COMPENDIUM OF METHODOLOGY FOR THE RESEARCH OF SOCIOCULTURAL ADAPTATION: PROBLEM FIELDS OF SOCIAL PHILOSOFY

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Modern society is in a state of permanent transformation and international mobility is an integral part of social life. Intensive society development and problem of human adaptation to ever-changing living conditions necessitate a conceptual understanding of sociocultural adaptation phenomenon concept. Social adaptation processes require socio-philosophical comprehension, which will make it possible to identify fundamental links in the ’man-society’ system. Today, the importance of adaptation among foreign students is increasing significantly. Unstable state of students actualizes a number of social problems, that both scientific thought and the social management system are aimed at solving. One such issue is the sociocultural adaptation of students. Well-adapted students are one of the goals of any university, as it was detected that student adaptation has a significant impact on student achievement, which creates a more successful image of the university and of the education level of the country as a whole. The international status that is required today from the leading universities of our country implies conformity to a number of the most fundamental values, new education standards. This conformity involves reformatting of education standards considering the adaptation to various sociocultural conditions and the inclusion of practical methods of foreign students sociocultural adaptation in the educational process. The main factors of foreign students socio-cultural adaptation which we consider in this article, are: the objective need for adaptation to new external conditions, the motivational component, the adaptation strategy, which, in turn, is accompanied by certain adaptation actions and practices.