Особенности учебного процесса в разных странах, Академическая мобильность, страница 3

foster ['fɔstə] воспитывать, обучать

contradictory [ˌkɔntrə'dɪkt(ə)rɪ] внутренне противоречивый

environmental, economic and social upheavals беспорядки

crucial решающий

to enable делать возможным

to raise воспитывать

critically серьёзно

self-sustaining models самоподдерживающийся

submissively [səb'mɪsɪvlɪ] покорно, смиренно, послушно

Tasks

1. Exchange views with your fellow students (сокурсник, однокурсник) on the modern goals of education.

1. What do you understand by the term “education”? (Use: University-level education; personal development; to shape the person’s mind and character; to cultivate the ability to think critically; scientific knowledge; a sense of personal responsibility for a sustainable society; to experience a training process; to develop the unique human capacities; to understand the world and how it works; to train the mind; to analyze, to conceptualize; to articulate; to fill in blanks with knowledge-level facts; to cultivate an integrated outlook on life; to integrate the thought and feeling; personal values; full development of human nature’s potentialities; to be an independently thinking and self motivated citizen; to be an autonomous, self-governed and this-world focused professional; to promote human intellectual capacities;to receive the diploma, which allows to be engaged in professional work or to proceed to the following stage of formation; to earn a degree or certificate from a recognized school, college or university; to find oneself among sophisticated and educated workforce; a crucial element of the employability, income and financial security; career advancement; not to lag behind the time and be competitive at the current education and workforce market; preparation for execution of various social and professional duties.

2. What do you understand by the word “to study”? (Use: to be a student;  learning should be fun; to study at the university; acquire academic knowledge at an educational establishment; to form the skills to study; to attend a lecture; to attend high-level educational institution; devote time and attention to acquiring knowledge on an academic subject, especially by means of books; to acquire knowledge of something by self-study; to acquire knowledge by being taught; to form a true notion of the world; to connect things in my mind; to raise one’s general and professional culture;to develop the creative potential; to study for degrees; investigate and analyze a scientific problem in detail; to do academic research; to gain skill in (something) by experience; (study up) learn intensively about something, especially in preparation for a test of knowledge )

3. Can you acquire academic knowledge on your own without a teacher? (Use: way of learning; computer skills; self-study; to learn one's lesson; to use the website; to get the education online; to use the different programs available online; to complete and finish a course from any location; a period of learning; a course of instruction; to take classes; to gain the necessary experience in finding useful information.

4. Why is education considered to be society’s change agent? (Use: universal literacy, well-rounded persons, civic responsibility, sophisticated and educated workforce - опытные, современныеспециалисты, трудовыересурсы, to be an expert in, sustainable society, economic gain)

5. What does higher education provide to graduates? (Use:  to shape the person’s mind, to shape the person’s character, eternal values, moral behaviour, to develop the unique human capacities, to acquire  knowledge and skills, to deduce - делать вывод, synthesize ['sɪnθəsaɪz], hypothesize[haɪ'pɔθəsaɪz], conceptualize [kən'sepʧuəlaɪz] (осмыслять), articulate (чётковыражатьсвоимысли), to fill in blanks with knowledge-level facts, integrated outlook on life, to promote human intellectual capacities)

2. Make up short dialogues as in the model.

Model: 1. He doesn’t like attending lectures.

2. Does he prefer to use the website to get the information on the subject?