In modern pedagogy, as a result of the transition to training according to federal educational standards, active attention is paid to the personal qualities of students, the formation of competencies that will help them adapt to rapidly changing environmental conditions. This issue is relevant at the current stage of training the younger generation and contributes to solving the main requirement of the new standards (FGOS) “teach to learn”. This article discusses the possibilities of web quest technologies to increase the cognitive activity of students. The pedagogical conditions for using web quest technologies in English classes are highlighted, the stages of creating web quest technologies are defined.

The study aimed to test the hypothesis that students of a Belarusian university enrolled in distance learning programs with the use of distance educational technologies demonstrate higher levels of intrinsic motivation as well as a correlation between motivation and academic achievement compared to students in traditional face-to-face programs. The study included 114 students from the 2nd and 3rd year, attending face-to-face (N = 40) and distance learning programs (N = 74). The methods used included the “Academic Motivation Scale”, as well as the grade point average, and the Carol S. Dweck questionnaire to assess academic achievement. The findings showed that distance learning students exhibited a higher level of intrinsic academic motivation, while face-to-face students demonstrated a stronger presence of external motivation. Motivation among distance learning students was also found to be more strongly correlated with indicators of academic achievement.

The study is devoted to the study of the influence of students’ attendance of synchronous online classes on academic performance. The author conducted a survey of students, which assessed the attendance of webinars, interest in the subject, the level of satisfaction with the educational process and the educational results obtained. Various factors that can influence the level of motivation of students to study in an online format are also considered. It is revealed that there is a direct relationship between attendance, academic success, and satisfaction with the educational process. The research has practical significance for methodologists, teachers, and heads of educational organizations in the context of designing distance learning programs and developing strategies for motivating students.

Questions have long been used by teachers and tutors as an instructional tool to assess students’ knowledge, improve understanding, and stimulate critical thinking. Well-thought questions lead to new ideas, spark discussion, and promote comprehensive learning about a subject. Poorly designed questions can lower performance, create confusion, intimidate students, and limit creative thinking. Teachers tend to ask lower-order convergent questions, which are based on students’ actual recall of prior knowledge, but do not ask higher-order divergent questions, which promote deep thinking and require students to analyze and evaluate concepts. The article summarizes the taxonomy (that is, the teaching of the principles and practice of classifying and systematizing complex, hierarchically related entities) of questions, suggests strategies for formulating effective questions, and explores practical considerations for increasing student engagement and developing critical thinking. Similar concepts can be applied in the classroom and in experiential learning environments. Relationship between development of critical thinking skills and targeted application of effective questioning methods in educational organizations is examined. Having carefully studied various forms of training and their obvious impact on students’ ability to think critically, we have summarized the experience of composing questions that play a significant role in the development of analytical and evaluative cognitive abilities. The study delves into the complex elements of question formulation, including factors such as complexity, relevance, and relevance to a particular situation.

This article presents the results of a study aimed at studying the influence of gamification on the level of self-efficacy in the context of corporate training. Two groups of subjects participated in the experiment: an experimental group consisting of 102 363 participants who were trained in digital format using game elements, and a control group consisting of 44 523 participants who were trained in digital format without game elements. The results of the study showed an increase in the level of self-efficacy in both groups of subjects after training. The experimental and control groups demonstrated a similar effect in increasing the level of selfefficacy. This result indicates that the introduction of game elements into corporate training does not significantly affect the level of self-efficacy, however, it can minimize the negative attitude of employees to longer and more complex training programs in electronic format.

The purpose of the study is to develop organizational and pedagogical conditions for professional development of teachers in the prevention of hidden social orphanhood of students. Research methods: surveys, self-observation, self-assessment, analysis of diary entries and social passports of families. The expediency of implementing the development of professional skills of a teacher through “learning in activity”, involving teachers in research, project, directly pedagogical, advisory, etc. work is substantiated. The conclusion is made about the effectiveness of parallel work to improve the teacher’s qualifications and solve the tasks of preventing social orphanhood.

В статье анализируются значимые вехи истории изучения в российской педагогической психологии образовательной среды развития учащихся, выделяются ее основные модели, а также показано их значение для оптимизации учебно-воспитательного процесса формирования мышления и личности в современном образовательном пространстве.

Currently, music education in universities in China is developing at an accelerated pace. But, unfortunately, the music education system focuses on the implementation of Western standards, sometimes neglecting the education and inheritance of Chinese traditional music. Because of this, there are problems that the government is trying to solve. The article briefly analyzes the current situation with music education at universities on the inheritance of traditional Chinese music, examines the importance of music education in terms of increasing cultural awareness, expanding the influence of traditional Chinese music. The authors reveal the educational aspect of traditional music in Chinese higher education.

The article is devoted to the issues of improving the professional training of students in military educational institutions based on the identification, generalization and systematization of the criteria for the effectiveness of the application of the problem-activity approach to the training of cadets and students in a higher military school.

Special creative abilities of a child which are the result of continuous work of parents, educators and teachers are considered. The formation of mental functions and mental operations give preschoolers the opportunity for successful studying at school.

The article presents the main results of the long-term scientific activity of a known scholar and figure of pedagogical education N. A. Astashova on the study of the phenomenon of dialogic pedagogy. This issue is a part of a wider range of her research interests related to the problem of personality development of a future teacher and value orientations in the educational system. N. A. Astashova is credited with the scientific substantiation of the concept of pedagogical axiology, the development of a typology of values that can be used as an axiological modeling tool. The characteristic features of the axiosphere of a modern teacher, the analysis of cognitive, emotional and behavioral subsystems of personal value orientations of a teacher deserve attention. She also highlighted the conceptual ideas of the formation of the dialogic space of education, identified methodological tools for the study of dialogic pedagogy.

The article deals with the issues of didactic support used in military universities of various kinds of software systems such as PC “Education-MO”. The presented material gives grounds to assert that its main elements are: digital information and educational environment and digital educational content, which ensure the interaction of educators and students based on the identified didactic patterns and contradictions that arise during the training of students and the formulated principles that impose didactic requirements on the learning process.

The author’s reference to Democritus’s teaching on knowledge development is explained by the need to highlight such ideas, the enduring significance of which for subsequent theories of learning is confirmed by time. It is revealed that Democritus was one of the first to identify two types of knowledge development (sensual and theoretical) and the corresponding types of knowledge. For subsequent theories of learning, the following ideas by Democritus are significant: 1) knowledge development goes in depth from sensory to theoretical knowledge; 2) knowledge developed through the senses cannot provide a stable basis for recognizing the truth; 3) knowledge developed through thought is reliable in estimating the truth and recognizing it. The most important aspects of Democritus’ thoughts are identified, which in the field of modern terminology can be called humanitarian: theoretical thinking (operating with concepts, etc.) educates a person as a thinking being; when raising a thinking student, it is necessary to take in consideration the types of knowledge development.

В статье описаны результаты экспериментального исследования профессиональной готовности педагогов, работающих с детьми с особыми образовательными потребностями; дано обоснование современного понимания понятия «особые образовательные потребности»; обозначен вклад В. И. Лубовского в разработку методологии обучения и воспитания детей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья (ОВЗ).

The relevance of the study is due to the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards to information technology skills of educational process participants, changing the strategy of personnel training for high-tech industries, which allows to increase the level of professional competence while getting higher education. The aim of the study is substantiating and testing the innovative approach to teaching major courses in training the professional personnel for the oil and gas industry in the context of digitalization of economy. The peculiarity of the suggested approach is activating practice-oriented training based on using the possibility of digitalizing some components of industrial processes in the university educational process. The example given in the article includes simulating a real industry-specific task, aimed at teaching students as specialists possessing tools for checking hypotheses in the operation of a chemical and technological system, knowing peculiarities of data processing in the oil and gas industry. The suggested approach enriches the traditional methods of teaching by using modern information technologies and advantages of the virtual approach in simulating real industrial processes.

In the article, the editor-in-chief draws the attention of researchers and readers to the importance of observing the principle of continuity and consistency in the process of developing and implementing innovations in pedagogical theory and practice. The fact is that pedagogy itself as a science, or more precisely the art of education, does not imply sharp changes in polarities and vectors of orientation in training and education of a person. As you know, the basis of training and education is formed by established pedagogical theories, concepts, and provisions. It is important that innovations in pedagogy are not contradictory in nature and do not imply a sharp change in their focus. Such changes usually lead to chaos in a person’s consciousness and negatively affect both the results of learning and, especially, education. In order to preserve progressive development in pedagogical science and practice, the author proposes a consideration of classical and innovative teaching theories in general pedagogy and higher education pedagogy, reveals the main trends and patterns of formation and development of basic didactic theories and concepts in domestic pedagogy. Features of implementation of classical theories in modern universities are shown: the associative-reflexive theory of learning and the theory of gradual formation of mental actions, as well as the innovative theory of problem-based and digital learning. Along with this, an effective integration of specific didactic concepts: pedocentric, Bell Lancaster, Mannheim, brigade-laboratory, Dalton plan, Winnetka plan into modern programmed education is substantiated.

The article considers the possibilities of using interactive learning platforms in the educational process (“Russian Electronic School”, Wordwall, Genially, “Yandex. Textbook”, “Mobile Electronic School”). The specificity of their use in teaching schoolchildren of different ages, different health conditions and academic performance is shown. The positive properties of interactive learning platforms in achieving learning objectives, advantages and disadvantages of online platforms are revealed.

The problem of formation of professional readiness of students remains relevant for the higher education system. The cognitive component, as one of the components of professional readiness, is characterized by the amount of knowledge (breadth, depth, consistency), the style of thinking, the formation of skills and abilities necessary for a future specialist. The article is devoted to the use of concept maps as an effective method of forming professional knowledge in higher education. The article examines the sequence of introduction of concept maps into the learning process, formulates requirements for the development of concept maps, describes the results of systematic use of concept maps in the formation of the cognitive component of professional readiness of students, the features of using the method in group work, the evaluation system of concept maps developed by students.

When conducting a pedagogical experiment on the formation of a scientific worldview among foreign cadets studying at military universities in Russia, there was an urgent need to conduct control measures at one of its intermediate stages in order to establish the effectiveness of the methodology used. The formative methodology is a special course that is designed to help the faculty and command staff of a military university adapt a foreign serviceman faster and better to the realities of life in a foreign country for them. To assess the dynamics of the formation of the foundations of the scientific worldview of foreign servicemen, control and measuring materials (CMM) were used, and the method of expert assessments was used to solve the issues of forecasting and assessing the quality of this methodology. This article is devoted to these issues.

This article is devoted to issues related to the formation and current state of pedagogy in Egypt. The paper solves a number of tasks, including: identifying the origins of pedagogy in the Arab state; presenting a brief outline of the historiography of Egyptian pedagogy; describing the periodization of the development of pedagogical ideas; highlighting the content of the main pedagogical works of the Egyptians. As a result of the study, the evolution of the pedagogical thought of Egypt is determined, the main vectors of the educational process, under the influence of which the pedagogical system of today’s Arab state has acquired its uniqueness and originality.