Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The private educational institution Gazprom School Saint Petersburg held the career guidance project Polytechnic Day. Teachers from Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University held a series of master classes for eighth-graders, introducing them to different educational profiles: physics and mathematics, humanities, economics and natural sciences.
The program began with classes in the natural sciences. Schoolchildren, together with students of the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology Ekaterina Plotnikova, Ekaterina Makarova and Anastasia Pevzner, immersed themselves in the world of molecular cuisine. They mastered the technique of spherification, learned how to create molecular threads and spheres from foam.
Associate Professor of the Higher School of Service and Trade Boris Lyamin and Chairperson of the SNO IPMET Margarita Yanchevskaya told schoolchildren about the principles of lean manufacturing. In the format of a business game, students analyzed problems arising from the inefficient organization of the workspace and proposed solutions.
At a lecture on digital engineering, Tamara Korobova, an engineer at the Computer Engineering Center, explained to students majoring in engineering the basics of computer modeling and engineering analysis. She also spoke about the role of a digital engineer in the modern technological world.
Teachers of the Humanities Institute Elena Krupnova and Anastasia Savina held classes for classes of linguistic and social-humanitarian profiles. In the lesson “Digital linguistics in the modern world” schoolchildren learned about a promising direction at the intersection of linguistics and IT, discussed the tasks of digital linguists and participated in a thematic quiz. Anastasia Savina held a master class “Practical techniques for effective communication”, where participants completed exercises to develop listening skills, learned to work with non-verbal signals, and also mastered methods of establishing contact with the interlocutor, maintaining interest in the dialogue and holding attention.
Polytechnic Day at Gazprom School is an important part of our interaction with leading educational institutions. We tried to make the program as practice-oriented as possible so that schoolchildren could get acquainted with promising areas of training in an interactive form. Such events help students to consciously approach the choice of their future profession, – emphasized the acting director of the Center for Work with Educational Organizations Georgy Shkolnik.
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