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Name:: Marina A. Goryunova
(photo: october,1999)
Date of birth:: 21 July 1959
E-mail address:: magspb@yahoo.com
Education:: 1981 - Diploma, Leningrad State University,
Mathematical & Mechanical Faculty ,
Department of Statistical Modeling
Degree: Mathematics, Teaching
Work Experience:: 1990 - present
Teacher of Information Science, Gymnasium # 157 named after Princess E.M.Oldenbyrgskaya of Russian Academy of Education, St.Petersburg; Main responsibilities:; - teaching Informatics for students from 7 to 17 years old using computers IBM PC and Macintosh; - creation school web-site http://www.rednet.ru/~gym157; - take part in intrenational educational programms; At present: teaching middle and high school students and coordination Internet-based science; 1981 - 1990
Scientist, Scientific Research Institute; Main responsibilities:; - developing of mathematical methods for cosmo-aerophotography; - programming using PL, Fortran, Assembler on computers PDP-11, Electronica, Yamaha IBM-360/370, IBM PC AT/XT/286
International Projects participating:: 1990- present; Global Thinking Project

1995 - 1998; GTP-Georgia/Russia Exchange Programm in 1997

1999- present; Walker County Russian Innovative Project
Training:: July 1999 - Summer institute on innovative education in Walker County Scince Centre, Georgia, USA; June 1999 - Course on pedagogical methods in the teaching of Information Technology (156 hours),; St.-Petersburg State University of Pedagogical Skills; October 1996 - institute on planning of "GTP-Georgia/Russia Exchange Programm", Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conferences and seminars participating: (selected): - GSAM Teleconference for American and Russian Teachers and Students
(May 1997 and July 1999, Atlanta, USA);
- VIII International conference "Information technologies in Educacion" (Direction B), Moscow, 1998;
- The GTP Environmental Summit (12-14 May 1997, Simpsonwood Conference Center, Georgia, USA)
- "Technology for Global Thinking" ( 1-2 May 1997, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA)
- scientific-practical conference RAE: "Education in the life of adults", St.Petersburg, 1997;
- The Seminar on Educators in Russian " An International Perspective " ( 9 October 1996, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA);
- scientific-practical conference RAE: Traditions and Present-Day Practices in Education, St.Petersburg, 1996;
- scientific-practical conference RAE: "School on the edge of the century: problems, results and expectations", St.Petersburg, 1995;
Languages:: Working knowledge of English (reading, speaking and writing)
Basic German (reading)
Publications (in russian):
"Introduction of new intergrated technologies in studying and educational process of school", in the collection of Institute of Adult Education (IAE), Russian Academy of Education (RAE) "Humanization and intergration of Education (Of the experiences of working of teachers of School 157)", St.Petersburg, 1999.
"The development of professional competence of teachers in the field of telecommunication technology through the international educational projects", in the collection of Institute of Adult Education (IAE), Russian Academy of Education (RAE), St.Petersburg, 1999.
" Global Thinking Project - The new computer technology for students" (article); You and your computer, (Magazine), N9-10, 1998, St.Petersburg.
"On the question of the balance of the fundamental basis knowleges and skills in the course of computer science", in the collection of theses of VIII International conference "Information technologies in Educacion" (Direction B), Moscow, 1998.
"Of the experiences of working of Experimental School 157 in GTP", http://www.emissia.spb.su/offline/a565 , 1998.
"Perspectives of the worthy survival of teachers in Russia (The Moral Side of the Problem)", in the collection of IAE RAE "The Education of Pedagogs in the contemporary social-cultural sisuation", materials from the scientific- practical conference: "Education in the life of adults", St.Petersburg, 1997.
"Applications of contemporary computer technologies for the improvement of the informatical culture of teachers", in the collection of IAE RAE "The preparation and improvement of the qualifications of teachers", materials from the scientific- practical conference: Traditions and Present-Day Practices in Education�, St.Petersburg, 1996.
"Electronic mail in school: problems, reality, perspectives", in the collection of IAE RAE "The School of the Future: The teacher and the support of the curriculum", materials from the scientific-practical conference: "School on the edge of the century: problems, results and expectations", St.Petersburg, 1995.
"Self-Education as a method of developing the competence of teachers of computer science", in the collection of IAE RAE "The Development of Professional Mobility and competence of teachers of scientific-mathematic discipline",St.Petersburg, 1994
"The humanitarian dimension of teaching computer science in primary school", in the collection of IAE RAE, "Scientific- experimental work as conditions for the development of schools", St. Petersburg, 1994.
"Preparing and conducting an integrated class: The Computer - my friend", (together with M.V. Uvarova) in the collection of IAE RAE, "Of the experiences of working of teachers in St. Petersburg Experimental School 157", Saint Petersburg, 1994.
"Certain aspects of the teaching of computer science in primary school", in the collection of IAE, RAE, "Of the experiences of working of teachers in St. Petersburg Experimental School 157", Saint Petersburg, 1994.
Also, three articles on the development of mathematical methods in geology, 1983-85.