Altai State Pedagogical University

Introduction. This article analyzes the interactions between key institutions of spiritual and moral education – the family, school, culture, and public organizations in the context of digital transformation. The relevance of this work stems from a contradiction: despite the obvious need to consolidate educational efforts, actual connections between these entities remain weak, and traditional forms of cooperation are insufficiently adapted to the communicative practices of a digital society. The goal of the study is to identify systemic problems in this interaction and outline prospects for developing new, more effective models. The objectives include identifying problem areas in communication between entities involved in spiritual and moral education at different levels of education, analyzing the potential of digital tools for organizing meaningful dialogue, and developing principles for creating a holistic educational environment. Results. Demonstrate that overcoming the disunity among entities involved in spiritual and moral education is possible through a transition from isolated activities to the design of a networked ecosystem. Conclusion. The article characterizes the main problem areas in spiritual and moral education, presents an overview of promising digital solutions, and provides principles for interaction between its entities in the digital age.

This article examines the emergence of field-based research in local and regional history at the Barnaul State Pedagogical Institute, beginning with the first expedition organized by A. D. Sergeyev in 1976. Drawing on an analysis of the field diaries of Aleksei Dmitrievich Sergeev preserved in the State Archive of Altai Krai, the study reconstructs the chronology of the expeditionary work carried out by him as a faculty member and his students throughout his tenure at the institute (1974-1990). The article also examines issues related to the organization of the expeditions, the objects of study, the research methods employed, and the principal results obtained.

Context and relevance. Academic cheating, being a widespread phenomenon, negatively impacts the effectiveness of educational institutions. Based on self-determination theory, the study examines psychological factors of academic cheating, including moral identity, academic motivation, and parenting style. Objective. To identify the relationships of moral identity and parenting style with academic cheating among college students while controlling for their academic motivation. Hypothesis. Three hypotheses were tested: 1. Academic dishonesty is associated with moral identity in youth, with a stronger relationship observed with scores from the Moral Identity Questionnaire (MIQ) than with scores from the Moral Identity Scale (MIS). 2. The relationship between academic dishonesty and moral identity persists when controlling for autonomous academic motivation. 3. Moral identity, along with academic motivation, mediates the relationship between parental autonomy support/control and academic dishonesty. Methods and materials. Participants: 287 college students aged 15–25 years (M = 16,75, SD = 1,42; 75% female). Measures: Academic Cheating Scale, Academic Motivation Scale for School and College Students, Moral Identity Questionnaire (MIQ), Moral Identity Scale (MIS), Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale (PPASS). Results. The hypotheses were fully confirmed. It was found that parental support and control are indirectly related to academic dishonesty, both through moral identity (measured by MIQ) and through academic motivation. Conclusions. The study shows that academic dishonesty is associated with weak moral identity and a non-optimal (non-autonomy-supportive, controlling) parenting style. Educating parents about an autonomy-supportive parenting style may help foster youth's moral identity and prevent future antisocial behavior.

The article examines the problem of modern genre studies related to the methodological crisis caused by the discrepancy between classical approaches to the challenges of natural and digital communication. The authors identify a number of key problems: terminological instability (the use of pseudo-terms such as “flirting”, “prayer” as scientific concepts, interdisciplinary eclecticism (different interpretations of the genre in linguistics, literary studies, journalism) and methodological rigidity inherited from the essentialist paradigm. The main thesis of the proposed concept is the need to move from a static model (genre as a formal structural category) to a dynamic one, in which genre is interpreted as a process shaped by social, technological and cognitive contexts. As an alternative, the authors propose an approach of methodological nominalism, rejecting the reification of terms and assuming a functional analysis (searching for an answer to the question: “How does a genre function?” instead of the actual one: “What is a genre?”). The examples show how the traditional criteria of “genre” are losing relevance, giving rise to the concept of “non-genre” – models of texts which do not fit into the classical framework of the theory of speech genres, but are perceived by addressees as genres. The authors propose some ways to overcome the crisis: the development of terminology (the exclusion of colloquial expressions) and the development of glossaries; the integration of methods (corpus analysis, experiment); the creation of an explanatory theory focusing on the causes of genre transformation. In conclusion, the authors substantiate a continuum concept of genre studies, combining data systematization, variability analysis, and predictive modeling. It is emphasized that the progress of the discipline is possible only through the rejection of dogmas and the transition to problem-oriented research that meets the realities of modern natural communication, among other issues connected with the advent of the digital age.

The multidisciplinary approach is in increasing use in modern science for solving complicated problems. Molecular genetics not only helps us understand biological processes, such as evolution and speciation, but also sheds light on numerous historical questions as to the directions of peoples’ migrations, the degree of interpenetration of contemporaneous cultures, and their continuity. In particular, investigation of phylogenetic relationships of domestic animals allows us to detail the interactions between bearers of different archaeological cultures. In the Bronze Age, Inner Asia and adjacent territories were characterized by intense human migrations and rapid spread of productive economies, including livestock farming. Here we examine the phylogenetic patterns of horses from two important Bronze Age Ob-Irtysh cultures in Western Siberia, the Sargarinsko-Alexeevskaya and Irmen ones, and the degree of their genetic proximity to horses from earlier (Andronovo and Eluninskaya) and later (Khereksur and “Deer Stone”, Biykenskaya, Bystryanskaya and Pazyryk) cultures in the region and adjacent territories. Data obtained from sequencing and analysis of mitochondrial genomes reveal differences in the mitochondrial gene pool of horses from the Sargarinsko-Alexeevskaya and Irmen cultures of the south of Western Siberia, highlighting the unique mitochondrial genetic diversity of the original horse herds of these cultures and the lack of close breeding contacts between them. We demonstrate an overlap between the mitochondrial gene pools of horses from the Khereksur and “Deer Stone” cultures of Mongolia and the Andronovo culture. We also established continuity between many of the obtained haplotypes of horses from the Early, Developed, Late Bronze Age, and Early Iron Age in southern Western Siberia, indicating the preservation of a significant part of the maternal gene pool diversity of domestic horses in the region across several historical and cultural periods. The similarity of mitochondrial haplotypes among horses of the Sargarinsko-Alexeevskaya culture, modern horses of the Akhal-Teke breed of Central Asia, and indigenous breeds of East Asia and Southern Europe, as well as between horses of the Irmen culture and modern horses of local breeds in Northern Europe, may reflect the migration routes of bearers of these cultures after their disintegration in the region under study. It also characterizes features of the formation of these breeds in ancient times. However, nuclear genetic markers should also be investigated to corroborate these hypotheses.