THE STYLE OF ADAPTATION TO NEW CONDITIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY (THE CASE STUDY OF YOUNGER SCHOOLCHILDREN AND TEENAGERS)

Abstract

The authors in the article consider a problem of adaptation of primary schoolchildren and younger adolescents, as well as the psychological characteristics of primary school students to educational activities. The task of the article is to study styles of adaptation to new educational conditions of primary school children and younger adolescents. The study of the individual characteristics of the adaptation of children who enter the first grade of the school, as well as students who move from one stage of the continuing education system to another, namely, from primary to secondary. The article concludes that to ensure students good mental and physical health during the adaptation period, it is necessary to apply individual methods (studying the physical and mental condition of the students, from age characteristics, establishing the level of the students’ preparedness for the educational process. It is necessary to create a business relationship between teachers of each of the subjects and the class leader from the primary school in order to share the experience of adapting students.