Degree: MASTER
Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
ECTS: 120
Fields of study: Education, Educational Systems, Educational Programmes, Geography
Languages of instruction: Russian, English (on request)

DESCRIPTION

The educational programme aims to prepare students for pedagogical professional activities in the field of geographical education, as well as for solving professional tasks of pedagogical, organisational, research, cultural, and educational types.

AIMS

training activity:
•    applying the existing capacity of the educational environment and designing new conditions, including information ones, to ensure the quality of education;
•    organising the process of training and education using innovative technologies;
•    studying students’ abilities, needs, and achievements in the field of education;
•    conducting training and education in accordance with the requirements of educational standards;
•    applying technologies that correspond to students’ age characteristics and reflect the specifics of the subject field;
•    shaping an educational environment to ensure the quality of education, including through the use of information technology;
•    ensuring the protection of life and health of students during the educational process.

research activity:
•    analysing, systematising, and summarising research results in the field of science and education using a complex of research methods when solving specific research tasks;
•    conducting and analysing the results of research in the field of science and education using modern research methods and technologies.

organisation and management activity:
•    studying the condition and potential of a controlled system using a complex of methods for strategic and operational analysis;
•    improving the process of management using innovative management technologies.

cultural and educational activity:
•    studying and shaping students’ cultural needs;
•    improving the cultural and educational level of various population groups, developing strategies for educational activities;
•    designing and implementing complex educational programmes focused on the needs of various social groups, taking into account regional and demographic specifics.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
•    conduct and optimise professional activities in accordance with professional ethics and regulatory legal acts in the field of education;
•    design basic and supplementary educational programmes and elaborate scientific and methodological support for their implementation;
•    organise joint and individual learning and educational activities for students, including those with special educational needs;
•    create and implement conditions and principles for the implementation of moral education for students based on basic national values;
•    develop programmes for monitoring students’ educational results, as well as to develop and implement programmes for overcoming difficulties in education;
•    design and apply efficient psychological, pedagogical and inclusive technologies for professional activities necessary to individualise training, education and development of students, including those with special educational needs;
•    plan and organise interactions between participants in the educational process;
•    design training activities based on special scientific knowledge and research results.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The graduate is able to carry out professional activities in the design and implementation of the educational process in institutions of basic general, secondary general, secondary vocational, and higher education in the field of geography.