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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF POSTGRADUATE PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2012. Issue 4 (119). P. 32-37

The paper concerns general criteria of education quality and specifi c criteria for postgraduate pedagogical education. The real system of postgraduate pedagogical education in St. Petersburg is analyzed according to the chosen criteria. Perspective directions of increase of the postgraduate pedagogical education quality are proposed.

Keywords: quality of education, postgraduate pedagogical education, andragogic principles, teacher's methodological culture.

ESTIMATION OF INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 8 (161). P. 21-26

Innovative potential of educational institution is its resources necessary and sufficient for the implementation of innovations that enhance the quality of education. The author developed a questionnaire tool for estimation of innovative potential of the school. It includes an assessment of value-motivational, cognitive and intellectual capacities of the teaching staff, as well as information and communication-organizational and technological conditions in the school. The questionnaire tool has been tested through a survey of 332 teachers from various schools in St. Petersburg. The innovative potential of each school is assigned to one of 4 levels (from low to very high). The questionnaire can be used to assess the readiness of schools for innovation.

Keywords: innovative potential of educational institutions, innovations in education, willingness of teachers to innovative activity