PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES AS AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE FOR ADAPTING FOREIGN STUDENTS

Abstract

The article considers the concept of pedagogical support as one of the effective measures for the successful adaptation of foreign students. The definition of adaptation as a critically important parameter of the inclusion of an individual in the existing conditions of life is given, aspects, directions and stages of the adaptation process are described. The authors of the article present a plan of pedagogical support for foreign students in a domestic university and analyze its key factors – the general creative educational activity of teachers and foreign students, self-realization and self-training of the latter. To confirm the effectiveness of the proposed measures of pedagogical support, the results of an experimental verification of a constant experiment with the experimental and control groups of subjects are presented.