Belarus and Russia compare benchmarks in joint work to train future teachers

Belarus and Russia are developing common approaches to support pedagogical, psychological and pedagogical classes – experts in the field of education compared benchmarks within the framework of the international teleconference “Single scientific and methodological space for supporting the activities of psychological and pedagogical classes: experience and prospects” held on November 12. This was reported by sb.by in the press service of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank.

The BSPU said:

The teleconference was held within the framework of the Belarusian-Russian resource center for scientific and methodological support of the activities of pedagogical classes. The purpose of the event was to consolidate the scientific and methodological potential of the leading pedagogical universities of Russia and Belarus to develop common approaches to support pedagogical, psychological and pedagogical classes.

The Belarusian-Russian Resource Center was established in November 2024 by three leading pedagogical universities of Belarus and Russia: the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank, the Moscow Pedagogical State University and the Tula State Pedagogical University named after L. N. Tolstoy, and for two years proved to be an effective platform for supporting subjects of pedagogical profiling of the two countries.

The event was attended by representatives of three universities - teachers and students, as well as pedagogical workers of institutions of general secondary education of Belarus and Russia, which implements specialized training of pedagogical orientation. 104 connection points with the participation of more than 140 representatives of Belarus were used.

Vice-rector for scientific work of BSPU Gulnara Justinskaya focused on the experience of implementing the project “Pedagogical classes”, accumulated in Belarus for eleven years, and invited everyone to cooperate:

- Today, in Belarus and Russia, we are solving similar problems, looking for answers to questions together. It is gratifying to realize that we are doing this not separately, but together, drawing on the rich experience of our pedagogical universities. Creating a single scientific and methodological space allows us to integrate best practices, coordinate research initiatives and provide continuous support to future teachers at the stage of their professional self-determination.

Representatives of three universities together with employees of general secondary education institutions of Russia and Belarus also spoke on the topic. In particular, the head of the center for the development of pedagogical education of the BSPU Yulia Egorova told about the scientific and methodological support of the activities of pedagogical classes in her university, the director of the Loshnitsky gymnasium of the Borisov district Yulia Samatiy shared information about the use of the designer of methodological support for pedagogical profiling in the institution of general secondary education. In turn, the specialist of the department of support of pedagogical profiling of the Center for the Development of Pedagogical Education of BSPU Marina Gapeeva shared the experience of the student club of graduates of pedagogical classes “PROFIL+”. After that, in the format of a free microphone, the participants exchanged views, answered questions received during the meeting.

The activities of the Belarusian-Russian resource center are aimed at combining scientific, methodological, informational and organizational resources to support students and teachers of specialized classes, developing early career guidance and continuity of the "school-pedagogical university" in the Union State.