Essential Problems of Russian Students’ Educational Activities Style Evaluation

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the interdisciplinary study of the relationship between teleological determinants, cognitive constituents and individual features of the student's activities within the framework of general educational process. We assume that heuristic educational programs should be developed on the basis of taking into account the alternative cognitive dispositions of students, their attitudes, preferences and styles. The study of students' cognitive styles is designed to reveal the possibilities of improving actual educational practices. This would enable to develop the most efficient learning and teaching strategies and to identify the prominent ways of forming personal attitudes towards education in accordance with social requirements and professional standards. Specifically, this paper considers the issue of how academic corporate culture influences the students' cognitive styles manifested in educational activities. The main constituents of academic corporate culture such as educational standards, values and beliefs play a significant role in framing the vision of the opportunities of the student's personal enhancement as a future professional. The stylistic features of Russian students' educational activities are mainly formed under the influence of professional career guidance and actual demands of the labor market. But this determination does not exclude factors that possibly could lead to the deformation of personal development.