Approach to development of mentoring potential in technical universities through the example of the Ural Region of the Russian Federation

Abstract

New Federal State Higher Educational Standard introduces signifi cant changes in the sense of purpose of education and overburdens professional adaptation of a starting teacher. In this regard, introduction of effective methods for developing a mentoring mechanism in the higher education system is updated. The goal of the research was to develop an approach to the defi nition and development of the mentoring potential in higher education institutions through the example of the Ural Region of the Russian Federation. Interviewing helped to analyze the need for mentorship and the level of its potential in universities of the Ural Region. A system of criteria for assessing the potential of a mentor in higher school was substantiated and structured. Using Harrington's scale, qualitative levels of the potential of a young professional's mentor in higher education institutions were determined based on quantitative scores. A mentor identifi cation model was proposed, taking into account qualitative and quantitative criteria of the mentoring potential. A system of optimization measures for developing the mentoring mechanism in the higher education system of the Ural Region was substantiated. Practical implementation of the fi ndings would facilitate effective adaptation of young professionals to teaching activities and develop their pedagogical potential.

University Positioning in Modern World

“…The purpose of the article is to analyze the positions of Russian universities in the world ranking of universities on the example of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (hereinafter -the Ural Federal University). A large number of modern works devoted to the consideration of the positioning of the Ural Federal University in the Russian and international educational space [1][2][3][4][5]. Attention to the development of the Ural Federal University is associated with a special role that it occupies in the educational space of the Ural region in the context of social, cultural and economic transformations [6][7][8][9][10].…”