Didactic Exchange: Germany — Russia

September 24 in the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekov launched the seminar «Actual trends in the development of modern didactics», conducted by Julia Koinova-Zellner, Ph.D., a research fellow at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany) for teachers, teachers of the KBR and students in the field of «Pedagogical Education» and «Psychology».

On behalf of the leadership of the university, the vice-rector for international relations Hussein Kushkhov addressed the participants of the seminar. He noted that one of the largest directions of education in the university is the pedagogical direction, and also stressed the importance of interaction of KBSU with the educational building of the republic. Welcoming the guest from Germany, the pro-rector expressed confidence that the forum will serve to establish constructive cooperation between KBSU and the Dresden Technical University.

Expressing the hope that the seminar will be creative and will be filled with deep content, the senior advisor of the Secretariat of the Head of the KBR, Ph.D., professor of KBSU Nina Emuzova supported all of its participants in their efforts to improve their qualifications and gain new knowledge.

“We are interested in what the German school of didactics can offer new, which is applicable to our system. Therefore, we are here,” — said Nina Emuzova.

Doctor of Philosophy, a researcher at the Department of General Didactics and an empirical study of the lesson of the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Technical University of Dresden, Julia Koinova-Zellner is known to many Russian teachers. Her occupations invariably collect sold out. This time, the seminar for teachers and students, she began with a story about the transformation of the role of teachers in the modern world:

“We live in a rapidly changing world — the volume of new information doubles every two years. And the teacher is not the only source of information. Does this mean that the teacher is not needed today? No, right now it is absolutely necessary. Today we talk about the need for constant self-education, so we are talking about a new paradigm of the teacher, a teacher who teaches and learns constantly himself”.

The issues of training future teachers were also raised, which should become active mediators between pupils and social situations in the process of social integration. Julia Koinova-Zellner noted that in working with children, it is necessary to adhere to the goal of providing an opportunity to express oneself, which is achieved through the cooperation of specialists and work in a non-formal context.

The work of the seminar will last 4 days. In the future, its participants are expected not less interesting lectures, debates about the peculiarities of the school system of education in Germany, the professional training of the teacher, the pedagogical goals of the educational plan for the example of the state of Saxony, active learning technologies, etc.