Bakalo O. Pedagogical Conditions of the Foreign Students’ Adaptation to the Studies in Higher Technical Educational Institutions

The thesis is devoted to the problem of foreign students’ adaptation to the studies in higher technical educational institutions. As the result of the research the content and structure of the foreign students’ adaptation is revealed; besides, pedagogical conditions of foreign students’ adaptation to the studies in higher technical educational institutions are determined. Moreover, the comprehensive program of foreign students’ adaptation to the studies in higher technical educational institutions is developed and its effectiveness is experimentally verified. The significant parameters of adaptable educational environment for foreign students’ adaptation (modality, breadth, intensity, awareness, emotional sensitivity, generality and dominance) are identified, and the possibility of a positive impact of the pedagogical conditions on them was experimentally proved. The essence of the concepts of «foreign students’ adaptation to the studies», «foreign students’ adaptation to the studies in higher technical educational institution», «adaptable educational environment of higher education» are specified; besides, the essence and structural components of the process of foreign students adaptation to study at the Technical University (action-practical, social, communicative and personal) are clarified. The features of adaptation to studies of representatives from different regions (Southeast, East and West Asia, Central, Western and Northern Africa and South America) are considered. The organization, forms and methods of pedagogical support of foreign students’ adaptation in the learning process in higher technical educational institution are improved.