Sociocultural Environment as a Resource for Adaptation of Students with Migration History

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2025-2/67-85

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Keywords:

socio-cultural environment, adaptation of children from families with migration history, adaptation by means of education, children of foreign citizens, migration research

Abstract

The article summarizes the results of the sociological project entitled ‘The Potential of the Sociocultural Environment and Interdepartmental Cooperation for Solving Educational Problems of Adaptation of Foreign Minors and Other Categories of Children with Migration History’. In 2024 the study involved 125 teachers from 14 regions of the Russian Federation, representing schools with a significant proportion of such students. The authors aim to identify the main factors of the internal environment of Russian educational organizations that contribute to increasing the level of adaptation of foreign minors and other categories of children with migration history; to study the degree and nature of interaction between schools (teachers, class teachers, administrators, social pedagogues) and families with migration history; to identify the degree of involvement of educational organizations in interaction with ethnic, cultural and religious associations in the Russian Federation.

Author Biographies

  • Elena Omelchenko, Moscow Pedagogical State University

    Omelchenko, Elena A. — Doctor of History, Dean of the Faculty for Regional Studies and Ethnocultural Education, Professor of the UNESCO Chair of International Education and the Integration of Migrants, Deputy Director, Institute of Social Studies and Humanities, Moscow Pedagogical State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: etno1@dol.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-2586

  • Anna Shevtsova, Moscow Pedagogical State University

    Shevtsova, Anna A. — Doctor of History, Professor of the UNESCO Chair of International Education and the Integration of Migrants, Institute of Social Studies and Humanities, Moscow Pedagogical State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: ash@inbox.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3602-4728

  • Arina Burova, Moscow Pedagogical State University

    Burova, Arina A. — Master in Sociology, Specialist of the UNESCO Chair of International Education and the Integration of Migrants, Institute of Social Studies and Humanities, Moscow Pedagogical State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: aa.burova@mpgu.edu  

    For citation: Omelchenko, E. A., A. A. Shevtsova, and A. A. Burova. 2025. Sociocultural Environment as a Resource for Adaptation of Students with Migration History. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 2: 67–85.

    Funding: The research was conducted within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (theme №124031100002-4 “The Socio-Cultural Environment as a Resource for the Adaptation of Foreign Minors and Children with a Migration History”.

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Published

08.06.2025

Issue

No. 2 (2025): Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik antropologii)

Section

Children with Migration Background at School