The first semi-final of the professional competition “Teacher of the Future. Students” has finished for the participants of the Siberian and Far Eastern federal districts.

According to the results of the semifinals, the Siberian Federal District will be represented by 21 contestants: 7 participants from the Tomsk Region, 6 students from Krasnoyarsk Region, 4 participants from Novosibirsk Region, 3 students акщь Omsk Region, 1 participant from Altai. The Far Eastern Federal District will be represented in the final by 4 participants: Primorsky Territory, Kamchatka Territory, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region — one finalist from each district.

“It is a great honor for us to hold the competition within the walls of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, one of the oldest pedagogical universities in Russia. I would like to thank the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Regional Administration, and the university staff for their support. The competition is a great opportunity for students to prove themselves. At the same time, I am sure that the semifinals have become for you not only an effective platform for realizing your professional ambitions but also a place for communication with like-minded people, exchange of experience and best practices. For us, as organizers of the “Teacher of the Future. Students” is a great opportunity to preserve the traditions of the national school, along with the development of innovative approaches, which are now being actively introduced into pedagogical activities. I hope that when you come to work in the education system, you will become the ones who shape the future of the Russian school”, — said Andrey Bogdantsev, the head of the project “Teacher of the Future. Students”

On the first day, the contestants took part in an open educational lecture held by Doctor of Economics, Professor of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Veniamin Shaevich Kaganov. During the case-tournament of the first day, future teachers competed in the ability to find solutions to psychological and pedagogical cases, analyzing situations from educational practice.

On the second day, the semifinal participants visited several schools and gymnasiums in Tomsk, talked with teachers and directors of educational institutions, examined innovative laboratories, got acquainted with non-standard assessment systems, teaching languages ​​with the involvement of native speakers. After an introductory immersion in the educational environment, the contestants had to complete a number of tasks related to the development of solutions for specific schools in the region.

On the third day, as part of the semifinal events, a panel discussion “The Image of the Teacher of the Future. What kind of graduate do schools need?” was held. Representatives of the professional community discussed issues related to the demand for graduates of pedagogical specialties, as well as the features of modern pedagogical education for future teachers, the opportunity to come to the teaching profession for graduates of non-core universities.

The first online stage of the All-Russian professional competition "Teacher of the Future" has finished: 15 students of the TSPU are one step closer to victory!

10,000+ students from all over the country passed a three-level testing: functional literacy assessment based on the methods of international comparative studies of education quality (TIMSS, PISA, ICILS, PIRLS, ICCS), a general cultural test and a subject test (according to the chosen specialization). Only 600 contestants who scored the highest points were invited to the interregional semifinals: the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts will be presented by 100 future teachers, including 15 students from the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, and a total of 19 candidates will go to the semifinals from Tomsk.

The most difficult tests are still ahead, but, according to our participants, even the first round was not as easy as expected:

“In each of the three tests there were some difficulties, but the more interesting it was to complete the assignments, — said the semi-finalist Alena Fazleeva, a student at the Institute of Childhood. — Regardless of the result, it is important for me to test myself, try my hand and gain experience in participating in a professional competition".

There is no doubt that only the most fearless students of Russia have registered to participate in the large-scale test of professional skills. Although some students had doubts at this stage, the personal goals and prospects that await the contestants afterward helped them to decide:

“Registration was the most difficult stage: it was quite difficult to decide whether to participate in such a serious competition, since you need to have a significant base of competencies and self-confidence. On the other hand, such events allow you to reveal your weak points and correct mistakes in time. Therefore, I decided to take a chance, — says Ilya Trofimov, a student of the Faculty of History and Philology. — During the first stage of the competition the test for functional literacy turned out to be expectedly difficult, where it was especially difficult to solve problems with mathematical formulas: this is beyond the competence of humanities students. In general, participation in the final course of study will allow you to test yourself, your capabilities, to make sure you worth as a teacher and, perhaps, to discover in yourself something that you have never seen or felt before".

Already on February 24-26, future teachers of the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts will meet at the Tomsk State Pedagogical University in the semifinals of the competition. Within two weeks, the semifinals will be held in six regions of Russia. Of the 600 participants, only 150 candidates will go to the final of the competition.

Employees of the Department of Languages ​​of the Peoples of Siberia of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University and scientists of the Institute of Finno-Ugric Studies/Uralistics of the University of Hamburg (Germany) have been maintaining active business relations for 15 years and exchange experience in the field of studying the languages ​​and cultures of the peoples of Siberia. 

“Cooperation began with academic exchanges under the DAAD program”, — says the head. Department of languages ​​of the peoples of Siberia E. A. Kryukova. — Few times I went to Germany on a research scholarship. In addition, the director of the Institute, Beata Wagner-Nagy, is a member of the editorial board of our journal "Tomsk Journal of Linguistic and Anthropological Research". And I am on the editorial board of the foreign journal "Finnisch-ugrische Mitteilungen".

As part of joint research activities, in February 2021, specialists from the two universities met at the online seminar "Life in Siberia: Language and Culture of the Great North", which was organized by the Institute of Finno-Ugric / Ural Studies. The TSPU professor Andrey Yurievich Filchenko and Elena Aleksandrovna Kryukova took part in it with reports on the study of the languages ​​of the Ob-Yenisei area. For two days scientists from Germany, Russia, Japan, Hungary discussed the unique features of the folklore of the peoples of the North and the peculiarities of the minority languages ​​of Siberia: Selkup, Ket, Nganasan, Enets, Nenets, Yukagir.

An active exchange of experience and the opportunity to remain at the level of world standards in the field of linguistics motivate specialists from Tomsk and Hamburg to organize regular joint events. So, at the end of February, at an open seminar, the results of a long-term (18 years) INEL project aimed at studying and preserving cultural heritage will be presented. In the new academic year, September 15-16, 2021, on the basis of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, the 29th International Conference "Dulzonian Readings" will be held, co-organized by the staff of the Institute of Finno-Ugric Studies / Uralistics of the University of Hamburg.

In Tomsk, the results of the implementation of the city project for the development of the volunteer movement among the youth "City of Good Deeds" of the 2019-2020 season were summed up: among the teams of higher education institutions, the victory was awarded to the TSPU volunteer team "Point of View".

32 teams from enterprises, universities, secondary vocational schools and educational organizations of the city have become participants in the volunteer program. The activists helped socially unprotected citizens and Tomsk residents who found themselves in a difficult life situation in solving of complex everyday issues (clearing households from snow, carrying out minor repairs, accompanying during a walk, etc.). For 11 months of the project, the teams completed 2,798 applications.

“I am very proud of my volunteers, who, despite the difficult epidemiological situation in the Tomsk region, continued to provide free assistance to those in need in the delivery of food and medical kits, accompaniment ... Thank them for the great work done!” — commented the head of the TSPU "Point of View" detachment Zarina Umerova.

In addition to participating in the campaign of the project, the TSPU volunteers were actively involved in the activities of the city center for helping the elderly and people with limited mobility during the coronavirus pandemic. The interest in their work, skill and dedication that our students demonstrated in their work allowed the TSPU team to become the best volunteer team among university volunteer organizations.

Dear Andrey Nikolaevich!

Students and staff of Tomsk State Pedagogical University wish you a happy birthday!

May your professional experience and care, readiness to work with optimism and inspiration for the benefit of Tomsk Pedagogical University bring results in achieving your goals!

Best regards, the Tomsk State Pedagogical University

The Governor's Svetlensky Lyceum became an experimental site for educational practices of the Institute for the Development of Pedagogical Education of TSPU: a cooperation agreement was signed by the head of the Lyceum A. G. Saibedinov and Director of Institute for the Development of Pedagogical Education N. A Semenova.

“The Institute's practices contribute to the effective implementation of new educational technologies and products in the educational process, — said the manager of the experimental practices Larisa Kurovskaya, — by cooperation with the Governor's Svetlensky Lyceum, we plan to research and develop the concept of Emotional Education, as well as introduce it to future teachers”.

To implement this goal, a research laboratory for emotional education was created at the TSPU, headed by Alexander Saybedinov, director of the Governor's Svetlensky Lyceum, winner of the Russian Teacher award, and the author of the concept of emotional education. Svetlensky Lyceum has a unique pedagogical experience, which is of great research interest and prospects for successful integration into the educational process of the TSPU.

“The concept of emotional education is based on the principle of changing the content of education: 20% of lyceum's curriculum are lessons of the artistic and aesthetic direction composed by Alexander Gennadievich Saybedinov (in a regular school there are no more than 5% of such subjects), — said Natalia Semyonova. — At the same time, the progress of students has improved in the subjects of the natural science cycle - chemistry, physics, mathematics. We consider the model of Emotional Education to be very promising for study, analysis, and implementation in the teacher education system. Alexander Gennadievich acquaints students of undergraduate and graduate programs of TSPU with the basic principles of his author's concept at practical classes and webinars".

A scientific symposium "Secitec 2020" (Simpósio de Pesquisa, Inovação e Tecnologia) was held at the partner university of the TSPU — the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Santa Catarina (Brazil). Students from the faculties of history, philology and physics and mathematics of the TSPU took part in this event with the organizational support of specialists from the Department of International Cooperation of the TSPU and the Center for Additional Physics, Mathematics and Natural Science Education of the TSPU.

Two reports were presented to the audience of foreign colleagues: Nikolaev Vyacheslav, a student of the faculty of history and philology, made a scientific paper on the topic "Combat tattoos and men's hairstyles of the Mdewakanton people from the Siu group, Chukchi and Evenki: a comparative aspect" (scientific adviser N. A. Tuchkova, Head of the Department of Archeology and Ethnology ); Konstantin Kataev, a student of the faculty of physics and mathematics, presented the development of the "Model for predicting career plans of a graduate" (scientific supervisor S. G. Kataev, head of the Department of General Physics).

The works were presented online. After watching them, colleagues from Brazil expressed interest in the non-trivial topics of the reports of the TSPU students.

The results of the Competition for the prize of the Tomsk Region Administration "Professor of the Year" have been announced.

Based on the decision of the working group, Konstantin Evgenievich Osetrin, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Director of the Research Center for Mathematical and Computer Physics of the TSPU, became one of the winners of the "Professor of the Year" award.

The decision is based on the papers submitted by the applicant: information on the candidate's scientific achievements, prizes and awards, etc. In total, the list of winners included 12 specialists from various educational institutions of higher education in the Tomsk region.

The All-Russian competition "Media Start" of extra-curricular methodological developments integrating media education was held by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. Ada Kazimirovna Bernatonite, associate professor of the Institute of Childhood of TSPU, Ph.D. was among the winners, representing the higher institutions.

More than 800 teachers of educational organizations of basic, general, secondary, higher and additional education took part in the competition. Speaking on behalf of the university, Ada Kazimirovna presented her textbook "Movie analysis algorithm for children" ("Movie analysis algorithm for children: genre-specific of Soviet children's films" and "Movie analysis for children: the world of fairy tales in children's cinema"). The development of the assistant professor of the TSPU was highly appreciated by the jury: the author won first place in her category.

Grigory Korotkikh, the specialist of the Department of Languages ​​of the Peoples of Siberia of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the TSPU and representative of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North of the Tomsk Region made a business trip to St. Petersburg, where he met with his colleagues from the Herzen University.

The purpose of the visit was to discuss issues of cooperation in the field of preservation and study of the indigenous peoples of the North and their languages. Joint work will serve as a serious step in the development of this scientific direction. There are many reasons for this:

• The TSPU is included in the list made by the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) as a leading research center for the study of endangered languages. For more than 25 years, specialists of the TSPU have been studying the indigenous peoples of Siberia and their languages, collecting historical, ethnographic, archaeological and linguistic materials.
• The Kolta Kup Association of the Indigenous Minorities of the North of the Tomsk Region is the oldest association of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, founded in 1989. Its mission is to protect the interests and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Tomsk region, to assist in the revival and development of culture and education of indigenous peoples, to participate in the protection of the environment in the areas of compact residence of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Tomsk region. 
• The Institute of the Peoples of the Herzen University is the only higher educational institution in Russia that trains specialists in the field of ethnopedagogy, ethnophilology and ethnocultural studies for the northern regions. Graduates of the institute help in the preservation, study and popularization of the native languages ​​and culture of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation.

At a meeting with colleagues, Grigory Korotkikh, spoke about the activities of Tomsk organizations, shared his experience in the preparation and holding of educational and cultural events, visited the Institute's library, learned the composition of the resources.

During the discussion of further joint work, agreements were reached in three areas of activity:

• Tomsk specialists and linguistic activists representing the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North of Tatarstan hold classes for the students of the Institute, raising issues that are unique for the St. Petersburg University;
• assistance in the preparation of school programs for the study of the languages ​​of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Tomsk region for the institutions of the Tomsk region;
• creation of the Association of Teachers of the native language, literature and culture of the indigenous peoples of the North in the Tomsk region.

The first steps within the established cooperation have already been taken: professional portfolios of Tomsk linguists submitted to the Herzen university were approved. In addition, two other proposals from Grigory received support from representatives of the Tomsk Region Administration: on the inclusion in the school curriculum of disciplines for the study of the languages ​​of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Tomsk region and the creation of the Association of Teachers of the native language, literature and culture of the small peoples of the North in the Tomsk region. The plans for the implementation of the two ideas include an active invitation to participate and other specialists of the TSPU.