Aim. To consider and analyze the results and outcomes of distant learning during the pandemic of COVID-19 in the context of cyber-socialization of students, teachers and parents. Methodology. The following research methods were employed in this article: observation, analysis, synthesis, classification, introspection, conceptual modeling, comparison etc. Results. The analysis made it possible to identify a number of psychological, pedagogical, regionally significant, social and everyday factors and problems of cyber-socialization in distance learning, and the cyber-socialization of all generations involved in the education process, which is the most important condition for the development of distant education. Research implications. The points stated in the article contribute to the theory of digital and distant education development in Russia.

Aim. To determine the role and place of environmental education in the socio-vital process of preschool children’s personality development based on the results of the study reflecting the effective organization of environmental education in pre-school education. Methodology. The authors performed a theoretical analysis of empirical material (the phenomenon of preschool environmental education), the results of a survey of preschool children’s parents on environmental education (before and after the implementation of the project «Bibliographic laboratory of innovative environmental work»). Pedagogical research methods - analysis, synthesis, questionnaires, pedagogical monitoring. Results. The statement about the effectiveness of interagency interaction of educational institutions (preschool departments of educational complexes) and culture (public libraries for children) in terms of environmental education is empirically verified. It is proved that environmental education is the foundation for the development of the personality of a preschool child. Research implications. The authors summarized a significant array of pedagogical material on the issues of preschool environmental education, as well as the survey data of before and after the experiment; the proposals on the use of new forms of organizing effective environmental work in the conditions of interaction between educational institutions and culture are formulated.

Aim. To confirm the effectiveness of STEM-technology in developing creative abilities of 7-9 grades pupils on the basis of the authors’ psychological and pedagogical program. Methodology. The authors have analysed modern approaches to the formation and development of pupils’ creative activity. A special program of creative abilities development of 7-9 grades pupils is developed and introduced into the educational process. The study was based on the comparison of two groups of students - the experimental and the control group, shaped by the criterion of psychological-pedagogical program engagement. Results. A positive dynamic of the general level of development of creative abilities and individual characteristics of creative thinking of pupils based on STEM-technology at the experimental group is shown. Research implications. Based on the analysis, the authors come to the conclusion that the key condition for the development and stimulation of creative abilities is a comprehensive, systematic implementation of an individual program of creative development.

Aim. To identify the pedagogical potential of the educational process to form students’ professional readiness for cross-cultural communication, including methodological support stimulating cross-cultural competence development. Methodology. The research methods used were: theoretical analysis of scientific publications; survey; statistical processing of survey data; analysis of students’ educational activities. Results. Basing on the research results the authors of the article conclude that special conditions must be observed in order to develop a student’s personality and form his/her professional readiness for cross-cultural communication; they are: to teach a foreign language in an inextricable connection with the norms of behavior of the country of the language being studied; to use simulated communicative situations; to deepen the background knowledge. Research implications. The results of the research will make it possible to create curricular and methodological materials complexes further implemented in classroom and extracurricular forms of work and allowing students to reflect their readiness for Cross-cultural communication.

Aim. To describe the educational opportunities of the genre of riddle in terms of teaching Russian as a non-native language. Methodology. The article analyzes the riddle as an instrument of developing the cognitive activity of pupils in mastering a non-native language; the methods of including riddles into the process of teaching Russian to Turkmen-speaking pupils are modeled. Results. The features of solving as a process of cognition are identified; methodological solutions that allow the use of riddles for the development of the cognitive sphere and communicative competence of children-non-native learners are proposed. Research implications: The author managed to justify the feasibility of including riddles in the process of teaching Russian as a non-native language. The results of the study can be applied in the modern multicultural school.

Aim. To explore the use of contextual data in the analysis of the text «At a nameless hill» at the literature lessons in a primary school. Methodology. The author analyzed the possible usage of historical, sociocultural, biographical and other contextual information about a literary work which helps to introduce the content of the lyrics to the pupils of primary school with more details. Results. The author concludes that it is more expedient to use research methods directed at studying the context of a literary work. This supposes the student to appeal to the historical, biographical, literary and other facts. Research implications lie in the usage of the materials of this article in determining the methods of studying similar literary works at different stages of literary reading lessons.

Aim. To determine the place of the discipline “Technique and technology of pictorial materials” in the training system of artists and painters, 54.05.02 “Painting” educational program, “Easel Painting” specialization. Methodology. The results of the article are based on the generalization of the practical experience of professors of the art and graphic faculty and the search for a theoretical justification of the methods and means of teaching this discipline Results. Guidelines for teaching this discipline at the faculty of fine arts and folk crafts are clearly formulated. Research implications. The practical significance lies in the possibility of applying these recommendations in the context of training students on 54.05.02 “Painting” educational program, “Easel Painting” specialization. Besides, it makes possible further theoretical development of this issue.

Aim. To analyze the peculiarities of the process of speaking in a foreign language and to define the ways of taking into consideration the specifics of speech mechanisms functioning in teaching a foreign language speaking skill to university students. Methodology. The analysis of the scientific literature devoted to the question of speech mechanism functioning in a foreign language is presented. Results. Based on the study, the author concludes that while speaking both a native language and a foreign language the same speech mechanisms are used, among them: motivation, inner speech, establishment of semantic connections, preemptive synthesis, memory, phonic speech presentation, feedback. On the stage of university education it is necessary to create special environment aimed at activating speech mechanisms for using new language sources. Research implications. The ways of taking into consideration the specifics of speech mechanisms functioning in teaching a foreign language speaking skill to university students are provided in the article.

Aim. To analyze the problem of implementing the axiomatic method of constructing the theory of elementary functions in teaching students of pedagogical directions of university preparation. Methodology. In the course of the study the results of scientists on the subject of the work are generalized, the methodology for using the axiomatic method of introducing an exponential function in training future teachers of mathematics is described. Results. The analysis of the works of domestic and foreign scientists, the experience of pedagogical activity, the results of questioning and interviewing trainees allow us to conclude that the proposed methodology is effective in raising the level of subject and methodological knowledge and professionally important qualities of a future teacher. Research implications. The use of the axiomatic approach in teaching students of pedagogical directions of university preparation is substantiated; the introduction of the proposed method into educational process is described; its efficiency for formation of methodical competence of the future teachers of mathematics is studied.

Aim. To study the problem of organizing extracurricular activities of students of the primary school. Methodology. The organizational model of extracurricular activities is considered. In the course of the research, legal-normative and methodological documents were analyzed, the results of scientific research on the problem were summarized, and the search stage of the pedagogical experiment was conducted. Results. The method of planning extracurricular activities based on the database of modular puzzles is shown; methodological recommendations for writing working programs are given. Research implications. The model of extracurricular activities is theoretically substantiated; the “Intellectual Monday” program is developed for organizing the extracurricular activities in Physics.

Aim. To identify the possibilities of visual didactic tools and their combinations for the effective formation of students’ research competence in teaching Physics at school. Methodology. The article describes the technology for the gradual formation of methodological knowledge and methods of action for students in teaching physics; examples of the author’s didactic tools, the use of which provides students with the optimal formation of research competence, are given . In the course of research the following methods were used: generalization and systematization of scientific and methodological information, abstract-logical analysis and synthesis, designing, searching pedagogical experiment. Results. The combinations of visual aids that are optimal for each stage of the formation of methodological knowledge and skills of schoolchildren in teaching physics are revealed. Original didactic tools have been designed and tested that can be used to effectively develop students’ research competence. Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the theory of managing the intellectual development of schoolchildren in teaching Physics.

Aim. To reveal the methodological features of the development of younger pupils’ educational independence in the process of studying the initial course of mathematics. Methodology. A theoretical analysis of pedagogical and scientific-methodical literature on the development of primary schoolchildren’s “ability to learn” at the lessons of mathematics is carried out, the organization of project-research activities of students is given. Results. The article analyzes the concept of “project activity” and “research activity”; a comparative analysis of the concepts of “educational autonomy” and “project development activities” is performed; essential characteristics of project and research tasks are defined; an example of such task is provided; guidelines for teachers on the organization of pupils’ activity when working with them are given. Research implications: The concept of educational independence in relation to primary school has been clarified, and the theoretical provisions of teaching younger students to design and research activities have been expanded. The inclusion of these tasks into the practice of primary mathematical education creates conditions for the development of teaching motivation, stimulation of mechanisms for students’ orientation, ensuring independent goal-setting of the upcoming activities, and the formation of students’ general and special skills. All this is the basis of educational independence.

Aim. To study modern approaches to the factor of interdisciplinarity in the training of future engineers. Methodology. The analysis of foreign experience of training engineers, which was comparable to the domestic one, including the authors’ own long-term practical experience, was carried out. Results. It is concluded that a graduate of a technical University, which is part of the neo-industrial production, should have universal and largely interdisciplinary competencies. The factor of interdisciplinarity is intended to be a determining factor in designing the content of educational programs, and become an important element of the teaching methodology of fundamental disciplines. Research implications. The results of the research can be used in the development of new training courses and specific methods of teaching fundamental disciplines in technical universities.

Aim. To reveal the possibilities of using the texts of the newspaper column “Faits Divers” (“incidents”) as materials for the development of tasks for lexical and grammatical testing in French of the A2-B1 levels. Methodology. The author analyzed texts of this column from a number of French editions and developed test tasks based on the texts selected. In the course of the research the methods of semantic, grammatical, sociocultural analysis, synthesis, construction, approbation, etc. were used. Results. The analysis revealed linguistic characteristics and properties of texts of the column “Faits Divers”, the advantages and the disadvantages of these texts for didactic usage are stated. The author gives recommendations for the work with these texts and shows the possibilities of their use for the development of various types of test tasks. Research implications. Materials of the article can find application in testing in French and in the course of testology.

Aim. To analyze the problem of the undeveloped value attitude of food service managers to their professional activities and suggest some ways of solving the problem. Methodology. Psychological and pedagogical literature relating to the stated problem is analyzed, some notions concerning values and value attitude to the professional activities are cited, the author’s pedagogical experience is summarized. Results. Values of the food service manager are specified and clarified; a series of value-orientated tasks are offered. Research implications. The notions of the problem of forming future food service managers’ value attitude to professional activities are specified; the system of value-orientated tasks for solving the stated problem is developed.