Non-Formal Education of Children in Russia: the Legacy of the Soviet Union and Future in the New Information Environment %)

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1 Higher School of Economics Institute of Education The Future of Education Non-Formal Education of Children in Russia: the Legacy of the Soviet Union and Future in the New Information Environment %) Higher School of Economics Graduate School of Education Sergey Kosaretski Boris Kuprianoff Shimutina Elena Fedor Marchenko

2 Data Official statistics Parents surveys Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO), ,000 parents of children aged 5-18 in 100 schools Digital parenting Russia study (on-line) 3833 parents aged 18 до 55 aged in cities Digital competence of teenagers and parents. Foundation of Internet Development, parents of teenagers The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE) schoolchildren

3 Non-formal (out of school) education in USSR: connection to the pertinent objectives of a specific stage of the country's development agricultural and labor group association of young radio hams technical and industrial circles Young Astronauts Club Высшая школа экономики, Москва, 2011

4 Special advantages of the Soviet system of nonformal education mobility (expeditions and trips to other regions in contests and competitions, camps...) easy walking access to mass practices system of involving children from disadvantaged families free-of-charge basis professional guidance and training Высшая школа экономики, Москва, 2011

5 Children's involvement in non-formal education programs in Russia Total - 7,990,000 children aged 5 to 18 years / 62% of the total number of Russian children in that age group Outside of schools % Based at schools % A portion of the children attended both school-based programs and programs outside of schools. The average child spends 6.8 hours a week in non-formal education programs The average age at which to begin visiting non-formal services is 6 years Non-formal education programs outside of schools are completely free for 34% of families, school-based non-formal programs are free for 70% of families

6 Coverage of children by non-formal educational programs in public institutions by age groups (official statistics, valid %) years years years

7 Structure of non-formal education in Russia Organizations Founders Educational Institutions NGO s Departments NGO s Corporations Confessions federal&region al Education Culture Sport Youth Politics фото Centre municipal House Shadow private infrastructure Высшая школа экономики, Москва, 2013 Private tutors Private organization without official license Educational Institutions Institutions of additional education for children School Pre-school University фото фото Palace Station Club

8 Types of non-formal education MEMO (valid %) Sport 49,4 Fine art 45,3 Foreign language 26 School subjects within curricular 25,6 School subjects extra-curricular 14,8 School\college\university preparation 7,2 Craft 6,4 Programming 5,2 Science (reasearch activities) 3,9 Design 3,9 Tourism 3,9 Extracurricular activities (incl. voluntary 3,2 Patriotic activity 2,9 31,2 36,5 61,2 66,2 79,5 64,2 84,7 90,8 93,9 91,7 90,8 94,4 94,3 19,4 18,2 12,8 8,2 5,8 28,7 8,9 4 2,2 4,4 5,2 2,4 2,8 Present Never attended Past

9 Coverage of children by non-formal education programs in state organizations (official statistics) 5% 2% technical creativity 4% 16% 5% 5% sports technical program ecological-biological program 34% 29% tourist and regional program sports program art creativity cultural program etc

10 Most important characteristics of non-formal education for parents MEMO (valid %) Health promotion, fit keeping 52,9 Child s interests support 46,7 Interpersonal skills development 34,4 Aesthetic education 30,2 Child s free time control 27,1 Mental development 26,3 Preparation for exams, university 16,3 School academic results improvement 7,5 Career prospects, financial benefits 6,9 Choice of profession support 5 Patriotiс values 3,4 Other 0,2

11 Technical opportunity to use the educational resources of the Internet (FID, 2013) PC Family (shared) computer or notebook Mobile phone Smartphone 5 14 Tablet computer (ipad, tablet) 5 12 Game console 2 1 TV 2 1 Public computer (that can be accessed by 5 1 Computer at work Teenagers Adults

12 Russian children in digital space 90% of children have a computer have access to the Internet Kids aged from 12 to 17 represent 8% of Russian online users (TNS, 2013) 89% of teenagers (aged from 12-17) use internet every day or almost everyday (FID) 76% of kids aged from 8 to 9 and 82% of children aged from 10 to 12 spend more than 1 hour online daily (FID, 2010). Social networks are used regularly by 59.6 % of children (Kaspersky Labs, 2013) Search for info for school is the second most important type of online activity - 49% teenagers (FID) Only 7% teenagers use educational web-sites and online courses (FID)

13 Has at least one of the following: portable computer, tablet computer, smartphone/iphone/personal communicator, mobile phone Doesn't have portable computer, tablet computer, smartphone/iphone/personal communicator, mobile phone Used Internet to acquire informmation materials in last 12 months 47,6% 65,3% Used Internet for personal enrichment and improvement of cultural awareness in last 12 months 67,5% 58,4% 0,00% 20,00% 40,00% 60,00% 80,00%

14 Informal Education on The Russian Internet Educational radio online Online resources for preschoolers MOOCs Video lessons Online tutoring Mobile apps Educative communities in social networks Educational TV online ebooks

15 Conclusions There is a high level of access to non-formal education in Russia It is based on the infrastructure and pedagogical practices of the Soviet period, but is transforming in response to changes in social and technological order Mechanisms of state involvement (mobilization) in non-formal education stopped working. Scale involvement and the quality of programs depend on the level of parents' education and family income In Russia there is a rather high level of availability of the Internet and gadgets for children The sphere of informal education in Web for children is currently underdeveloped, but the dynamics of change are encouraging Usage of Internet for informal education of children also depends on the family income

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