Authors

Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of an Educational Organization

The presented material discusses the issues of competitiveness in education, the competitiveness of an educational organization, its components. Currently, one of the topical issues is the question of the competitiveness of modern Russian education. Also, the topic of the development of competition in Russian education is constantly discussed by the world community. In discourses about the competitiveness of an educational organization in the modern educational market, such a problem as identifying/determining the factors of its increase is brought to the fore. According to various studies, the competitiveness of an educational organization is influenced by a variety of external and internal factors. In this regard, the main attention is paid to the identification of factors that ensure the competitiveness of Russian educational organizations in the educational services market. Now there is an increase in the competitiveness of Russian higher education in the international market, and therefore the competitiveness of education is considered on a global scale as the ability of the national education system to compete in the global scientific and educational market. It is worth noting that competitiveness is rightfully recognized as a complex concept, the meanings of which are considered in the broad and narrow senses of the word. When studying various aspects of the competitiveness of an educational organization, it is proposed to focus on the general definition of the concept of “competitiveness”, set out in the article. The competitiveness of an educational organization (like any other organization) is determined by the competitiveness of its personnel, and the competitiveness of personnel largely depends on the motivation of personnel to work, therefore, the article focuses on the factors that affect the competitiveness of an educational organization as a whole and in particular on the motivation of one of the categories of the main personnel of an educational organization (teaching staff) as a factor of increasing the competitiveness of an educational organization. The results of the research described in the article allow us to conclude that the constant study/monitoring of factors affecting the competitiveness of an educational organization is an important component of improving its competitiveness, which determines the need for further research and development in this area. Read more...

Competition in the Process of Studying in Educational Institutions of Higher Education

Rivalry is present in various spheres of human activity, for example, rivalry (competition) for a workplace, for a position, for the necessary resources, for a free place in transport and for points/grades in the educational process. The article is devoted to the issues of competition among students in educational activities for grades, including in the implementation of the point-rating system of assessment in educational institutions of higher education. According to various studies and based on the experience of the author’s professional activity, the use of a point-rating evaluation system in educational organizations has both its advantages and disadvantages. So, one of the indisputable advantages is considered to be an increase in students’ motivation for learning activities (to complete the task better than classmates), and one of the disadvantages is considered to be competition (sometimes unfair) for the assessment necessary for the student (often, this is a tough comparison with the scores received by classmates, and dissatisfaction (not corresponding to the real state of affairs) earned assessment, etc.). The significance of these points is enhanced due to the subjectivity of the teacher’s assessment of students, as well as the peculiarities of the distribution of points (individually for each teacher) and the evaluation of various creative educational works. Based on the study of the interaction of competing parties in educational activities for points, some methods are proposed, the use of which contributes to conscientious rivalry among students (joint gain, gain due to advantages), which indicates the practical significance of the article. The article shows that even with a detailed description and justification of the assessment (drawing up a scale and its criteria), various controversial issues will still arise in the assessment of students, leading to a certain form of rivalry in educational activities. Read more...