Introduction: the distribution of humanistic tendencies to the management in the system of professional development of pedagogical staff assumes reference to project approach, the ideas of the advanced and continuous education. The efficiency of project management is defined by considering a competence-based paradigm of education the main task of which consists in formation of professional competence of teachers in the field of children transport safety . The research of specific features of project management has allowed to prove and approve the project of professional development for pedagogical staff on the basis of the electronic educational environment of the Minin university in the unity of valuable and semantic, substantial and activity, technological, reflexive aspects and stage-by –stage approach.

Materials and methods: the research was conducted on the basis of scientific and pedagogical methods of analysis, comparative generalization and systematization of theoretical and empirical sources, as well as questionnaires that provide necessary objectivity and an heuristicity of conclusions.

Results: the article reflects the conceptual ideas of relevance of project management, the project of professional development of pedagogical personnel of regional institutes of professional development and institutes of development of education, the general education organizations, and organizations of additional and preschool education in the sphere of transport safety of children in the electronic educational environment. The special features of project management are revealed taking into consideration peculiarities  of educational system, its goal-setting and goal achieving as well as  performing  administrative functions.

Discussion and Conclusions: project management in advanced training courses for teachers in the sphere of transport safety of children on the basis of the electronic educational environment has high potential and provides successful acquiring of new relevant competences by trainees of different regions of the country. The use of innovative administrative and pedagogical technologies reflects the culture of a modern era with its post – non-classical approach, large-scale informatization, subjectivity of training, developed communications and reflection.

Introduction: the problem of monitoring the profitability of the main professional educational programs being implemented is becoming increasingly important in the context of the need to meet the criteria for the effectiveness of the activities of universities, the introduction of effective financial management in the universities and the modernization of the management system of educational programs. The profitability of the educational program is considered not only as a key indicator of the economic efficiency of the implementation of educational programs, but also as one of the significant factors in determining the prospects for the development of the university, which has a significant impact on the indicators of the university and characterizes the result achieved and the resources used.

Materials and methods: in the article the issue of increasing the efficiency of the university activity under the conditions of the management of the basic professional educational programs is considered, the description of the information - analytical service for calculating the profitability of the implementation of the basic professional educational programs introduced in the Minin University as one of the key conditions for the effectiveness of the modernization of the management of educational programs is presented.

Results of the research: the authors describe the methodology and the main stages of the project implementation for the creation and implementation of the electronic service "Calculation of the planned profitability of the implementation of the main professional educational programs", including the formation of the budget of income and expenditure of the main professional educational programs; the indicators obtained by the results of the introduction of the service are listed, the main effects from the introduction of the service are listed.

Discussion and conclusions: the final part of the article examines the possibilities and limitations of the application of the experience of the Minin University in other higher education educational institutions, examines the problems encountered in the implementation of the project, lists the profitability of the implementation of educational programs, expected in the long term as a result of the implementation of the service.

Introduction: management of educational systems is currently focused on optimizing activities - new solutions are needed to intensify the basic processes of an educational organization, new requirements for saving all types of resources are highlighted, new approaches to personnel management and making strategic decisions on the development of an educational organization are identified. Of great interest at the present time is the project approach to the management of the educational system: being focused on a rapidly changing environment and constant limited resources, it most accurately meets the realities of today's educational environment and provides opportunities for the innovative development of an educational organization.

Materials and methods: the article explores the features of project management of the educational system. The paper reveals various approaches to management, analyzes the characteristic features of the management of the educational system, identifies patterns and principles of project management. Analyzing the project management of the educational system, the leading schools of project management in business and education, the author highlights the features of project management, which make it possible to consider it more effective than others, describes the practical results of the implementation of the project approach in university management.

Results: the work demonstrates the effects of introducing a project approach to the management of the educational system, shows how project management allows to solve the tasks of development of an educational organization, accumulate efforts to solve complex issues of activity, combine human and material resources for various purposes.

Discussion and Conclusions: project management is a promising way of developing the educational system, allowing to solve complex tasks, build parallel processes and form forward-looking solutions in the context of global educational competition and high uncertainty in the educational environment.

Introduction: continuous development of information technologies creates completely new tasks and principles of work for higher educational institutions: not just quality education in the narrow framework of the future profession, but also training the student with a whole range of professional skills that enable him to start his duties in the working environment as quickly and efficiently as possible. New, higher requirements for the preparation of students in the field of information technology are being put forward. In connection with this, the problems of studying the process of forming analytical skills in students of information-oriented areas of training, developing tools, mechanisms, technologies, approaches to their formation in the process of professional training of students in the university become urgent. The purpose of the article is to identify the pedagogical conditions that contribute to the successful formation of analytical skills in future IT professionals in higher education.

Materials and methods: to implement the goal and solve the tasks posed, the following research methods were used: the study and analysis of pedagogical, scientific and methodological literature on the problem of work; classification; analysis and generalization of pedagogical experience, modeling.

Results: it is substantiated that the necessary and sufficient pedagogical conditions for the successful formation of analytical skills in future specialists in the field of information technologies are: the use of developmental tasks reflecting the structure and content of analytical skills; orientation of independent work of students in the process of mastering information technologies for research activities; realization of the person-oriented interaction of teachers and students on the basis of the method of projects implemented with the use of information technology. The main components of the formation of analytical skills are motivational, cognitive, reflexive and creative.

Discussion and Conclusions: analytical skills are professionally significant for specialists in the field of information technology, they allow solving the difficulties of professional activity and finding the best solutions to the tasks set. Realization of the revealed pedagogical conditions promotes the successful formation of analytical skills of future IT specialists in higher education

Introduction: theorization as an object of scientific research in pedagogy and the product of the development of scientific knowledge and science in general defines its internal structures and products in the system of traditional and innovative scientific knowledge, reveals the general, private, private-subject and private-special possibilities of scientific knowledge in pedagogy as science. The problem of the qualitative use of the foundations and possibilities of theorization is of interest in the position of two component searches: academic and scientific.

Materials and methods: in the structure of writing, theoretical and empirical research methods were used: analysis, synthesis, synthesis, comparison, comparison, pedagogical modeling, pedagogical design, study of the work of teachers and student teachers, registration method, methods of mathematical statistics. Pedagogical methodology is presented in a broad, narrow, local sense; in the constructions of innovative pedagogy - adaptive-acmepedagogical, functional-labor, epistemological-personified sense.

Results: theorization is a complex system of neoplasms of scientific experience of activity and scientific research, the possibility of using theorization can be carried out in the structure of didactic knowledge and scientific and pedagogical research. In the statistics of the qualitative transition from didactic theorization to scientific theorization, one can use the data of forming a culture of independent work of an individual, determining through the accessibility of the method and technology used to create conditions for improving the quality of theorization due to the involvement of the personality of the student teacher in continuing education in research work.

Discussion and Conclusions: theorizing in didactic and scientific-pedagogical knowledge is an opportunity to improve the quality of productive and personified-productive decisions in the system of priorities and norms of professional and pedagogical values and ways of solving pedagogical problems.

Introduction: ensuring the modern quality of education is largely determined by the implementation of the competence-based approach in the learning process and the systematic identification of the level of formation of competencies. In most research papers, competence is interpreted as an integral characteristic of the student, reflecting his ability to use the entire set of existing knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, and personal qualities to solve emerging problems. In the new Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education, all competences are divided into universal, general professional and professional. The article is devoted to the search for ways of forming universal and general professional competencies of future bachelors of pedagogical education with the help of network social services within the framework of students' classroom and extracurricular activities.

Materials and methods: when writing the article, the following methods were used - analysis of domestic and foreign literature, comparative analysis, pedagogical experiment.

Results: the experience of the implementation of the competence-based approach with the help of network social services in teaching future bachelors of the “Pedagogical education” training course at Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University is presented. The possible uses of the network of social services in the framework of the module "Information Technology" and discipline "Information technologies in education", as well as through extracurricular activities of students. Examples of using hypertext creation services, joint editing of documents, joint search and storage of information, on-line visualization, etc. are given. The didactic potential of students' project activities is analyzed using networked social services within the framework of the educational information environment of the main professional educational program.

Discussion and Conclusions: the search for new effective ways to use network social services is aimed at creating pedagogical conditions for creative self-realization, professional adaptation and professional development of future bachelors of pedagogical education.

Introduction: the relevance of this topic is due to the fact that the virtual educational environment contributes to the development of independent and critical thinking among University students who are ready to adapt to the ever-developing world, to professional growth, continuous growth of the quality of knowledge, skills and professional and personal qualities, are able to see and creatively approach the process of solving emerging practical problems.

The aim of the research is the theoretical substantiation of pedagogical conditions of efficiency of students ' independent work with the use of virtual educational environment.

The object of the research is the independent work of University students. The subject of the research is the organization of independent work of students using virtual educational environment.

Scientific novelty of the research is as follows:- the expedience and necessity of pedagogical support of independent work with the use of a virtual educational environment is stated;- the pedagogical conditions of the organization of independent work of students with the use of software are highlighted;- the concept is formulated and the structure (composition) of the teaching module is proposed.

Also in the article the theoretical substantiation of didactic features of electronic program complex and conditions for its implementation in educational process which provide productive independent work of students is given.

Materials and methods: when writing the article the following methods were used - analysis of national and foreign literature, comparative analysis, pedagogical experiment.

Results: the practical significance of the work lies in the development of electronic educational and methodical complexes (EEMC) on the Moodle platform in the disciplines of "Information security", "Operating systems" (Minin University), allowing to stimulate the desire to teach students; effectively organize independent activities and enhance cognitive activity of students.

Discussion and Conclusions: competent organization of independent work in a virtual educational environment and the use of modern tools for this significantly improve the quality of professional training.

Introduction: at present, the activity of regional educational organizations, including regional universities, has a significant impact on the processes of regional development in the areas of educational, scientific and socio-cultural activities. Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, as one of the leading universities in the region, is actively implementing the Program of Transformation into the University Center for Social Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Materials and methods: the study was carried out on the basis of scientific and pedagogical methods of analysis, comparative generalization and systematization of theoretical and empirical sources, which determine the necessary objectivity and heuristics of the conclusions.

Results: the article presents the experience of creating and operating an open educational space in Minin University. The open educational space described in the article is based on the ideas of social planning and the convention of generations with a focal point in the structure of a pedagogical university.

The article describes the concept of creating an open socio-educational environment, as well as the approaches on which the implementation of the concept is based: a systemic, competence, activity-based and student-centered approach.

As part of the design of an open social and educational space, a model was developed, the center of which is the social and educational center “Territory of Opportunities” of the University of Minin. The leading idea underlying the work of the center is the idea of social design and the idea of a convention of generations.

The authors described the experience of the implementation of the project “Social educational environment of the Territory of Opportunities”, which was launched by  Minin University in 2018

The “Territory of Opportunities” center became the managerial structure of the project, bringing together stakeholders, including the student association of the same name, research and teaching staff of Minin University, municipal authorities, integrated social service centers for the Nizhny Novgorod districts, Regional Organization of Veterans / Pensioners / War, Labor , Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Center for Children's Creativity, Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod, Service on the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services and minority shareholders of the Volga-Vyatka headquarters of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, etc.

Discussion and Conclusions: the purpose of the publication of the article is to summarize the experience gained by the authors in creating and managing the work of open educational spaces for people of different age categories, implementing their activities, including those with the involvement of volunteers. Both the authors' approach to the solution of the task, as well as some practical results obtained in the implementation of social and educational activities with people of different age groups on the basis of a pedagogical university can be new and interesting.

Introduction: the article deals with current problems of teaching talent and teaching intelligence. A review of the main foreign psychological concepts of giftedness is presented (the concept of “intellectual threshold” is a triad concept of giftedness, a five-factor psychosocial model of giftedness, etc.), different approaches to understanding the structure of this phenomenon are analyzed. The theoretical concepts of giftedness of domestic researchers are discussed in the context of the psychology of intelligence and the psychology of creativity: the working concept of giftedness, the theory of intellectual giftedness, the dynamic theory of giftedness, etc.). The national concept of teaching talent of schoolchildren is analyzed from the point of view of the authors' understanding of the psychological content and dynamics of the development of teaching talent in the age aspect.

Materials and methods: the main methods of the research are the analysis of the literature, formalization and modeling, psychological and pedagogical design of theoretical and applied approaches to the description of the phenomenons of teaching talent and teaching intelligence.

Results: the author's understanding of teaching talent as a psychological prerequisite for the development of pedagogical abilities and teaching intelligence is proposed, its structure and content of its components are determined. The variable range of manifestations of universal structural components (creativity, activity, level of development of cognitive processes) and special structural components (pedagogical, communicative and organizational tendencies, artistry, speech abilities, empathy, interest in teaching activity) teaching talent are described. A brief overview of the key modern psychological theories of intelligence, including plural, emotional, creative, practical intelligence is given. Some domestic studies are analyzed, in particular the structural-dynamic theory of social intelligence. A teaching intelligence construct is introduced that meets the modern principles of scientific knowledge: inter-paradigm, the search for new generalizations based on the study of the history of the problem and the requirements of new approaches. The author's understanding of teaching intelligence as an integrative individual psychological personality characteristic is formulated. A five-factor structure of teaching intellect is presented, including cognitive intelligence, creative intelligence, practical intelligence, emotional and social intelligence.

Discussion and Conclusions: the definition of theoretical and applied approaches to describing the phenomenons of teaching talent and teaching intelligence is the basis for developing the conceptual framework for identifying and accompanying pedagogically gifted youth. The prospect of the study is the development of instruments for diagnosing and monitoring the effectiveness of work on supporting pedagogically gifted young people at all stages of the life cycle of the teaching profession. The article is addressed to a wide range of specialists involved in the work of supporting gifted children and pedagogically gifted youth - schoolchildren, applicants, students and graduates of pedagogical universities. 

Introduction: the analysis of conceptual bases of teaching talent is presented in article in the context of quickly developing modern Russian pedagogical education. The authors have shown modern conditions that prioritize the tasks of work with pedagogically gifted schoolchildren and students of pedagogical specialties. The original author's concept of teaching talent is introduced, unlike other approaches the authors' emphasis is placed on understanding of giftedness as genetically caused component of abilities as a basis for identification and support.

Materials and methods: the main methods of the conducted research is the analysis, synthesis and formalization, modeling, pedagogical design, the description of approaches and the principles of identification, selection and support of pedagogically gifted young people.

Results: the structure of teaching talent is considered as difficult interaction of universal and special components, non-uniform on the internal contents. Conceptual bases of identification, selection and support of pedagogically gifted youth are stated. A methodological basis of identification, selection and support of pedagogically gifted youth is the unity of individual and personal, event - activity and system approaches. Practical opportunities of application of the main approaches presented in the article are proved by set of the complementary principles of work with pedagogically gifted students of schools and the universities.

Discussion and Conclusions: the analysis of conceptual bases of identification, selection and support of pedagogically gifted youth makes prospect of a research, design and application of forms and methods of work with pedagogically gifted youth. The article targets the teachers of higher education institutions and schools, managers and tutors, who identify, select and support pedagogically gifted youth, as well as  organizers of and pedagogical classes at high comprehensive schools.

Introduction: the reference to the research topic is due to the relevance of using the mentoring system as the most effective way to use an organization’s human resource for solving strategic tasks. The need to revive the mentoring system in the country has been recognized by modern managers engaged in business, the economy, and services. It is the changes in the economy that lead to changes in management. Modern business has adopted a mentoring technique and gives it preference in preparing and adapting young specialists.

Materials and methods: in the study we used theoretical and empirical methods of cognition: methods of retrospective analysis of materials, analysis of literature, documents, analysis of work on the research topic, method of analogy and comparison, method of generalizing the results of research.

Results of the study: after analyzing scientific studies on mentoring, we came to the conclusion that in the current situation due to changes in the political and socio-economic situation, attitudes towards mentoring have changed and it has not lost its relevance. However, mentoring has undergone a transformation by type of activity: at the present stage, the category of “mentoring” is being rethought. Mentoring applies not only to the professional sphere and the sphere of social relations, but also to education and upbringing.

Discussions and conclusions: рroper organization of the mentoring system can not only transfer professional experience to subsequent generations, but also influence the process of educating young employees and the atmosphere of the organization. At the moment, the attention of not only manufacturing enterprises, but also non-production organizations has been drawn to the mentoring system. Mentoring is an effective means of promoting professional development, allowing employees of the organization to achieve career goals, intended professional success. High performance mentoring while improving the efficiency of human resources.

Introduction: the paper discusses the psychology of pedagogical mark problem, which has become very relevant in recent years. There is a growing public opinion that school grades should be abolished. It is obvious that such discussions periodically arise in the history of education for several centuries. However, the argument of the expediency of the abolition of the grades is insufficient, fragmented, contradictory and reinforced by the judgments is not scientific, but home plan with appeals to the psychological research of different levels. In this regard, it becomes necessary to create a scientific discourse on this problem in order to prevent pseudo-scientific speculation in solving social issues.

Materials and methods: the paper is an analytical review in which an attempt is made to systematize scientific psychological knowledge on the psychological problem of pedagogical assessment and mark. The main method of studying the psychological context of pedagogical assessment and mark is the method of theoretical analysis of scientific psychological sources.

Results: the consideration of theoretical positions and empirical research in the context of discussing the psychological problem of pedagogical marks and evaluation takes place in the perspective of research of emotional states of the pupil, school anxiety, school motivation, educational motivation, socio-psychological climate of the school class, self-esteem of the student, the relationship between the teacher and the pupil, parent-child relations. Consistently provides the scientific arguments refuting the opinion about the negative impact of teacher selection and evaluation in the above individual and social aspects of the system of relations of the student in the process of educational activity.

Discussion and Conclusions: the conclusion about inexpediency of school marks cancellation is proved. On the basis of the results of psychological research proves the need for pedagogical assessment and mark provided its objectivity and clarity as an effective way of feedback to the pupil and his social environment on the effectiveness of his educational activities.

Introduction: immediacy of the problem of non-being for philosophy is givenness. Parmenides’ ontology is the origin of the problem of non-being in Western-European tradition. It was Parmenides who enunciated the first conceptual idea of non-being in the history of Western-European tradition. This intention became the basis for onto-epistemological searching of philosophers of the following epochs. This paper goes to the understudied problem of reception of Parmenides’ theory of non-being in Plotinus’ henology.

Materials and Methods: the problem approach is defining. Its employment is quite specific when it is referred to searching of the problem of non-being within the history of philosophy. This paper insists on the importance of a distinction of the concepts “category of non-being” and “problem of non-being” and uses the category such as “theory of non-being”. Parmenides’ theory of not-being is taken to mean as the presence of both the problem of non-being and its solution.

Research findings: the key point of Eleatic theory of non-being is the dialectic of being and non-being where the following pattern is uncovered. All the characteristics of being are ontologically possible as non-being is rejected. This principle is present in Plotinus’ henology too. The authentic nature of the All is transcendental. Transcendence of the All stipulates Its apophatic in the immanence.

Discussions and conclusions: the origin of Plotinus’ henology is the Platonic philosophy. The same goes for the apophatic theology of the All. However, Platonism is not the only source of Plotinus’ theory of the All. The author shows that Parmenides’ theory of non-being is one of the cores of this intention. The apophatic of non-being and the apophatic theology of the All stipulate existence itself in Parmenides’ ontology and transcendence of the All in Plotinus’ henology. This is the principle which makes it possible to state reception of Parmenides’ theory of non-being in Plotinus’ henology.

Introduction: the purpose of this article is to highlight the main difficulties and paradoxes, which are connected with temporal and spatial infinity and also to research their solutions in the context of the philosophy of Xenophanes from Colophon and Parmenides from Elea.

Materials and Methods: the base of this article is various materials of Russian and foreign researchers, who have researched problem of the temporal infinity in the doctrine of Eleatics with different approaches. In this article the methodology of critical analysis of the researched materials is used, combined with the methods of comparative analysis of doctrine of Xenophanes and doctrine of Parmenides from Elea.

Results: the point of view according to which the Being of Xenophanes and Parmenides exists in time and space and  has the shape of a non-hollow sphere is researched in this article. Together with justification of the first point of view, there is another point of view according to which the Being of Xenophanes and Parmenides has unlimited length in time and space, but this Being has not got any form. According to this point of view, Xenophanes and Parmenides don't give this Being with shape of the sphere, but they just compare it with the sphere to reveal the perfection of such Being. We proved that Being of Xenophanes and Parmenides has unlimited length in time and space, but it has the form of the sphere. This state of affairs indicates the presence of the limitation of this Being and, therefore, the presence of actual contradiction. 

Discussion and conclusions: we have proved that main contradictions concerning the temporal and spatial infinity are not ultimately resolved in doctrine of Xenophanes and Parmenides from Elea and still exist as a field for further discussion.

Introduction: the Purpose of this article is to present the research carried out on the basis of Minin University. The research focused on the problem of the sensitivity of the academic space of the Russian University to gender aspects, as well as the identification of the degree of relevance of gender characteristics in the choice of communication strategies of Nizhny Novgorod students.

Materials and methods: the main for the article were the works of domestic and foreign authors who approached the problem of "gender and education" from various positions (psychological, pedagogical, sociological). Taking into account these developments, the authors of the article developed a questionnaire and conducted a sociological study aimed at identifying the facts of gender asymmetry in the space of the University and tracking the degree of comfort of communication participants, if any.

Results: the article presents the results of the primary analysis of empirical data. The survey, which was attended by students of three Nizhny Novgorod universities, showed a "complex" attitude of students to gender issues and their manifestations in social practices in General. The UNIVERSITY was interpreted by us as a sufficiently free communicative space, which, due to the solution of educational, professional and scientific problems, minimizes various social and morphological factors. The preliminary results of the study show that the walls of the University are not devoid of various forms and mechanics of gender discrimination. Different spheres of activity in the higher education space represent a different degree of severity of the gender imbalance: the business and professional relationships, as shown by the results, have a lower binding phenotype compared to friendly contacts. The results allow us to conclude that students perceive gender asymmetry as an integral and necessary component of modern culture.

Discussion and conclusions: the primary analysis of the results of the study revealed significant contradictions in the minds of Russian students, in issues related to both gender identification and the description of the subjective attitude of being in a gender – sensitive space.

Introduction: the article is devoted to the consideration of the ideological characteristics of members of the Volga pagan communities, "Rodnoverov-individuals" belonging to the union "Volga Frontier". June 23-24, 2018 employees of the research laboratory "New religious movements in modern Russia and Europe" of the Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University. Kozma Minin conducted a questionnaire among ordinary members of the cult environment of modern Russian paganism who took part in the celebration of the summer solstice (floodplain of the Kudma river, Mikhalchikovo village, Kstovsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region). The celebration was attended by 65 people, a representative sample represented by 45 respondents. The questionnaire consisted of four semantic blocks and included 18 questions, both open and closed. The article covers all the blocks of the questionnaire.

Materials and methods: analyzed the ideological features of the community association "Volzhsky frontier". On the basis of the verbal-communicative method (complete questionnaire), assessments of the characteristics of social and cultural identities, the attitude of the pagans to the organizational structure of the “birth-faith” movement, and state power are presented. Taking into account the specificity of the comparative historical method, the chronological framework of the golden age is considered, the “historical face of Russia” is defined.

Results: analysis of the obtained data allowed: first, to identify the features of the social portrait of a participant in Nizhny Novgorod Kupala (gender, age, education, occupation, etc.). Secondly, to form an idea of the views of the "Rodnovers" on issues related to the organizational structure of the movement, interaction of pagans with government bodies, the media. Thirdly, determine the type of cultural identity of the considered pagan community of the 21st century. Fourthly, to establish the chronological framework of the "young-speaking" golden age and the associated gradation of domestic historical figures.

Discussion and Conclusions: according to the data of the questionnaire, the modern “Volga pagan” is duplicated in the mass of ideological projections, are in the same ideological field, with separate organizations, unions of the communities of central Russia. The unity of the main religious, social and political strata allows us to state a certain unified Russian neo-pagan field, independent of the chronology of the origin and geographical localization of groups.