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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.095.023.201902.164-181
Implementing Sino-Russian Educational Programs for Training Chinese Engineers
Nina L. Fedotova
Professor of Chair of Russian as a Foreign Language and Teaching Methodology, Saint Petersburg State University (7/9 University Embankment, St.-Petersburg 199034, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3470-0262, Scopus ID: 57205366101, Researcher ID: C-1277-2016, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena B. Solovyeva
Head of Chair of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University ‟LETI” (5 Prof. Popova St., St. Petersburg 197376, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Engineering), Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8204-6632, Scopus ID: 14067850300, Researcher ID: S-9287-2018, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Victor B. Vtorov
Associate Professor of Chair of Automatic Control Systems, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University ‟LETI” (5 Prof. Popov St., St. Petersburg 197376, Russia), Ph.D. (Technical Sciences), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-0655, Researcher ID: G-7388-2019, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lyudmila G. Yun
Lecturer of Department of Russian Language and Literature, College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Fudan University (220 Handan St., Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, China), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0650-9532, Researcher ID: G-6730-2019, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction. The relevance of this study is determined by the gradual expansion of contacts between the PRC and the Russian Federation in the educational sphere and the need to improve the national education systems. The purpose of the article is to identify methodological problems in organizing Sino-Russian educational programs for training engineers for the People’s Republic of China and to propose the optimal solution to these problems.
Materials and Methods. In considering the problems of organization of the educational process for joint Sino-Russian educational programs, we use empirical methods: description, content analysis, comparison and synthesis. A survey of teaching staff and students was conducted. Students and teachers, who took part in the joint program of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University and Xuzhou University of Technology were selected to be interviewed. The survey also involved teaching staff and students of Jiangsu Pedagogical University.
Results. We will suggest recommendations for the development of joint programs, the purpose of which is to prepare highly qualified engineers for the People’s Republic of China. These recommendations will improve the educational process, the quality of the professional training of Chinese students, enhance their level of proficiency in the Russian language. Our results suggest that to improve the quality of training of Chinese engineers who receive two diplomas, it is necessary to take into account the motives of Chinese students, their cognitive style of learning, the used learning strategies and the national characteristics of the Chinese education system.
Discussion and Conclusion. The results of this study may be useful to educators involved in collaboration activities between educational institutions of different countries. Following the proposed recommendations, we expect teachers in special subjects to easily write textbooks, including digital ones that suit the topical students’ needs and enable teaching staf f efficiency.
Keywords: joint program, teaching, Chinese student, engineering specialties, Russian as a foreign language, questionnaire
For citation: Fedotova N.L., Solovyeva E.B., Vtorov V.B., Yun L.G. Implementing Sino-Russian Educational Programs for Training Chinese Engineers. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2019; 23(2):164-181. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.095.023.201902.164-181
Contribution of the authors:
Nina L. Fedotova – project administrator; formulation of the basic concept of research; preparation and revision of the text.
Elena B. Solovyeva – preparation of questionnaires; processing the results of the survey of teachers of special disciplines; editing the translation of the article into English.
Victor B. Vtorov – supervision of the study results; preparation of syllabi of the language of specialty; visualization of data in the text.
Lyudmila G. Yun – data collection; data analysis; writing the draft of the article; analysis and drawing the conclusions.
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 16.12.2018; revised 18.02.2019; published online 28.06.2019.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
