In article we present our experience of holding patriotic public actions for young people of Novosibirsk. Various forms of work are presented, their positive sides and shortcomings are revealed, some prospects of further activity are planned.

Keywords: patriotic education, public statement, memorials, exhibitions, exposition, lecture.

The article presents the analysis of the structure and content of the training session in the aspect of modern didactics. We outline the main principles and systematize the key requirements for educational process planning. Moreover we introduce a designer that will help to practicing teacher to optimize the preparation for the training sessions.

Keywords: training session, system-activity approach, expected outcomes, goal-setting, educational technologies, reflection, training sessions typology.

In the last decade in the Russian historical science has increased the interest in the events of the period of the Napoleonic wars. In the attention of historians are different aspects of the given issue: the characterization of the individual stages of the campaign, the degree of participation in the campaigns of different types of troops, military strategy and Russian foreign policy in the early nineteenth century.

In the article we focus on the industrial development of Siberian fuel-and-energy sector viewed by the West German authors who worked in the scientific institutions of Ostforschung (East Studies). We make also the assessments of major projects starting with Bratsk hydro-electric power station construction to West Siberian oil-and-gas provinces development.

Keywords: energy policy, accelerated development, fuel-and-energy sector, West-German historiography, Ostforschung (East Studies).

We analyze the differences between the concepts of information and knowledge as philosophical category. Some features of the information society create a risk for the value of knowledge.

Keywords: information society, information, knowledge, values of education system.

We present our scientific study of the optimization of evaluation system of professional development of pedagogical employees. This article contains the issues of the increasing role of practical orientation and readiness of graduates. We examine the system of evaluation of professional and personal competencies of vocational education teachers. The analysis of optimization of human resources of the educational institution, the systematization and adjustment of previously obtained knowledge are described.

Тhe article is devoted the analysis of problems of educating gifted child in the context of modern requirements to professional and personal qualities of teacher which must possess the row of competences under the Professional Standard of Teacher.

Keywords: Professional Standard of Teacher, competences, gifted child.

In the article we analyze the experience of the Great Britain universities in ensuring equal educational opportunities of migrant students. Special attention is given to the structure of English universities and the way the pedagogical support of socialization and individualization processes of this group of students is organized.

Keywords: migrant students, equal educational opportunities, socialization, individualization.

In the article we show the analysis of the scientists’ views on metadisciplinarity in education. Thanks to the given analysis the general phenomenological characteristics are selected, and the justification of value of metadisciplinary contents in modern education is given.

Keywords: metadisciplinarity, modern education, metaactivity, metadiscipline, metaknowledge, metaskill, universal learning activities.

The article is devoted to the problem of formation and development of students’ cognitive competence, the analysis of application of various means of educational material that help students to be integrated into productive cognitive activity connected with interpretation of information through its reasoning.

Keywords: cognitive activity, cognitive competence, cognitive visualization, didactic visual means.