was a great opportunity for the students to practice English and learn more about the United States by asking questions, such as about the differences in life in America and Russia, education peculiarities, and more.

"Talking to someone from another country can change the way you think about that country. For example, with Thomas we talked about cities in the United States. For me, America was associated mostly with Los Angeles and New York (celebrities, noise and parties), and...


"SCHOOL OF STUDENT INITIATIVES" — NEW TSPU PROJECT TO MODERNIZE TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS

A new project "School of Student Initiatives" was organized on the basis of the TSPU. Its purpose is to exchange experience in the implementation of traditional projects, as well as to develop and modernize the plan of student activities for 2022.

Representatives of the university student structures took part in educational blocks and project preparation: Student Council, Student Club, Students Trade Union Organization, TV TSPU, University Staff of Student Detachments, Volunteer Detachment "Point of View", Intellectual Games Club, Open Pedagogical Class.

"The main task of the School of Student Initiatives is to look at the projects and events that take place at the university from a different angle: how interesting they are now,...


ULTIMATE LEADERS: FACULTY OF PSYCOLOGY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION WINS ALL-RUSSIAN PROFESSIONAL OLYMPIAD

"PsychoLogos" All-Russian Olympiad in Psychology for 2-3 year students of educational institutions of higher education has ended with the victory of the team of the Faculty of Psychology and Special Education of the TSPU.

The contest was organized by the State Socio-Humanitarian University with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Moscow region. The purpose of the contest is to improve the professional psychological and pedagogical competence of students, help realize their creative potential, as well as to increase the prestige of the practical psychology service in the education system. Forty-eight teams from 23 Russian universities took part in it. The team of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University was presented by Grigorieva Anastasia,...


UNIVERSITY RECTORS AND TOMSK RESEARCH INSTITUTES SIGNED BIG UNIVERSITY CHARTER

On November 19 there was a meeting of the Tomsk consortium of scientific and educational organizations in the course of which the Rector of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University Andrey Makarenko along with the other rectors of universities, research institutes of Tomsk signed the Charter of the Big University..

The document outlines the basic principles of collaboration. The key points are the joint work and the academic freedom of each partner. Scientific, educational and organizational activities will allow forming the international brand "Big University of Tomsk" and to promote it and Tomsk in general as the first city-university in Russia.

"We consider...