High technology and transformation of the education system: Constructive and destructive

The problem of organizing, implementing, and describing the results of linguodidactic and methodological qualification research by foreign students-philologists is an urgent issue that requires coverage of its theoretical and practical aspects, as evidenced by the analysis of theses of foreign students-philologists and their recognition of difficulties that arise in the process of performing qualification research, including those met during the application of the method of ascertaining experiment and its description. The purpose of the article is to describe the essence of the ascertaining experiment and the features of the speech genre in which it is reproduced in the text of linguodidactic and methodological research. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: analysis of theoretical sources, synthesis, and generalization of the obtained information; observation of the educational process and analysis of qualification studies of graduates-philologists; questionnaires of students and conversations with teachers to identify difficulties that arise during the application of the ascertaining experiment. The main results of the study are as follows: description of the goals, objectives, and content essence of the ascertaining experiment in linguodidactic and methodological research; clarification of the terminology used; description of the speech genre of the ascertaining experiment; selection of language markers for teaching foreign philologists to describe the ascertaining experiment. It is proved that the ascertaining experiment is carried out to obtain more detailed information for orientation in the initial level of the studied linguodidactic or methodological problem and provides the basis for theoretical modeling of a more effective educational process. New knowledge about the subject of research was acquired in the course of the ascertaining experiment, which gives reason to call the method an experiment. The description of the ascertaining experiment is a secondary speech genre, standardized in composition and language tools. Since each component of the text of this genre is designed using standardized language tools, it is advisable to train foreign graduates-philologists to use these tools. The prospects of the research consist in the theoretical substantiation and development of a system of exercises for the effective formation of skills to carry out and describe an ascertaining experiment by foreign philologists.

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Negative Impacts of the High-Tech Implementation in the Russian Higher Education Sector

Stoletov

2024

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Introduction. The institute of education in modern society is currently in the process of serious transformation associated with the large-scale introduction of high technologies, which is due to a similar process in post-industrial society as a whole. There is a growing understanding of the negative consequences of digitalization of society and education along with the understanding of the objective necessity of such transformation. The article contains an analysis of the negative consequences and problems arising in the course of the spread of digitalization of higher education in Russia. Methodology and sources. The methodology of the research is based on the methods of comparative analysis and extrapolation of transformations of social environment and anthropological factors under the influence of technological progress in the field of higher education. The signs of “high technology poisoning” considered by J. Naisbitt in his book “High Tech – High Touch: Technology and Our Search for Meaning” and the concept of extensive and intensive types of creativity formulated by A.I. Stoletov are a conceptual basis for analyzing the impact of high technology on education. Results and Discussion. Seven symptoms of technological poisoning in higher education, representing the main risks of the modern educational system, their manifestations in the educational process and prospects in case the existing trend persists, have been considered. One of the sources of manifestation of these symptoms is the extensive character of creativity inherent in scientific and technological activity of the society, which stakes on innovative development and mastering of material aspects of nature. The technogenic character of the emerging innovation process levels out the activities associated with the intensive type of creativity, aimed at the meaning-creating and existential aspects of human existence. Conclusion. Minimization of negative consequences presupposes the strengthening of the humanitarian component in education, allowing to form a culture of “pause of contemplation” (Grigory Pomerantz), in which technology will acquire, as it was suggested by J. Naisbitt himself, a fullness of meaning that goes beyond instrumental values into the realm of ethical and existential ones.

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High technology and transformation of the education system: Constructive and destructive

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