Federal Register gifted children, the creation of which was announced last year, already includes about seven thousand names. Elena Shmeleva, head of the Talent and Success Foundation, announced this on Thursday in an interview with a TASS correspondent.
For the second year in a row, talented schoolchildren and their teachers are hosting an open-air in Sochi on the initiative of Vladimir Putin Education Centre"Sirius". The Center became the operator of the All-Russian Register of Gifted Children.
"The selection was based on the results of more than 100 events, the list of which was formed by the Ministry of Education and Science and other federal authorities executive power who somehow work with young talents. The winners and finalists of various competitions have been uploaded to the register, it already has about 7,000 names," Shmeleva said.
According to her, many of these students, upon admission to Russian universities will be eligible to apply for a grant from the President of the Russian Federation. "This is 20,000 rubles a month for development in the chosen area. Our foundation is the operator for the payment of grants and the creation of early internship programs with leading enterprises, scientific centers and leading art groups of the country," the TASS interlocutor noted.
How are talents found in Russia?
To get into the Federal Register of Gifted Children of Russia, you need not only to have talent in a particular area, but also to participate in various competitions and specialized Olympiads for schoolchildren. The winners are noted by experts of the Sirius Center. The expert council for each direction, on the basis of personal, in hockey and figure skating - team achievements, which are indicated in the applications on the site, selects children for educational programs(shifts).
For children in the direction of "Science" - this is effective participation in the All-Russian Olympiads, well-known All-Russian and regional scientific and technical competitions, the list of which is annually approved by the expert council of the fund. For musicians, ballet dancers and artists required condition- video recording of the performance, photos recent works. Experts of sports federations focus on the victories of young athletes in all-Russian and international competitions.
“The strongest guys from all regions come to us. The programs of the center, travel to Sochi and back are completely free for them,” Shmeleva emphasized.
An expert involved in the enrollment of children in educational programs is also involved in the development of an almost individual curriculum. "Individual approach, work in small groups, the opportunity to develop their talents in close contact with the best teachers in Russia helps our students become active and empathetic citizens of their country. We believe that studying at the Center motivates its graduates to further achievements and many of them will achieve impressive results," the head of the Talent and Success Foundation believes.
Sirius' first anniversary
The Sirius Educational Center was opened in Sochi on September 1, 2016 by Vladimir Putin, who headed its Board of Trustees. "We are celebrating our first anniversary on a beautiful campus (the former Azimut Hotel was given as the center - TASS note), new laboratories and workshops created by us in the building of the former main media center of the Olympics, on Olympic ice sports palace "Puck" and the training arena - all these objects have changed their purpose and are now educational sites of a new type," Shmeleva said.
In July, thanks to the capabilities of the new design laboratories and workshops, a program was opened in the center for " Project activities in the field of natural sciences and technical creativity". On Knowledge Day, another new direction starts here - " Literary creativity". With the first lecture in the new academic year on the topic "Russian language modern Russia"the doctor will speak philological sciences, Professor, Academician and President Russian Academy education (RAO) Lyudmila Verbitskaya.
"Also this academic year, in partnership with the St. state university and ITMO University, we plan to open a computer science program. The new programs will complement the programs already opened at the center in hockey, figure skating, chess, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, academic music, ballet and painting," she shared her plans for a new academic year fund manager.
Educational shifts are designed for 24 days and include classes in the specialty, developing leisure and general education classes. Center works all year round, stay of children in it - free of charge.
Since the start of the work of "Sirius", 7 thousand gifted schoolchildren from 85 regions have been trained. Every month, 600 children aged 10-17 from various regions of the Russian Federation come to Sirius. Training is conducted by leading teachers of sports, physics and mathematics, chemical and biological schools, as well as eminent figures Russian science, culture and art.
Educational programs are implemented in three areas: "science" (mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics), "sport" (figure skating, hockey, chess), "art" (academic music, choreography, painting).
Many of these students, when entering Russian universities, will be eligible to apply for a grant from the President of the Russian Federation, said the head of the fund
The Federal Register of Gifted Children, the creation of which was announced last year, already includes about seven thousand names. This was announced on Thursday in an interview with a TASS correspondent by the head of the Talent and Success Foundation Elena Shmeleva.
For the second year in a row, talented schoolchildren and their teachers have been hosted by the Sirius educational center opened in Sochi on the initiative of Vladimir Putin. The Center became the operator of the All-Russian Register of Gifted Children.
"The selection was based on the results of more than 100 events, the list of which was formed by the Ministry of Education and Science and other federal executive bodies that somehow work with young talents. Winners and finalists of various competitions have been uploaded to the register, it already contains about 7 thousand names ", - said Shmeleva.
According to her, many of these students, upon entering Russian universities, will be eligible to apply for a grant from the President of the Russian Federation. "This is 20,000 rubles a month for development in the chosen area. Our foundation is the operator for the payment of grants and the creation of early internship programs with leading enterprises, research centers and leading art groups of the country," the TASS interlocutor noted.
How are talents found in Russia?
To get into the Federal Register of Gifted Children of Russia, you need not only to have talent in a particular area, but also to participate in various competitions and specialized Olympiads for schoolchildren. The winners are noted by experts from the Sirius Center. The expert council in each direction, on the basis of personal achievements, in hockey and figure skating - team achievements, which are indicated in applications on the site, selects children for educational ones. and technical competitions, the list of which is annually approved by the expert council of the fund. For musicians, ballet dancers and artists, a prerequisite is a video recording of the performance, photos of recent works. Experts of sports federations focus on the victories of young athletes in all-Russian and international competitions.
“The strongest guys from all regions come to us. The programs of the center, travel to Sochi and back are completely free for them,” Shmeleva emphasized.
An expert involved in the enrollment of children in educational programs is also involved in the development of an almost individual curriculum for them. "An individual approach, work in small groups, the opportunity to develop their talents in close communication with the best teachers in Russia helps our students become active and empathetic citizens of their country. We believe that studying at the Center motivates its graduates to further achievements and many of them will achieve impressive results," the head of the Talent and Success Foundation believes.
The Sirius Educational Center was opened in Sochi on September 1, 2016 by Vladimir Putin, who headed its Board of Trustees. " We are celebrating our first anniversary on a beautiful campus (a former hotel was given as the center"Azimuth" - approx. TASS), new laboratories and workshops that we created in the building of the former main media center of the Olympics, on the Olympic ice of the Shayba sports palace and the training arena - all these facilities have changed their purpose and are now educational sites of a new type, "Shmeleva noted.
In July, thanks to the capabilities of the new design laboratories and workshops, a program was opened in the center for " Project activities in the field of natural sciences and technical creativity". On Knowledge Day, another new direction starts here -" Literary creativity". The first lecture in the new academic year on the topic "Russian language of modern Russia" will be delivered by Doctor of Philology, Professor, Academician and President of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO) Lyudmila Verbitskaya .
“Also this academic year, in partnership with St. Petersburg State University and ITMO University, we plan to open a program in computer science. The new programs will complement the programs already opened at the center in hockey, figure skating, chess, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, academic music , ballet and painting," the head of the fund shared her plans for the new academic year.
Educational shifts are designed for 24 days and include classes in the specialty, developing leisure and general education classes. The center is open all year round, the stay of children in it is free of charge.
Since the start of Sirius' work, 7,000 gifted schoolchildren from 85 regions have been trained. Monthly in " Sirius"600 children aged 10-17 come from various regions of the Russian Federation. Training is conducted by leading teachers of sports, physics and mathematics, chemical and biological schools, as well as outstanding figures of Russian science, culture and art.
Educational programs are implemented in three areas: "science" (mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics), "sport" (figure skating, hockey, chess), "art" (academic music, choreography, painting).
Back in August of this year, the Ministry of Education and Science submitted for public discussion a project to create a register of gifted children. If you follow the link, you will see which part of the "public" in principle took part in the voting, and how many votes were cast for this initiative. Although there is a great temptation to write here: 6 votes in favor, 66 - against.
And so, last Thursday, November 19, a decree signed by Dmitry Medvedev appeared on the website of the Government of Russia.
Not to say that this news is straight out of the blue. Since 2010, Medvedev, no, no, yes, will mention such an intention:
Dmitry Medvedev
It is necessary to complete the creation of a nationwide system for finding and supporting talented children. Opportunity to develop your skills early age everyone should have, regardless of income level, social position parents and family locations. I instruct the Government to take this recommendation into account when introducing new educational standards and develop a per capita funding standard for pedagogical support gifted children.
Let's tremble a little over the term "per capita financing" and return to the document that has already been adopted, signed and is waiting for its implementation. What does it even say about it? Actually about nothing. So far, these are just rules governing the collection of data on so-called gifted children. Talents will be identified based on the results of olympiads, intellectual, creative and scientific competitions, sporting events, the list of which has not yet been determined. The Ministry of Education and Science should provide such a list for the current academic year by November 27 of this year (a week after the decision).
Data on children who have shown outstanding results will be sent to the federal registry operator, which is also not yet known. Many other subtleties are also unknown - for example, how many times you need to become the winner of the Olympiad in order to have the right to be called gifted. Is once enough or do you need to confirm the title several times? What will then happen to the young genius and how will this very “support and support” be carried out? According to the document, the registry operator will also be involved in compiling a “standard educational program for gifted children” and organizing a tutoring system. That is, a certain typical generalized program will operate for gifted children, and it is also unclear where "tutors" will be taken from.
But the organizational issue is not the most important. The most pressing issue is the psychological one. How will the knowledge that he is already recognized as talented affect the life of a child? And the knowledge that the gates to the world of geniuses have already been closed in front of you? And this topic was actively discussed by leading psychologists of the country, speaking out against such an initiative. Here is a brief excerpt from the comments based on an open discussion on this sensitive issue by Marina Aleksandrovna Kholodnaya, head of the Laboratory of Psychology of Ability and Mental Resources named after. V.N. Druzhinina, Institute of Psychology RAS:
Marina Cold
On the this moment there are no valid psychological methods for the mass identification of giftedness, and even if it existed " perfect test on giftedness”, then in connection with the phenomenon of “fading” and “flaring up” of signs of giftedness, typical for children and adolescents, its use would be meaningless from the point of view of the impossibility of predicting the development of giftedness;
- The division of children into gifted and non-gifted is absolutely immoral and categorically unacceptable and extremely dangerous in social terms;
- Lists for the gifted - a good niche for corruption.
Tatyana Chernigovskaya, professor at St Petersburg University, member of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation, gave a short interview to the Vesti TV channel, in which she also claims from the position of a specialist in cognitive science and neuroscience that there is no exact method for determining genius. There are some possibilities - for example, the Department of Cognitive Studies has an iTracker device that tracks eye microactivity when perceiving images, text, and solving problems. This device allows you to see how much time you spend and what you pay attention to when analyzing an object. Such devices are now quite enough in laboratories of cognitive research. But these results still need to be correctly interpreted.
To briefly state the thoughts of Tatyana Vladimirovna, she is in solidarity with psychologists even in the choice of descriptive words for this initiative, calling it "a dangerous path."
Tatiana Chernigovskaya
I am in favor of schools for gifted children - for those who clearly have an ability in music, mathematics, ballet, whatever. But this does not mean at all that in other schools it is enough for children to give some limited minimum.
If a child has not been given the opportunity to do anything and be passionate about anything, how are you going to find out if he is gifted in something or not? By brain? It's impossible. If you look at the brain of a genius in a formalin jar, you will not find any distinct physiological differences from the brain of an ordinary person.
Finally
No matter how eagerly the public discusses such a project, no matter how the spears break, no matter how much open letters not written to the highest authorities, no matter how many dislikes were put - the decision was signed, the registry should be. But if registries are created, it means that someone really needs it.
In the design of the material, a frame from the movie "Good Will Hunting" was used.
SOCHI, 1 September. /TASS/. The Federal Register of Gifted Children, the creation of which was announced last year, already includes about seven thousand names. Elena Shmeleva, head of the Talent and Success Foundation, announced this on Thursday in an interview with a TASS correspondent.
For the second year in a row, talented schoolchildren and their teachers have been hosted by the Sirius educational center opened in Sochi on the initiative of Vladimir Putin. The Center became the operator of the All-Russian Register of Gifted Children.
"The selection was based on the results of more than 100 events, the list of which was formed by the Ministry of Education and Science and other federal executive bodies that somehow work with young talents. Winners and finalists of various competitions have been uploaded to the register, it already contains about 7 thousand names ", - said Shmeleva.
According to her, many of these students, upon entering Russian universities, will be eligible to apply for a grant from the President of the Russian Federation. "This is 20,000 rubles a month for development in the chosen area. Our foundation is the operator for the payment of grants and the creation of early internship programs with leading enterprises, research centers and leading art groups of the country," the TASS interlocutor noted.
How are talents found in Russia?
To get into the Federal Register of Gifted Children of Russia, you need not only to have talent in a particular area, but also to participate in various competitions and specialized Olympiads for schoolchildren. The winners are noted by experts of the Sirius Center. The expert council for each direction, on the basis of personal, in hockey and figure skating - team achievements, which are indicated in the applications on the site, selects children for educational programs (shifts).
For children in the direction of "Science" - this is effective participation in the All-Russian Olympiads, well-known All-Russian and regional scientific and technical competitions, the list of which is annually approved by the expert council of the foundation. For musicians, ballet dancers and artists, a prerequisite is a video recording of the performance, photos of recent works. Experts of sports federations focus on the victories of young athletes in all-Russian and international competitions.
“The strongest guys from all regions come to us. The programs of the center, travel to Sochi and back are completely free for them,” Shmeleva emphasized.
An expert involved in the enrollment of children in educational programs is also involved in the development of an almost individual curriculum for them. "An individual approach, work in small groups, the opportunity to develop their talents in close communication with the best teachers in Russia helps our students become active and empathetic citizens of their country. We believe that studying at the Center motivates its graduates to further achievements and many of them will achieve impressive results,” says the head of the Talent and Success Foundation.
Sirius' first anniversary
The Sirius Educational Center was opened in Sochi on September 1, 2016 by Vladimir Putin, who headed its Board of Trustees. "We are celebrating our first anniversary on a beautiful campus (the former Azimut Hotel was given as the center - TASS note), new laboratories and workshops created by us in the building of the former main media center of the Olympics, on the Olympic ice of the Shayba sports palace and a training arena - all these objects have changed their purpose and are now educational sites of a new type," Shmeleva noted.
In July, thanks to the possibilities of new design laboratories and workshops, a program on "Project activities in the field of natural sciences and technical creativity" was opened in the center. On the Day of Knowledge, another new direction starts here - "Literary Creativity". Doctor of Philology, Professor, Academician and President of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO) Lyudmila Verbitskaya will give the first lecture in the new academic year on the topic "The Russian language of modern Russia".
“Also this academic year, in partnership with St. Petersburg State University and ITMO University, we plan to open a program in computer science. The new programs will complement the programs already opened at the center in hockey, figure skating, chess, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, academic music , ballet and painting," the head of the foundation shared her plans for the new academic year.
Educational shifts are designed for 24 days and include classes in the specialty, developing leisure and general education classes. The center is open all year round, the stay of children in it is free of charge.
Since the start of the work of "Sirius", 7 thousand gifted schoolchildren from 85 regions have been trained. Every month, 600 children aged 10-17 from various regions of the Russian Federation come to Sirius. Training is conducted by leading teachers of sports, physics and mathematics, chemical and biological schools, as well as outstanding figures of Russian science, culture and art.
Educational programs are implemented in three areas: "science" (mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics), "sport" (figure skating, hockey, chess), "art" (academic music, choreography, painting).
