Some trends in the development of modern education (in English)

Самарский государственный технический университет

Некоторые тенденции развития современного образования

Самарский государственный технический университет

The education system as one of the main components of the modern society ensures the transition to a digital economy focused on widespread digitalization, including the training of specialists in digital conditions who should be skilled in modern technologies, oriented towards lifelong learning, mostly in a distance format. All the changes that take place in modern society affect the educational system. Modern educational environment reflects the interaction of innovative educational complexes and classical models [4]. We should raise standards of education and teach students modern and demanding skills.

Nowadays using computers and recognizing new disciplines must be considered as new fundamentals for students. This is a turning point for our education. We must be aware of this to win the battle for excellence in Russian education.

We suppose education must be made a national priority. We know that education is an act of building -the building of people, the building of our nation, and our hopeful future. However, we want to develop the system of education that works and helps students become more self-reliant. In this new Informational Age, education should become a national priority.

Today the world is undergoing digital transformation. That is why we should account the trends of the modern digital world in the educational process. There is an increasing demand for the transition from traditional forms of education to digital and hybrid ones. We should change the objectives and the content of education, and it is so important to use digital devices to improve the educational process. Mostly every person nowadays has smartphones and laptops with continuous Internet access, so, students are always online. That is why it is possible to use online learning easily. It is a modern tool that helps to obtain the required skills and knowledge at any time and in any place [2].

Digital technologies contribute to a cardinal improvement in the quality of educational training of trainees, the formation of their full range of necessary abilities, the formation of the ability to actively (consciously and creatively) use all available digital tools, materials and services to solve the problem. Digitalization of education should be aimed at solving the increasingly complex tasks of forming students’ and teachers’ computer literacy and improving the effectiveness of the educational process. Today the idea of the place and role of computers in the educational process has changed once again. Computers began to be seen as a tool for transforming education, learning, and the transition to a personalized organiza-

БЕЛЕНКОВА Ю.С.

НЕКОТОРЫЕ ТЕНДЕНЦИИ РАЗВИТИЯ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

БЕЛЕНКОВА ЮЛИЯ СЕРГЕЕВНА

Российская Федерация, город Самара

YULIA S. BELENKOVA

Samara, Russian Federation

tion of the process of education. It can be argued that it is necessary to overcome the technological digital gap in the education system. First of all, it is necessary to continue working on technological modernization of educational organizations and to overcome the technological digital gap, also to direct all efforts to solve the tasks of providing students and teachers with digital educational resources to use the emerging digital educational environment, creating a base of educational and methodological and evaluation materials [3].

Social networks, computer technologies and messengers have changed social values; they led to a new student who independently determines his educational objectives and ways of learning. Modern students are motivated for self-development and self-determination, for life long learning. The system of modern education has to ensure a stable transition to the digital era. Many digital technologies such as cloud technologies and online educational courses have great pedagogical potential. Cloud technologies give the opportunity to store a large amount of information, and online training courses help students to study in a convenient form and to get qualified training [5].

Tie main benefits of using digital technologies in education are the following practical conveniences:

• 1.    Flexibility in terms of time.

• 2.    Reducing time and transport costs.

• 3.    Tie possibility of organizing practical classes, tests and examinations both individually and for groups of students.

Digitalization of education is becoming more and more important, it gives such useful advantages as a great number of platforms for con- ducting online classes and conferences, using an interactive whiteboard, creating of online tests and tasks for practice, placing useful links to video resources, as well as opportunities for independent work.

The use of modern digital tools and modern technologies in education helps to increase motivation of students, to individualize the process of education and to study at any convenient time, in any convenient place [1].

In spite of our positive outlook on the modern system of education, many students still choose home education. It is becoming more and more popular nowadays. A great number of children are being taught by their parents at home instead of in public and private schools. Tat’s why we have to pay a lot of attention to supporting a family. Many researchers encourage parent participation in the

ВОПРОСЫ ОБУЧЕНИЯ И ВОСПИТАНИЯ education of their children. They tell us that parent involvement will become the starting point for improving the education system. Tie big difference of home education is the students are taught by their parents on a daily basis and the classrooms are at home - and out of the world. Most parents choose to do this because they think they can meet their kid’s needs better than a classroom can, and that mostly has to do with size of classes. Other parents opt for home education for health reasons and others because of professional, mostly performance, commitments on the parts of children. TTere is a myth that the majority of parents choose home education for religious reasons. T e home education program provides curriculum and instructional materials without cost. Parents are required to provide daily instruction during normal school hours. Home teaching is a big commitment for parents, but many parents like the kind of partnership it provides.

It can be concluded that technology and new trends are changing the education today. Tese changes are forcing students and teachers to adapt to new requirements and to adjust their expectations.