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Overcoming the Crisis of Educa-tional System on the Way to Integration // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2004. Issue 6 (43). P. 135-141

The paper analyzes the crisis of modern education caused by the gap between the present-day education system and life conditions of the society, the reasons which have caused this crisis, probable ways to overcome the crisis. Its overcoming, in the author’s opinion, should be based on overcoming professional isolation and cultural limitation, and oriented at dedeveloping the itegral, harmonious person. The objective opportunity of overcoming the crisis is based on the processes of integration proceeding on all levels of social life and education.

Integration Trends in the Development of Educational Systems: the International and Russian Experience // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2004. Issue 6 (43). P. 141-149

The paper investigates the problem of integration in education, modern integration trends in the development of Russian and foreign educational systems are specified. The main advantages of the integrated educational systems are discussed, which the author specifies as follows: – integrated systems provide for entrants and students wider varietes of educational routes, directions and levels of higher education, including stages of vocational training; – the integrated educational systems are cha-racterized as flexible in the processes of organizational and content restructuring in the sphere of vocational training, considering fluctuations in the work force market; – within the framework of integrated systems, the academician and professorial stuff together with matherial resources of universities are used to the most effect; – the integrated educational systems are more economical in overall costs and total volumes of educational services.

Conceptual Foundations for the Formation of a Regional University Complex of a Pedagogical Status // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2004. Issue 6 (43). P. 149-153

Conceptual foundations for the formation of a regional The paper describes theoretical preconditions and practical experience in creation of a regional university complex of a pedagogical status «the Altay university school-pedagogical educational district», uniting educational establishments that implement education programs of various levels, and noncommercial organizations. The paper focuses on the existent types of university complexes, and the approaches to the concept of a university complex and the ways to analyze its basic components, including: – the description of a university complex through its opposition to a university as a social institution; – modeling a regional university complex on the basis of differentiation between the concepts “education system” and “system of training”; – approaching a university complex as asso-ciation of universities, institutes of higher education, technical schools, colleges, gymnasias, lyceums, and high schools in a united educational system, which is based on continuity; – marking the primary goals of a university complex.