Opción, Año 33, No. 85 (2018): 290-307

ISSN 1012-1587 / ISSNe: 2477-9385

 

Revisiting the role of independence formation and organizing individual work of the student in the educational process of HEI

 

 

Murshida Nurgaliyeva

S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan

murshida80@mail.ru

 

Amina Auyezova

auezova-amina@mail.ru

 

Aitkul Kosmuratova

auezova-amina@mail.ru

L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan

 

 

 

Abstract

 

This  article  considers  one  of  the  key  problems  of  modern education, namely the formation of independence as a necessary quality of the student. The very organization of educational process should be built on the principles of independent student activity. It is necessary to reinforce  an  integral  complex  of  independence in  student's  mind.  To accomplish this, it is important to organize HEI educational process in such a way that independent work becomes a determining condition for the  formation of  student's  independence as  a  subject of  learning and activity. Independent work involves digestion, reinforcement and application of knowledge.

 

Keywords: Student, Independence, Activation of Independent Work, Competency-Based Approach, Higher Education Institutes (HEI).

 

 

 

 

 

Recibido: 10-01-2018 Aceptado: 09-03-2018


 

 

Revisando el papel de la formacn independiente y organizando el trabajo individual del estudiante en el proceso educativo de la HEI

 

 

 

Resumen

 

Este artículo considera uno de los problemas clave de la educación moderna, a saber, la formación de la independencia como una cualidad necesaria del estudiante. La misma organización del proceso educativo debe construirse sobre los principios de la actividad estudiantil independiente.  Es  necesario  reforzar  un  complejo  integral  de independencia en la mente del estudiante. Para lograr esto, es importante organizar el proceso educativo de HEI de tal manera que el trabajo independiente se convierta en una condición determinante para la formación  de   la   independencia  del   estudiante  como   un   tema   de aprendizaje y actividad. El trabajo independiente implica la digestión, el refuerzo y la aplicación del conocimiento.

 

Palabras clave: Estudiante, Independencia, Activación del Trabajo Independiente, Enfoque basado en la Competencia, Institutos de Educación Superior (HEI).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. INTRODUCTION

 

 

It  is  unfortunate, but  true,  that  some  academics teach students without having much formal knowledge of how students learn. Many lecturers know how they learnt/learn best, but do not necessarily consider how  their  students  learn  and  if  the  way  they  teach  is  predicated  on enabling learning to happen. Nor do they necessarily have the concepts to understand,    explain    and    articulate    the    process    they    sense    is


 

 

happening  in  their students. The ongoing reform of higher education is essentially related to the transition from learning paradigm to education paradigm. In the new educational paradigm, a student from a passive consumer of knowledge must become an active subject who can properly formulate the problem, analyze possible solutions, find an optimal result and  prove  its  correctness.  In  this  perspective,  independent  work  of students becomes not just an important form of the educational process, it becomes  its  basis  (SKOBLYAKOVA and  SEMENOVA,  2010).  The realias of modern life are such that the graduate students in any field of training should be ready for regular independent professional educational activity. Dynamic change in the labor market, appearance of new information technologies, accumulation of huge databases requires not only knowledge, but an ability to respond to professional risks, operate large amounts of information, study related fields, and so on. In addition, a modern professional should be able to work in temporary project teams, collectives,  one  should  be  ready  to  the  professional  discussions  and solving complex problems and issues (SEMENOVA, 2013). The modern world  is  characterized  by  a  high  rate  of  changes,  which  requires flexibility,  mobility,  ability  to  adapt  to  new  conditions,  work  with different sources of information, and constant improvement of one's professional level. In connection with this, one of the goals of higher education is the formation of an active, creative, professionally trained personality whose mindset and style of thinking not only meet modern conditions but are also perspective-oriented. The correct organization of this activity stimulates students for active search, conscious overcoming of difficulties, that stand in the way of solving the tasks, and the formation of competencies necessary in their professional activities.


 

 

2. METHODOLOGY

 

 

The strength and success of the university to some extent depends on the extent to which it can benefit from all its members through the appropriate culture of joint participation and decision-making. Long-term innovative planning and forward-thinking leaders are required to make changes. This research was conducted with the aim of studying a structure called "academic development" and identifying the factors and categories in it by qualitative method of exploratory type. To do this, at first glance, the knowledge of the university system and its examination from the point of view of system thinking and The complexity of the university system and different perspectives of development were considered, and with this approach, deep and exploratory interviews with knowledgeable and expert experts who have had profound experiences in the management, planning and policy of higher education and universities have been analyzed and analyzed. In the context of education development, independence as an integrative quality of the future specialist personality becomes very important.  Independence is defined as one of the leading qualities of the individual, expressed in the ability to set certain goals and achieve them by using one's own resources. Philosophical approaches to independence were developed in the works of major psychologists such as (BOZHOVICH, 1968, PALINSCAR and BROWN, 1984, SOKAL, 2010). These scientists considered the issues of independence through the lens of the pivotal psychological problems such as personality, activity, work. They stressed that the social value of independence as a person's quality is determined by its orientation and person's activity level as a subject of activity  and  relations.  BOZHOVICH  (1968)  and  LURIA  (1973)  and others studied the formation and development features of the personality


 

 

of children and teenagers. Today the study of the independence problem is conducted in various aspects. The essence of independence and its nature are studied (ALEKSEEV and YUDIN, 1971, ALEKSEEV, 2002); structure and correlation of independence components; stages, conditions and methods of independence development, the relationship of independence with various mental. Analysis of the literature shows that the problem of independence has attracted attention of philosophers, psychologists and educators for a long time.  The importance of practical solution of the independence development problem, its insufficient theoretical study, the importance for personal development and the need to develop a justified technology for organizing independent work in the current conditions of education have determined its relevance and determined the choice of the research topic devoted to the organization of students independent work in educational process of Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The situation in the  education system shows that psychological and pedagogical support for this problem is not fully understood. The goal of  independence fo rmation is  declared in  the programs of education and higher education, but in practice, students have no knowledge and practical skills for its formation. Therefore, the importance of creating pedagogical conditions for the independent work of students acquires great importance.

 

The problem of the study was the search for ways of forming students' independence at HEI stage of professional training.

 

The goal of our study was the development of the system and diagnosis of the independence formation for a fut ure specialist through the organization of independent work in HEI.


 

 

-The Main Part: Independence provides person's responsible attitude to his behavior, an ability to act consciously and proactively not only in familiar surroundings, but also in new conditions, including those requiring non-standard solutions. Considering independence as a person's quality,   modern  researchers  emphasize  that   its   integrative  role   is expressed in unification of other personal manifestations by a general orientation  towards  internal  mobilization  of  all  forces,  resources  and means for implementation of the chosen program without exterior help. It should be noted that the attitude of psychologists to the "independence" phenomenon is ambiguous. On the one hand, almost all researchers who study developmental features of children emphasize an enormous role of independence in the development of personality as a whole, on the other hand, in many cases they do not provide either a meaningful or semantic description of this concept. The term "independence" is given in four different meanings in the dictionary of (OZHEGOV, 1964):

 

  Existing apart from others, autonomous;

 

Beyond  control  of  the  others,  chief;  decisive,  capable  of independent   action,   with   initiative;   free    from   extraneous influences, help;

  Produced by one's own efforts;

 

  Original.

 

 

Such  an  interpretation  of   independence,  in  our  opinion,  is legitimate because each of them emphasizes a certain degree of independence from other  people,  from extraneous influences. Content analysis allows us to discover the presence of independence scientific characteristics:


 

 

Table 1. Analysis of theoretical approaches to the concept of "independence"

 

 

Author

Definition of independence

L.V. Zharova

Independence is a remarkable human ability; the result of education

and self-education. It is also the most important condition for self- realization of any individual and its creative possibilities (OMELYAN-SKYRTA, 2014).

D.N.     Bogoyavlenskaya,

P.Ya. Galperin, L.S. Vygotsky,   E.N. Kabanova-Meller, N.A. Menchinskaya,

S.L.      Rubinstein      and

others

The necessity of involving students in a creative search in education

process is justified in the works of these scientists. The works also revealed the decisive role of independent cognitive activity in the development of the children thinking.

In addition, psychologists note that teacher should take into account the increasing sensitive periods to certain influences. It is right to talk about the age-related prerequisites for the development of cognitive independence (ALEKSEEV, 2002).

V.     Kudryvtsev,     Ya.A.

Ponomarev

The  staged  formation  theories  of  mental  actions,  education  of

students to the methods of mental activity, organization of cognitive activity management, the idea of studying creativity as a mechanism for the development of personality are justified.

M.A.      Danilov,      I.Ya.

Lerner,

M.I. Makhmutov, I.T. Ogorodnikov, P.I. Pikdasisty, M.N. Skatkin and others

Independence   is   a   method   of   increasing   the   awareness   and

effectiveness of the studied material, the result of an effective organization of the learning process, an indicator of mental development of students.

N.G. Alekseev

Independence as a human ability, characterized  by the following

interrelated factors: the totality of the methods, knowledge, skills and abilities that a person possesses, and its relation to the process of activity, its results and conditions of implementation, as well as to the developing connections with other people. Thus, in the tasks of the independence formation, the researcher includes not only the improvement of knowledge, skills and abilities, but also the development of appropriate motives.

S.Yu. Golovin

Independence as a "generalized  personality ability, manifested in

initiative, criticality, adequate self-esteem and a sense of personal responsibility  for  one's  activity  and  behavior" is  associated  with active work of thought, feelings and the will of students. In this bilateral   process,   the   development   of   mental   and   emotional- volitional   processes   is   a   prerequisite   for   the   formation   of independent judgments and actions of the student. The judgments and actions that develop in the course of independent activity strengthen  and  form  the  ability  not  only  to  take  consciously motivated actions, but also to achieve successful implementation of the decisions taken despite the difficulties.

I.S. Kon

Includes    three    interrelated    qualities    in    the    concept    of

"independence":   1)  independence   as  an   ability  to  make   and implement decisions without external advice, 2) responsibility, readiness to face the consequences of one's actions and 3) belief in real social possibility and moral correctness of such behavior.

K.K. Platonov

The  phenomenon  of  independence  is  related  with  the  volitional

powers that manifest themselves in an ability to "systematize, plan,

regulate  and  actively  carry  out  their  activities  without  constant guidance and practical assistance from the outside".


 

 

M.V. Gamazo,

I. A. Domashenko

The main qualities that characterize independence are the orienting

and evaluative actions of a person, which stipulate "an ability not to be influenced  by various factors that can distract from the goal, critically evaluate the advice and suggestions of others, act on the basis of their views and beliefs.

I.V.     Grebennikov     and

L.V. Kovinko

The activity side of independence is emphasized, defining it as "one

of the leading qualities of the individual, expressed in the ability to

set a specific goal; persistently seek its fulfillment by using one's own resources; responsibly treat one's activities.

E. Ilyenkov,

L. I. Antsyferova

Human as a person, knows how to "independently determine the

path of his life, his place in it, his business, interesting and important for everyone, including himself." Human "always independently ploughs a unique individual way".

L.I. Bozhkovich

Children's independence is most often understood as an ability to act

without  the  help  of adult.  The child  becomes  independent,  after mastering certain content, methods and ways of action. A distinctive feature of the children independence in primary school is organization. The initiative of the students is already directed to act in  their  own  way,  i.e.  contrary  to  the  requirements  of  adults. Children of this age are able to direct their initiative to better and faster perform the task entrusted to them or conceived by them in accordance with the requirements of the adults. According to psychologists, children in primary school show independence in imitative activities.

 

 

 

Independence is the student's ability to independent actions, judgments, possession of initiative, determination. In pedagogy this is a volition personality. This ability allows to avoid the influence of various factors, act on the basis of their views and motivations.

 

Table 2. Pedagogical conditions for the formation of independence among HEI

students

 

Pedagogical conditions

Stimulating effect

1

Constructing  of  situations  that  motivate

students to make independent decisions and actions: to free choice of tasks, to search for various ways of solving tasks,

to  creative  activity,  to  self-examination

and self-analysis, to possibility of expressing one's judgments.

Development   of   staged   independent

activity and independence as an attribute of an individual.

2

The use of role-play games in educational

and independent activities of students, writing of start-up projects, reports on practice, term projects, diploma works, scientific articles and theses,

Encourage   the   solution   of   practical

problems, contribute to the accumulation of life and professional experience, stimulate activity.


 

 

3

Creation  of  case-studies,  where  student

determines the goals of his actions: "Why am I doing it? What do I want to know? What should happen? etc.".

Increase the level of aspiration, stimulate

the   process   of   understanding   of   its activities.

4

Various instructions, reminders, schemes,

samples of reasoning in the organization of students' independent activity.

Contribute  to  the  ability  to  carry  out

goal-setting, to plan its activities by mastering a new method of obtaining knowledge, and stimulating independent

actions.

5

Inclusion    of    students    in    productive

independent  activity through  the  use of the following techniques:

group structure of education, system of differentiated tasks, analysis of practical problems,

actualization      of      experience,      joint

resolution of problem situations.

Forms an ability to control the activities;

such qualities of independent activity as

Responsibility and organization.

 

 

 

Taking into account the above mentioned it is necessary to create conditions  in  HEI  for  a  full-fledged educational  activity,  in  which  a complex of various competences of the future specialist is formed. We shall emphasize only the main groups of skills that students, through the formation of independence, must systematically master during the entire period of study at HEI:

 

The future specialist should do the following:

 

 

- master an ability to integrate knowledge in various and related areas  of  scientific  research  and  solve  problems  that  require abstract, creative thinking and originality in the development of conceptual aspects of research projects.

 

- work effectively and independently as a team member on interdisciplinary subjects, to be a leader in a team, to advise on the design of scientific research, and also to be ready for pedagogical activity;


 

 

- use the creative approach for development of new original ideas and methods of research in the field of computer science; - have the skills to acquire new knowledge that is necessary for daily professional work and continue education in doctoral studies; - understand the need for self-study and professional development during the entire period of professional activity;

 

- show profound natural-science, mathematical professional knowledge in conducting research in promising areas of professional activity;

 

- process, analyze and summarize scientific and technical information, advanced local and foreign experience in professional activities, present results of scientific research;

 

As is known in recent years, the problem of integrating scientific knowledge in the learning process, teaching students to common methods of independent activity, became very urgent. There is a good reason that close  attention of  scientists and  teachers is  taken  by  interdisciplinary skills.  These  are  computational, graphic  skills,  an  ability  to  establish cause-effect relationships, use knowledge from different academic disciplines to solve the learning problem.

 

Students in the process of education and independent work must master the following special competencies in the field of:

 

1.  Ethical and professional standards, including questions of world and national standards on information technologies, information    protection,    scientific    ethics,    copyright,    risk


 

 

management, problems of studying the subject field of computer science;

 

2. Software engineering is the structure of software life cycle, processes and tasks solved at different stages of life cycle, adaptation of software to possible changes in operating conditions, software upgrading and development;

 

3. Fundamentals of intelligent programming (knowledge base, built-in knowledge, intellectual programming tools, logical equation, knowledge debugging, synthesis of programs).

 

4. Modeling of information processes (methods and means for implementing modeling and processing results of computational experiments, working with modern modeling tools);

 

5.1 IT-management (Service Strategy, Service Design, Service

 

Transition, Service Operation, Continual Service Improvement.)

 

 

5.2 System analysis (system analysis of structural links between software elements, programming principles, etc.);

 

6. Methodology of graduate preparation (Knowledge and in- depth  understanding  of  the  methodology  for  summarizing  the results obtained in the context of previously accumulated knowledge.)

 

Student's cooperation with teachers (SCT) is a necessary condition for mastering skills as the most important component of independence. The availability of knowledge and skills determines students' readiness for


 

 

independent action, as well as emotional state when performing tasks. Many  students  experience  anxiety  and  discomfort  because  they  are lacking knowledge and skills.

 

In psychology and pedagogy, the following skills, formed through independent work are distinguished:

 

1. General educational skills (correctly read the text, find an answer to the question, plan of the text, theses, abstract, tables, plan the activities and monitor the performed actions).

 

2. General knowledge (highlight the main thing, make a comparison, prove, draw conclusions and formulate questions).

 

3. Subject (special) skills, reflecting the specificity of individual academic disciplines (read a map, perform exercises, write essays, solve problems, etc.).

 

4. Communicative skills (conduct a dialogue with a teacher, with  friends, take part in  joint activities, establish contacts for performing tasks outside the school, etc.).

 

Underestimation of independence as an attribute of an individual leads to the fact that in difficult life situations, students do not know how to use the knowledge they have gained. They do not possess basic but extremely important skills: set goals and strive to achieve them, plan work, own modern means of labor, establish cooperation, etc. With the purpose  of  revealing  the  value  orientations  and  self-understanding structure as a structural element of students' independence, an ascertaining experiment with the first year students has been conducted.  The method


 

 

of direct ranking of values (M. Rokich method) was used to reveal the individual  hierarchical  system  of  value  orientations.  The  respondents filled two lists of values (terminal and instrumental, with 18 points in each list) on sheets of paper in alphabetical order (AMINOV, et al., 2010). In these lists, an experiment subject assigned each value with a rank number. The experiment subjects had been acquainted with the instructions before the experiment. We compiled a table of criteria distribution for the attractiveness of the future profession.

 

Table 3. Distribution of students' choice criteria for the attractiveness of the profession

Criteria

%

1.

High financial security

75.0

2.

Contacts with people

58.3

3.

An ability to make a career quickly

58.3

4.

The process of work activity

50.0

5.

Usefulness of the results

41.7

6.

Independency

33.3

7.

High degree of responsibility

33.3

8.

Working conditions

25.0

9.

Independent decision-making

25.0

10.

The complexity of the profession

16.7

11.

Work with a lot of moving

16.7

12.

Quiet work

16.7

13.

Frequent business trips

8.3

14.

Proximity to the place of living

8.3

15.

An ability to create something with your own hands

0

16.

Working outside

0

17.

Romanticism

0

 

As it turned out from the interview with the students, all respondents are oriented to study at the university for the purpose of further employment. However, this is not "any university in a local city", but an institution that prepares specialists for a particular profession. 60% of the respondents indicated independence of choice, 20% indicated parents' help, 20% indicated the help of friends and acquaintances. For the


 

 

students of low self-understanding level the high value of such notions as "high demands", "independence", "material well-being" was usual. The beauty of nature and art, entertainment, happiness of others, creativity were included in the value list of  the lowest status. For the students belonging to the second group (an average level of self-understanding) priority was given to "sense of duty", "honesty", "efficiency in matters", "criticality." Among the  values of  the  average  status,  there  were  life wisdom,  cognition, productive life,  development. For  the  third  group students (high level) , priority was given to  "discipline", "independence", "criticality", "sense of duty", "self-control", "productive life", "active life position". As we see, independence is one of the characteristics of self- understanding. Thus, according to the results of our study, all participants in the experiment were divided into three levels of independence. In total,

100 students participated in the experiment (50 in the experimental and control groups).

 

Table 4. Table of the independence level in the process of ascertaining experiment

Group

Level of independence %

High

Average

Low

1

Experimental group

52 %

25 %

23 %

2

Control group

50 %

23 %

26 %

 


 

 

Students with a high level of independence have a high intensity of independent activity in the process of which the self-monitoring is constantly carried out. Students with a high level of independence have such traits as  "discipline", "independence", "criticality", "sense of duty", "self-control", "productive  life",  "active  life  position".  They  are  self- confident, independent of external opinions; they have a tendency to rely on oneself in difficult situations. They are students with high self-esteem. The average level of independence was assigned to those students who have rationality in everything. The teacher puts the goal of the work or the teaching task forward, but the student can plan its decision independently. These students are successfully carrying out  mutual control, and self- control, but mostly after the completion of work. The very process of activity is poorly controlled. For such students the priority is given to "sense of duty", "honesty", "and efficiency in matters criticality." These students are free and independent in the choice of activities to realize their capabilities.  Such qualities as excitability and equanimity and an ability to make independent decisions are strongly expressed. Students who had a superficial understanding of themselves were assigned to a low level. These students have an emotional attitude toward themselves. This group of students is dependent on the opinions of others; they have no freedom in expressing their feelings. They lack the ability to manage themselves and their time.  For such students the priority is given to "high demands", "independence", "and material well-being". Students of this group are not able to make decisions independently and be responsible for their actions. They are waiting for the help from others, because they cannot rely only on their own strength. In the monograph by V. M. Bayluk "The systemic nature of the student's independent activity is the basis of professional self-realization" it is indicated that HEI teachers have a determining role


 

in  creating  conditions  for  the  formation of  professional  and  personal subjectivity of students.   The author gives a decisive role to the independent activity of students in the process of creation, the production of subjectivity. AMINOV et al. (2010) believes that today independent activity of students in higher educational institutes is one of the weak points in the practice of higher education and one of the least studied problems of pedagogical theory, especially in relation to the current educational situation. Thus, independence is defined as one of the leading qualities of the individual, expressed in the ability to set certain goals and achieve them by using one's own resources. Therefore, it is necessary to study and develop more thoroughly the problems of independent activity in HEI as conditions for the formation of future specialists' independence.

 

 

 

 

3. CONCLUSION

 

 

The  change  and  transformation in  the  dynamic  system  of  the university and its balanced and systematic development require planning and management thinking and adaptation to the internal environment and the external environment of the university in order to meet the needs of society  in  various  social,  economic  and  cultural  dimensions.  From different points of view, one can talk about "university development" and excellent education. Therefore, the study of factors affecting the process of academic development can illustrate an explanation of these explanations. Independence provides responsible attitude to the person's behavior, the ability to act consciously and proactively not only in familiar surroundings, but also in new conditions, including those requiring non- standard  solutions.  The  desire  to  act  independently  is  more  often


 

expressed in those children who have skills, motivational force mobilizes the volition; on the other hand, if a student shows volition and perseverance, the quality of knowledge and skills increases. It is not a coincidence that psychologists and educators see independence as a core property of a person. This property is closely related to such qualities as activity and  responsibility. It  is  the  interrelation of all  these qualities determines the attitude of a person to oneself, to his own labor, to other people,   to   spiritual   values.   Our   research   will   continue   with   the development of a holistic methodology and a program for the formation of students' independence in HEI. Nevertheless, we express our gratitude to the faculty and the first-year students of Pavlodar State University named after AMINOV et al. (2010), as well as to academic adviser. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between metacognitive strategies with self-directed learning and its subscales. Based on research findings, a higher education system is suggested escaping from banking education and parrot learning and institutionalizing the process of learning to meaningful learning and educating thought-provoking, self-reflective and self-evaluating learners should consider the mechanisms by which learners learn how to learn so that the rate Undoubtedly, one of the most important of these mechanisms lies in metacognitive strategies. It is also recommended that professors, using formal and informal education, take active teaching methods to improve metacognitive strategies of students. And in addition, in developing their own skills, being guided by students, they should strive to enable learners to become help lifelong learners.


 

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