Model of network interaction for involvement of children and youth into scientific and engineering creativity (through the example of Tomsk Regional Сhildren Non-Governmental Organization "Hobbycenter" practice)

The lack of high quality engineering professionals are widely spread problem. Formation of such specialist should start from the very early stages of education with involvement of children and youth into scientific and engineering creativity. Tomsk Regional Children Non-Governmental Organization “Hobby-center” has developed a model of network interaction for increasing efficiency of this processes. The model was approbated in small number of Tomsk schools and one university, then scaled to involve most of Tomsk educational institutions. it is being replicating in other regions of Russian Federation in frameworks of program “Center of professional competences for involvement of children and youth into scientific and engineering creativity”