A theoretical analysis of psychological literature on the relationship of socioal and demographic factors of age and work experience with the phenomenon of “emotional burnout” of education workers is carried out. Theoretical studies have shown an ambiguous relationship of these factors with the phenomenon of “emotional burnout”.

This article introduces various scientific approaches to the concept of “personal identity”, reveals its essence, identifies the types and statuses of personal identity. The concept of existential fullness of personality is revealed, indicating its criteria. As a result of empirical research, the hypothesis was confirmed, which is of practical value in studying the psychological mechanisms of the formation of students` life orientations.

The paper reflects the actual problem of studying the flexible skills of engineers that affect the success of activities in VUCA conditions: instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity

The article presents material that can be used as a didactic and methodological aid for courses in teaching sociology and other social sciences. The relationship between sociology and social sciences is discussed: the former consider sociality in an anthropological key, as relationships between people; in social sciences, the conditions that determine these relationships are analyzed. Six main characteristics of sociality are presented: the study of mass behavior of people and social order, the characterization of the correctness of sociality, the assessment of sociality and the assignment of the type of social action, the cultural and historical understanding of sociality, the popular nature of sociality, the singular plan for the evolution of European sociality. Three types of sociality are distinguished and introduced (1.0, 2.0, 3.0). At the end of the article, the author joins the opinion of Z. Bauman, who calls on sociologists not only to more carefully formulate the laws of sociality, recognizing humanitarian nature of sociological research, but also to recognize the limitations of their cognitive capabilities in relation to sociality.

Russian teachers experience a large amount of stress which often results in the reduction of their work engagement and causes burnout. The issue of preventing professional deformation of a teacher is substantial for science as well as for practice. Tackling this problem requires identifying factors related to burnout. The goal of this study is to examine a number of factors related to teacher burnout using a mixed design of qualitative and quantitative methods. As a result of the study, the following factors were identified: personal, organizational and geopolitical factors.

The article shows the influence of clip culture on the change of cognitive schemes of modern youth. According to the results of the content analysis of students’ written works, educational conditions affecting the state of the flow in students’ educational activities are determined. This was the purpose of the work. The modern educational environment has signs of hypertext. In these conditions, it is important for young people to be the “author” of the text themselves, to manage the process of their professional formation. Among other needs, the following are highlighted: the need for individualization, for the emotional component of the educational process, for changing its tempo. The marker “linking knowledge to practice” acts as a filter in conditions of a large amount of information coming through different channels. The research is of interest to a wide range of specialists: psychologists, sociologists, cultural scientists, teachers.

The article presents the results of a study of the ideas of civil servants holding different positions about the psychological characteristics of a modern Russian leader. The factor analysis carried out in the subgroups allocated by the level of the position showed that in the views of the study participants about the modern Russian leader there are both similarities due to the sphere of professional activity and differences due to the official position held by the respondents. There are eight images of a modern Russian leader, which together make up his holistic, but at the same time contradictory portrait and reflect different types of leaders, from the point of view of respondents, characteristic of the current stage of Russia’s development.

The theoretical foundations of the study of the worldview of modern high school students are analyzed. The definition of a person’s worldview according to B. G. Meshcheryakov is taken as a basis, the main aspects of the study of the worldview of high school students are highlighted — the mentality and its prerequisites in family history, the content characteristics of the worldview and, above all, views on the relationship of a person with the surrounding world in connection with the ideas of high school students about themselves, the scientific nature of the worldview. Methodical methods of worldview research are outlined.

The article considers the conditions for the development of innovation as a professionally important quality of the adviser to the director of education and interaction with children’s public associations — a new position in the education system. The social significance of the problem is connected with the need to develop an effective system of personnel management of an educational institution and the implementation of innovative programs in the field of education. shown that the psychological phenomenon of the innovativeness of the adviser’s personality can be assessed by conducting psychological diagnostics in order to identify and further take into account the individual characteristics of advisers, namely the level of development of key characteristics of the innovativeness of the personality, such as creativity, self-organization, managerial skills, emotional intelligence, communicative control; conducting a series of educational project “The Path of Innovation”, including interactive forms training (problem lectures, business games, brainstorming, communication training, master classes with invited specialists).