PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF CUSTOMIZATION

Abstract

The article examines an issue of teaching foreign students from the perspective of professional development in Russian universities. Attention is drawn to problems that arise with foreign students in the process of integration into Russian universities. The trend of increasing educational exchange among students is emphasized, and attention is drawn to problems that arise with the contingent of foreign students in the process of their adaptation to Russian universities. The authors identify various problems that are based on diagnostic cross-section using survey research methods. The researchers propose a method that can be used in solving professional tasks, which include building individual educational trajectories based on the idea of customization. The article draws attention to a different interpretation of the term “professional development”, and provides several points of understanding of the term.