Jesse Kera (Vancouver Universitu, Canada), the president and executive director of center for English study «Socrates» has conducted the workshop "Self-realization of personality: from idea to implementation" at TSPU. It was an interuniversity event that was attended by students and teachers of TSPU, TSU, TPU, as well as exchange students from China. At the lecture hall, the issues of self-determination of personality, psychotypical behavior were raise and the need for live communication, life style, organization of personal space, personal time management, and much more was supported and justified. The lecture took place in an informal atmosphere, the focus was made on situational thinking through the use of gaming technology and discussion methods.

The Canadian professor had expressed his willingness to repeat similar meetings on the basis of Tomsk State Pedagogical University. In the future, it is planned to organize refresher courses for teachers in this area.

“Space lesson” took place on the 12 of April at the Tomsk State Pedagogical University and this time the event was dedicated to one of the most important events in the history of Russia – Cosmonautics Day. It was the day when humanity overcame new limits and made a great discovery by sending man in open space for the first time.

At the "Space lesson" schoolchildren together with their teachers-curators have discussed issues that subsequently will be addressed to cosmonauts who are working at ISS. For example how long person gets used to the conditions of weightlessness, what cosmonauts do on the ISS (their work and leisure), what studies are conducted in space and whether they change their outlook on life, laws Physics. The students are planning to learn about what is on the reverse side of the moon and why cosmonauts stopped flying on it. One of the most popular question was about creative life of astronauts. Does inspiration visit them and whether they engaged in some kind of creativity? For example, as Sergei Ryzhikov, is found if photography and he captures beautiful places of our planet. The problem of space ecology was also of a huge interest: is there a space tourism and how this affects the purity of outer space.

The next "Space lesson", which will connect students of schools with cosmonauts of  International Space Station, will be held in May and questions prepared by schoolchildren will find their answers! 

Professors V. E. Golovchiner and A. N. Koshechko (department of literature and literature teachings methods) had given lectures for students of philological faculty of Palacký University within the framework of academic exchange program of Erasmus+ .

The philological faculty of Palacký University is one of the constant international partners of TSPU. The academic exchange not only allows teachers to conduct lessons in Russian culture and literature of XIX-XX centuries but also to undergo on-the-job training in one of the leading universities of Europe.

A memorial plaque was installed on the main building of Tomsk State Pedagogical University to honor am outstanding teacher-innovator Grigori Abramovich Psakhe.

The event was hosted by the rector of TSPU Valery Vladimirovich Obukhov: "Dear friends! On behalf of the staff of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, I congratulate you on such a wonderful event! On the initiative of the Academic Council of the TSPU, we had unanimously approached the mayor's office of Tomsk with the request to open a memorial plaque in memory of our remarkable graduate. We respect Grigory Abramovich and we are proud of his achievements. This was one of the brightest and most authoritative of our graduates and the number of people that came here today once again highlights the importance of Grigory Abramovich's activity for the general education system of the Tomsk region."

Representatives of the city administration, relatives, former students, colleagues, and local citizens arrived at TSPU to honor the memory of the true teacher Grigory Abramovich. In their speeches, each of them not only recalled Grigory Abramovich as a professional, master of his craft, but also noted his highest human qualities.

Graduate of TSPU faculty of Foreign languages Jana Vladimirovna Monich became the winner of the Regional contest “Teacher of the year - 2017”. The awarding ceremony was held on 3 of April at the Tomsk theatre for young people. All in all 19 teachers from Tomsk region had took part in the regional stage of the contest. Pro-rector for teaching and methodical work and continuing education Marina Petrovna Voitekhovskaya had congratulated participants of the contest and awarded the five of the finalists with special prizes of the student and public jury of TSPU. Yana Vladimirovna Monich not only won hearts of students and teachers of TSPU, but also of the members of the Grand Jury, who had chosen her to became the "Teacher of 2017".

Postgraduate student of the faculty of preschool and elementary education of TSPU Julia Nikolaevna Gudkova has shown great results in the International contest of teaching skills «Silver morin khuur» that was taken place in Ulan Bator.

Together with other eleven contestants, Julia Gudkova had passed three tests: "Teacher’s business card ", "Lesson" and "Debate." Each stage required the self-discipline and professionalism, the ability to actualize one’s own pedagogical experience, as well as show erudition, emotional culture, originality and brightness of self-presentation.

Honorary guests of the competition included: the Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Mongolia, the head of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Mongolia, the director of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in the city of Ulan-Bator E.G. Mikhailov; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus in Mongolia S.V. Chepurnoy; Cultural Attaché of the Russian Embassy in Mongolia E.O. Sazonova. Yulia Gudkova was the youngest competitor among experienced teachers with a great pedagogical experience , but this fact did not prevent Yulia from showing high results and winning the status of the prize winner of the International Pedagogical Competition! Gudkova was awarded with the Diploma of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sport of Mongolia and received the Gratitude of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

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The international competition of teaching skill "Silver morin khuur" is held annually to support talented teachers, promote the best methodological ideas, promote the popularization of innovative methods and technologies that contribute to the improvement of modern pedagogical science and practice.

The employees of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Tomsk State Pedagogical University will organize the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Psychodiadactics of Mathematical Education: Planning the Modern Educational Results in School and University", which will be held at the University on March 23, 2017. The event will be held with the support of the Tomsk Regional Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Education Workers, Information and Methodological Center of Tomsk.

About one hundred participants from Moscow, Barnaul, Bryansk, Pskov, Tomsk, Voronezh, Ulan-Ude and other Russian cities will present their reports within the framework of the plenary meeting of the conference and the work of two sections: "Implementation of the Concept for the Development of Mathematical Education by Means of Psychodactactics" and "Implementation of the Psychodactical Approach in the Educational Process”. At the end of the conference, a discussion platform on the corresponding educational problems will be organized.

As the organizers of the conference note, in the context of the transition of school education to the new Federal State Educational Standard that is focused on formation of the ability to learn, the topical problem remains the using of the pattern of the mental (intellectual and personal) development of students. This issue will be discussed at the conference "Psychodidactics of Mathematical Education: Planning the Modern Educational Results in School and University."

Department of Slavic Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy, of one of the oldest Universities of Czech Republic as well as of Europe, Palacký University, Olomouc invited Valentina Egorovna Golovchiner Professor of Literature and Literature Teaching Methods of the Faculty of History and Philology of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University as part of the Erasmus + program for lecturing and conducting of seminars on topic "Permanent motives and variable meanings in the lyrics of V. Mayakovsky" and "Epic drama in Russian literature of the twentieth century."

The trip contributed to strengthening and development of close scientific cooperation of the Russian department with the Olomouc philologists, which was started in 2014. Valentina Yegorovna told about the increased attention of students, undergraduates, doctoral students and fellow teachers not only to the presented material, but also to the current state of literature, to theatrical research in Russia. The exchange of information continued in an informal atmosphere, during the tour of the most beautiful ancient city, which preserved its monuments in the centuries.

In the report made at her department meeting V. E. Golovchiner noted the willingness of her foreign colleagues to communicate on professional topics, expand their knowledge of the processes in the culture of modern Russia, stressed the importance of non-profit programs of the European Union for the students and teachers exchange between universities. This program, as her experience has shown, really contributes to the strengthening of cultural integration and mutual understanding of people from different continents.

Head of Department of Literature and Literature Methods of Teaching, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor E. A. Poleva.

Inessa Igorevna Babenko of TSPU’s faculty of history and philology became a visiting professor of Heilongjiang international linguistic university (Harbin, China).

She was invited to China to test the software developed for study of Russian together with her Chinese colleagues and students.

Promotion of TSPU innovative developments abroad – is one of the highest priorities of department of international cooperation of TSPU.

Annual school of Russian language and culture for Japanese students took part in TSPU in seventh time. This year an interesting and diverse cultural and educational program was prepared, which included not only lessons, but also seminars, presentations, workshops, theater trainings, tasting of Russian cuisine, meetings with Tomsk students who are learning Japanese, dog sledding and much more.

Lessons of the Russian language as a foreign language and workshops were conducted by teachers of the history and philology faculty of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University. Support and organization of the School was undertaken by the employees of the Department of International Cooperation of TSPU.

The closing of the School turned from an official ceremony into an interesting and cheerful event with tea-drinking and a photo session. The lessons in the School of Russian Language and Culture have become a bright and interesting event in the life of each participant of the project!

Based on the final results the average score that was shown by the school participants was 4.7 (out of 5 possible). All students would recommend this program to other students at their university.