EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZATION OF OPEN SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE IN MININ UNIVERSITY

• Main Authors: M. L. Gruzdeva, A. A. Tolsteneva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University 2018-12-01
• Series: Вестник Мининского университета
• Subjects: open educational space; social projection; generational convention; continuous education
• Online Access: https://vestnik.mininuniver.ru/jour/article/view/891

Introduction: at present, the activity of regional educational organizations, including regional universities, has a significant impact on the processes of regional development in the areas of educational, scientific and socio-cultural activities. Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, as one of the leading universities in the region, is actively implementing the Program of Transformation into the University Center for Social Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.Materials and methods: the study was carried out on the basis of scientific and pedagogical methods of analysis, comparative generalization and systematization of theoretical and empirical sources, which determine the necessary objectivity and heuristics of the conclusions.Results: the article presents the experience of creating and operating an open educational space in Minin University. The open educational space described in the article is based on the ideas of social planning and the convention of generations with a focal point in the structure of a pedagogical university.The article describes the concept of creating an open socio-educational environment, as well as the approaches on which the implementation of the concept is based: a systemic, competence, activity-based and student-centered approach.As part of the design of an open social and educational space, a model was developed, the center of which is the social and educational center “Territory of Opportunities” of the University of Minin. The leading idea underlying the work of the center is the idea of social design and the idea of a convention of generations.The authors described the experience of the implementation of the project “Social educational environment of the Territory of Opportunities”, which was launched by  Minin University in 2018The “Territory of Opportunities” center became the managerial structure of the project, bringing together stakeholders, including the student association of the same name, research and teaching staff of Minin University, municipal authorities, integrated social service centers for the Nizhny Novgorod districts, Regional Organization of Veterans / Pensioners / War, Labor , Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Center for Children's Creativity, Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod, Service on the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services and minority shareholders of the Volga-Vyatka headquarters of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, etc.Discussion and Conclusions: the purpose of the publication of the article is to summarize the experience gained by the authors in creating and managing the work of open educational spaces for people of different age categories, implementing their activities, including those with the involvement of volunteers. Both the authors' approach to the solution of the task, as well as some practical results obtained in the implementation of social and educational activities with people of different age groups on the basis of a pedagogical university can be new and interesting.