Higher Professional Teacher Education

Abstract

The current structure and content of higher pedagogical education in Russia is a unique interweaving of the traditions of the historical past with post-Soviet and modern reforms of the last 30 years. They reflect the complex process of development of the national teacher training system, each stage of which not only built on the previous one, but also brought something new and more perfect, without denying the previous experience. The current situation in teacher education in Russia is quite diverse and original. Teachers have the opportunity to study in specialised secondary, higher and professionally oriented postgraduate education programmes.

This chapter presents modern higher pedagogical education in Russia as a rather complex and multilevel system. This required a rather in-depth coverage of state policy, structure and content of Federal State Educational Standards. On this basis, the authors planned to achieve a full understanding of the phenomenon of the combination of centralisation and decentralisation of the teacher training process in Russia, where the existing legal and content frameworks nevertheless leave ample opportunities for variability and autonomy in the formation of educational programmes at universities and institutes.

Citation

Kalimullin, A.M. and Sakhieva, R. (2024), "Higher Professional Teacher Education", Valeeva, R.A. and Kalimullin, A.M. (Ed.) Continuous Teacher Education in Russia, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 95-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-852-220241006