Project training of foreign students: authors' experience

• Main Authors: Lyudmila A. Kokhanova, Huang M. Tianenzi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2019-12-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
• Subjects: journalism; media; project-based learning; digitalization of the media industry; culture of utility
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/viewFile/22349/17507

The article summarizes the authors' experience in the organization of project training and its essential components (concept, tasks and characteristics). The authors consider the experience of teaching specialized journalism courses for foreign undergraduates of the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Following the results of several training projects and analysis of participants' profiles, the authors draw conclusions about the prospects of the project form of training journalists: it meets the demands of the media industry in terms of digitalization and ensures personal development. The development of project-based learning is evidence of a paradigm shift in teaching: from the culture of utility, functionality to the culture of dignity and integrative presence.