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

Summer University participants learn about travel destinations in Russia

Students attended a lecture titled Discovering Russia: Unique Travel Destinations organized by the Russian Knowledge Society. Svetlana Khusnutdinova, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Geographical and Environmental Education, emphasized in her talk the unique feature of our country – its diversity. “We live in the largest country in the world, incredibly rich and scenic. I tried...

380 young people receive diplomas at the Institute’s graduation ceremony

The new alumni were congratulated by Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Acting Director of IGPT Vladimir Silantyev, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs Andrey Teryokhin, Deputy Director for Continuing Education and Industrial Partnerships Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Social Welfare and Moral Education Natalya Khorkova, heads of departments, teachers, relatives, friends, as well as industrial...

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...