THE NORMAL NIHILIST

My thesis is in two-parts. The first part is Ethan and Arthur, a short story about a father and a son grappling with the psychological consequences of their nihilism. The second part is an analysis of the implications of accepting nihilism on the value of a human life

Project Activities Features for Schoolchildren with the Use of Website at It Lessons

The author of the article reflects on the trends in the development of general education system in Russia based on the adopted new standards and other regulations. The concept of project technologies and the potential for applying the activity approach and developing universal educational activities in the course of informatics and ICT are revealed. The purpose of the study, which results are described in detail, is development of the website as a basis for creating individual interdisciplinary projects for students and experimental testing of the effectiveness of the chosen approach when conducting a series of IT lessons with interdisciplinary content. The designed learning model using the website and educational practices aimed at developing the ability to use information resources and communication tools have shown intensive integration of knowledge from various fields (“metasubjectivity”).  </jats:p