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Psychological support of socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students in the higher education system: results of the design and analytical session

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EDN: PSWREJ DOI: 10.31483/r-112205
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International academic journal «Development of education». Volume 7
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International academic journal «Development of education». Volume 7
Authors:
Svetlana V. Gani 1 , Zulfiya R. Khayrova 2 , Elena Y. Brel 2
Work direction:
Psychology in Education
Pages:
67-75
Received: 7 June 2024 / Accepted: 21 August 2024 / Published: 26 August 2024

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1 Federal Resource Center for Psychological Services in the Higher Education System
2 Russian Academy of Education
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Gani S. V., Khayrova Z. R., & Brel E. Y. (2024). Psychological support of socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students in the higher education system: results of the design and analytical session. Development of education, 7(3), 67-75. EDN: PSWREJ. https://doi.org/10.31483/r-112205
UDC 37.015.31

Abstract

The paper analyzes the experience of psychological support for the socio-cultural adaptation of foreign students at universities of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the work is due to the significant socio-cultural, psychological, and academic difficulties that foreign students face when studying at Russian universities and, in this regard, the need to replicate the successful experience of organizing measures to adapt this target group of students in the higher education system. The results of a monitoring survey of psychological services specialists conducted at the sites of 13 universities participating in the pilot testing of the psychological service model in the higher education system in terms of psychological support for foreign students are presented. The results of the design and analytical session organized by the Federal Resource Center for Psychological Services in the Higher Education System of the Russian Academy of Education are presented in order to further replicate successful practices of psychological support for foreign students at the university. A comprehensive program of measures for psychological support of foreign students at the university is proposed. Conclusions are drawn about the expediency of integrating individual measures to accompany and support foreign students into the overall structure of the psychological service of the university.

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