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Astrobiological Foundations of Humanity: The Origin of the Cosmodern Consciousness
Los Fundamentos Astrobiológicos de la Humanidad: el Origen de la Consciencia Cosmoderna
Javier Collado Ruano, Director of Global Education Magazine
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ESPECIAL:A Reflection on War and Peace for International Peace Day, Greg Simons
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De nuevo, la seguridad y no la paz,Federico Mayor Zaragoza
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Interview with Dr. Katherine Müller-Marin, Representative of UNESCO to VietNam
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Interview ...
... Basis" opened in Moscow on September 29, 2014.
The discussions were attended by representatives of universities with RIAC corporate membership, as well as federal ministries and agencies cooperating with RIAC to advance internationalization Russian education and science. Western attendance included participants from Siemens, ENEL, Philips, Saint-Gobain, Intel, DuPont and other firms.
... potential for functional illiteracy.
Tatyana Zhukova
Research is regularly conducted abroad on levels of functional illiteracy. Russian nine-year-olds show impressive results; Russia ranks among the top countries, along with Singapore and others, in education. However, Russian fifteen-year-old high-school students, at an age when they should already be preparing to enter society, have been showing some of the lowest results in Europe for the last fourteen years.
During research on functional illiteracy,...
... of Padova Alessandro Martin and Assistant Pro-Rector of University of Padova Francisco Leita.
The participants concentrated on the review of the teaching and research practices, a RIAC priority in 2014-2015, having underlined that cooperation in the education area acquires special significance in the current international environment. Russia and Italy are facing similar global challenges to be handled with help of joint international projects. The Russian-Italian globalization project is meant to ...
... Foreign Internet and Academic Press”. The event gathered representatives of universities that are corporate members and partners of the Council.
RIAC General Director
Andrei Kortunov
opened the symposium by pointing out the heightened importance of educational cooperation in the current international situation. He identified the following focus points for the Council for 2015:
— Mobilising university experts for the Council’s core programme activities;
— Engaging universities in ...
Driver of a new knowledge-based economy and society
What will education be like in 100 years? The simple answer is as follows: education will be the driver of a new knowledge-based economy and society. This type of education will promote values that are shaped by society and include academic freedom; student ...
What is Pedagogy? It is the science and art of education. Its aims range from the full development of the human being to skills acquisition. How can Business promote holistic Pedagogy which in the long-term helps Economic Development? I feel that experiential learning or empirical learning is a crucial ...
... Russian Universities: the Chinese Vector".
Basing on the experience acquired by several major universities of Russia, the authors of the report elaborated a list of practical recommendations aimed at consolidating Russia's positions on the Chinese educational market and in the Asia Pacific region in general.
Four scholars from leading research and educational centers of China sent their reviews of the RIAC report.
Xu Wenhong
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Innovations, modernization, transformation of the economic development ...
... Development of Russian—Chinese Relations
”, based on research of the practical experience accumulated by several leading Russian universities.
The Report contains a number of particular recommendations aimed at reinforcing Russia’s positions in the education market of China and the Asia-Pacific region in general, as well as developing Russia’s innovation potential through the expansion of mutually beneficial scientific and educational cooperation between the two countries.
Authors:
N.E. Borevskaya,...
On March 31, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met Bernardo Venturi, Chief for Foreign Relations of the
Association Rondine Cittadella della Pace
(Toscana, Italy), and its employees Stefano Marilnelli and Mauro D’Andrea.
The Italian guests pointed out that their Association was working hard to strengthen the cultural dialogue between students in politically unstable regions including the Middle East, the Balkans, Northern Caucasus and Africa in order to assist conflict settlement through...
