scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL COMMUNICATION AS A BASIS FOR THE ADAPTATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS TO THE TRAINING IN BULGARIAN UNIVERSITIES

Author(s):  
Ivelina Angelova

The paper reviews some problems of adaptation of foreign students to the educational system at the Higher education institutions, in particular the English speaking students at Medical Faculties/ Universities in Bulgaria. A very important condition for successful adaptation is quality pedagogical communication which is also the focus of this article. The author points out the problems of foreign students at the adaptation stage and draws attention to the importance of the teacher's attitude and behavior. The paper considers that the development of skills and habits for intercultural communication in the process of pedagogical communication is closely related to the adaptation and socialization of foreign students in the conditions of the new socio-cultural environment. The paper analyzes the pedagogical communication technique, which should include strictly defined components.

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Avetisyan R.R. ◽  
Tuaeva I.B. ◽  
Karyaeva S.K.

This article examines the socio-psychological aspects of a tolerant person, as well as the factors that determine the strategies of interethnic interaction in a multinational society, which were formed in historical practice and are determined by the economic and political structure of society as a whole. The student environment is one of the most intense and intense places of interethnic contacts. Traditionally, in an educational institution, an important way to improve the educational process, which involves comfortable psychological interpersonal relationships, is to develop methods that contribute to the formation of interethnic tolerance. The North Ossetian state medical Academy is a modern multi-level system of continuous training of specialists of higher medical and pharmaceutical education belonging to different national confessions. An important activity of SOGMA is the development of international relations and cooperation with foreign students. The annual events are aimed at forming a positive attitude of students to cultural differences. Representatives of various ethnic communities meet at the University, various systems of worldview and perception of the world are formed, as a result, students ' stereotypes of interethnic consciousness and behavior are strengthened. The study involved 50 students of the 1st year of dental and 50 students of the 6th year of medical faculties of the fgbou VO SOGMA. Diagnostics of General communicative tolerance V. V. Boyko allows you to diagnose tolerant and intolerant attitudes that manifest themselves in the process of communication. E. Bogardus ' scale of social distance determines the degree of psychological closeness of people and the ease of their interaction. Tolerance is an important component of effective interethnic interaction of medical students, which serves as the basis for resolving social and interethnic conflicts and achieving mutual respect for the interests of all religious denominations.


The article highlights the problems of the linguocultural socialization of foreign applicantsfor highereducation. The scientific and methodical bases of linguocultural educational system of educational migrants’ support that forms in two ways: language training and social and cultural adaptation implemented as per level degree (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, Ph.D. degree) were defined according to the tasks of socialization of foreigners in the higher education area. The article describes the potential of the language instruction that plays the role of educational discipline and the basis for the socialization of applicants for higher education in a foreign language and social and cultural environment. The process of linguocultural competence formation among different categories of educational migrants is outlined. The functions of the socially educational process at the university as the main factor of socialization of foreigners were determined. The authors point out that the socialization of foreign students in the educational and cultural environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) should be considered in conjunction with three aspects: linguosocial adaptation, integration, and individualization. Scientific and methodical bases of each of the mentioned aspects were discussed. The main forms of social and pedagogical support of socially educational work with foreign applicants of higher education, who study at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (training courses, cultural assimilators, excursions, local history master classes, theme nights, discussions regarding intercultural communication, creative contests, business games, conferences of young scientists etc.) were specified.


Author(s):  
Natalija Sotikova

Intensive competition in contemporary education market makes higher educational institutions choose market focused strategy in order to make their offer outstand their other competitors. Defining the factors of experience development, their impact on satisfaction and loyalty of foreign students would help higher educational institutions to create positive experience for foreign students that would later, thanks to this experience, can become loyal and spread positive information about the higher educational institution. Research of these factors is especially topical for Latvia because one of the main directions for development of the state educational system is integration in international educational system. The objective of research is to study the impact of experience developing factors on forming satisfaction and loyalty in higher education. Survey has been used as a research method, questionnaire covered foreign students in Latvia. Data analysis has been conducted with frequency analysis, calculations of central tendency indicators, correlation analysis and path analysis. As a result, it was found that satisfaction with higher educational institution was mainly formed with its capability to fulfil its obvious functions, that is provide qualitative education corresponding with expectations of foreign students. The analysis of impact of general satisfaction with higher educational institution on loyalty demonstrated very strong positive influence: the higher the satisfaction, the more likely foreign students would consider studies in particular higher educational institution to be useful for other foreign students and advise it.  


Author(s):  
Anouchka Plumb

It can be difficult to decipher the extent to which Canadian university internationalization efforts have been corralled to actualize mostly through non-native English speaking (NNES) foreign student recruitment. Although international surveys often report that an overwhelming majority of foreign students endorse Canada as a study destination and are satisfied with their Canadian study experience, the voices of students who experience a different reality are often overlooked. This chapter begins with an overview of internationalization values. The author then reviews the ways in which neoliberal ideology reshapes higher education as a good and places NNES foreign students as consumers in competition. Next, the foreign student recruitment is aligned with the internationalization rationales of generating revenue and migrating skills to benefit Canada's national economy. The reported realities of NNES foreign students are shared, followed by questions to springboard dialogue on identifying and mitigating gaps for NNES foreign student university study on Canadian campuses.


Author(s):  
N. Kalashnik

The rapid and radical changes in the life of Ukrainian society, the processes of globalization and integration, the continuous expansion of the spheres of international, interethnic communication indicate that further development of mankind is possible only with the dialogue of representatives of different national-cultural and religious communities that can understand and perceive another culture as equivalent. It is in these conditions that the education of foreign students is considered as a means of safe and comfortable existence in the new society, and the goal of education is the formation of intercultural communication among future foreign doctors, as well as the formation of tolerant consciousness among students at such levels as personality, society, and state. Foreign students from different countries represent different ethnic groups, different cultural, religious, linguistic relations, cultural education, which causes difficulties in the life of foreign students who influence the formation of their intercultural communicative competence. The analysis of scientific literature shows the constant interest of scholars in the problems of the formation of a tolerant linguistic personality of a foreign medical student. It is necessary to create an atmosphere of tolerance, openness, respect for one another and a sense of solidarity. The principle of tolerance implies tolerance and respect for the opinion of another person, impartiality in the assessment of people and events, and the positivity of relationships. The problem of forming the readiness of foreign students to perceive the cultural environment, teaching intercultural communication involves a number of more complex aspects: the formation of a culture of communication in another for them socio-cultural and linguistic environment; Taking into account psychological peculiarities of adult education; Taking into account psychological peculiarities of cognitive communicative activity of foreign students in the natural linguistic environment; Raising the culture of interethnic communication in the group, at the faculty, in the university, etc.; Formation of skills and abilities of the "dialogue of cultures"; the formation and development of theoretical and practical readiness for intercultural communication, which is the main means of educating a tolerant personality. Therefore, tolerance is defined by us as a respectful attitude to someone else's opinion, loyalty in the assessment of actions and behavior of other people, readiness for understanding and cooperation in solving issues of interpersonal, group and interethnic interaction. Formation of a tolerant linguistic personality in the process of teaching intercultural communication is aimed at stabilizing the internal situation in the student collective, ensuring friendship of peoples (social function); Enriching people with spiritual culture; Inducing them to spiritual cooperation (educational function); Formation of socio-ethical qualities facilitating intercultural consent in society (psychological function). The main mechanism for forming a tolerant linguistic personality is that the personality of each student is the subject and the object of intercultural relations and brings its share into the treasury of world experience, each person in one or another degree is a participant in a free political and cultural dialogue, the ownership of which contributes the mental compatibility of people, respect, acceptance and understanding of different cultures, which are the conditions of humanity's movement for spiritual integration, respect for the languages, traditions and culture of other peoples, the formation of a world culture in.


Author(s):  
Lisa A. Petrides ◽  
Sharon Khanuja-Dhall ◽  
Pablo Reguerin

Developing, sharing, and working with information in today’s environment is not an easy task. With today’s technological advancements, the management of information appears to be deceivingly easier. However, building and maintaining an infrastructure for information management involves complex issues, such as group consensus, access and privileges, well-defined duties, and power redistribution. Furthermore, higher education institutions are continuously faced with the need to balance the politics of information sharing across departments, whether the administration operates in a centralized or decentralized manner. The need to develop, share, and manage information in a more effective and efficient manner has been proven to require a challenging shift in the norms and behavior of higher education institutions as well. This shift does not have as much to do with the actual use of technology as it does with the cultural environment of the institution. Davenport notes: Information cultures determine how much those involved value information, share it across organizational boundaries, disclose it internally and externally, and capitalize on it (Davenport, 1997, p. 35). Depending on the history, people, and cultural environment, each organization faces its own dilemmas around the task of compiling and sharing information. This case details one institution’s attempts, at a departmental level, to develop an information system for planning and decision-making. It looks at the department’s effort to manage and track students and to design a management tool that would help departmental faculty to function more effectively. It examines the challenges faced in managing information and the behaviors that drive new information management processes with the increased use of technology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (I) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Михайло ЙОЛТУХІВСЬКИЙ ◽  
Оксана НІКОЛАЄНКО ◽  
Оксана ОМЕЛЬРЕНКО ◽  
Ольга БОГОМАЗ ◽  
Ірина ГУСАКОВА

The features of teaching normal physiology in the medical university of English-speaking students of the medical faculty are presented. It reveals the methodological approaches to the organization of teaching foreign students in the course of their receiving higher education in Ukrainian universities, discusses the basic principles and content of the organization of the educational process, taking into account the specifics of the contingent of students. Topical issues of organizing the process of teaching foreign students to medical specialities are considered. The private experience of teaching normal physiology in English to foreign students by teachers of our department is summarized. The analysis of factors affecting the effectiveness of the learning process was carried out. The features of the organization of this process are considered on the example of Vinnitsa national Pirogov’ memorial medical university. Detailed problem analysis will help to systematize and optimize the teaching and examination of knowledge of this kind of students. The use of innovative technologies in the teaching of foreign students can solve a number of both instructional and extracurricular tasks stay of foreign students in Ukraine; and it is the most optimal system of teaching biomedical disciplines in medical high school. A number of reasons are given that reduce the intensity of teaching to foreign students, the main ones being the different level of their linguistic training and educational base, lack of motivation, difficulty with discipline.


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