Information Technologies in Education

Teacher Education, master’s degree Training Program 44.04.01 “Teacher Eeducation”“ master’s degree program “Information Technologies in Education” (higher education level, master’s’ degree)

I. SCOPE
1.1. This federal state educational standard of higher education is a set of mandatory requirements for higher education in master’’s degree programs in the training program 44.04.01 Teacher education by educational organizations of higher education and scientific organizations.

II. CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM
The standard term of study is 2 years (full-time education) and 2.3 years (part-time education), the total labor intensity of the main educational program is 120 credit units. One credit unit corresponds to 36 academic hours.

III. CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF GRADUATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE MASTER’’S PROGRAM
3.1. The field of professional activity of graduates of master’s programs includes: education, social sphere, culture.
The objects of professional activity of graduates of master’’s programs are training, upbringing, development, education, educational systems.
3.2. The types of professional activities for which graduates of master’s programs are preparing are pedagogical, research, design, methodological, managerial, cultural and educational.
When developing and implementing master’s programs, an educational organization focuses on a specific type (types) of professional activity for which a master is preparing, based on the needs of the labor market, research and material and technical resources of an educational organization.
3.3. A graduate of master’s programs in accordance with the type (types) of professional activity, to which the master’s program is oriented, is ready to solve the following professional tasks:
pedagogical activity:
– studying the possibilities, needs and achievements of students depending on the level of the educational program being mastered and designing individual routes of training, education and development based on the results obtained;
– organization of the process of training in the field of education using technologies that reflect the specifics of the subject area and correspond to the age and psychophysical characteristics of students, including their special educational needs;
– organization of interaction with colleagues, parents, social partners, including foreign ones;
– implementation of professional self-education and personal growth;
research activities:
– analysis, systematization and generalization of the results of scientific research in the field of science and education by applying a set of research methods in solving specific research problems;
– conducting and analyzing the results of scientific research in the field of science and education using modern scientific methods and technologies;
project activities:
– designing educational programs and individual educational routes for students;
– designing the content of academic disciplines (modules), forms and methods of control and testing and assessment materials;
– designing educational environments that ensure the quality of the educational process;
– designing a further educational route and professional career;
methodical activity:
– study and analysis of professional and educational needs and capabilities of teachers and designing routes of individual methodological support based on the results obtained;
– research, organization and evaluation of the implementation of the results of methodological support for teachers;
management activities:
– study of the state and potential of the controlled system and its macro- and microenvironment by using a set of methods of strategic and operational analysis;
– research, organization and evaluation of implementing the results of the management process using management technologies that correspond to the general and specific patterns of development of the managed system;
– use of available possibilities of the managed system environment and designing ways to enrich and develop it to ensure the quality of management;
cultural and educational activities:
– study and formation of the cultural needs of students;
– raising the cultural and educational level of various groups of the population, developing a strategy for educational activities;
– design and implementation of comprehensive educational programs focused on the needs of various social groups, taking into account regional and demographic specifics.

IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESULTS OF THE MASTER’S PROGRAM
4.1. As a result of mastering the master’s program, the graduate must have formed general cultural, general professional and professional competencies.
4.2. A graduate of the master’s program must have the following general cultural competencies:
– an ability for abstract thinking, analysis, synthesis, an ability to improve and develop one’s intellectual and general cultural level (general cultural competence 1);
– willingness to act in non-standard situations, bear social and ethical responsibility for the decisions made (general cultural competence 2);
– an ability to independently master and use new research methods, to master new areas of professional activity (general cultural competence 3);
– an ability to form resource and information bases for the implementation of practical activities in various fields (general cultural competence 4);
– an ability to independently acquire and use, including with the help of information technology, new knowledge and skills that are not directly related to the field of professional activity (general cultural competence 5).

4.3. A graduate of the master’s program must possess the following general professional competencies:
– readiness to carry out professional communication in oral and written forms in the Russian and foreign languages to solve the problems of professional activity (general professional competence 1);
– willingness to use knowledge of modern problems of science and education in solving professional problems (general professional competence 2);
– willingness to interact with participants in the educational process and social partners, to lead a team, tolerantly perceiving social, ethno-confessional and cultural differences (general professional competence 3);
– an ability to carry out professional and personal self-education, to design further educational routes and a professional career (general professional competence 4).

4.4. A graduate of the master’s program must have professional competencies corresponding to the type (s) of professional activity, to which the master’s program is oriented:
pedagogical activity:
– an ability to apply modern methods and technologies for organizing educational activities, diagnosing and evaluating the quality of the educational process in various educational programs (professional competence 1);

– an ability to form an educational environment and use professional knowledge and skills when implementing the tasks of innovative educational policy (professional competence 2);
– an ability to manage students’ research work (professional competence 3);
– readiness to develop and implement methods, technologies and teaching techniques, to analyze the process results of their use in educational organizations engaged in educational activities (professional competence 4);

research activities:
– an ability to analyze the results of scientific research, apply them upon solving specific research problems in the field of science and education, independently carry out scientific research (professional competence 5);

– willingness to use individual creative abilities to independently solve research problems (professional competence 6);
project activities:
– an ability to design an educational space, including in terms of inclusion (professional competence 7);
– readiness for implementing pedagogical design of educational programs and individual educational routes (professional competence

;
– an ability to design forms and methods of quality control of education, various types of testing and assessment materials, including using information technology and taking into account domestic and foreign experience (professional competence 9);
– willingness to design the content of academic disciplines, technologies and specific teaching techniques (professional competence 10);
methodical activity:

– readiness to develop and implement methodological models, methods, technologies and teaching techniques, to analyze the process results of their use in organizations engaged in educational activities (professional competence 11);
– readiness to systematize, generalize and share domestic and foreign methodological experience in the professional field (professional competence 12);
management activities:
– willingness to study the state and potential of the managed system and its macro- and microenvironment by using a set of methods for strategic and operational analysis (professional competence 13);
– willingness to explore, organize and evaluate the management process using innovative management technologies that correspond to the general and specific patterns of development of the managed system (professional competence 14);

– willingness to organize teamwork to solve the problems of development of organizations engaged in educational activities, to implement experimental work (professional competence 15);
– willingness to use individual and group decision-making technologies in the management of an organization engaged in educational activities (professional competence 16);

cultural and educational activities:
– an ability to study and form cultural needs and improve the cultural and educational level of various groups of the population (professional competencies 17);

– willingness to develop strategies for cultural and educational activities (professional competence 18);
– an ability to develop and implement educational programs in order to popularize scientific knowledge and cultural traditions (professional competencies 19);
– readiness to use modern information and communication technologies and the media to solve cultural and educational problems (professional competence 20);
– an ability to form an artistic and cultural environment (professional competence 21).

V. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STRUCTURE OF THE MASTER’S PROGRAM
5.1. The structure of the master’s program includes a mandatory part (basic one) and a part formed by participants in educational relations (optional one). This ensures the possibility of implementing master’s programs that have a different specialization within the same area of the training program (hereinafter referred to as the specialization of the program).
5.2. The master’s program consists of the following blocks:
Block 1 “Disciplines (modules)” which includes disciplines (modules) related to the basic part of the program and disciplines (modules) related to its optional part.
Block 2 “Internship, including research work” which fully refers to the optional part of the program.
Block 3 “State Final Examination” which is fully related to the basic part of the program.
5.3. Disciplines (modules) related to the basic part of Block 1 “Disciplines (modules)” of the master’s program is mandatory for students to master, regardless of the specialization of the program they are mastering. The set of disciplines (modules) related to the basic part of the master’s program is determined by the educational organization independently in the amount established by the Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education, taking into account the corresponding exemplary basic educational program (programs).
5.4. Disciplines (modules) related to the optional part of the master’s program, internship, including research, determine the specialization of the program. A set of disciplines (modules) related to the optional part of the master’s program, internship and research is determined by the educational organization independently in the amount established by the Federal State Educational Standard. After a learner chooses the specialization of the program, a set of relevant disciplines (modules), internship and research becomes mandatory for learners to master.
5.5. Block 2 “Internship, including research work” includes work experience internship (including pre-degree practice) and research work.
Pre-degree practice is carried out to perform the master's thesis and it is mandatory.
Work experience internship is carried out in the following forms: internship for obtaining professional skills in the field of pedagogical, research, design, management, methodological and cultural and educational activities.
The internship organization can be carried out in the following ways: continuously and discretely.
Depending on the method of conducting the internship, they are divided into extra-mural and stationary ones. Extra-mural internship is associated with the need to send learners and teachers to sites located outside the territory of the settlement in which educational organizations of higher education are located (a branch of educational organizations of higher education). Stationary internship can be carried out in the structural subdivisions of educational organizations of higher education or at enterprises (in institutions, organizations) located on the territory of the settlement in which educational organizations of higher education are located (a branch of educational organizations of higher education).
When designing master’s programs, an educational organization chooses the forms of conducting internship, depending on the type (types) of activity, to which the educational program is oriented. An educational organization has the right to establish other forms of conducting internship in addition to those established in this Federal State Educational Standard.
For physically handicapped people and people with disabilities, the choice of places for internships is consistent with the requirement of their accessibility for these learners.
5.6. Block 3 “State Final Examination” includes the defense of the master's thesis, including preparation for the defense procedure and the defense procedure itself, as well as the preparation and passing of the state exam (if any).
5.7. In the case of the implementation of master’s programs using e-learning, distance learning technologies, internships and state certification tests using e-learning, distance learning technologies are not allowed.
5.8. When designing and implementing master’s programs, an educational organization must provide learners with the opportunity to master disciplines (modules) of their choice, including specialized adaptive disciplines (modules) for physically handicapped people and people with disabilities, in the amount of at least 30% of the volume of the optional part of Block 1 “Disciplines (modules)”.
5.9. The maximum volume of classroom training per week for master’s programs in full-time education is 14 academic hours; when implementing training according to an individual plan, including accelerated learning, the maximum amount of classroom training per week is set by an educational organization independently.
5.10. The number of hours designated for lecture-type classes in general for Block 1 “Disciplines (modules)” should be no more than 20% of the total number of classroom hours designated for the implementation of this Block.