Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions.

Kurushina, V.A.; Kurushina, E.V.; Zemenkova, M.Y.

Abstract

Russian polytechnic education is going through a sequence of transformations that started with the introduction of bachelor and master degrees into higher education instead of the previous "specialists". The next stage of reformation in Russian polytechnic education should reflect the growth in quality of teaching and learning experience that it is possible to achieve by accumulating the best educational practices of other world-class universities, using the benchmarking method. This paper gives an overview of some major distinctive features of foreign benchmarks for higher education institutions and the profile of Russian polytechnic universities. The parameters selected for comparison include the scope of educational profile, industrial specialization, connections with leading regional corporations, size of the institution's city and the number of students. When considering the possibilities of learning from relevant global higher education practices, the authors emphasize the importance of: helping engineers to form new mentalities; the role of computer technologies in engineering education; the fact that levels of access to licensed software for educational processes elsewhere currently exceeds the level of access available at a regional Russian university; and successful staff employment practices (e.g. inviting "guest" lecturers, or having two or three lecturers per course).

Citation

KURUSHINA, V.A., KURUSHINA, E.V. and ZEMENKOVA, M.Y. 2018. Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 357: proceedings of the International conference on transport and storage of hydrocarbons, 10-12 January 2018, Tyumen, Russia, article number 012028. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/357/1/012028

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: International conference on transport and storage of hydrocarbons
• Acceptance Date: Apr 20, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 18, 2018
• Publication Date: May 18, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 29, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 29, 2024
• Journal: IOP conference series: materials science and engineering
• Print ISSN: 1757-8981
• Electronic ISSN: 1757-899X
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 357
• Article Number: 012028
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/357/1/012028
• Keywords: Higher education; Engineering education; Russia; Education benchmarking
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2166782