AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE SYSTEM OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZING CHILDREN’S, YOUTH AND STUDENT RESEARCH AND PROJECT WORK AT THE SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Authors

  • A. N. Novigatsky Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • V. P. Shevchenko Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • A. S. Savvichev Vinogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • I. A. Smirnov St. Basil the Great Gymnasium, ANOO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2026.54(2).9

Keywords:

student and youth research projects, geological education, sedimentology, marine geology, research institute, Arctic, Antarctica

Abstract

The article presents more than 20 years of positive experience of some IO RAS scientists working with schoolchildren, lyceum students, and students from leading Moscow educational institutions on research and project work, which allows for a significant increase in the level of training of personnel for various areas of social production, including science itself.

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