Directions in Socio-Pedagogic Activities Concerning a Raise in Efficiency of Foreign Students’ Socialization Process in the Aspect of Globalization Processes in Higher Education

Abstract

The article represents an attempt to substantiate the need in a search for efficient socio-pedagogic technologies directed at improving efficiency of international students’ socialization. The authors present directions of socio-pedagogic activities that ensure efficient involvement of international students into a new socio-cultural environment. There are offered the socio-pedagogic technology of “social probes”, a complex of corresponding forms and methods of work (discussions, the creative social projects method, special trainings, simulation games, social practices, social probes situations, etc.). An important socio-pedagogic condition that ensures efficacy of the process of international students’ socialization into conditions of a higher education institution’s cultural-and-education environment is socio-pedagogic support of this process which is defined as an assistance to a student in the process of social adaptation that is based on empathic understanding of his/her problems, free communication and creative interaction; as a special kind of higher education pedagogues, tutors, all personnel responsible for educative work with students aimed at removing psychologic stress in the course of a student’s social formation at a higher education institution; as a peculiar kind of pedagogic support oriented at a high level of a student’s freedom and independence. Thus, the goal of socio-pedagogic activity concerning socialization of international students within the aspect of globalization processes in the sphere of higher education is transforming the international students into a subject of socialization, which is a perspective of our further research.