The study of the genesis of arbitrary activity by Vygotsky’s followers led to the ideas of the activity approach, which took root in the Moscow methodological circle (Shchedrovitsky, Lefebvre, Davydov, etc.) by the end of the 1950s. In the early 90s, the primacy of the activity approach in domestic education was officially declared, in spite of fair criticism from the supporters of the information-needs concept of man developed by Simonov and Ershov (based on the ideas of Sechenov and Stanislavsky). Their concept took into account the focus of any needs on either preservation of what has already been achieved, or on all new development (with the inevitable negation of what has been previously achieved). The connection of this dichotomy with positive and negative emotions, revealed in a new way the role of game activity in transformations of actual human need dominants.

The use of games in education depends on the direction of training: 1) on mastering professional pedantry or 2) on mastering professional virtuosity. Stanislavsky’s method of “simple physical actions” helps to solve pedagogical problems of school lessons. Not only because it prevents students from refusing to perform the teacher’s tasks, but also because it becomes a methodological support for teachers in freeing the process of teaching children from the cult of awareness, imposed by thought-activity pedagogy and violating the natural links between the development of individual curiosity in schoolchildren and their natural disinterestedness.

The article analyzes the influence of national character on the socio-psychological adaptation of migrants in the new host society. The analysis of interaction is examined on the example of Russian-speaking migrants in Germany. In this connection, the author presents in detail the main factors influencing the formation of the German and Russian national character in the context of their historical interaction, as well as the characteristics of the current stage of relations. The article provides an analysis of the relevance and practical significance of the phenomenon of national character and its role in the adaptation of migrants to new living conditions with a view to their further successful self-actualization and the preservation of the mental well-being of interacting ethnic groups, both the arriving migrants and the receiving society, as well as the development of specific practical tools to address critical issues of international community interaction in matters of economic, migration and social policy.

The problem in the sphere of migration of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the RF) is the state-legal management of migration processes. In this regard, the purpose of the study is a civilizational approach in terms of integrating the totality of socio-economic and political-military processes, which are especially clearly manifested in the RF since the beginning of a Special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. Empirics is implemented in the tasks: a) clarification of the essence, structure and content of migration processes in the RF; b) development of recommendations for improving the state-legal management of migration by methods, theoretical (analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, examination), practical (situation modeling, quantification, content analysis, interviewing). The results (conclusions) of the authors were introduced into the educational process for teaching the disciplines “Jurisprudence” and “Private International Law” by the Department of Political Science and Law of the Moscow State Regional Pedagogical University.

The problem of career and migration attitudes of studying youth and psychological wellbeing is posed as their possible factor. Using a sample of 390 Omsk students with different social and demographic characteristics, based on the diagnosis of subjective and psychological wellbeing of the individual, as well as cluster analysis, three groups of students with different levels of well-being were identified. Their comparative analysis made it possible to identify significant differences through the severity and combination of career and migration attitudes of students. A direct connection has been established between the level of well-being of students and career orientations, and an inverse connection with their migration intentions. This trend has practical significance, making it possible to provide social and psychological support to students at risk in order to prevent migration and career risks.

The article considers the phenomenon of gamification as the basis for organizing the educational process, including motivation and regulating behavior of participants of gaming activities. The author presents the functions and principles of gamification, world of the game as a world of custom, ritual, holiday. Attention is drawn to seven game techniques, with the help of which it is possible to effectively involve a pupil in the game process. The game is explored as the basis of the project “Conversations about important things”, as the world of students’ relationships.

This article presents the results of experimental research on the study of the interconnection between the indicators of socio-psychological adaptation and the level of professional self-actualization of Russian-speaking migrants using Germany as an example. The article substantiates the relevance and necessity of creating comprehensive measures of psychological support for migrants in the process of their professional self-realization. In particular, we present the results of theoretical analysis of contemporary scientific literature on these problems as well as analysis of the results of psychological support of professional self-realisation of migrants based on the author‘s model, which includes methods of cognitive behavioural therapy, projective techniques and coaching technologies.

Professional orientation of gifted teenagers presupposes application of methods, that take into account social and psychological characteristics of the given group. The aim of the investigation is to reveal the influence of career guidance game on the formation and development of professional plans of gifted teenagers. 65 senior pupils, who study at a centre for gifted children, took part in the investigation. They were divided into a control and experimental group. A career guidance game was conducted with the gifted teenagers from the second group. Before and after the experiment, a psycho-diagnostic evaluation of both groups was performed with the use of N. S. Pryazhnikov’s questionnaire “Personal Professional Perspective”. Two non-parametric (Wilcoxon’s signed-rank and Pearson’s chisquared) were applied to set the differences. It is established that the career guidance game contributes to the formation and development of professional plans of gifted adolescents.

The article clarifies the meaning of concept of “mentoring”, which in literature intersects with the concepts of teacher, educator, mentor, tutor, leader, etc. The author sees in mentoring not a fashion, but an important trend, consisting in the reorientation of education to the individuality of the student, his independence and self-education, individual educational programs, collaborative activities with a teacher. To these characteristics, he adds an approach that involves solving a dual educational task — creating conditions (environment) for the formation of intelligence and the formation of a new image of a person (both sides of this task are concretized based on the analysis of educational cases). The stages of formation, development and completion of childhood and the associated features of mentoring are outlined.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the pedagogical potential of modern game-based learning technologies in higher military schools. The analysis of the main approaches to the problem in domestic and foreign studies is carried out. The role of problem-based learning as a concept that removes the opposition of traditional and innovative learning technologies in higher military schools is considered.

The formation of the civil identity of migrants is considered in the context of their integration and as a set of stable formed personal characteristics of a person who is aware of belonging to the community of citizens of the host state. Based on a survey of migrant workers from the CIS countries, it was revealed that the social risk group is represented by migrants who are in a difficult life situation, who have a significant social and cultural distance from the host society due to their ethnicity, low educational resource and level of linguistic adaptation. It is proved that with the integration model of adaptation develops migrants’ interest in the culture of the host society, creates conditions for constructive intercultural interactions, reduces the risks of social isolation in the host society. It is proved that the formation of the civil identity of migrants is important not only for the development of inter-ethnic relations in Russian society, but also for neutralizing the risks of negative migration processes.

The article discusses the methods of organizing methodological work with specialists of the social service system, new formats of methodological work. The forms of support for the personal and professional growth of teachers, including the informational and methodological aspect, are described.