Vol 12, No 1 (2015)

Effective learning activity as a kind of labor activity requires maintaining a high level of efficiency. This ability, along with indicators such as thinking, memory, attention largely determines the success of a student's digestion of educational knowledge. The results of the studies of the educational process in terms of efficiency are -analyzed. Researches were carried out on the basis of experimental data obtained by testing. It was found that the correlations between performance on the Landolt scale and academic performance of students are absent. This result does not mean that there is no relationship between performance and the results of one’s actions. It is obvious that such a relationship exists, however, for its detection it is necessary to choose appropriate research methods and find the parameters that characterize the effectiveness of, inter alia, training. Observations of trainees show that individual natural mechanisms of optimization and adaptation remain undeveloped, and the motivation, interest can only temporarily improve the efficiency of learning. Therefore it is justified the introduction of a special discipline aimed at training on maintaining a high level of efficiency as an effective way to improve the efficiency of not only the learning process, but also to work in a broad sense.

The article is devoted to the problem of the development of the system of multicultural education. The stages of the development of the system of multicultural education are shown. The main stages of the process are: the improvement of the technologies of multicultural competence development and the components of the system of multicultural education. The specific features of the education technologies and the principles are described. Russian scientists have made a few advances in research regarding the development of multicultural competence. The technologies are applied in higher education. Although there is a growing interest in the role of these technologies, there is still a big amount of multicultural conflicts, ethnic and religious intolerance. Because of this, it is necessary to find the new mechanisms to improve the process of multicultural competence formation. It is important to underline the necessity to improve the process of cooperation between the universities of different countries. That influences the process of the development of the system of multicultural education as well as multicultural competence. As the importance of integration has risen, the number of comparative researches has to be enlarged. Their goal is to develop the views on the world educational process, to see the further tendencies of the national education system improvement. The lack of experience is considered as the problem of the process of multicultural education development. The article focuses on analyzing the role of synergetic approach, one on the conditions necessary for the development of foundations of the system of multicultural education.

In the article the readiness for risk management is treated as an actual component of the engineering competence which determines the opportunity and productivity of the objective, conscious and competent activity which are in competence of the bachelor by the establishment of the character of production and technological risks and the solution of problems of localization, compensation and elimination of possible negative consequences of the activity of manufacturing enterprises. In the course of its formation, the maintenance of engineering education corresponds to the requirements of professional standards, innovative productions and risk analysis in industries; the practice of engineering education joins the methods of modeling and prototyping which are learnt by the students in the interdisciplinary educational and independent work, research activity and work practice during the interaction of students, teachers and employers.

This article analyzes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the organization of independent work of bachelors. The ability of self-education is becoming one of the cornerstones of competencies that form the basis of education and training policy in the European Union. Competence is seen as a mixed model in the bachelor. Considerable attention is paid to defining the essence of the concept of "self-study". In determining the theoretical and methodological nature of independent work of students, the key markers of independent work were identified, however, the question of an exhaustive list of markers remains controversial. This problem is poorly understood and requires further research. Using the analysis of the theoretical basis of research, the contradictions arising from the organization of independent work were formulated, and the directions of the design of the educational process were singled out. The paper emphasizes the distinction between "self" and "self-study". The role of self-competence in the formation and the formation of a bachelor is indicated. The idea that self-educational competence is an integrative indicator of the degree of formation of independent work on the mastery of competencies of narrow section of a bachelor is grounded, these competences in training bachelors in the direction "State and municipal management" (hereinafter "SMM") being management competences. Implementing the provisions of the competency approach, the interactive, active, and information and communication forms and technologies should be widely applied in the organization of the independent work of bachelors 'SMM' . Such a view would be of interest to specialists in the field of management training. In conclusion, the idea that the organization of independent work will be more successful in an integrated approach in the formation of core competencies, as well as the implementation of the competence-based approach is stated.

This article discusses the techniques and strategy of the actualization of leadership potential of students of the direction "advertising and public relations." The relationship of the features of social and psychological adaptation to the efficiency of performing educational and professional tasks is analyzed. The importance of incorporating the leadership potential of students in the process of finding solutions to educational and professional tasks was studied. The results of a pilot study to determine the types of social and psychological adaptation are described and the structural indicators of the types are identified. The data on the changes in the level of anxiety, frustration and rigidity under the influence of the program of forming a constructive type of social and psychological adaptation are presented. The depth of the study of the phenomenon of social and psychological adjustment is analysed on the basis of different approaches in the works of Russian and foreign authors who examined the effects of external and internal factors on the success of the adaptation of the person in terms of social well-being, self-aggression, pedagogical support, demographic determinants. These issues are also addressed in the context of the results of development environment, the effectiveness of teaching and research, national identity, in terms of developing didactic methods. The necessity of updating the student’s leadership potential for success in professional activity by adjusting the type of socio-psychological adaptation is grounded. The professional space of the experts in public relations is described and the importance of participation in public education on the issues related to political, economic and social processes of the state, the ruling cabinet, strategic planning of the development of society, creating the political image of the leader of the state is emphasized. The relevance of the experts in the field of public relations in today's dynamically changing social environment is determined including the phenomena of social tension, political conflicts, mass migration due to the global economic crisis.

He theoretical foundation of multi-level practice-oriented formation of professional graphic skills is presented. The paper contains the substantiation of the need for multi-level geometric-graphic preparation of saturated technological knowledge in the system, covering the period of study from secondary school to senior courses of a technical university. The features and conditions of realization of teaching graphic disciplines in modern conditions are distinguished. The technological nature of electronic geometric modeling, defining the creative nature of the learning activities of the pupils and students, is shown. Some patterns for basic geometrical graphic training in higher school associated with the need for adaptation of students are determined. The possibility and effectiveness of pre-university technological propedeutics based on electronic modeling in CAD / CAM software and the use of software-machine complex.

The article analyzes the structure and especially the impact on the participants of the communication process of the meaningful communication barrier. The elements of the process of business and friendly relations are identified and discussed from the point of view of psychology. The assumption is made that the trust and its parameters are the basis for effective communication. As parameters the sources of trust/not trust to the opponent are selected. The essence of the author's technology is not only a systematic approach to the allocation of substantial elements of the barrier, but in the emergence of the confidence parameters found in the existing barrier. The meaningful barrier was previously perceived as "filter" information. Now, finding additional elements and combining them into a single system, the author argues that the substantial barrier performs the function of interpretation of information, as received and sent. A barrier is a set of parameters that interpret and form the learned unit of the message. Later these parameters are combined into a whole message that is transmitted by the subject of communication to the object. The testing of the proposed technology was conducted at the Department of Humanities education SamSTU by processing lecture material. To check the viability of the proposed technology among students of different specialties (technical and humanitarian) SamSTU experiment was conducted. The

Modern Russian and foreign experience of training elite athletes and sports reserve national team shows the need for integration of the work of educational institutions and organizations engaged in athletic training. Getting exclusive education can be achieved through the development of a system of boarding schools of athletic profile. The article presents the principles of operation of boarding schools of sports profile, and also features the development of integrated programs and curricula for training of sports reserve without interrupting the educational process. Boarding schools of sports profile implement integrated programs that can adjust the performance of the educational process, to include the goals and objectives of other subject areas and to increase the volume of subject disciplines, such as "scientific subjects" and "Philology".

The article is devoted to the professional education of masters in the direction 44.04.01 - Pedagogical education («Biological education») at natural and geographical faculty of PGSGA, in order to form the readiness for the training of physically disabled people. Training of teachers in a magistracy is a topical issue today due to the strategy of modernization of pedagogical education. The new content of the practical training of teachers according to the main professional educational program is directed at the development of the main competences specified in the professional standard. According to the main educational program representing a set of the normative and educational and methodical documents defining the purposes, the contents, conditions and technologies of realization of the process of training and education, the expected results, an assessment of quality of training of masters, the basis of formation of professional and common cultural competence of masters is formed. The main types of vocational training of undergraduates are: pedagogical, designing, methodical, administrative cultural and educational, research activity focused on the requirements of labor market. Thus, it is important that in the course of professional education of the future expert the skills of training of persons with limited opportunities of health directed at the formation of bioecological literacy of the students and their health and safety were created. The essential role in environmental protection, ecological education, formation of ecological culture of people with special educational needs is played by the museums whose main objective of work consists in the development of the identity of the person, his cultures, consciousness and thinking, carried out by museum means. In the conditions of modernization the museum carries out functions of the educational center and updates the content of biological and ecological education.

In the article a relevant problem of developing of patriotic qualities of students of a technical higher education institute, the formation of their spiritual and moral positions, and patriotism is considered. The analysis of results of survey among students is carried out.The list of the most expedient educational tools of patriotic qualities is provided.

The article is devoted to the actual problem - the formation of competitive human capital, which is the most important factor of progressive development of Russian society, the state and the economy. It is shown that in a post industrial society based on the innovation economy, on the continuous technological innovations in all areas, the basis of the competitiveness of human potential becomes evolutionary-activity culture. The fundamental approaches allowing, on the principle of complementarity, to implement the concept of evolutionary-activity culture, to govern self-development of the subject in the course of professional activities are defined. The components of evolutionary-activity culture are stated. It is concluded that the competitiveness of human potential can be achieved through the integrity of system management of components forming an evolutionary-activity culture based on technology and intellectual and informational support of professional activity of the subject. It is proved that the backbone role belongs to the psycho-pedagogical subjects cycle in the preparation of bachelors, specialists and highly qualified personnel to meet the modern requirements of the labor market and the needs of the innovation economy.

The relevance of the article is defined by the need to improve the quality of training of graduates of educational institutions in a deteriorating economic situation and the reduction of the funding of social programs. According to the authors, under these conditions, a multi-level training in the scientific and educational cluster is more optimal than the traditional, single-level training of students. The experience of the vocational training in civil engineering under the eduational cluster conditions is summarized. The goals of such cluster creation are defined. The features and advantages, in comparison with the conventional education, are defined. On the example of KSUAE scientific-educational cluster reconsideration of approaches to the curricula development are shown. The data over six years is given; concerning training of relative specialties, training at KNAUF company training center, created under the aegis of KSUAE. The article may be useful to scholars, studying vocational training, as well as to future employers, concerned about the quality of graduates.

The article focuses on the problem of students’ education to develop communication skills with the use of the problem solving method at the lessons of a foreign language. The question of understanding the problem solving method in the process of students’ education with the involvement of different points of view of famous scientists in this field is considered. It is stated that the problem solving method is closely connected with the group one as acquiring of communication skills can’t be abstract, it is definitely aroused by the interest to this or that problem. Group communication is considered to be the basic form of organization of studies to enhance communication and lexical and grammatical skills. The role of students’ independent work in the process of enhancing their communication skills is determined. It is pointed out that the use of supporting teaching resources such as schemes and charts contributes to the situation development. Special attention is paid to the character of supporting teaching resources which determine the content of students’ independent work in the process of preliminary planning and further development of group communication. A variety of methods of students’ independent work while preparing for the discussion of a certain problem are emphasized. The stages of work are distinguished, the types of work are determined, different types of texts are given. It is stated that to acquire the skills of problematic questions discussion it is necessary to do special exercises in which the means of making sayings, formulating evaluation arguments, set expressions would be digested and which contributes to the development of students’ language abilities. Conversation all topics in which enhancement of communications kills is trained are given as examples. The importance of usage of the problem solving method which contributes to the development of communication skillsand allows to model communication in different situations is shown.

In the article the aspects of the researches of social activity of students are presented. The article reveals the relevance of the subject in terms of modern social and political situation, the priorities of education and the peculiarities of students’ age. The analysis of scientific literature has made it possible to mark the basic approaches to the term social activity, such as activity, attitude to life and personality. The characteristics of social activity are defined as social psychological readiness of a person to act, self-determinaton, involvement in social interactions, pro-sociality,etc. As social activity is not restricted to purely academic or professional activity, but also exists outside the educational institutes, it has become the aim of the researches to determine the social status, values and orientations as well as the personal qualities of socially active students of the technical university. The forty-two students of the machinery department, engineering and economy department and electrical engineering department took part in the researches. The main criterion of choice of potential participants of the researches was active participation in non-academic activity and voluntary organizations. As a result, the social-psycological portrait of the socially active student of technical university was formed. As a rule, it is a male, first-year or second-year student, having tendency to leadership, playing sports, taking part in cultural and leisure activity, as well as arts and voluntary organizations. He is mostly a good student. It is an extravert personality, emotional, creative, possessing leaders’ and communicative qualities, but with no high level of organizer’s faculties. The majority of them have an active position in life, independence, responsibility for themselves, and they consider their actions to be important factors in their progress. They are capable of achievingtheir goals in future, controlling their interactions with other people and to gain sympathy and respect at the same time. Their dominant values are universal, personal and social ones. The results of the researches will make it possible to find the most productive ways and forms of development of social activity of students of technical university in the future.

The article is focused on the theoretical model of the pedagogical system of formation of the abilities of foreign-language business communication skills among students of the bachelor degree in the Power Industry and Electrical Equipment. The functional and procedural characteristics of each of nine links of model of the system are considered. Special attention is paid to the description of information and didactic base and the intensive pedagogical technologies of formation of the abilities of foreign-language business communication. As part of information and didactic base, in addition to the traditional basic textbooks and manuals in a foreign language, electrotechnical dictionaries, catalogues and prospectuses in a foreign language, Internet resources, the author's manual "Intensive English for Electricians" is also presented. The used intensive pedagogical technologies are classified by the form of the organization of the educational process, by the way of submission of educational information; the training in a group is got out selectively depending on the type of an educational activity in class in a foreign language (reading, writing, audition, speaking) and stages (a course, a semester) of training the students.