Export Of Educational Services Research Articles

About the performance of the export of educational services and research activities of russian universities in modern conditions

About the performance of the export of educational services and research activities of russian universities in modern conditions

Educational tourism in the context of global challenges

The article is devoted to educational tourism which currently acts as one of the promising technologies of modern education, demonstrating a steady demand for it despite the aggravated geopolitical and socio-economic situations, and that explains the relevance of this issue. An important goal of educational tourism is formation of a comprehensively developed personality capable of vigorous activity in a multiethnic and multicultural environment. On the basis of characteristic features of educational tourism described in this article, a definition is formulated in which the integrative nature of the studied type of tourism is identified. In addition, the main directions of educational tours are given that allow to get the most complete picture of this social phenomenon alongside with the advantages of educational trips for both the host country and the student. The paper considers the Russian export of educational services, which makes it possible to increase the stability of the local economy. Some relevant initiatives contributing to the development of educational tourism in Russia have also been studied. The arguments justifying the need for its immediate development are presented as well as the tasks that require priority solutions for this. It is concluded that tourism and education are the key drivers for the development of the modern economy.

Управление конкурентоспособностью и экспортом образования в России

Education is an integral part of the country's social infrastructure and includes the intellectual potential of the state as a whole. The quality of education determines the prospects for development and basic principles that make it possible to predict the conditions of the country's functioning in the long term. Considering education as an exported commodity, the importance of promoting knowledge along with the transmitted national values and attitudes should be noted. That is why many countries use exported educational product as a "soft power" to strengthen their influence under modern geopolitical conditions. The purpose of the study is to develop theoretical and methodological provisions and substantiate recommendations on updating approaches to management of Russian education competitiveness and enhancing export of educational services. As a results of the research the relevance of increasing national education export as a tool of "soft power" under modern geopolitical conditions was established. The reasons preventing educational services export from Russia and the role of managerial contribution to the development of education system at the federal and regional levels are substantiated. Importance of national project "Education" for modernization of the structure, institutions and mechanisms of Russian education and its impact on preferences in choosing specialties by school graduates is clarified. The role of analysis and assessment of export education quality is shown. The potential of educational services, its legal support; positive and negative characteristics of increasing commercialization of universities of scientific and educational components in higher education are systematized. Russian experience of training personnel reserve for public authorities is analyzed and its key disadvantages as a social elevator are formulated. Approaches to training personnel for public authorities and mechanisms for making managerial decisions in the field of public management in China based on "holistic knowledge" are systematized with clarification of disadvantages and advantages of brain centres practices. Recommendations are proposed for gradual transition to new education model based on combination of anthropology, attitude to activity and social factors in a particular country. On the basis of constructive adaptation of Chinese and Soviet experience, proposals are formulated to increase the attractiveness of Russian education for foreign students and improvement of its effectiveness.

Primary Professionalization of Foreign Students: Barriers, Stigmatization, Adaptation

Introduction. In the context of the export of educational services, it is of particular importance to design an efficient system of foreign students’ psychological adaptation. Owing to the ethnocultural background, foreign students feel that they are stigmatized minorities in the host society. Negative images and stereotypes are often internalized, resulting in stable low self-esteem in the stigmatized. Since self-esteem acts as a key parameter of the professional self-concept, social stigma and the experience of social identity threat activate the stigmatization of primary professionalization, thereby drastically reducing the efficiency of the received vocational education at the university. The purpose of the study is: to outline the phenomenon of primary professionalization, to reveal the nature of the relationship between the social stigma of foreign students and their self-esteem, and to describe the levels of primary professionalization.Materials and Methods. The study involved 124 foreign students. Participants were asked to answer questions of the Short Form of the Stigmatization Scale and Rosenbergʼs Self-Esteem Scale in order to track the relationship between social stigma and self-esteem. Further, in order to identify the basic barriers to primary professionalization and the participants’ perception of their stigmatized status, the respondents answered the questions of a semi-structured interview supported with the critical incident technique in a focus group format.Results. There is a correlation between the degree of obviousness of social stigma and self-esteem of foreign students. The categorization of the data obtained allowed the authors to substantiate the phenomenon of stigma of primary professionalization, to systematize the determining factors, and to describe its levels.Discussion and Conclusion. Despite the fact that social stigma has attracted active attention of world science for decades, we have not been able to find focused studies into primary professionalization in the format of education export. Studying the factors that lead to the development of stigma of primary professionalization, understanding its levels will help to design a system for its prevention, optimize the system of adaptation of foreign students to the realities of the educational system of the host university.

Active learning as a modern technology for achieving competitive advantages of educational services

An urgent, even topical problem in the field of export of educational services is the use of advantages in the domestic educational system, innovation and the search for methods, technologies and a way of presenting knowledge that are relevant for a modern student. The construction of the entire algorithm for teaching a foreign student in domestic universities should reach such a level of meeting their needs that would ensure the fullness of the request for high–quality knowledge, a palette of research skills. The competitiveness of our country in the field of export of educational services provides quality education based on an innovative approach using active learning technologies. Active learning nvolves an interdisciplinary approach to education using pedagogical, didactic, and organizational and managerial techniques. An important aspect of active learning is the focus on the development of various types of activity. The teacher becomes the most important subject of the innovative approach and the main actor in the entire system of modernization of the education system. Knowledge of the specifics, history, economic development of the country of a foreign student is a prerequisite for the activity of an innovator teacher. Such a technology is active training, which is aimed both at the formation of research, cognitive activity of the student, and at preparing for practical activities through the acquisition of various types of activity.

Educational services export: competition in new geopolitical conditions

Geopolitical tensions are on the rise. The competitive struggle in the field of educational services export does not stand aside either. In a fierce confrontation, a rich arsenal of modern technologies is used. Using the information onslaught, the ideology, the mentality of the younger generation, its worldview positions become the goal of this struggle. Russia has always been a competitive country in the export of educational services. However, in today’s conditions of fierce competition, it is necessary to defend one’s positions, find advantages in the Russian educational system, relying both on accumulated experience and using innovative approaches. In order to be competitive in the modern world community, during the transition to a new technological order, it is necessary to offer innovative products in the field of education, expand the range of the subjects of the educational environment on various regional platforms.

About Sectoral Statistical Toolkit and Statistical Data on the Number of Foreign Students

The development of the export of education and international scientific and educational communication is an important task assigned to the federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation. However, there are reasons that impede the development of international scientific and educational cooperation. The article, based on the results of analysis of statistics in the field of export of educational services, considers the development of sectoral statistical tools for monitoring international educational cooperation.

International education and export of educational services in the age of intelligent machines: from training of digital personnel to machine learning

International education and export of educational services in the age of intelligent machines: from training of digital personnel to machine learning

Role of educational services in innovative and sustainable development of region

The aim of the paper is to learn about the problems of innovative development in higher education, effects of government authority engagement in education, the influence of education quality to export of educational services, as well as the role of innovative educational services on the socio-economic development. To achieve the result, statistical data were analyzed and surveys were conducted among teaching staff and foreign students of three higher educational institutions in the region. For the research developed a questionnaire and conducted surveys among foreign students who studying in Uzbek universities. The survey aimed at estimating qualification and evaluating experience of university staff. As mentioned respondents were foreign students, who can make a comparison with other countries university staff and make an evaluation. Used econometric tools to analyze developed database based on the results of survey. According results export of educational services are depending on X3 factors, which shows possibilities of teachers and students participating in remote training and distance learning. As well, as X4 factors estimating role and responsibilities of pedagogical staff in teaching foreign students.

International education and export of educational services in the age of intelligent machines: from training of digital personnel to machine learning

International education and export of educational services in the age of intelligent machines: from training of digital personnel to machine learning

The attitude of Russian and international students to training in medical and pharmaceutical specialties

Introduction. Established in Russia over a long history, the Higher Medical School currently not only meets the needs of domestic health care, but also successfully trains doctors and pharmacists from among foreign citizens. The aim of the study: to conduct a comparative analysis of the attitude of Russian and international students to the qualitative development of the chosen medical and pharmaceutical specialty under the specialist's program. Materials and Methods. Initial data on the number of students enrolled in education programs in 2018-2020 was obtained from the official statistical materials and analyzed according to the average rate of growth (loss) of indicators of the dynamic series. To study the attitude of students to the educational process in the chosen specialties, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 273 students of Sechenov University, among whom there were 57.4% Russian and 42.6% international citizens. The data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 software packages. To evaluate the statistical significance of differences in the frequencies of signs between groups of students, the χ2-Pearson test was used, to compare the average scores the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test was used. Results. The findings of the study show a positive trend in admission for training among Russian and international students in medical and pharmaceutical specialties in the Russian Federation from 2018 to 2020. The survey results showed that 47.0% of Russian and 84.7% of international students enjoyed studying in order to become certified specialists in their chosen medical specialty. The key factors contributing to the cultivation of eagerness of Russian and international students to become a highly qualified medical (pharmaceutical) specialist are desire to help people – 59,7% и 61,3 % respectively (p=0,793); clearly defined life goal – 44,3 % и 55,6 % respectively (p=0,065); desire to aid patients – 33,6 % и 58,1 % respectively (p˂0,001). The main reasons for the active learning of Russian and international students are interest in learning – 3,98±0,93 и 4,54±0,83 points respectively (р˂0,001); the desire to prove to oneself the ability to study at the University– 3,73±1,32 и 4,06±1,28 points respectively (р=0,012); realization that their knowledge and competence grow when studying new material – 4,11±0,99 и 4,28±1,13 points respectively (р=0,014). For 85,2% of Russian and 66,9 % of international students (p˂0,001) inner motivation for studies is more significant. Conclusion. The most interested in obtaining a high-quality medical education are international students; it should be taken into account when improving the export of educational services

Анализ жизнедеятельности ученого Н.И. Вавилова как элемент патриотического воспитания обучающихся СГАУ

The relevance of this article is due to the consideration of the problem of the formation patriotic education of students, especially in those universities where the export of educational services is actively developing. The results of the study value orientations of student youth allow us to conclude that it seems justified and significant to include in the formation of patriotic education of students the Vavilov’s life activity study, whose name is the Saratov State Agrarian University. Active forms of education, joint extracurricular activities of the university and targeted guidance from teachers contribute to solving this problem. The dynamics of the development patriotic education of students is presented on the example of the Vavilov’s life activity analysis.

Export endowments of the educational services market of the Primorsky Territory and strategic ways of its use

Aim. The work aimed to analyze contemporary approaches to the development of the export of educational services, as well as the practice of managing this process in the Russian Primorye, as well as to substantiate the concept of its state support at the regional level.Tasks. The work was performed to generalize theoretical ideas about modern models of export of educational services and analyze the concepts adopted in Russia, as well as programs for its development in the mid-term; to identify and systematize trends and problems in the development of exports of higher education services in the Primorsky Territory over the past ten years to citizens of the border provinces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); develop a conceptual model of state support for the export of educational services at the regional level and a model of the strategic directions of this process at the university level.Methods. The tasks were solved within the framework of the accepted research hypothesis, using the methods of systemic, structural, and functional analysis in a strict logical sequence, with the use of a large array of theoretical and factual data.Results. The stable dynamics of the development of export of higher education services to the PRC in the pre-pandemic period was determined. The authors substantiate the problem of managing this process at the macro and micro levels, with increased competition in the markets of international educational services. A conceptual model of state support for the export of educational services is proposed.Conclusion. The studies conducted and the results obtained serve as an organizational and methodological basis for the implementation of a more effective policy for the development of the export of educational services in the Russian regions bordering the PRC.

Modeling of Educational Services Export Considering National Specifics of Importing Countries

To increase the efficiency of the export of educational services, it is necessary to consider the regional specifics and characteristics of a particular country-importer of education. The research aims to determine the stages of modeling the export of educational services due to the national specifics of the importing country. The paper shows (1) the relationship between the labor and educational services market, and the dependence of successful economic development and the education level of the population, (2) analyses the main segments of the international direction in education, (3) compares the quantitative characteristics of educational services provided by some exporting countries and importing countries demands (on the example of Vietnam). The authors develop the main stages of modeling a nationally oriented export of educational services (11 consecutive steps) relying on a nationally oriented teaching approach and helping foreign citizens with adaptation in Russian higher education. Recommendations of the most promising regions and countries of the multipolar world in terms of export of educational services are offered.

СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ МЕХАНИЗМА РАЗВИТИЯ ЭКСПОРТА ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

This article analyzes the current practice of exporting education in the Russian Federation, shows the characteristics of integration processes in higher educational institutions in the vector of export of educational services, developed a model for improving the mechanism for overcoming barriers in attracting foreign citizens to study in educational institutions of the Russian Federation, analyzed the economic, social - political and demographic approaches, the factors of negative phenomena in the processes of export of educational services are determined

Contemporary Strategic Trends in Higher Education for Training the Future Professional Elite

The need conditions the relevance of the work for a theoretical analysis of the strategic directions of higher education in the preparation of the professional elite in modern times. The currently developing process of globalization leads to the expansion of the interrelationships and interdependencies of various peoples, including in terms of revaluation of the function of education as a system that forms the value paradigms of modern society. In the context of the transition to the information society, new forms of education are emerging and developing, such as distance education and the export of educational services. The article presents reviews of sociological and statistical data in the field of development and results of international cooperation in the field of higher education. In determining the key categories, the author refers to the normative documents and opinions of leading scientists in the field of education.

Реализация приоритетного проекта «Экспорт образования» в социологическом измерении

Implementation of the priority project «Export of education in sociological dimension annotation due to historical, geopolitical and economic reasons, higher education in the regions of Russia is in different conditions in implementation of the federal project «Export of Education». The main component of the project, which universities are focused on in organizing international activities, today is the indicator - the number of foreign students in a certain ratio with the number of university students. However, the key strategic goal of the project is to increase the competitiveness of Russian education in the international market of educational services due to the attractiveness of domestic educational programs for foreign citizens, improve their living conditions during the period of study in Russia, which, ultimately, should significantly increase the amount of revenue from export of educational services. Organization of international activities and work with foreign students in universities, as well as the implementation of the indicator «number of foreign students», within the framework of the project, became the subject of the presented study, the main methods of which were determined: non-standardized interviews of leaders in charge of international activities of universities, and a survey foreign students of universities of the Khabarovsk territory. The obtained results allow us state that the project «Education Export» does not take into account the regional conditions for its implementation, the implementation of quantitative indicators is not additionally funded and is left to the mercy of universities. Foreign students of the region do not demonstrate complete satisfaction with education and organization of life. All this, on the one hand, is explained by the peculiarities of the motivation for their stay in the universities of Russia - the Khabarovsk territory, on the other hand, by the domestic specifics of the higher education system.

Economic analysis of the world export of educational services

The research looks at the export of educational services as one of the promising spheres for the development of international economic relations. The study focuses on the experience of developed supplier and recipient countries. The theoretical basis of the study is formed by the typology of ways to export services proposed in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The importance of the issue under consideration is due, among other things, to the fact that, according to forecasts, the number of foreign students wishing to obtain higher education will increase to 150 million in 2025, and the volume of exports of higher education will reach $30 billion, which is 3 % of the total volume of trade in OECD services. Most prior research focuses on methodological aspects of education; however, the experience of foreign countries is presented in a limited scope. Using the example of the USA in the context of the management training program, it is shown that a fairly broad methodological system is used abroad, allowing specialists from all over the world to acquire the necessary skills and develop competencies. It is obvious that the pandemic has led to a sharp reduction in the number of foreign students in Germany, as in other exporting countries of educational services. Of particular interest is the EdTech market, which is attractive in terms of its size and growth rates. The key barriers to the global market of educational services are, among other things, increased competition, the presence of a larger number of exporters-providers of educational services, more active classes at mass open online courses, active use of mobile devices; the use of learning models that include personalized and blended learning methods; increasing the degree of confidentiality of data; active development of the institute of continuing education in conjunction with the active use of advanced training courses and vocational training. The research is expected to provide valuable information about the balance of powers on the global market of educational services and will serve as an information base for further scientific research in the field.

ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ЭКСПОРТА ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В ТРАНСГРАНИЧНОМ РЕГИОНЕ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ЗАБАЙКАЛЬСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА)

Today strategic academic activity is more and more associated with the export of knowledge and services. One of the most topical directions in the development of the higher education system is connected with the increase of the academic export potential. In this context, the trends and challenges related to the export of educational services that the present-day system of higher education faces require systematic understanding, interpretation and objectively increase the need to consider and study the prospects for more effective involvement of universities of cross-border regions into the global market of educational services. The object of the research is higher education export. The subject of the research is the problems and prospects of the export potential development in the Transbaikal State University. The objective of the research is to assess the degree of involvement of the Transbaikal State University, as the leading university in the cross-border region, in export of educational activities, to identify the main problems and to determine the prospects for more effective work of the university in this direction. The objective of the research is achieved through the solution of the following tasks: to reveal the meaning of the concept of «higher education export», to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical works on this issue, to study international activities and the practice of providing educational services to foreign students by the case of the Transbaikal State University. The research methodology of the study is based on the works of Russian and foreign scientists devoted to this issue. To analyze the effectiveness of the Transbaikal State University’s work in this direction, the author used a factor analysis that is connected with the impact of external and internal factors, objective and subjective reasons that affect the effectiveness of the export educational activities of the leading university in the cross-border Transbaikal region. To create the methodological integrity of the study, universal methods of analysis, synthesis, and generalization were used

PECULIARITIES OF FORMATION OF FACTORS OF INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

This work is devoted to the study of factors that shape the competitiveness of higher education institutions in the international market of educational services. To this end, the work considers the areas of state participation, which provide incentives for the export of educational services that have not only financial but also reputational and innovative benefits. In addition, it is noted that specialized organizations that operate in many countries and are involved in attracting foreign students to their country (for example, national agencies, academic services, educational foundations, international exchange centers, etc.) and educational TNCs (as DAAD, British Council, CIMO, EduFrance 35, IDP Education Australia, etc.) play an important role. International organizations (such as the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the World Bank, the OECD, etc.) also form an information and advisory field for the international market of educational services, public authorities - regulatory. Increasing competition in the international market of educational services encourages the identification of factors that affect the competitiveness of educational institutions and their competitive advantages. These include the following: stability of financial and economic situation and flexible pricing policy, development of international relations and its advertising activities, the formation of a positive image, the availability of innovative educational programs using information technology, geographical location, specifics of public and private funding, teaching quality and training, etc. However, it is necessary not only to have them, but also to use them correctly, depending on the specifics of each educational institution. In addition, rankings are considered an effective tool for ensuring the quality of higher education. In the course of this work the top institutions of higher education according to QS World University Ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Ranking are analyzed. This revealed that American higher education institutions have the greatest competitive advantages in the international market of educational services and accumulate a large percentage of foreign students.