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Educational Network in Pushchino

I. Overview

The educational network functions in Pushchino, a world-famous community of Russian Academy of Sciences situated 100-km south of Moscow. The population of Pushchino (25 000) consists of educated, internationally oriented, health-conscious people who are interested in new ideas. The Net supports methods for improving education through student-focused partnerships involving the schools. The Net provides the students with preliminary university course in economy and related sciences, mathematics, English. Around 60 students of 14-17 years old are involved in the Net activity. The Net is nonprofit and works in the collaboration with the nongovernmental organizations: Vernadsky International Center for Biosphere Studies and the Association of Women in Science and Education.

The Net is open for international contacts and collaboration. Housing options: hotel, dormitory, host-families. The area offers many natural recreational activities such as swimming, skiing, trips to Prioksckii National Parks, etc. Regularly scheduled bus services provide transportation to Moscow. The area experiences all the changes of the four seasons. It is famous for the beauty of its landscapes and healthy environment.

II. The Net is distributed among secondary schools of Pushchino:

• The Federal Secondary School of Russian Academy of Education;
• The Municipal Secondary School of Russian Ministry of Education;
• The Agronomic Secondary School with the Nongovernmental College of Agriculture;
• The Lycee (the Municipal Secondary School of Alternative Education)

III. The Net Goals are:

• To give students the knowledge necessary to enter universities and to continue their education in the field of economy sciences (business, finance, market conditions, management, banking, etc.).
• To inspire the interest of children to economic education by creating the favorable social environment.
• To develop original educational programs and distribution of the experience among the participants of the Net.
• To involve parents in the education of their children; to broaden parent, teacher, and school interaction.

IV. The Net curriculum:

1. Math Course:
   • inequality
   • trigonometry
   • equation system
   • analytical functions
   • math progressions
   • logarithm
   • geometry
   • applied math
2. Economy Course
   • Introduction in World Economy
   • Geography of World Economy
   • Finance
   • Banking
3. Computer Text and Data processing
   • Word Perfect
   • Win Word
   • Paint Brush
   • Harvard Graphic
   • Excels
4. The English course with the emphasis on speaking and understanding of spoken language.

V. Historical Background

For a long time the economic education was not popular in Russia because of specific political ideas keeping USSR out the rest wold. This resulted in the loss of the commercial activity among the people. Today the development of market and private property in Russia inspired the need in experts familiar to the market laws and rules. Changed economic situation aims to reestablish the feeling of the market. However, the new generation of ideas to be formed in country should be introduced in school. The most important direction of the activity is the development of social climate to inspire the interest of children to economic education. Therefore, the Net Program includes visits to banks and enterprises, lectures given by leading scientists of Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian State University at Pushchino, officers of firms, banks and Russian-U.S.Consortium.

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