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Step into Profession Annual Student Contest of Pedagogical Art Started in SSU

29 March, 2023 - 11:24

Step into Profession Annual Student Contest of Pedagogical Art Started in SSU

Authors:
Text: 
Анна Еременко
Photo: 
Виктория Покрищенко

On March 28, the student pedagogical art contest entitled the 2023 Step into Profession started for the 19th time. Young teachers from Saratov, Balashov, and Lugansk as well as their mentors gathered in the Room 511, Bldg. 10 of Saratov State University.

Deputy Head of the SSU Office of Social Work and organizer of the contest Marina Kabanova warmly and joyfully welcomed the audience and introduced the jury members to them.

The contestants are evaluated by the director of the Palace of Creativity of Children and Youth named after O.P. Tabakov N.A. Mukovozov, associate professor of the Department of Education Methodology, Saratov State University, Marina Burmistrova, regional expert of ASI in the direction of "Education and personnel" of the Moscow region O.S. Puchkova, and Chair of the Student Union, SSU, Victoria Bannikova. For the first time, the director of the Institute of Physical and Mathematical Education, Information and Service Technologies of Luhansk State Pedagogical University, E.E. Gorbenko, is on the jury of the competition.

The head of priority projects and programs of Saratov University, Elena Yelina, opened the first competition day with a traditional bell ring.

"Our "Week of Pedagogical Education" has been in existence for 10 years, and the "Step into the Profession" competition, which is part of its structure, has been in existence for 19 years. That's such an entertaining math. The program of the festival has a very personal dedication to our teachers. "Our" in this case is a multi-valued word, because these are the people who taught us at school, these are our university teachers, these are our teachers of life, who, without a teacher's diploma, turn out to be our teachers. And finally, we are all teachers too. I am proud to relate myself to this teacher cohort. My biography began with 10 years of work at school. This is a huge milestone in life. Today we are starting the "Step into the Profession" competition. I would like to wish this step to be successful for the contestants. In a good hour!" – said Elena Genrikhovna.

This year, 11 teams are participating in the competition, each of which includes a methodologist and his mentor. For the first time, students from Luhansk State Pedagogical University are participating in the competition. The teams learned their serial numbers by drawing lots. Young teachers pulled out envelopes with cherished figures, and at this time those who wished could ring the bell of the competition.

Having decided on the sequence of performances, the teams began self-presentations. The time of performances was limited. In 60 seconds, each couple told about themselves and their views on the profession.

The teachers approached the task fervently and with humor. Poems, videos, bright presentation slides helped binary teams. The output of Marina Kostina, a student of the direction of "Sign Language teaching" of the SSU PPiSO, became memorable. Together with her mentor – a teacher of the Department of Correctional Pedagogy M.V. Nikitina – she showed replicas in sign language. After the performances, the contestants enthusiastically answered questions.

At the end of the first competitive stage, Marina Kabanova compared pedagogy with a blank sheet and called on the teams to decorate their envelopes of the draw with stickers with a pelican.

"This pelican is a symbol of our competition. It remains unchanged. Such a funny one, in a hat, with a bell, with a bow, drawn once by students," explained Marina Igorevna.

The participants "revived" the envelopes with the help of inscriptions and drawings in 20 seconds. Now they will have to perform creative tasks for two more days and absorb new experience, show pedagogical abilities in practice.

The competition "Step into the profession" is aimed not only at the competitive part of the struggle, but also at team joyful interaction, exchange of experience, the possibility of self-development of both participants and members of the jury.

The results of the competition will be announced on Friday, March 31, on the closing day of the "Week of Pedagogical Education".