Introduction. The features of vocational teacher education (the system of vocational teacher training), its understanding and management complexity, dynamics of modern changes, and needs of educational practice call for conceptual visualisation of its present-day state. The paper presents the authors’ vision of this phenomena based on the ideas of humanisation, continuity, and democratisation of vocational teacher training system. The authors put forward some principles developing these ideas and outline the conditions for their implementation.

Aim. The current research aims to present the conceptual foundations of vocational teacher training in a systematic way, providing its complete explanation and facilitating its designing amid socio-economic and socio-pedagogical changes.

Methodology and research methods. The research is conducted in the context of humanistic educational paradigm, which seems to be the most advantageous for achieving the goal set, based on systemic, activity-shaped personality, integrative, and managerial-and-technological approaches, as well as theoretical and methodological analysis of the scientific sources concerning the object under study.

The research is based on the nearly 100-year experience of training teaching staff for educational organisations of vocational training, the results of pedagogical research on the training problems, analysis of the history and current state of Russian vocational teacher training and relevant foreign experience, the results of experiments on introducing state educational standards and designing the vocational teacher training content.

Results and scientific novelty. The conceptual foundations of vocational teacher training are represented in the unity of three components. The first component represents the general methodology, which reveals its history (development stages), role and place in the social, economic and educational system of the country. The second component determines the development prospects of vocational teacher training, which include the following aspects: its purpose, consisting in creating and maintaining conditions necessary for effective and high-quality training of teachers for the system of professional education and vocational training; conditions necessary for the development of a personality capable of self-implementation in vocational education; objectives including the formation of a versatile, socially functional, and continuously developing personality, ready for effective vocational and professional training; the guiding ideas of humanisation, democratisation and continuity of vocational education and training, as well as the conceptual principles of humanitarisation, fundamentalisation, action orientation, self-organisation of educational activities, public administration, correspondence of the content of continuous vocational teacher training stages to the main stages of personality development, continuity of training curricula, diversity of educational institutions, and the deployment of an advanced vocational teacher training system. The third component outlines the expected state indicated by the necessary conditions for the implementation of conceptual principles of vocational teacher training and concerning the selection of teaching content, building the structure of the system of vocational teacher training system supported with relevant management tools.

Practical significance. The information presented in the article can contribute to the development of vocational teacher training programmes; serve as a methodological basis when forming the topics of fundamental, applied research and development on vocational teacher training, as well as for the organisation and coordination of relevant research and the implementation of the practical results obtained. The research results can also be taken into account in adapting different approaches to this type of education and in defining further development policies. There are reasons to believe that such a view on vocational teacher training complements the experience gained by other authors, and in turn, can be developed in further research.

Introduction. In the process of developing distance learning and changing the forms of educational materials used in different countries, there are such problems as the lack of direct communication, insufficient control of the educational process and low motivation. The effectiveness of the guiding and orienting influences of the teacher, his/her professional and creative teaching methods is decreasing. As a result, the implementation of cognitive learning activities by students becomes more difficult, and the dependence of its results on self-organisation and self-control increases. These problems are inherent in distance learning in many countries, including the Russian Federation, where a network of federal innovation platforms is being created to improve distance learning and to promote educational innovations. The hypothesis assumes the expediency of research and applied development of universal methods and means to reduce negative phenomena in distance learning.

Aim. The present research aims to study the methods and means of additional presentation of the plan of educational activity and the results of its implementation in the form of visual didactic regulators; to create software and methodological tools for the introduction of regulators in distance learning; to experimentally test applied developments.

Methodology and research methods. The study is based on the didactic principle of visibility, which is necessary to provide the student with information about the plan of the educational activity being performed and to present the results of its implementation in the form of visual regulators. Logical-semantic modelling of knowledge was used to design regulators; an integrated approach was applied in the development of software and methodological tools for the application of regulators. In the course of experimental testing (teachers of rural schools, teachers and students of the university), questionnaires, surveys and observations were carried out.

Results and scientific novelty. An analysis of the work of teachers demonstrated the relevance of using visual aids with illustrative and reference properties in the context of distance learning. It is proposed to supplement the educational task in text form with a plan using a visual didactic regulator, and the results of the implementation of the plan in the accepted form should also be supplemented by a didactic regulator. The use of regulators contributes to the self-organisation and self-control of the student, the development of universal educational actions in the construction of regulators and in educational activities, the improvement of systematic thinking and the formation of models for the implementation of educational activities. Software and methodological tools are proposed to support the introduction of didactic regulators into distance learning.

Practical significance. The developed didactic solutions and software methodology tools complement the means and methods of distance learning technology, make it possible to increase the effectiveness of communication between the teacher and the student, as well as the guiding, orienting influences of the teacher; allow to increase the dependence of learning out-comes on self-organisation and self-control of the student.

Introduction. The study is based on one of the findings of J. Hattie’s meta-analysis, which proves the importance of feedback in the educational process as a critical factor affecting the quality of learning outcomes. However, the issue about the significance of this factor and its perception by education researchers and direct participants in educational relations (teachers and students) is still open to question. An objective answer to this question will develop practical steps to develop literacy in applying feedback in modern school education.

Aim. Based on the data of a comprehensive empirical study, the present research is aimed to identify and analyse the value aspect of the attitude to feedback from teachers and students as an integral part of academic literacy.

Methodology and research methods. To mark the general didactic boundaries of the theoretical discussion, the authors chose the feedback literacy model, which consists of four components: the acceptance of the value of feedback, the ability to make judgments, the control of emotions, and the ability to act on the basis of feedback. The comprehensive empirical research consisted of two stages in 2020–2021; it was conducted on representative samples of high school students and teachers from different regions of Russia. At the first stage, the authors studied value attitude to feedback among high school students. A representative group of high school students (n = 2710) took part in the cross-sectional research. The cross-sectional research outcomes were developed in a field experiment with school children from 16 to 18 years old (n = 137) trained according to the unified programme. At the second stage, a comparative research among teachers (n = 134) was carried out using the method of a written survey containing closed and open questions about teachers’ understanding of the feedback phenomenon and their attitude towards it. This survey also included the data obtained from the survey of school children at the first stage, aiming for their expert evaluation by teachers. Thus, teachers were motivated to display a reflective and expert position, making it possible to obtain a more holistic view of the research subject.

Results. As a result of the present research, it was found that Russian teachers understand the concept of feedback quite fully, although such an understanding is more intuitive than mastered in practice. Marks for progress are perceived by teachers as low-quality, formalised feedback, and alternative methods (comments on the student’s work) as resource-consuming and, therefore, not applicable in daily practice.

The research outcomes showed that adolescents perceive feedback more as the teacher’s prerogative and not as their opportunity to develop their learning ability. At the same time, modern school children want to receive feedback in the form of a detailed commentary, although they do not have experience with it. In the context of a positive encouragement of students to request feedback from a teacher, adolescents are ready to quickly change their scholarly communication with an adult to achieve better results.

According to the results obtained, teachers consider students generally unable to interpret correctly unmarked feedback and formulate their request for it. Other external circumstances hindering the development of qualitative feedback practices include, in the opinion of teachers, the dominance of the point system of assessment in school; organisational and bureaucratic costs that limit the teacher’s search in the field of feedback methods; parents’ attitude towards formal (marking) results; the inability of students to objectively perceive feedback other than formal assessment.

The results of the study demonstrate that teachers, on the whole, give a low rating to the readiness of school children to work with detailed feedback and to request it, linking this with the lack of formation of emotional, cognitive and communication skills in their students that they need to request, perceive and interpret full feedback.

Scientific novelty. The study confirmed the relevance of the theoretical-empirical model “feedback literacy” for the school, although it was initially proposed for universities. The study compared for the first time the attitude to the concept of feedback on the part of different subjects of the educational process – students and teachers.

Practical significance. Based on empirical data, deficiencies and contradictions in teachers’ ideas about the practice of feedback were identified, and the readiness of students to use feedback resources in student-centred (personalised) learning was assessed. Applying the feedback literacy model to the context of the modern Russian school has made it possible to identify the semantic, value and communicative deficiencies of quality feedback that arise at the initial stage of its development, which can be a demanded practical result for international educational practices.

Introduction. Learning mathematics from home during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for both parents and students to manage to engage in learning. Therefore, it is important to examine the involvement of parents in learning mathematics from home and students’ mathematics self-concepts and their relationship to mathematics performance.

Aim. This study is aimed to analyse parental involvement and students’ mathematical self-concept, the relationship between the two, and their effect on students’ mathematical performance in online learning.

Methodology and research methods. A cross-sectional survey was used to achieve the research objectives. There were 56 elementary school students in rural areas who were involved in this study. To assess parental involvement and mathematics self-concept, the authors employed questionnaires. Meanwhile, the results of the mid-semester test were used to assess student math performance. The answers to the research questions were reported using descriptive analysis, correlation, regression, and the t-test.

Results. Based on the results of the analysis, parental involvement, both in terms of support and control aspects, has a significant influence on mathematics performance. On the other hand, mathematics self-concept and performance positively influence each other. The findings of the present research also show that the gender group and grade level group did not have significant differences for each variable.

Practical significance. This study has implications for schools to maximise parental involvement in their children’s mathematics learning effectively. Communication between schools, teachers, and children, in particular, becomes critical to maximise children’s potential, including their math self-concept.

Introduction. The subjective well-being of students is an important factor affecting academic achievements and professional development. The number of Chinese students studying in Russia is already quite large, and there is a potential for growing cooperation between our countries. Therefore, the study of the subjective well-being of Chinese students in their comparison with Russian students is relevant not only from an academic point of view (as a cross-cultural study of the globalising world), but also from a practical point of view.

Aim. The aim of the present research is to theoretically and empirically study the subjective well-being in general and its individual components among Chinese students getting higher education in Russia, in comparison with Russian students there.

Methodology and research methods. The methodological principles of the study are activity-based and subject-activity approaches, as well as the principles of consistency and system analysis. The theoretical study was conducted using the bibliographic method. The empirical study used the testing method and methods of statistical data processing.

An empirical study was conducted on 392 students of the RUDN. The following psychodiagnostic methods were applied in the study: “Scale of Subjective Well-Being” by A. Perue-Badu (adaptation by M. V. Sokolova), “Questionnaire of Self-Attitude” (V. V. Stolin, S. R. Pantileev), “Oxford Happiness Questionnaire”, “Subjective Assessment of Appearance” (V. A. Labunskaya, E. V. Belugina), and “Scale of Basic Beliefs” by R. Yanov-Bulman (adaptation by O. Kravtsova). The statistical Mann-Whitney U criterion was used for the calculations. The calculations were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23 program.

Scientific novelty and results. The scientific novelty and the most significant research results consist in identifying the features of subjective well-being and related personal characteristics of Chinese students studying at Russian universities, in comparison with Russian students there. It was found that most of the indicators of subjective well-being of Chinese students are at a lower level than those of Russian ones. The exception is the parameters “psychoemotional state” and “tension and sensitivity”, for which Chinese students show better scores.

Practical significance. The practical significance of this work is that the authors developed the recommendations aimed to improving the indicators of the subjective well-being of Russian and Chinese students studying in Russian universities.

Introduction. The development of professional reflection is determined by the nature of the activity in relation to which it is carried out. At the same time, teacher professional reflection is an effective resource for the development of educational activities. At the present stage, there is a wide variety of education models. Each educational model is characterised by its special values; reflection has its own special meaning, purpose, and result in a specific educational model.

Aim. The current research aims to present the authors’ model for studying the features of teacher professional reflection; to discuss the results of testing this research model, which made it possible to draw a number of conclusions about the presence and nature of the relationship between the level of teacher professional reflection and their personal and professional values.

Methodology and research methods. The present research is based on the activity approach, theoretical provisions on the structure and functions of reflection of activity, the meaning of reflection in various models of education, the types of professional pedagogical reflection. The research model is developed through the questionnaire method and the case method. The study involved primary and secondary school teachers of three educational complexes in Moscow (N = 63).

Results. It has been established that the values of the life and professional plan of the subjects are consistent with each other, and professional actions are generally not related to the declared professional values. The authors confirmed the hypothesis that the reflection of positional type has a significant positive relationship between the degree of congruence between the values declared in the survey and those manifested in solving problematic professional situations and the level of development of reflection of these types.

Scientific novelty lies in the development of a model for studying the features of professional reflection associated with the personal and professional values of the teacher. The results obtained in the course of its approbation can serve as a basis for understanding the mechanisms for the development of professional reflection of teachers in various models of education.

Practical significance. The developed methodology for studying the features of professional reflection of teachers can be used for the further creation of the set of tools for self-assessment and the development of professional pedagogical competence, the core of which is pedagogical reflection.

Introduction. Involvement of stakeholders into curricula modernisation in modern educational institutions has always been significant due to the existing misbalance between the social requirements and outdated educational materials.

Aim. The aim of the research is to analyse the three dimensions of stakeholder involvement into curricula modernisation in education on the basis of Kostanay regional university named after A.Baitursynov (Kostanay, Kazakhstan): maximal involvement, partial involvement, and formal participation.

Methodology and research methods. The research is based on the 10 sessions 1.5 h each organised on the platform of the virtual foresight laboratory (VFL) specially designed for the realisation of maximal involvement of the participants. Two in-depth face-to-face interview sessions with the focus groups (FG) participants (1 entry interview and 1 post-sessional interview) were organised and processed.

Results. The results of the sessions with 6 stakeholders represented focus group 1 that demonstrated the new maps of the future curriculum and modernised the text of the existing educational curriculum in terms of the goals, content and competencies requirements. The highlights include the following results of the study: the FG1 participants  indicated  their synergy in foreseeing the future through mapping, trends design and discussions  in VFL; there was the increase of the learning gain among FG1 stakeholders in terms of the structure of the curriculum, educational programme, types of competencies,  foresight research; the personal growth of stakeholder  involvement  into curricula modernisation  was directly observed, as their gained experience was reflected in further modernisation  of educational programmes  of other majors.

Scientific novelty. The research presents the key theoretical role of virtual foresight laboratory in curricula modernisation, basic theoretical issues on design of the future maps and foresight planning.

Practical significance. Practical outcomes in curricula modernisation can be adapted to any educational institutions aimed at perspective planning and foresight applications.