On February 28, 2024, lecturers of our university took part in the VIII International Scientific Conference “Social Development of Children in a Multicultural World”, which was held on the basis of the the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Yelets State University named after I. A. Bunin” (Russian Federation). The conference participants were welcomed by the Vice-Rector for Science and Research, Doctor of Economics, Professor N. V. Makovskaya and the Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology of Childhood, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor I. A. Komarova. During the plenary and sectional sessions the problems of social development of children at the modern stage of society development, psychological problems of a child in modern multicultural society, actual social and pedagogical problems of modern family and childhood, problems of speech development and bilingualism of children in microcultural environment, correctional and developmental technologies of education and upbringing of children with disabilities and scientific and practical aspects of inclusive education were discussed. The Department of Psychology and Correctional Work (Head of the Department: Candidate of Psychological Sciences M. B. Ovchinnikova) acted as the leading moderator of the conference on behalf of our university.
The scientific conference was attended by more than 20 lecturers from the Departments of Psychology and Correctional Work, Childhood and Family Pedagogy, as well as scientists and practitioners from various Russian regions (Moscow, Samara, Lipetsk, Stavropol, etc.). The results of the scientific conference confirmed the necessity and significance of bilateral cooperation between our educational institutions in the field of psycho-pedagogical education, and its participants expressed their hope for further fruitful cooperation in scientific, educational and practice-oriented activities.