Annotation: The article addresses the problem of finding new approaches to teaching English for Specific Purposes, since cross-cultural communication skills today are more in demand in the labor market than ever before. The purpose of this study is to describe an alternative model of teaching English to students of non-linguistic majors, which was implemented as part of an experimental international project with a special focus on the professional socialization of students in a competitive environment. The obtained results demonstrated that cross-border cooperation and focus on professional socialization in the process of teaching English accelerates the development of universal soft skills, immerses students in a quasi-professional environment, builds the foundation for their professional identity formation, enhances the importance of students’ personal competitiveness as a stimulating factor, and creates optimal conditions for the development of not only foreign language communicative competence, but also universal competencies that will be required from future graduates by employers.

Annotation: The article deals the issues of organizing learners’ autonomy in the process of online learning English. There are theoretically substantiated methods and techniques for enhancing learner autonomy in the online English language teaching system. The author considered such aspects of the topic as learner autonomy, the specifics of online English language teaching at a university. The described results of a scientific literature highlighting the main scientific concepts of modern researchers’ review allowed us to reveal the peculiarities of the learner autonomy in the process of online learning of the English language organization. Particular attention in the article is paid to the activation of the students’ motivational and semantic sphere for the development of autonomy in the online learning process. It was concluded that learner autonomy as a factor of effective online learning is ensured by specifically organized independent students’ activities which contributes the development their motivational and semantic area. It was based on the analysis’ results of pedagogical impact methods integration in the practice. The organization effectiveness of such an educational environment is implemented through the use of modern teaching aids that are available and meet the interests of students studying English.

Annotation: The article is devoted to the study of the use of reflection in pedagogical practice when organizing students' independent work. Reflection can be defined as a process aimed at making sense of their actions, which allows learners to stop and reflect on what is happening in their educational space. This study is a theoretical analysis of the existing premises about the meaning and role of student reflection in education. Based on the results of the analysis, it is postulated that reflection can naturally intensify the interaction of students with educational material, deepen understanding of the topic and strengthen independent thinking, and thereby create an effective learning environment. This work substantiates reflexive practice as a combination of four main components: description of experience; experience analysis; creation of new meanings and concepts; actions to change behavior. The perspective of the development of reflection through writing a reflective diary is also discussed, the contribution to the awareness of students of reflective writing as a means of self-development is considered. Possible options for practical work with a reflective diary in the study of the disciplines of the humanitarian cycle are proposed.

Annotation: На фоне усиливающейся коммерциализации системы высшего образования необходима разработка действующих стратегий по привлечению потенциальных абитуриентов в вузы и презентации широкому кругу потребителей комплекса образовательных услуг. Если теория журналистики необходима для формирования базовых принципов журналистской деятельности, то медиаобразование помогает осознать как эта деятельность и продукт этой деятельности интегрируются коммуникативными процессами в обществе. Поэтому целью статьи является анализ медиатехнологий на этапе подготовки абитуриентов в выборе творческой специальности, к которой принадлежит профессия журналист. Кафедра журналистики ФГБОУ ВО «Национальный исследовательский Мордовский государственный университет им. Н.П. Огарёва», отслеживая и анализируя актуальные вопросы современной концепции медиаобразования, с 2007 г. организовала и внедрила в практику своей работы «Школу молодого журналиста», служащую экспериментальной площадкой апробации медиаресурсов. Материалы статьи демонстрируют направления профориентационной работы кафедры, в частности, и вуза в целом.

Annotation: The article is devoted to the analysis of the role and place of museum pedagogy as a scientific discipline in the educational system. The article reveals the content and approaches to museum pedagogy, taking into account its interdisciplinary nature, using the example of museums of educational institutions. The role of museums in the education of students is considered on the example of educational institutions of Kazan as part of the general urban cultural space. It is noted that the museums of educational institutions as part of the museum space of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan are a phenomenon of national culture and education. Attention is drawn to the specifics of school museums, their role as centers of patriotic education and personal development. The main approaches to museum pedagogy as a scientific discipline at the intersection of museology, pedagogy and psychology, which considers the museum as an educational system, are analyzed. On concrete examples of museums of educational institutions of the city of It is emphasized that museum pedagogy as an integrative and qualitatively new sphere of educational activity can be considered as an innovative pedagogical technology. As a conclusion, it is noted that museums of all profiles solve important pedagogical tasks, being the most accessible cultural institutions for students.

Annotation: The article is devoted to the development of methodological techniques in the formation of individual figurative expressiveness among students of choreographic art. The relevance of the study is due to the need for constant improvement of the methodology for the formation of figurative expressiveness in students on the basis of a scientific analysis of the generalized pedagogical experience and the characteristics of modern dance. The research methods are general logical methods (analysis and synthesis), as well as the idiographic method designed to emphasize the characteristic features of modern dance. The article discusses the methods, techniques and means of choreographic art used in teaching the dancer's performing skills. The analysis of the choreographic aspects of the content of the individual figurative expressiveness of the modern dancer is carried out, scientific and methodological recommendations for its implementation in students are formulated. The significant role of the teacher-choreographer in the acquisition of the dancer's performing skills is noted, since it is he who contributes to the development of the style of performance and expressiveness of plastic. Scientific and methodological recommendations have been formulated that make it possible to increase the effectiveness of teaching modern dance and contribute to the disclosure of the potential of students in the field of choreographic art.

Annotation: The article examines transformations in the geoinformation field. Morphism in the geoinformation field is considered as a generalization of many transformations. The difference between transformation in the field and information interaction is shown. The concept of “geoinformation field” is introduced as a derivation of the concept of an information field. The article reveals the content of the geoinformation field, which is located in real space and in which the following operations and functions are performed: detection, fixation and measurement of physical and spatial characteristics, as well as the collection of semantic information about the objects of research. The similarity between the information field and the geoinformation field is shown, their fundamental difference in relation to the coordinate space is noted. Morphism in the geoinformation field is considered as a generalization of transformations. The concept of morphism is considered in relation to the theory of categories. It is shown that morphism in the geoinformation field is a means of formal description and generalization of a number of information and geoinformation processes. Examples of morphisms in the geoinformation field and categories in the geoinformation field are given

Annotation: The article examines the properties of information needs of subjects and ways of representing them in the information field. A social system or a person are subjects of the information field and have information needs. The relevance of the study is due to the need to develop scientific and methodological foundations for building information models of the needs of subjects. The article examines various types of needs and highlights their characteristic features. Highlighted the universal mechanisms of the emergence of needs: signal, motivational, implementation, evaluative. The content of these mechanisms is revealed. Three variants of the definition of the concept of "information need" are given, the features of their reflection in the information field are revealed. The presence of the law of increasing information needs is shown. The conditions for satisfying the needs and information needs have been determined. The content of the concept "need for information resources" is revealed. It is shown that the resource is a necessary factor in meeting the demand.

Annotation: This article is devoted to the problem of decision-making by an individual, taking into account his attitude to risk. It is assumed that the behavior of the individual obeys certain laws. This assumption allows the use of quantitative decision-making methods based on the use of convex programming methods. When solving optimization problems, risk indicators have a decisive influence on the value of the objective function. The properties of the utility function are considered in the neoclassical approximation. The most important property of such functions is their concavity (convexity) over the entire domain of definition. The characteristics of concavity are formulated: through the second derivative, through the chord and through the tangent. The options for measuring risk aversion and the corresponding paths for finding the extremum of the expected utility function are considered. The initial premise of the analysis is the axiom that the individual's actions are always aimed at achieving the maximum of his individual utility function. The conclusion is made about the influence of risk aversion on the choice of an individual.

Annotation: The article examines the problem of creating and developing a comprehensive system of industrial environmental monitoring. The complexity of the problem lies in the presence of uncertainty in solving the problems of assessing and forecasting the environmental situation. The complexity of the structure and functionality of heterogeneous industrial environmental monitoring systems is shown, the relevance of modeling local systems at various levels is justified. Methods of mathematical support of software complexes of industrial environmental monitoring systems are investigated, characteristic features are highlighted. A comparative analysis of the methods used in the models allowed us to conclude that in certain cases, some of the methods cannot be used, some will require adaptation to a given object by empirically refining the coefficients of the equations underlying the method. Another group of methods is singled out, which does not take into account the geographical specifics of the area or, taking it into account, gives significant calculation errors commensurate with the initial values of concentrations. To solve the problem of leveling these shortcomings, an information model for modeling and monitoring the environmental situation is proposed. Recommendations are formulated for the creation and development of local industrial environmental monitoring systems based on improving numerical modeling methods, strengthening integration with enterprise information system platforms, expanding the functionality of remote data transmission, strengthening the analytical functionality of software tools.

Annotation: The article explores synergetics in the information field as a tool for modeling complex real objects and processes. A new concept of “information synergetics” is given, its theoretical and practical significance for the study of systems is revealed. The analysis of the properties and features of information synergetics in comparison with general synergetics as an interdisciplinary field of science studying dynamics and self-organization in open systems is carried out. Two model representations of synergetic processes are distinguished. The first model representation describes real processes related to the synergetics of real space. The second model representation describes the information processes occurring in the information field. Model representations are considered in the context of a unifying approach – a synergetic approach to assessing the states and properties of the system. The scheme of structural elements of information synergetics, which forms the basis for the systemology of solutions for overcoming information chaos by information methods, is given. The application of information synergetics on the example of mechatronics is considered.

Annotation: The academic discipline «Philosophy», as a rule, is studied in both secondary and higher educational institutions, regardless of the specialty or direction of training.What is the role and significance of philosophy as an academic discipline in the content of secondary and higher education? Why and why do students need or can study it? How philosophical knowledge can be related to the professional and private life of a graduate of a university or college. Can the study of philosophy influence the formation of a person’s worldview position? If it can, then at least the student should understand what the philosophy course is about. If he does not understand anything, or he sees that philosophy is a dry and abstract wisdom that has nothing to do with him and his life, then its study is a completely meaningless occupation, a waste of time and effort. The article attempts to show how the study of philosophy, first, is connected with human problems, questions, desires, expectations, hopes and the formation of a person’s worldview, and, secondly, how to teach philosophy in such a way that students see that it is not at all disconnected from life, but has a very direct relationship to them. The authors try to reveal both the first and the second by the example of studying such an important element, or section of the philosophical field of knowledge, as the «main question of philosophy» and the opposing worldview positions and systems of human life navigation associated with its solutions.