Science for Education Today, 2026, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 301–320
© Trifonova I. S., Kicherova M. N., 2026
UDC: 
37.01+37.03+167.7+004.8

Differences in the manifestations of humanitarian and algorithmic cognitive cultures in teaching and learning: Assessment of their functioning and implementation

Trifonova I. S. 1 (Tyumen, Russian Federation), Kicherova M. N. 1 (Tyumen, Russian Federation)
1 University of Tyumen
Full text (Open Access) — Downloaded 2
Abstract: 

Introduction. Under the influence of digital technologies, different types of cultures, such as humanitarian culture and algorithmic cognitive culture are beginning to coexist in the same educational space. This has led to a widening of gaps in values, moral principles, and cognitive activities. The aim of this study is to identify specific manifestations of these cultures in teaching and learning, as well as to understand the specifics of how they function and are implemented.
Materials and Methods. The study uses a methodological framework that includes sociocultural, humanitarian, technological and value-meaning approaches. The research methods include content analysis of Russian and international scholarly literature, as well as comparative analysis.
Results. In a comparative context, the authors analyzed and described the system-forming components in two types of cultures (value-meaning and activity-based), revealing their specific functioning and implementation in teaching and learning through pedagogical conditions. It was established that humanitarian culture forms active agency, divergent thinking, the ability to self-development, and the transformation of social structures. Algorithmic cognitive culture forms passive agency, convergent thinking, technological utilitarianism, and the ability to reproduce existing social structures.
Conclusions. The authors conclude that the main differences between humanitarian and algorithmic cognitive cultures in teaching and learning lie in the way they shape different types of student subjectivity, change the mechanism for transferring values, determine their range and content, and enhance different cognitive abilities and ways of thinking.

Keywords: 

Teaching and Learning; Humanitarian culture; Algorithmic cognitive culture; Pedagogical conditions; Value-meaning component; Activity-based component; Agency; Educational ecosystem.

For citation:
Trifonova I. S., Kicherova M. N. Differences in the manifestations of humanitarian and algorithmic cognitive cultures in teaching and learning: Assessment of their functioning and implementation. Science for Education Today, 2026, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 301–320. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/2658-6762.2602.13
References: 
  1. Kazakova E. I., Kuzminov Y. I. “We should foster a culture of critical attitude towards artificial intelligence”. Elena Kazakova and Yaroslav Kuzminov discuss the challenges facing the education system”. Educational Studies Moscow, 2025, no. 1, pp. 8-24. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/FMENZJ DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/vo-2025-25882
  2. Seaver N. Algorithms as culture: Some tactics for the ethnography of algorithmic systems. Big Data & Society, 2017, vol. 4 (2), pp. 205395171773810. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951717738104
  3. Asmolov A. G., Rabinovich P. D., Zavedensky K. E. The anthropological turn: Cultural practices for the development of human complexity. Integration of Education, 2023, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 591-610. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/PJDNGW DOI: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.113.027.202304.591-610
  4. Koktysh K., Renard-Koktysh A. Cognitive dimension of security. International Trends, 2021, vol. 19 (4), pp. 26-46. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/YSKXUX DOI: https://doi.org/10.17994/IT.2021.19.4.67.3
  5. Kicherova M. N., Trifonova I. S. Principles of the ecosystem approach: Possibilities for modeling educational ecosystems. Science for Education Today, 2023, vol. 13 (3), pp. 45-72. (In Russian) URL: https://elibrary.ru/ppfuuv DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/2658-6762.2303.03
  6. Nurullin R. A. Subjectivity as the center of cristalization of personality in the system of relations of culture and civilization. Journal of Globalization Studies, 2024, no. 3, pp. 106-117. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/PPRKJV DOI: https://doi.org/10.30884/vglob/2024.03.10
  7. Leushin I. O., Leushina I. V. the phenomenon of algocognitive culture and foreign language training of a graduate of a technical university. Language and Culture, 2024, no. 68, pp. 212-213. (In Russian) URL: https://elibrary.ru/kwpvgo  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17223/19996195/68/12
  8. Ivanova S. V., Ivanov O. B. The axiological crisis in today's world: Finding a way out. Domestic and Foreign Pedagogy, 2022, vol. 1 (1), pp. 7-29 (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/BZUPVR
  9. Salehan M., Kim D., Lee J-N. Are there any relationships between technology and cultural values? a country-level trend study of the association between information communication technology and cultural values. Information & Management, 2018, vol. 55 (6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2018.03.003

10.Zort Ç., Karabacak E., Öznur Ş., Dağlı G. Sharing of cultural values and heritage through storytelling in the digital age. Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, no. 14, pp. 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1104121

11.Wagner C., Strohmaier M., Olteanu A., Kiciman E., Contractor N., Eliassi-Rad T. Measuring algorithmically infused societies. Nature, 2021, no. 595, pp. 197-204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03666-1

12.Kurennoy V. A. Philosophy of liberal education: The principles. Educational Studies Moscow, 2020, no. 1, pp. 8-39. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/LAVGUA DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1814-9545-2020-1-8-39

13.Sorokin P. S., Froumin I. D. Education as a source for transformative agency: theoretical and practical issues. Educational Studies Moscow, 2022, no. 1, pp. 116-137. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/WVROXL DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1814-9545-2022-1-116-137

14.Leontiev D. A. From the phenomenon of self-sufficiency to the mechanisms of self-determination. Educational Studies Moscow, 2024, no. 1, pp. 142-161. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/PFHLDU DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/vo-2024-17626

15.Engeness I. Developing teachers’ digital identity: towards the pedagogic design principles of digital environments to enhance students’ learning in the 21st century. European Journal of Teacher Education, 2021, vol. 44 (1), pp. 96-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2020.1849129

16.Saçak B., Bozkurt A., Wagner E. Down the rabbit hole: Revisiting etymology, epistemology, history and practice of instructional and learning design. eLearn Magazine, 2022, no. 3, pp. 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3529516.3527485

17.Blau I., Shamir-Inbal T., Avdiel O. How does the pedagogical design of a technology-enhanced collaborative academic course promote digital literacies, self-regulation, and perceived learning of students? The Internet and Higher Education, 2020, vol. 45, pp. 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2019.100722

18.Williamson B. Meta-edtech. Learning, Media and Technology, 2021, vol. 46 (1), pp. 1-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1876089

19.Kicherova M. N., Trifonova I. S. Principles of the ecosystem approach: Possibilities for modeling educational ecosystems. Science for Education Today, 2023, vol. 13 (3), pp. 45-72. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/PPFUUV DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/2658-6762.2303.03

20.Murray A., Rhymer J., Sirmon D. Humans and technology: Forms of conjoined agency in organizations. The Academy of Management Review, 2020, vol. 46 (3), pp. 1-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0186

21.Baird A., Maruping, L. M. The next generation of research on is use: A theoretical framework of delegation to and from agentic IS artifacts. Management Information Systems Quarterly, 2021, vol. 45 (1), pp. 315-341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2021/15882

22.Saurwein F., Spencer-Smith C. Automated trouble: The role of algorithmic selection in harms on social media platforms. Media and Communication, 2021, vol. 9 (4), pp. 222-233. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i4.4062

23.Wang X., Lee L. H., Bermejo Fernandez C., Hui P. The dark side of augmented reality: Exploring manipulative designs in AR. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2023, vol. 40 (13), pp. 3449-3464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2188799

24.Edwards L., Ritchie B. Challenging and confronting: The role of humanities in fostering critical thinking, cultural competency and an evolution of worldview in enabling education. Student Success, 2022, vol. 12 (3), pp. 10-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.2011

25.Lazer D., Pentland A., Watts D., Aral S., Athey S., Contractor N., Freelon D., Gonzalez-Bailon S., King G., Margetts H., Nelson A., Salganik M., Strohmaier M., Vespignani A., Wagner C. Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities. Science, 2020, vol. 369 (6507), pp. 1060-1062. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz8170

26.Kurennoy V. А. Philosophy of liberal education: The contexts. Educational Studies Moscow, 2020, no. 2, pp. 8-36. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/GVYIXK DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1814-9545-2020-2-8-36

27.Glukhov P. P., Popov A. A., Averkov M. S. Outlines of a new anthropological education project. Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, 2021, no. 60, pp. 45-54. (In Russian) URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/HKWEQG DOI: https://doi.org/10.17223/1998863Х/60/5

28.Tasnim Z., Ahmed R. Rise of humanistic education: Are learners “humans” or simplyb“machines”? Crossings, 2022, vol. 13 (1), pp. 106-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v13i1.23 

29.Elfert M. Humanism and democracy in comparative education. Comparative Education, 2023, vol. 59 (3), pp. 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2023.2185432

30.Marc L. M., Lévêque O., Hardebolle C., Dehler Zufferey J., Benitez Baena I. Assessing computational thinking: Development and validation of the algorithmic thinking test for adults. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022, vol. 60 (3), pp. 073563312110578. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31124/advance.16685314

Date of the publication 30.04.2026