Safety of the educational environment in modern geopolitical conditions
This article focuses on the security of educational space in modern geopolitical conditions. The purpose of the article consists in the analysis of the current state of development of interaction between geopolitics and globalization and its influence on the education system in Russia. The article presents an analysis of the major transformations of modern society, reveals the influence of globalization on the victimization of people and social institutions in Russia. The specificity is shown of the psychological approach to the study of the impact of geopolitics on the world community. An approach is presented which examines the impact of global processes through the triad of Globalization - Hegemonism - Geopolitics. The expansion is characterized of foreign norms and values, as well as their influence on the specifics of ongoing social processes. There are considered the threats, resulting from the ongoing changes, to the safety of educational space as one of important social institutes. There are noted the qualitative changes in the system of Russian education which engender the need of modernization of the system. The risks and threats connected with the geopolitical processes leading to violation of safety of the educational environment are noted. The levels of safety are characterized, the criteria for assessment of safety of the educational environment are proposed. The safety of education space should be evaluated in terms of a model of education: a system capable of ensuring quality education. The system determines the victimized or safe development vector of the child. An analysis is carried out of the psychological safety of educational environment; the factors of its formation and violation are described. Psychological safety is understood by us as such condition of the educational environment in which there is no psychological violence in interaction, the basic needs of the personal - confident communication are satisfied, the mental health of all participants is preserved. The components are identified which are in complex hierarchical relationships and which ensure the efficient functioning of safe educational environment, as well as the specifics of creating a culture of safety. There are designated the specific characteristics and needs of modern society, determining the model of development of Russian education taking into account ensuring its safety.