Larisa Ermakova

The article is devoted to the psychological aspects of the «creative citizen» personality formation. The analysis is made from the point of view of the citizen personality diversification with the definition of such types as global and local citizen. The authors analyze the trends of the city creative environment influence on the individual from the viewpoint of value orientations formation.

The urgency of the problem under study is dictated by the trends in the formation of the global educational space, as well as the increasing role of information communication technologies and distance learning technologies in educational practice. Under the current conditions in the education system, it is necessary to create an organizational and educational structure specializing in design-network and scientific-service support for the innovative development of educational organizations called “educational co-working”. This article is devoted to the analysis of this structure. The aim of the research is to analyze functioning of the co-working research and educational space and its digital version as a network design platform for cooperation of young scientists, educators and innovators, Russian and foreign scientists and experts, operating on the basis of Pyatigorsk State University. The study was conducted using the method of comparative analysis of co-working spaces design in economic systems, sociological research, and business education. The authors use the method of conceptual modeling of educational polypositional space to co-organize subjects of the scientific and educational process at the university. The analysis resulted in the formulation of key characteristics of the co-working educational space model. The model of the co-working educational space allows us to ensure the satisfaction of the educational and adaptation needs of individual participants, real companies, the needs of modern society using the potential of the educational space of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. The practical significance of the results is in the description of social technologies aimed at developing and improving the practice of teaching undergraduates, graduate and postgraduate students the fundamentals of project activities; description of distance learning technologies use in the electronic version of co-working space; description of academic student-expert communities establishment in universities.

The article considers the formation and development of creative spaces in German cities. The author analyzes the concept of creative space, types of art spaces and their architectonics. Particular attention is drawn to the types of art areas in Germany, their advantages, main tasks and objectives. In addition, the article gives many examples of coworking zones, lofts, museums of contemporary art.

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the cultural industry in China. The most important strategies undertaken by the PRC for the development of this sphere of vital activity are considered.

This article proposes to consider the features of formation of creative spaces in these towns. It explores the possibility of their formation in large and small towns of Russia.