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Cultural-Historical Approach to Preschoolers’ Dance Creativity: Problems and Solutions
Cultural-Historical Psychology: Traditions and Innovations
Cultural-Historical Approach to Preschoolers’ Dance Creativity: Problems and Solutions

The problems of the theory of dance creativity of preschoolers are analyzed from the standpoint of a cultural and historical approach. As methodological support for the analysis, we used the views of L.S. Vygotsky and his followers on children's artistic creativity, on the nature of dance and dance expressiveness, on the peculiarities of music in dance. Based on this, we analyzed three theoretical approaches to the development of dance creativity of preschoolers, and described their differences and partial mutual influences. The system of provisions of cultural and historical psychology as a methodological basis indicates ways to solve the problems of the theory of dance creativity of preschoolers, which should be figurative and meaningful, thanks to the development of the expressive language of dance, reflecting the features of the musical image and real events, relationships, experiences through the embodiment of different characters.

The Socio-Psychological Portrait of a Modern Student of Pedagogical Training
Educational Psychology
The Socio-Psychological Portrait of a Modern Student of Pedagogical Training

The article specifies the features of the professional activity of modern teachers; discusses the requirements that the profession imposes on the personality of a teacher; through the prism of content analysis of modern research, the socio-psychological characteristics of a modern student of pedagogical training are described; the factors and conditions for the formation of future teachers are highlighted. The relevance of this study is conditioned by the special attention that is paid to the training of future teachers within the framework of the Year of the Teacher and Mentor, announced by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in 2023, because modern students studying in pedagogical fields of training will one day become the mentors of the younger generation. Due to this, this study was undertaken. For this purpose, the methods of content analysis, descriptive statistics, comparison, synthesis were used. The research analyzes 235 scientific papers, the depth of scientific research was 11 years, and the sample was 45893 students of pedagogical specializations. The result of the analysis was a description of the socio-psychological portrait of a student studying in pedagogical fields of training.

Functional Psychological Literacy of Parents and Teachers as a Condition of Effective Communication with a Child
Scientific Life
Functional Psychological Literacy of Parents and Teachers as a Condition of Effective Communication with a Child

The article provides a transcript of the speeches of the speakers of the Round Table "Functional psychological literacy of parents and teachers as a condition for building effective communication with a child", held at the Moscow State University of Psychological and Education on April 25, 2023. The Round Table addressed the problems of modern "psychology for life": the formation of functional psychological literacy of school teachers and parents in the sphere of communication and interaction with children. The speeches of the speakers of the Round Table were devoted to modern ideas about psychological literacy in psychology; approaches and researches in the field of formation of psychological literacy within the systems "teacher-pupil", "parent-child"; formation of functional psychological literacy of school teachers in communication with pupils; knowledge, skills, abilities of parents in interaction with a child; risk factors in the development of functional psychological literacy in communication and interaction with a child of parents and teachers in the sphere of communication and interaction with a child. Video recording of the speeches is given on the official video channel of PsyJournals.ru.