Humanitarization of University Training by Means of Mediation: Problem Statement

The article examines the problem of humanitarization of educational activities at the university by means of using mediation for conflict resolution, and the creation of a psychologically comfortable educational environment, ensuring social and emotional security of the individual. The purpose of the study is to identify and substantiate humanitarian potential of mediation as a psychological and pedagogical phenomenon that initiates cooperation of the actors of the educational process to prevent and resolve conflicts in training and professional activity. Such cooperation and interiorization of culture of mediation contribute to the students’ personal and professional development. The authors analyze and identify the essential characteristic features of interrelationship of mediation and humanitarization as an integrative phenomenon contributing to the development of university cultural and educational environment. The research outcomes lay the ground for developing a model and describing organizational and pedagogical conditions for humanitarization of the university activity by means of mediation. This article presents a survey analysis carried out among students and teachers of Siberian Federal University. The purpose of the survey is to study the state and identify the prospects of humanitarization, implement the institution of mediation at the university, assess students’ and teachers’ interest in humanitarization and mediation, and the opportunities of their integration