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http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/1813-4718.2306.01
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Gorina Ekaterina N.
Кандидат социологических наук, Cand. Sci. (Sociol.), Assist. Prof. of department of correctional pedagogy, faculty of psychological, pedagogical and special education, Saratov State University, ekgorina@yandex.ru, Saratov
Firsovа Tatiyana G.
Кандидат филологических наук, Cand. Sci. (Philol.), Dean of the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical and Special Education, Saratov State University, tan-firsova@yandex.ru, Saratov

“45 Steps into the Future ...”: Devoted to the Anniversary of the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical and Special-Needs Education

Abstract: 
The article is devoted to the 45th anniversary of the Faculty of Psychological, Peda- gogical and Special Needs Education of Saratov State University. The purpose of the article is to present the analytical review of the history of the Faculty as a structural unit in the retrospective and perspective aspects. The article presents the main stages of the Faculty development: formation, structural trans- formations, the current state. The structure of the present-day Faculty is described: 8 graduate departments and 2 school-based departments, 2 dissertation boards, the Council of Employers, and stakeholders. The faculty is presented as a large educational center for training teachers, psychologists, spe- cial-needs experts: the article indicates the training areas and profiles as well as peculiar features of the educational space and environment. The faculty is presented as a research center: the developed scientific schools and the research cluster (laboratories, centers) are described. “45 steps into the future” is a metaphor that symbolizes the life of the Faculty presenting it as 45 steps to a new goal, to a dream and to its realization by people who create the glory of the Faculty through their service.
Keywords: 
faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical and Special-Needs Education; Saratov State University; scientific school; “45 steps into the future”; formation and development; achieve- ments; prospects
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