Interactive technology of pedagogical assistance as a means of adaptation of foreign first-year students
Maria Odinokaya, Irina Karpovich, Olga Mikhailova, A. N. Piyatnitsky, Blanka Klímová
Abstract
The relevance of this study and its social significance are due the need to improve the readiness of the foreign first-year students for the learning process in educational environment of a Russian technical university. The purpose of the article is to develop an interactive technology of pedagogical assistance, identifying the features of adaptation of foreign first-year students. To assess the adaptation process we estimated: students' motivation toward science learning, their abilities of self-regulation in the learning process and classroom climate. The effectiveness of the proposed model is confirmed by the results of a pedagogical experiment, using proven, valid questionnaires on the subject of the study. On the basis of the obtained results, it is proved that to improve the quality of training of foreign students, it is necessary to take into account their motives, cognitive style of mastering the educational material, the used educational strategies and features of the organization of communication in the educational group. Most effectively, these factors can be taken into account in the organization of pedagogical assistance of the adaptation process through the electronic educational environment of university.