Bilyk O. Theory and methodology for socialization of international students in the educational and cultural environment of a higher educational institution

Object: international students’ socialization in the socio-cultural environment of Ukraine in the context of the information society; the aim: to substantiate the theoretical and methodological principles of social and educational support of the international students’ socialization in the educational and cultural environment of a higher educational institution of Ukraine within the conditions of the information society and to study experimentally the influence of such support on the efficiency of the investigated process; methods: analysis, systematization and generalization of scientific works, modeling, questioning, testing, observation, conversation, interviewing, social and educational experiment, methods of mathematical statistics; novelty: the theoretical principles of the social and educational support of the international students’ socialization in the educational and cultural environment of a higher educational institution of Ukraine have been substantiated; the methodical principles of the social and educational support of the international students’ socialization in the educational and cultural environment of a higher educational institution of Ukraine have been theoretically proved; results: the social and educational support of the socialization of international students in the educational and cultural environment of higher educational institutions of Ukraine has been implemented; the Center for Intercultural Communication and Social Integration of International Students attached to the students’ self-government bodies has been established; recommendations for improving the social and educational activities of structural units of higher educational institutions that are responsible for the training of international students have been developed; the program and methodical recommendations for conducting seminars on the issues of socialization of international students for the representatives of administration, senior officials of structural units responsible for organizing the educational process with international students, advisors of academic groups, teachers, librarians, hostel staff, representatives of students’ self-government bodies have been developed; the series of instructional video films of ethno cultural content "Ukraine by the eyes of international students" has been developed, aimed at increasing the efficiency of the process of international students’ socialization; the area of study – social pedagogy.