PROBLEMS OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS INTEGRATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROJECTS
The spread of non-formal education is one of the global trends, which combines the needs of the personality in the self-development, and the needs of young people in obtaining affordable contemporary education, and the needs of society in sustainable existence. The formation of non-formal education system in Russia is hampered by regulatory uncertainty, and the absence of the term “non-formal education” in the Federal Law "On Education in the Russian Federation." The article analyzes the main approaches to the implementation of non-formal education abroad and in Russia, allowing to identify the model of integration of formal and informal education programs, the implementation of which contributes to the quality of education. One form of such a pairing is an international student projects. The article shows the examples of implementation of joint student projects of Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany). The possibilities of integration of formal and non-formal education in the implementation of such projects are considered.