ERIC Number: EJ964669
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 16
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The Modernization of Higher Pedagogical Education in a Region: A Sociological Analysis
Zasypkin, V. P.
Russian Education and Society, v53 n9 p47-62 Sep 2011
The modernization of pedagogical education must entail a thorough updating of established customary approaches and mechanisms of the training of workers for the sphere of education, taking account of the complexity and differentiation of the endeavors of pedagogical personnel owing to the requirements of today's society, which is also going through processes of modernization. For this reason, the institutional restructuring of the system of pedagogical education will have to be in correlation both with the tasks of that kind of education in the overall structure of professional education and with the characteristics of the country's regions from the sociological standpoint. The modernization of pedagogical education in Russia from the regional aspect is an urgent problem. The content and organization of pedagogical education needs to be redesigned so as to better the ability of school graduates to thrive in the job market. Directions for the modernization of pedagogical education in the region are proposed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Development, Social Change, Professional Education, Specialists, Educational Practices, Educational Sociology, Social Science Research, Higher Education, Graduates
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia
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