General requirements for the educational program socio-pedagogical support foreign students

Abstract

The article deals with the basic requirements for the educational program during the adaptation activities with foreign students. In the process of the research the characteristics of the fundamental conditions are given, the presence of which is necessary for the creation of the program of social-pedagogical support, among which: the importance of formation the appropriate theoretical knowledges and practical experience for foreign students to solve the social and academic problems arising in the acculturation process (the program should take into account all possible negative aspects of the process of adaptation and to put in the students’ memory the theoretical experience of interaction with other cultures. Such experience will allow to the students to put into practice, in the necessary moment, the cultural patterns); the basing of the theoretical complex of the program on the basis of real practical problems that, in the process of a foreign student daily activities, become an obstacle for socialization (the socio-pedagogical support of a foreign student should be directed not only on the socio-cultural adaptation, but also on the development of the ability of academic interaction within the educational system. That’s why on the first position comes such characteristics as: the understanding of the material by a student, without which the educational process is impossible, that leads us to realizing the need of communicative skills development; the, interaction between the teacher and classmates (this aspect includes both intra – and extracurricular activities of student)); the use of socio-cultural materials at the basis of the program, which contribute to familiarization with the features of the new, for the foreign students, culture and the principles of social relations (the social and pedagogical support of the foreign students should have two main ways – the preparation for academic
activity and the preparation for daily activity. Thus, it is necessary to take a balance between these ways, which will prepare the individual for a full process of being in a new cultural environment); the presence of a clear plan of adaptation activities in the program, which can be familiarized by a foreign student for understanding the whole system of the accompanying process, as well as a detailed definition of both concepts and manifestations, and the ways to combat with cultural shock; the providing for foreign students a clear strategy for the adaptation problems solving.