SOLVING SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE COURSE OF STUDYING CHINESE STUDENTS IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES THROUGH PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT

Abstract

The social and psychological adaptation of Chinese students to the educational environment of Russian universities is a complex process of getting used to and adapting to new conditions of the sociocultural space. The article is aimed at updating the issue of the need for pedagogical support for academic exchanges, which helps to increase the level of efficiency of this process. In this study, the authors describe some difficulties in the adaptation process, including sociocultural, psychological and pedagogical aspects, internal and external factors influencing the process. To solve the problem, the authors used the following methods: questionnaires, surveys, testing, observation. Based on the use of these methods, the main socio-psychological problems that Chinese students face when adapting to the cultural and educational environment of Russian universities were identified. Their characteristics are given. The authors come to the conclusion that it is necessary to organize pedagogical support for academic exchanges during the education of Chinese students in order to achieve the main goal of academic exchange – obtaining a high-quality professional education.