Issues of Contemporary Education: Paradigms, Technologies, Teacher Training

Abstract

In the present paper, the following items are discussed: evolutionary synergetic and ecological paradigms of education; nonlinear thinking and nonlinear educational technologies; E-teaching and e-learning; on-line courses and open source software; m-learning as a new trend in e-learning; teacher training. Modern information and communication technologies, new pedagogical approaches are considered as pedagogical tools for self-education.