Innovative methods of teaching political scientists at Russian universities


Cite item

Full Text

Abstract

The disciplines of the programme “Political Science” are characterized by their variability and the number of theories and concepts that are of the same scientific nature. Consequently, teaching these disciplines offers specific opportunities enabling students to develop creative thinking, practical skills and theoretical knowledge. The paper describes the analysis of academic performance of political science students in the discipline “Political Technologies”. The assessment of knowledge obtained was carried out in the form of selective testing based on the results of teaching the discipline in traditional and innovative forms. Traditional lectures and innovative lectures, as well as tutorials organized in various forms were subject to separate monitoring. The innovative lectures were specified the following: problem lecture, binary lecture, visualization lecture, consultation lecture, situation analysis lecture. Innovative tutorials included classes, which use the following teaching methods and techniques: dialogues and interviews in pairs, impulse messaging, role-playing, boards with notes, flashcards, opinion cards, Case Study method. A study of students’ level of learning proved high effectiveness of innovative methods and forms of teaching political disciplines to the students. The final indicators demonstrated the difference in the level of knowledge obtained from a number of traditional lectures (14.4 %) and from practicing innovative lectures (15.6 %). Students demonstrated a higher level of learning after attending innovative classes. The study allows concluding about the necessity to introduce innovative methods, technologies and teaching aids into the educational process of a university in teaching political disciplines, which corresponds both to the interests of students and to the current development of society.

About the authors

Elena Viktorovna Pykhteeva

Omsk Humanitarian Academy

Author for correspondence.
Email: pichteeva@mail.ru

PhD (Political Sciences), assistant professor of Chair of Political Science, Social Sciences, Humanities and Foreign Languages

Russian Federation, 644105, Russia, Omsk, 4th Chelyuskintsev Street, 2A

References

  1. Abramov A.V., Vorobev A.P. Problems of political science education in modern Russia. Аn attempt at quantitative research. Obozrevatel, 2021, no. 7, pp. 96–110. doi: 10.48137/2074-2975_2021_7_96.
  2. Belyaeva N.M. Teaching political science in Russian universities: review of educational literature. Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Politologiya, 2018, no. 3, pp. 182–194. EDN: VBEVIK.
  3. Borzova T.A. Return to the origins: on approaches to teaching the course “foundations of the Russian statehood” in higher school. Mir nauki, kultury, obrazovaniya, 2023, no. 4, pp. 138–142. doi: 10.24412/1991-5497-2023-4101-138-142.
  4. Telyatnik T.E. Modern interactive educational technologies in higher education (on the example of teaching political science at the university). Obshchestvo: sotsiologiya, psikhologiya, pedagogika, 2020, no. 8, pp. 94–97. EDN: MACYOV.
  5. Alekseeva T.A., Solovev A.I., Kovalenko V.I., Irkhin Yu.V., Kapustin B.G., Komarovskiy V.S., Kalize M., Khong-Mong K. Contemporary problems of teaching political science at higher school (materials of an international conference). Polis. Politicheskie issledovaniya, 2001, no. 5, pp. 123–153. EDN: ESCUKD.
  6. Irkhin Yu.V. Rethinking institutional approaches in political sciences: new perspectives. Vestnik RGGU. Seriya: Politologiya. Istoriya. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya. Zarubezhnoe regionovedenie. Vostokovedenie, 2015, no. 1, pp. 9–20. EDN: VNWZJT.
  7. Vetrenko I.A. Political science and political science education in the regions of Russia: problems and opportunities. Vysshaya shkola Kazakhstana, 2019, no. 2, pp. 4–6. EDN: NAEKEC.
  8. Zvyagintseva E.P., Manakhova E.B. Creation of conditions for self-motivation of future political scientists in the process of foreign language teaching. Gumanitarnye nauki. Vestnik Finansovogo universiteta, 2018, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 29–34. EDN: VMQAMI.
  9. Gukova I.N., Boyko Zh.V., Polovneva L.S. State of political education in modern Russia: problems and ways of their solution. Via in Tempore. Istoriya. Politologiya, 2021, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 238–248. doi: 10.52575/2687-0967-2021-48-1-238-248.
  10. Dianov S.A., Dianova Yu.V. Humanitarian education and political education in a non-humanitarian university: the view of a higher school teacher. Pedagogika i prosveshchenie, 2023, no. 2, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.7256/2454-0676.2023.2.39827.
  11. Zhilavskaya I.V. Sistemnye i institutsionalnye transformatsii rossiyskogo mediaobrazovaniya [Systemic and institutional transformations of Russian media education]. Moscow, Moskovskiy pedagogicheskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet Publ., 2021. 368 p. doi: 10.31862/9785426310438.
  12. Brodovskaya E.V., Davydova M.A., Lukushin V.A. Co-learning technologies in political education: possibilities, effects and prospects. Izvestiya Tulskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Gumanitarnye nauki, 2021, no. 4, pp. 32–42. doi: 10.24412/2071-6141-2021-4-32-42.
  13. Sherekhova O.M. Pedagogical conditions for the formation of the anti-corruption position of political science bachelors in the process of foreign language education. Konstruktivnye pedagogicheskie zametki, 2021, no. 9-1, pp. 21–33. EDN: JAQUEF.
  14. Korotkevich A.V., Luchina V.N. Universal competences for sustainable development: defining boundaries and concepts. Zhurnal Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ekologiya, 2019, no. 2, pp. 4–12. EDN: WCSAPU.
  15. Nigmatullina I.V. Pedagogical innovations in higher education: psychological features of interactive teaching methods. Vysshee obrazovanie segodnya, 2018, no. 7, pp. 10–18. doi: 10.25586/RNU.HET.18.07.P.10.
  16. Nikiporets-Takigawa G.Yu., Afonin M.V., Krivova A.L., Otyutskiy G.P. The main trends and development prospects of modern political science education in Russia. Perspectives of Science and Education, 2020, no. 4, pp. 164–179. doi: 10.32744/pse.2020.4.11.
  17. Istratova O.N., Eksakusto T.V. Psikhodiagnostika: kollektsiya luchshikh testov [Psychodiagnostics: a collection of the best tests]. 3rd ed. Rostov-on-Don, Feniks Publ., 2006. 375 p. EDN: WQENKT.
  18. Sleptsova A.S. Psikhodiagnostika personala [Psychodiagnostics of personnel]. Rostov-on-Don, Feniks Publ., 2010. 320 p. EDN: PFZMXA.
  19. Ignateva I.F., Isaev B.A. Training of students in conditions of kommertsializatsii education. Problemy sovremennogo pedagogicheskogo obrazovaniya, 2019, no. 62-3, pp. 98–102. EDN: YYJKIX.
  20. Satsuta A.I. Competency-based approach in the training of specialists in universities and its implementation in political science education. Sotsialno-gumanitarnoe obozrenie, 2022, no. 1, pp. 51–56. EDN: KAQUDX.
  21. Orlanov G., Feldman P., Fedyakin A., Ezhov D. On the socializing role of political science as an academic discipline in the context of a critical rethinking of liberal western principles. Svobodnaya mysl, 2022, no. 2, pp. 63–76. EDN: ZOJLSV.

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download

Copyright (c) 2024 Togliatti State University

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This website uses cookies

You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.

About Cookies