The author analyzes the correlation between the development of society and philosophy of education. The goal of this article is to demonstrate that social development is more clearly shaped when the process of education is given an appropriate philosophy, which means the presence of a sense-making and goal-setting strategy (paradigm, “religion”) of the evolution of society. The example of a number of the world's leading countries confirms the value of such correlation. Even when in a crisis, these countries adapt to the modern world's dynamics (globalization, informatization, etc.) with higher speed if they possess an adequate education philosophy. These leading countries’ philosophy of education is underlain by the thesis: the quality of education defines the quality of life. This outcome can be achieved by drawing on such values as freedom, creativity, partnership, and trust. World university rankings show that the most successful universities aim at achieving this outcome and rely on these basic values regardless of all the modern transformations. The author comes to the conclusion that Russia, represented by its leaders and its government, should, given its desire to join the ranks of the world's leading countries, should instate substantial indicators of quality of life for its citizens, as well as strive to generate an education philosophy of similar nature and actively introduce it in the process of education in the first place
A brief analysis of the approaches to the evaluation of foundry technologies’ resource efficiency is presented. It is revealed that when evaluating resource efficiency researchers apply different criteria which do not allow them, on the one hand, to more objectively estimate the parameters and, on the other hand, to relate and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each of the assessment techniques. Representatives of one of the approaches to resource efficiency evaluation focus on determining the technological side, while representatives of the other approach emphasize the priority of the technological and economic aspects. Taking the example of analysing the problems of the technology of casting by gasified models, it has been demonstrated that the evaluation of resource efficiency cannot be unambiguous. Constant monitoring of the process is required. The authors come to conclusion that it is the method of expert evaluation that allows being more flexible in the evaluation of the resource efficiency of foundry technologies. The result of the conducted methodological assessment is the developed formula for estimating the resource efficiency of foundry technologies.
Abstract. The article reviews the trends which define development of power engineering in the world and in Russia. The authors emphasize that establishment of smart grids is the consequence of not only technological but also social transformations of a modern society. The authors sum up that social competencies are an integral part of professional skills of engineers who work in the field of power engineering. The authors make a hypothesis that the major (educational module) "Energy consultant for the population" might develop social competencies.
Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of the status of philosophical and environmental competences for engineering education programs in the field of space exploration. The authors prove that the specialists who will work in the space field in the XXI century face the most important problems, the solution of which is vital for humanity. It is stated that the quality of future decisions will be determined by the development of the philosophical and environmental ideas. It is demonstrated that these idea should necessarily have futurological character. It is suggested that the special courses aimed at the formation of futurological philosophical and environmental concepts can present as a possible solution to this problem (e.g. Creativity training for engineers, etc.).
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