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The purpose of this work is to identify and substantiate the problems of introducing innovations in the university.  For the purpose of the study the following methods are used systematic analysis of philosophical, pedagogical and psychological scientific literature, researching and summarizing of educating experience; the survey. Education badly needs effective innovations of scale that can help high-quality learning outcomes across the system. The primary focus of educational innovations should be on teaching and learning theory and practice, as well as on the teacher readiness to innovative activity. The analysis of the teachers accepts to innovations demonstrate that the implementation of pedagogical innovations accompanies certain problems of future teacher activity during training at the university. Main factors and reasons determining the teachers’ innovation resistance could be considered when preparing them for innovative activity as a crucial factor for modernizing the country’s education system.

Introduction. The relevance of the problem is due to the theoretical and practical significance of the study of the specifics of creative thinking in adolescence. Objective. To identify the psychological characteristics of creative thinking in younger and older adolescents. Materials and Methods. Theoretical and empirical methods were used in the research. As a diagnostic tool, a modified version of the Gilford technique and a shortened version of the Torrence creativity test are used. Results. Four levels of creative thinking development were identified and described: average, below average, above average, high. The characteristic feature of the development of creative thinking of older adolescents is the uneven development of its main indicators. When comparing the data obtained in younger and older adolescents, there is some lag in the first indicators such as fluency and flexibility of thinking. Nonverbal creative thinking is better developed in the group of older teenagers due to better detailing of answers and ideas. In General, the indicators of flexibility of thinking are lower than the indicators of fluency in both samples. The study determined the nature of the relationship between creativity and the level of intelligence of the subjects. For this purpose, the coefficient of rank correlation rs Spearman was used. Discussion and Conclusions. Adolescence is a special period in the development of thinking in ontogenesis, since it is in the middle classes that children first begin trading to study systematic courses in a number of disciplines where, unlike primary school, truly scientific concepts are presented. Based on these concepts, students develop ways of their actions to solve the relevant problems. This circumstance radically changes their thinking. The results can be used in the process of organizing the educational process with students in the study of disciplines of the psychological cycle, in the activities of the psychological service of universities, as well as school psychologists.

Высшая школа требует новых современных подходов к образовательному процессу, в связи с чем в статье рассматриваются активные виды обучения: деловые игры, анализ конкретных ситуаций, кейс-ме-тоды, тренинги, диспуты, круглые столы, а также такие виды лекций, как проблемная, лекция вдвоем, лекция-визуализация, лекция -пресс-конференция, лекция с заранее запланированными ошибками. Приведены примеры из практики преподавания дисциплин.Ключевые слова: образовательный процесс; образовательные технологии; компетентностный подход; активные формы обучения; дистанционное обучение. MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENSURING QUALITY EDUCATION PROCESS IN NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES L. I. Efremova, N. V. Anikina (Ogarev Mordovia State University)The system of higher education requires new modern approaches towards the process of education. The advantages of using information technologies in education are presented. A special attention is paid to distant learning technologies and information systems of education. The article describes active forms of learning such as business games, case studies, Case method, trainings, debates, round table discussions, and new forms of lectures such as a problem lecture, "pairlecture", lecture-visualisation, lecture − press conference and lecture with the preplanned mistakes. In addition, the article gives examples from the teaching practice. The authors emphasize the role of independent student work in enhancing competencies and pay attention to lecturer's professional and personal characteristics.