IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nos/voprob/2012i4p238-248.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Course and Subject Field Systems of Biology Education in the Russian Empire

Author

Listed:
  • Ekaterina Zharova

Abstract

Ekaterina Zharova, Ph.D. in Biology, teaching assistant at the Zoology and Anatomy Department, Petrovsky Bryansk State University, Bryansk, Russian Federation. Email: caty-zharr@yandex.ru Address: 14 Bezhitskaya St., Bryansk, 241036, Russian Federation.The paper describes evolution of biology education in Mathematical Physics faculties of Russian universities in the 19th and the early 20th centuries.The most important phases of this evolution are defined: dividing Mathematical Physics faculties into mathematical and natural science departments by the end of the 1840s; introducing obligatory practical trainings in laboratories for natural science and medical students-after the University Statute of 1863 was adopted, enabling natural science students to specialize in chemistry, geology, geography, and various fields of biology. The most essential changes in educational process were made by the University Statute of 1884, which replaced conventional annual examinations with pass-fail exams on a semester basis.The example of the Natural Science Department of Saint Petersburg University is used to show changes in educational process induced by transition from course system to subject field system in academic year 1906/1907. The newly-introduced subject field system almost didn't affect the studies in natural sciences, as specialization within departments had already been practiced by faculties. Russian students could get quality biology education in either course or subject field system of the early 20th century as long as they had an opportunity of doing research in equipped laboratories at any university center.

Suggested Citation

  • Ekaterina Zharova, 2012. "Course and Subject Field Systems of Biology Education in the Russian Empire," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 4, pages 238-248.
  • Handle: RePEc:nos:voprob:2012:i:4:p:238-248
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nos:voprob:2012:i:4:p:238-248. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Marta Morozova (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://vo.hse.ru/en/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.