The author considers the problems of self-identification of the future teachers caused by the modern postindustrial society. The problem of students self-identification and the crisis of the person' identity are considered.

In the center of the authors' attention is the small work “Imperium Romanum”, written by the famous German researcher, Helmut Berveno . According to the content of this pamphlet the problem of the Roman Empire fall and the role of the ancient Germans in this process are shown as the general paradigm of German-Italian convergence in the beginning of 40s of the ХХ century.

The author briefly describes the importance of multimedia learning tools in biology training and singles out the types of educational electronic editions on biology. The mechanisms of working with mass media on the lessons and in extracurricular activities are showed. The author summarizes the results of the pedagogical experiment on the use of means of multimedia in biology training.

The paper is devoted to the improvement of the teaching process in a technical university by using the virtual laboratories. The author develops the kinds of possible structures of the virtual laboratories for hydraulics and ship’s theory.

The article is devoted to the question of the usage of health-saving technologies at the socially active school. The authors emphasize that the usage of the health-saving technologies enables to use the school time effectively and to achieve good educational results.

The article is devoted to the features of application of marketing strategy of partnership to the management of the small woodworking enterprises. Also the author considers the set of the main components for the strategy realization.

The author identifies the sequence of the abolition of serfdom in 1861 in Russia by Alexander II. The author considers the certain aspects of the work of the temporal and spiritual power during the preparation and holding of the peasant reform on the materials of the Oryol Gubernia.

The article is devoted to the problem of the personality and the society interrelation in the conceptions of the Russian sociologists – N. I. Kareev and P. F. Liliyenfeld. The ideological crossings and parallels in concepts of the specified sociologists are revealed. The particular interest is represented by some comparisons with the views of the western sociologists on this sociological problem.

The article presents the problem of decreased interest in the learning process among the students. The author offers to solve this problem by the emotional stimulation with entertainment, presents the typology of entertaining tasks, especially which can be successfully used at the computer science lessons.

The value priorities of students of both genders are analyzed in the article. The outcomes of the empirical research aimed at studying gender characteristics of technical and humanities university students' value priorities are presented.

The article is devoted to the main issues of the cultural development in the urban district of Tolyatti – the largest monoprofile city of Russia. The role of traditional culture in modern conditions is shown, factors which complicate participation of traditional cultural institutions in formation of the creative city are considered. The new priority directions of the cultural development on a way to the creative city are created.

The article is devoted to the actual questions of the state policy of the modernization of the monoprofile city districts of the Samara Region. The basic measures of the state support of the problem territories in the region are systematized, features of each group of measures are viewed.

The author considers the concept of «the profession image» and its structural components. The author gives the results ща еру ascertaining experiment.

The article is devoted to the subjectivity of the individual in the field of the supplementary education. The author describes the experiment carried out on the basis of Children's Culture House of Vladikavkaz, presents the results of the experiment and draws the conclusions that the development of the subjectivity, carried out in the institutions of supplementary education, positively impacts on the development of student's the creative potential.

The article is concerned with the problem of positive thinking, the meaning of life orientations and person's viability. The empirical study shows the positive correlations between the positive thinking, the meaning of life orientations and the viability of students.

The author presents the methodological paper of the lesson of the mathematical society on the topic "The Euclidian algorithm", designed for students of 7th, 8th and 9th grades. The topic is designed for 2–3 hour lesson. We consider the origin of the word algorithm. The essence of the Euclidean algorithm is presented in the form of two formulas. The author also provides the examples of the application of the Euclidean algorithm.

The authors views the factors that influence on the motivation to the foreign language study of the students of the higher educational institutions, analyze the methods of improving the motivation. In addition, the examples of methodological development of training and educational activities aimed at making students interested in learning the foreign language are given.

The speech is known to represent a person's thinking, his system of values and moral standards. In the process of the social interaction simulation mechanisms often work independently of the consciousness of the translator and the recipient, so teachers, journalists, lawyers, officials should demonstrate compliance with the norms of traditional voice and value relationship to the language. The author notes the decline of the voice culture in the official communication and offers to start the school course with the study of the basics of the speech culture.