THE FORMATION OF ADAPTIVE THINKING AMONG AFRICAN STUDENTS AS A CONDITION FOR THEIR SOCIOCULTURAL ADAPTATION IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES

In the article, the author substantiates the need to update the content of the preparatory training of African students wishing to receive an education in Russia by introducing the students’ adaptive thinking formation into peda­gogical practice. This innovation is based on theoretical concepts of Russian and foreign scientists. The article presents the essence and component content of adaptive thinking, as well as the results of a formative experimental study of African students, which are published by the author for the first time. Prospects for its further implementation in the training of African applicants and students in preparatory departments of Russian universities are stated as a condition for their socio-­cultural adaptation to the Russian higher education milieu.