TEACHING OF GEOMMOLOGY AND THE ORIENTATION OF JEWELRY MATERIAL SPECIALTY IN IRKUTSK POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, RUSSIA, AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT

The gemmology and the orientation of jewelry material specialty in Irkutsk Polytechnic Institution belong to the specialty of the material embellishment technology. It is analogous to the specialties of gemmology and technology, gemstone identification and processing etc in geological colleges of China. There are some distingushing features in curricula and teaching: (1) the total teaching time is sufficient; (2) the course is diversified and overall planned; (3) the self-study time has large proportion in teaching time; (4) the teaching is planned in different ways; (5) the attention is paid to the training practical and technical ability; and (6) the achievement evaluation is not confined to one pattern. The graduates from this institution, therefore, have a wide range of knowledge and higher technical ability and are well received by society, and the member supply even falls short of need. Undoubtedly, its curricula and teaching have important reference significance in working out the similar specialty teaching plans and the teaching in China.