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What future do experts predict for higher education?

One of the key international reports on trends in global education, the Horizon Report, has been released. Here's what the experts are predicting this time.

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Is there room for subjectivity in USE assessment? Using Russian essay scoring as an example

We asked a Unified State Exam expert how essays are graded. We also discussed whether they are useful or whether they force students into a rigid thinking pattern.

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Moving to the countryside to teach children: a romantic idea or a conscious choice?

We spoke with three participants in the Teacher for Russia program who are traveling to places where there is a teacher shortage.

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8 Ways to Create a Student-Centered Curriculum

The concept of learner-centered learning or student-oriented approach in action.

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"The Unified State Exam Generation": Is it true that schools are teaching worse after the introduction of the Unified State Exam?

Many believe the Unified State Exam (USE) should be abolished because it is detrimental to education. We examined the arguments against the Unified State Exam (USE).

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Are Video Games to Blame? What's Known About the Causes of School Shooters

Why you shouldn't jump to conclusions and blame everything and everyone.

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How modern approaches to education put students at the center of the learning process

In fact, this is how Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates taught students. And now it works perfectly in digital education.

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5 High-Tension Zones in the Modern University Admissions System

What rectors, school administrators, parents, and government officials think about the Unified State Exam and other university admissions pathways—in our report from the St. Petersburg International E...

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50 Shades of Digital: What Russian Universities Face During Digital Transformation

Digitalization of a capital city university with extensive resources is one thing, but digitizing a regional one is quite another. But the regions also have their own useful developments.

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Cooperation between public and private educational projects: where is everything heading?

Schools, universities, edtech, and parents often speak different languages. Experts at the SPIEF discussed how to solve this problem.

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Phenomenon-based learning: what is it?

The Finnish approach to learning helps children find solutions to adult problems at the intersection of different disciplines. How does it work in practice, and is it suitable for Russia?

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Skillbox Media: What's changing in the supplementary education system?

At the SPIEF, they discussed how to ensure that supplementary education in schools stops being a "dreary after-school program."