On the new paradigm of personality in mining education

¹ T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University, Science and Innovation Department, 650000 Kemerovo, 28 Vesennyaya st., Russian Federation
² Technical University in Kosice, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Letná 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovak Republic

^* Corresponding author: zykovav@kuzstu.ru

Abstract

In today’s information storm, conventionally speaking, we can distinguish two types of information: the 1^st is “Hypertext” or Big Text – this is a huge array of structured and unstructured information. System comprehension of hypertext in the chosen field is a classical school, secondary or higher professional education; the 2^nd is compactified knowledge, i.e. the result of the knowledge approach. Compactified knowledge is presented in a special, “condensed” form, including extensive use of infographics and other visual techniques. They can also be organized in such a way as to operate with human actions (algorithms). To a scientist, the use of compactified knowledge allows him to see better and faster the interconnections of the subject of his research with other disciplines. This is especially necessary for interdisciplinary, breakthrough research. Compactified knowledge includes, for example, checklists, which summarize to one or two pages the experience of incorrect actions in a certain situation, making it possible to avoid them. Compactification does not replace the experience of long-term learning with “hypertext”, it complements the experience of conventional education in those situations where “quick” knowledge is needed for application and where the cost of error is high. Without basic education, the effect of applying compactified knowledge may be lower. Compactified knowledge is not impoverished (reduced) knowledge, but condensed, concentrated knowledge. It is obvious that in the field of knowledge compactification demand exceeds supply, techniques and methods of its generation are in a state of formation, and generators of this knowledge are obviously not enough, which opens a wide field of activity in this direction.