In your journal (1988, № 5) in the "string of letters" posted a statement that Logvinova (Rostov-on-Don), who offers to cancel the extra-mural training of teachers, just as is done in medical schools. Some readers may get the impression that the author notes right. But I can not agree with him, as the public education of the country do without while distance education may not.

In teacher training colleges in the evening and correspondence departments are trained up to half of the students. Because teachers need a great deal. For example, in our seemingly sparsely populated of the Kirov region each year to the beginning of the academic year 1500-2000 at least not enough teachers. But in some teacher training colleges and pedagogical institute - one of the largest in the country. And the turnout of graduates in the allocation of a place in the last few years, usually 100%. The trouble lies elsewhere. On the ground, (and this is, I think the overall picture of the country) do not always meet young professionals as they should not help them to settle down, grow roots. Knowing this, graduates (especially city dwellers) are oriented to work in the city and as soon as possible leave the village. Therefore, often the head of the District Board of Education was forced to make the calculation of the local staff, to involve schools in rural malopodgotov-represented people. At first - as a group day-care teachers, tutors boarding school, and then trusting and conducting lessons. These people do not run away, do not let you down. They have family in the village, the farm. Send them to study in a hospital does not make sense, because for five years, they may lose touch with the village, but the correspondence form of training is suitable for them.

It would seem difficult to deny opponents saying distance learning that part-time students have less knowledge than students of the hospital. After ochniki constantly communicate with experienced teachers can engage in laboratories and workshops, sports halls and libraries. All this is so. And at the same time learn a lot and learn well - not one and the same. Along with students seeking to acquire knowledge, there are people, randomly chosen profession of the teacher, indifferent to it, and there are slackers. It would be better not to bring these people to a degree. After all, they are unfit teachers, will spoil the children, saluting with the document on higher education. And here and found an interesting phenomenon: a low level of professional knowledge have often experts who studied at the hospital. Graduates of the same correspondence department, tend to be more qualified because they are taught both high school and the educational work itself.

Part-time students are engaged in purposeful, because in practice feel a need for knowledge. Many faculty members say that working with correspondence students are much more interesting: they are inquisitive and ask questions specific. Sometimes it can do something to tell the teacher. What they say - after all, and Makarenko, VA Dry-Linsky at the time were correspondence students.

Distance learning - the most important form of education for teachers, with secondary special pedagogical-mechanical education. It is convenient to them and society.

In recent years, we are introducing new and effective ways of working with students of correspondence department. The work of the urban groups, educational and counseling centers in a number of localities. 434 graduate of extra-mural of the nine special-styam - that is the result of our work in 1987/88 academic year. Is it bad for the schools gain specialist area?

B. Pomelo, Vice President for Distance Education of Kirov State Pedagogical Institute. Lenin, Ph.D.

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