Tag - Department of Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education

Open day for high schoolers held at Institute

The program for the first Open Day of the year at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies was packed with activities: meetings with management, lectures, tours, games, and competitions. Not only Tatarstan schoolchildren but also students from other regions of the country participated. Participants received student ID cards and record books, which were graded by...

Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev opens Museum-Laboratory of Natural Sciences at Qayum Nasyri Secondary School

Kazan Federal University co-organized the 5th International Scientific and Practical Conference Nasyri Readings. The event, which took place at Nasyri Secondary Tatar-Russian School No. 80 with Advanced Study of Selected Subjects (Kazan), was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Education Department of the Kazan Executive Committee. The key...

GeoUrbo student science club commended during meeting of winners of Student of the Year in Tatarstan 2025

The club’s work, recognized with a laureate diploma in the Student Research Organization of the Year category, was presented to First Vice-Rector for Research Dmitry Tayursky, Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Moral Education Arif Mezhvedilov, and other participants of the event, which was held as part of the republican science festival Territory of Knowledge, by...

Polar explorer Fyodor Shipulin: “When you’re in Antarctica, you really want to go where it’s summer and there is green grass”

Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting with Fyodor Shipulin, an anesthesiologist and mountaineer who participated in the 69th Russian Antarctic Expedition. Students and schoolchildren of various ages, from first graders to eleventh graders, gathered at KFU's UNICS sports complex to hear the fascinating story of how a doctor became a polar explorer and what challenges he...

Award ceremony of the Interregional Association of Geography Teachers of Russia held at KFU

A certificate recognizing honorary membership in the association was presented by KFU Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev to Ilgizar Gaisin, Professor of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education, and Chair of the association’s regional branch in the Republic of Tatarstan. For many years of productive work within the public and...

Contemporary Geographical Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions Forum held at KFU

Among the participants were KFU representatives: Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev; Deputy Director of IGPT for Academic Affairs Andrey Teryokhin; Chair of the Department of Geography and Cartography Elena Pudovik; Chair of the Department of the Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education Ruslan Ulengov; Professor Ilgizar Gaisin, and others. The ranks of invitees also included other KFU employees,...

1st Roundtable Discussion on Geographical, Geological and Ecological Education: A Look into the Future held at KFU

The event, organized jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Education Department of the Kazan Executive Committee, was attended by Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences; Ruslan Ulengov, Chair of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education; Ilgizar Gaysin, Professor of the same...

Fresh students welcomed to alma mater by Institute leadership

The young people and their future mentors convened at the meeting hall on 1 September. They were greeted by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Acting Director of IGPT Vladimir Silantyev, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs Andrey Teryokhin, Deputy Director for Moral Education and Social Work Natalya Khorkova, Deputy Director for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships...

IGPT expert represented at the Development of Small Cities and Historical Settlements Forum in Kazan

The forum was held on 20 and 21 August at Kazan Expo. The event was headlined by the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin and featured Vice Premier of Russia Dmitry Grigorenko, Vice Premier of Russia Marat Khusnullin, Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction and Utilities of Russia Irek Faizullin, and others. Associate Professor...

Documentary about prominent geologist Nikolay Golovkinsky premieres at KFU’s Showroom

The film, The Basic Law of the Correlation of Time and Space in Geology, was co-written by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, consulted by Acting Director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies Vladimir Silantyev, and directed by Head of the Student Lab of UNIVER TV Ilshat Khusaenov. During the premiere, the vice-rector commented, “Unfortunately, many...