The Social Science Students’ Scientific Societies: Historical Experience and Current Trends

The article is devoted to formation of students’ scientific society in new conditions of uniform educational space in connection with signing by our country of the Bologna agreement in 2003. The main objectives of Russian education are analysed, the conclusion is drawn on need of preservation of a wealth of experience of the country. The authors show that the higher school of Russia can help with the solution of world global problems, training the experts capable to the international cooperation. Domestic universities have to become soon worthy partners in world education, actively being engaged in innovative activity especially as transition from industrial to post-industrial society demands educational paradigm schift. The authors insist: exactly in correctly functioning students’ scientific society each pupil will learn to think unconventionally and creatively respond to the challenges of time. Special attention is paid to that fact that the idea of creation of students’ scientific societies was supported by V. V. Putin at a meeting with scientific-pedagogical staff and a student’ s asset of Far Eastern Federal University (September, 2013). In the article such activities of participants of students’ scientific societies as development of the plan of its work for academic year, participation in various conferences, the organization of presentation of research works, formation of collections by results of student’s researches, formation of uniform scientific community are allocated. On the basis of the conducted research authors offer students’ scientific societies management in the form of mentoring partnership, as special type of pedagogical maintenance of individual activity of the pupil. The special attention is paid to need of students’ scientific work performed in line with the main scientific directions of University (the idea is successfully applied in activity of students’ scientific societies of North-West Institute of Management) In the conclusion assistance of students’ scientific societies in performance of the major purpose of the education, having paramount value for economy of Russia, speaks - to prepare the graduate, competitive on the world market.