Vol 3, No 2 (2014)

The article describes the process of drafting out and adopting the law «Municipal Provisions» of 1870 in brief. The paper considers the process of its discussion during the eight years before the law was approved. The author characterizes the government's views of the electoral system, of the structure of the municipal government, their main functions.

The authors studied the influence of autogenic training sessions on cognitive and physiological processes of male workers. They found out that autogenic training exercises stimulate voluntary attention and stress resistance, they also stabilize emotional state.

The article characterizes zoos as social integration institutions that raise students’ ecological awareness. This is possible thanks to biological and ecological constituents, values and environmental activities that zoos imply.

The article justifies the necessity of appealing to Karl Marx’s works when teaching economic units of the school course «Social Science».

The paper presents the social and economic and natural prerequisites for economic development in Klyavlin area, Samara region. The peculiarities of its economic and geographical position, relief, climate, natural zones and soils, basic natural and manpower resources supply are analyzed.

The paper dwells upon the issues of cultivated areas pollution - with heavy metals in particular - in the railway neighborhood. It identifies the main pollutants and principles of their standardization. Ways of pollution reduction are suggested. The author also highlights the sustainability of some crops in the aspect of heavy metal content in them.

The present paper analyzes B.A. Sadovskoy’s article “Russian Kamena” dedicated to G.R. Derzhavin. It is pointed out that B.A. Sadovskoy’s article is presented in a form of polemics with A.S. Pushkin about G.R. Derzhavin’s role in the development of Russian poetry. It is noted that B.A. Sadovskoy sees G.R. Derzhavin as A.S. Pushkin’s predecessor and names poetic form, humour and description as artistic merits of his poetry. Special features of B.A. Sadovskoy’s style as a literary critic are also defined.

Тhe article dwells upon inclusive education in the process of sight-disabled students’ professional training at the medical college. It is one of the most crucial points in their integration and job rehabilitation in the society

This article highlights the peculiarities of primary school students’ behavior in dangerous situations of social character. The author focuses on the personal types of behavior in a case of emergency and the factors it depends on.

The article dwells upon use of dialogue technology in students’ cooperative creative learning and teaching process. The paper describes the stages of its implementation, as well as the goals and objectives. The authors analyze what the above-mentioned technology used in training students majoring in education and psychology at the Faculty of Psychology has resulted in.

The issues of origin, urgent problems and perspectives of the course “Local Botany Studies” are presented. The paper also outlines the curricula of Faculty of Natural Science and Geography together with the course mentioned above in the context of the Federal State Education Standard 03.

The article presents the fractal cluster analysis of the ventromedialis and lateralis hypothalamus nuclei in hypothalamus of the cat and man brain. It proves that the clusters of the brain nuclei of both cat and man are monofractals with different fractal dimensions. The nuclei themselves are multifractals. Estimating the fractal dimensions of the clusters mentioned above results in identifying their structural similarities and differences.

The article describes the development and implementation of chemical experiment based on the replacing foods with synthetic materials on industrial scale, as exemplified in the local history.

The paper dwells upon inclusive education in the process of disabled children’s integration, their environmental awareness development, ecological way of thinking and ecological culture promotion. In this aspect the specific environment of the Zoological Museum is significant.

The paper highlights the specific features of studying ontogenetic biology in the course of general biology in the subject-oriented classes.

Nowadays one of the most important methods of teaching literature is a culturological approach. Today teaching literature faces some difficulties because of social processes in the society. The article aims at identifying ways of appealing to regional studies and therefore making teaching literature more effective. The research of literary texts perception by 5-11 th year Orenburg students was held. It was based on literature and regional studies tests results of the students. So a method of step-by-step combining regional studies and literature was developed. Herein such criteria were considered as students’ age, grade, type of school and teachers’ qualification in regional studies. The article highlights objectives and ways of introducing regional studies in the educational process according to the student-reader evolution theory by V.G. Marantsman. The author displays types of classes that is of practical importance for a philology teacher.

The article deals with the possibility of raising students’ cognitive activity at chemistry lessons by means of educational games. It gives an example of a chemistry game for eighth-graders. It is "Wit and Humour Competition on Periodic Law and Mendeleyev’s Periodic Table" which can be used by chemistry teachers in comprehensive schools.

This paper presents the conditions under which middle school students would be more motivated and determined at personal records in physical and sports activities, as well as the impact of these conditions on the students’ values, fitness level, character types.

The article substantiates the necessity of formation the scientific notions in institute of higher education and school on the theoretical footing with using opposed educational method. The article authors include and partly substantiate the transcendental idea (Kant), which is necessary for systematic regulating notions and terms for learning syntax.

The article traces the history of the concept «ecotone» and gives the modern scientific interpretation of ecotone. The author specifies the criteria for identifying ecotone, explains what ecotonal system is and dwells upon methodological principles of studying ecotonal ecosystems.

The article considers the peculiarities of the educational process in connection with transition to two-level system of higher education, curriculum development, and also systems of monitoring and evaluation of learning outcomes in the aspect of the competent approach

This paper focuses on the bachelors of Preschool Education and Primary Education training for implementing continuity of preschool and primary maths education. According to the author, it is considerable to make up and test special assignments for undergraduate students to solve the problem.

E paper focuses on the history of the collection of invertebrates as exemplified in the arachnids.

The development of modern techniques and technologies and their effective use is largely determined by the level of psychological support of operations. Engineering psychology is of importance in this aspect. Therefore, one of the important tasks of higher education is to prepare highly qualified specialists in engineering psychology.