Moscow City Pedagogical University

Moscow City Pedagogical University - a state educational institution of higher professional education - was founded by the Decree of the Government of Moscow on March 1, 1995. The founder is the Department of Education of the city of Moscow. Currently, it includes 20 teaching faculties, the faculty of pre-university training, the faculty of advanced training and retraining of pedagogical personnel, a branch in Samara, representative offices in Serpukhov and Chekhov. The university has: 3 institutes - the Pedagogical Institute of Physical Culture (PIFK), the Research Institute of Metropolitan Education (NIISO); Institute of Preparation of the Leading Pedagogical Personnel (IPLPP), also the City Information Resource Center, the city monitoring service of metropolitan education, the autonomous non-profit organization "Information Technologies in Education" (ITO).

History

2024

Launch of the program "Ensuring the safety of the educational organization"

The master's program of higher education "Ensuring the safety of an educational organization" was developed at the Moscow City Pedagogical University. The Moscow State Pedagogical University will train high-level specialists in integrated security for schools and universities who know how to cope with the challenges of the modern world, own all the advanced IT, including using AI to prevent emergency situations. The university announced this on July 17, 2024.

How to protect yourself from terrorists, act in a fire, protect personal data on the network? What technical means help make an educational institution a safe place? What regulations should a security specialist understand? Teachers of the magistracy of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, including leading experts in the field of security, heads of executive authorities, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all these topics, as well as the anti-terror program, the prevention of extremism, work with the chipboard, civil defense and emergency situations will pay special attention, said Oleg Zverev, associate professor of the Department of Physical Education and Life Safety of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, organizer of the Safe School Club.

MSPU undergraduates will acquire professional competencies in various areas related to security, learn about methods and technological developments aimed at creating conditions for the safe stay of students, students and employees in an educational institution. For example, systems using artificial intelligence that analyze potentially dangerous situations - a person's fall, fire, the appearance of an armed criminal in a building. A block of lectures on the organization of highly effective security and the document "Anti-crisis team" have been developed, regulating the actions of employees in emergencies, where, in particular, algorithms for withdrawing students from the building during evacuation are described.

The master's program was a continuation of the all-Russian meetings of the "Safe School," which Oleg Zverev holds at the Moscow State Pedagogical University. The club gathers security specialists and deputy directors from all over the country, discusses security problems in educational institutions, new technologies and shares life hacks.

Agreement with Micron on joint training of highly qualified specialists for microelectronics

On April 16, 2024, Micron and Moscow City Pedagogical University (MGPU) signed a long-term agreement on the joint training of highly qualified specialists for microelectronics.

The agreement provides for the training at the MGPU site in Zelenograd of engineering personnel with knowledge and experience in the design and development of devices and electronic units for various purposes based on the MIK32 Amur microcontroller and other microelectronic components of Micron.

In the near future, we will include in our educational programs some modules for training specialists for high-tech enterprises. In particular, a program will be worked out on the use of the microcontroller MIK32 Amur for equipment used in the training of high school students and students, - said Igor Remorenko, rector of Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Micron is open to cooperation with universities in the country, providing its production and technological sites to ensure engineering potential in the microelectronic sphere. Thanks to such a program, students and schoolchildren will be able to get practical skills and competencies that meet the requirements of the market, "said Gulnara Khasyanova, General Director of Micron JSC.

In accordance with the agreement, Micron handed over to MGPU a batch of debugging kits with RISC-V microcontroller MIK32 Amur for use in the educational process and organizing training sessions on the architecture of microcircuits and methods of their programming. By the academic year 2024-2025, the corresponding training course and laboratories will appear at the university.

2023

Plan to open an advisory and diagnostic center for adults with dyslexia

In the near future, the Moscow City Pedagogical University will open a consultative and diagnostic center for adults with dyslexia. The university announced this on October 19, 2023.

As noted by acting Director of the Institute of Special Education and Psychology of the Moscow State Pedagogical University Elena Ushakova, the creation of the center is dictated by the need for professional assistance to adults with dyslexia.

{{quote 'Dyslexia is not just a childhood problem. As an adult, it can also seriously complicate life, interfering with full-fledged social adaptation. Our center is designed to fill this gap, - said Ushakova. - The problem of dyslexia has reached the state level - this is evidenced by the fact that the event was attended by experts from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, members of the Expert Council on Education of People with Disabilities and People with Disabilities under the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education. }}

The center will have a team of highly qualified specialists - psychologists, speech therapists, defectologists. They will diagnose violations of writing and reading, advise on overcoming difficulties with text information.

Assistance will be provided free of charge to all applicants aged 16 to 65 years. For each after the examination, a personal roadmap will be developed with recommendations for the correction of dyslexia.

In addition, on the basis of the center, it is planned to conduct training trainings and seminars for specialists, students of pedagogical universities, as well as other educational events on the problem of dyslexia.

The opening of the center for assistance to adults with violations of writing and reading will be an important milestone in providing professional support to this category of the population. The activities of the center will contribute to overcoming difficulties and successful socialization of people with dyslexia.

The first Moscow university allowed its students to use AI to write diplomas

On August 31, 2023, the Moscow City Pedagogical University (MGPU) announced that students are officially allowed to use artificial intelligence technologies in the preparation of graduation qualifications. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the Scientific Council. Thus, MGPU became the first Moscow university to legalize AI for writing diplomas.

Students, under the new rules, can use chatbots and other AI tools to obtain data and create texts. However, borrowed information must be independently analyzed and processed. The university notes that "the generated texts are good material for new ideas and analysis."

MSPU allowed the use of AI in the preparation of the WCR

MGPU emphasizes that both students and teachers are actually already using AI tools. Therefore, the legalization of such systems is necessary. At the same time, the university introduces strict rules to prevent direct write-off using AI. It is also noted that the tools for generating various information should not be perceived as an absolutely reliable data source.

To prevent plagiarism, to create texts honestly, to reasonably present conclusions, general rules for the use of AI are needed. Banning use is the easiest way, but hardly effective. If in the future our graduates still cannot avoid using this tool, it is better to learn how to use it correctly, - said the rector of the university Igor Remorenko.

According to him, MGPU actively uses artificial intelligence systems to analyze what is happening in the classroom. In particular, several dozen audiences have cameras installed that track students' behavior, emotions and facial expressions. This allows us to conclude which of the classes was the most emotional or the most boring.^[1]

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