Dear authors and readers of our journal, we welcome everyone to the new academic year and wish you every in your practical and scientific pedagogical activities.
We are also delighted to congratulate the editorial board of the journal, our reviewers, authors, and readers ‒ in short, everyone involved ‒ on a significant milestone: by the decision of the Interdepartmental Working Group under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the journal «Continuing Education: XXI Century» has been included in the «White List» of scientific journals and awarded the prestigious Level 2 (out of 4).
A significant portion of the articles in the new (autumn) issue are dedicated to the current challenges of developing academic literacy among participants in the pedagogical process and teaching academic writing. It might seem obvious: education is based on the achievements of scientific knowledge and is meant to contribute to the development of science and the training of researchers. Academic literacy is essential for working with scientific and educational texts, as well as for creating one's own scientific-style texts based on completed research. The development of academic literacy is an interdisciplinary process, encompassing methodological, logical, linguistic, and publication components. However, unfortunately, systematic solutions to this problem are not provided for by educational programs, so enthusiastic teachers have to work within the framework of elective courses or incorporate educational modules into mandatory curriculum disciplines. The issue's articles on this topic are devoted to the following questions: ensuring continuity in training foreign teacher-researchers in master's and postgraduate programs at a Russian classical university, directions and limitations in using artificial intelligence in research and academic writing, academic literacy as the foundation of a doctor's scientific work, fostering readiness to create scientific-style texts among undergraduate students, assessing the quality of academic essays, developing academic writing skills in a non-linguistic university using the example of an analytical essay (based on wartime correspondence), and visualization techniques in academic writing. We would like to draw your attention to the diversity of the topics, the researchers' interest in such a genre as the academic essay, which is very useful for teaching evidence-based reasoning, as well as the focus on visualizing research results.
Russia's economic independence is primarily associated with the development of its own effective modern industrial production, which requires supplying the labor market with highly qualified engineering personnel. We continue the discussion on ways to address this issue within the system of continuing education. One of the articles in this issue, based on a study of the genesis of engineering education in the post-Soviet period, formulates the problems and trends for its further development.
In the Education Management section, an article dedicated to making managerial decisions based on the results of assessing the quality of implementation of higher education programs may attract our readers' interest, particularly those in leadership positions.
Other articles address the following problems: formats for developing readiness for self-education as a significant characteristic of a modern specialist in the context of accelerating social development, and assessing the level of formation of students' speech-behavioral strategies for professional intercultural communication.
We draw the attention of potential authors to the journal's scope and the requirement to adhere to the article formatting guidelines.
We congratulate all our fellow educators on the approaching international World Teachers' Day and wish you new creative achievements in the field of continuing education. We look forward to your new articles.
The Editorial Board
