Bulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State University

Recent studies indicate that the color temperature of the light flux from light sources can affect some biological functions in humans. It can be hypothesized that light sources, such as LED lamps, which are now installed in the lighting systems of educational institutions, may in some way affect the acquisition of educational content by students in the learning process and the quality of educational services in general. The modern education provides for independent learning activities using personal computers with liquid crystal monitors, which can be categorized as LED-based light sources by the emitted light spectrum and the emitter operation principle. The emergence of new lighting technologies, which in some way may affect the performance of students, and our new experimental data in the field of innovative education were translated into the idea of a new teaching method. The article describes the possibilities for creating a teaching method that is based on a combination of the innovative concept of the learning model, using a light-color environment with a modified spectrum of shades of white, and computer assisted express testing of the retained knowledge. It is assumed that the introduction of energy-efficient light sources in educational institutions may create a unique light-color environment with the possibility of dynamic changes in light temperature and flux, which can take the learning process to a new level.

The article arguesin favor of the formation of communicative competence in students of technical universities. In the competitive struggle for jobs, the candidate who hasthe skills of business communicationskills, professional self-presentation,and confident self-control, wins. Consequently, it is an important task of any technical university to form communicative competence in students while teaching humanities. This study treats communicative competenceas an indispensable skill and, therefore, holds the problem of teaching it urgent. Communicative competence is considered as the ability to effectively interact in a work team, to take into account personal psychological traits and cultural background of the partner in communication, to use business etiquette, conflict management and fruitful interaction in the framework of cooperation. The development of all these skills is placed into the educational process of technical universities as communicative competence is required by in the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. The participants of this communicative competencestudy wereemploying companies fromVolgograd, Russia (AlterStroy LLC, Alternativa LLC, Elast Plus LLC, PartnerService LLC, Artemis Don LLC, Etalon MK LLC, Beton LLC, Business ResheniyeLLC) and senior students of the Volgograd State Technical University. The total number of survey participants was 109. Master's Degree students of the Volgograd State Technical University V.Bondareva and I.Diulina developed and statistically processed the questionnaire. It was found that both the employers and the students consider the communicative skills, the ability to accurately and clearly express ideas, good manners, and the knowledge of verbal and non-verbal communication pave the path to success in the professional sphere.

The dynamically changingmodern world brings various professional and everyday difficulties. Educators, who perform a noble and socially important mission of preparing the younger generation for adult life, deserve special attention as they experience professional stagnation and emotional burnout. The theoretical analysis of literature sourceand the results of empirical studies suggest that the determinants of subjective experience in coping with difficult life situations, stress, and risks of change, are social andlife experience, traditions, factors of the socio-cultural environment, and personal psychophysiological characteristics. At the same time, the effectiveness of the techniques that people use to cope with difficulties can obviously be different. The methodological approach in the article substantiates the resource approach. The article theoretically substantiates and empirically verifies the protective-adaptive process of teachers’ coping with difficulties. It was found that there are four stages of responding to difficulties as part of the protective and coping strategy. It was experimentally proved that teachers demonstrate a reduced level of resilience and tolerance to uncertainty, which is characterized as an insufficient degree of resource provision; that most often teachers turn to social support, to their own strengths and knowledge, and to work as the means of psychological and coping protection; that most teachers are not ready to accept risk, change, and self-change; and at the same time, they demonstrate a rather high level of emotional burnout, a critically high level of stress, and reduced performance. To preserve the health of teachers as a professional group and to enhance their life resources and vitality, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms of coping behaviour, to train teachers to accept changes, and to develop a repertoire of coping strategies and conscious coping behaviour based on the resource approach.

The relevance of the problem of participative training of students in pedagogical universities arises from the socio-economic changes that required a revision of the main positions of higher pedagogical education. Based on the conceptual and terminological analysis, a terminological set of basic concepts of the studied issue was created. These terms include participative, participativity, pedagogical participativity, participative teacher training. Following the analysis of the authors’ understanding of participative training of students in pedagogical universities, the main characteristics of participative teacher training were identified. The article presents the authors’ definition of the concept of participative teacher training, which is understood as a training system (theoretical, methodological, practical) that pursues the formation of participative competence, reflecting the new subject-subject relations of a teacher and a student, characterized by equality, cooperation, co-management, common interests, views and values, creativity and pedagogical empathy. As a result of the theoretical comprehension of the studied issue, a competence-based andprocessmodel of participative teacher training was created. The model reflects the essence and the dynamics of the process under investigation. Theprocess model consists of value-based motivational, activity-contensive and reflective-corrective units. The value-based motivational unit determines the activity that ensures the adoption of pedagogical and universal values forming the internal, emotional orientation of the behavior and the activities of a future teacher. The activity-contensiveunitdetermines the formation of participative competence and the features of this process. The capability for critical introspection and awareness of one’s activity on the basis of reflection characterizes the reflective-corrective unit. The competence-based model represents the formation of participative competence on the part of the formation of participatory competencies: basic and special ones. The basic competencies show in a most general way the participative activities of future teachers while thespecial competencies reflect its specific characteristics. The methodological analysis of the essence of the studied issue made it possible to identify the methodological foundations: system-activity, participative and competence-based approaches.

The article addresses the problem of academic mobility of students with disabilities in the system of higher education. It describes theoretical approaches to defining the concept and the essence of academic mobility from the point of view of relocating students and professors to other universities to achieve educational goals and in the context of special needs that students may have. Based on the content of the official sites of leading Russian and foreign universities, the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of academic mobility were analyzed. Such conditions include informational support, availability of personnel, regulatory and organizational support, psychological and pedagogical assistance. The study arrived at the conclusion that it is necessary to theoretically justify the academic mobility model for university students with disabilities, based on the principles of accessibility and universal design. The system of higher education should provide the opportunity to include all students, including those with special educational needs, in various forms of academic mobility. In the process of obtaining higher education, it is important to create conditions for the development of students’ readiness for change, flexibility, the realization of personal and professional activity.

The article covers the relevant scientific research competence of a foreign language teacher in modern conditions, describes its structure and content. The main methods of research include analysis of scientific literature, generalization and systematization of pedagogical experience on the problem, the survey of students to determine their readiness for research activities. The purpose of the presented research is a theoretical analysis of the formation of scientific research competence of students. The result of the study is to consider formation of research activities among students, which includes three stages: preparatory, main, and final with a set of tasks for each of them. The analysis of practical research has confirmed that specifically designed training is required to prepare students for scientific research activities. The most effective ways of forming scientific research competence involve different types of tasks, but the basics of the analysis are composed of specific methodological cases at a foreign language lesson. It can be stated that the formation of scientific research competence consists of a number of stages ensuring the formation of all its components as a complex. In conclusion scientific research competence creates favorable conditions for professional competence development of a foreign language teacher, as well as it has a positive impact on the development of the cognitive field of an individual.

The problem stated is conditioned by the professional training of future physiologists for teaching psychology in general educational institutions according to the norms of new Federal Educational Standards of Higher Education regulating the formation of the professional competences which are demanded for a Bachelor’s Degree holder to teach psychology in school, spread psychological literacy among students, estimate educational processes in school using the up-today methods and innovative technologies in teaching. These days the problem of the impact of the applied disciplines to the professional training of future psychologists remains in demand though being not investigated deep enough. The paper presents the outlook of practical experience of professional training of students taking the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Psychology at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of Nizhnevartovsk State University The author reveals the importance of the applied discipline “The Methods of Psychology Teaching in General Educational Institutions” and states the impact that the discipline provides to the professional training of future psychologists through pointing out the aims of the discipline the demands for the students’ results and achievements and the analysis of the discipline content and the teaching methods it requires. The article states the feasibility of integration of theoretical and practical training aspects while the discipline teaching that supposes planning the class activities in the way that provides the interrelation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the students. The approach stimulates students’ individual research work in the field of future profession, their individual development and ability to work out the information creatively.

The article addresses the problem of formation of ethno-pedagogical competence in the conditions of advanced teacher training. The study aimed to analyze the ethno-pedagogical competence of a teacher as a pedagogical concept, to highlight its components, and to theoretically substantiate pedagogical conditions that contribute to the formation of ethno-pedagogical competence of a teacher during advanced teacher training. The study targeted teachers of general education institution in Northern Siberia, Russia, and relied on such methods as theoretical analysis, empirical methods (survey, questionnaire), and mental simulation of pedagogical conditions. The survey revealed the teachers have aneed for expanding their ethno-pedagogical knowledge and the insufficient manifestation of the components of ethno-pedagogical competence. This induced the search for learning conditions that could form the ethno-pedagogical competence in secondary education teachers in the conditions of advanced teacher training. The learning conditions include, first, the selection of training modules with informative content on disciplines that provide a motivationally valuable, cognitive, activity-related orientation and make up the core of ethno-pedagogical competence; second, the involvement of teachers in solving problems and discussing cases that reflect the regional-ethnic trends; and, third, the involvement of teachers into design and research activities. When implemented, these learning conditions will contribute to the training of a teachercompetentin ethno-pedagogical issues.

The subject of the study is the vocational training of Bachelors of Economics. The object of the study is the content and structure of professionally significant qualities of Bachelors of Economics. The aim of the work is to study the content and structure of professionally significant qualities of future of Bachelors of Economicsin the context of the requirements posed by modern labour market and the possibilities of professional training. The study appears relevant due to the need to find optimal ways of training professional economists who could meet the requirements of rapidly changing and digitalized world economies. The article clarifies the concept of professionally significant qualities of an economist. Based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, the expert survey results, and interviews of potential employers, the article gives the structure of professionally significant qualities of Bachelors of Economics. They are attitude-related qualities: standard (situational professional motivation, knowledge of professional ethics, stable civic stand) and supplementary (dominant professional motivation, professional values, strong civic identity and behaviour); individual and personal qualities and abilities: standard(emotional balance, discipline, objectiveness, integrity) and supplementary (mental flexibility, professional mobility, capability for self-education and self-development); special qualities and abilities: standard(analytical, synthetic and prognostic abilities) and supplementary (critical thinking, lean thinking, project thinking); social and personal qualities and abilities: standard(sociability, ability to resolve conflicts) and supplementary (client orientation, team building). The paper also presents the results of an ascertaining experiment, which confirmed the deficit of the supplementary professionally significant qualities of Bachelors of Economics.