The latest issue of the journal Modern Foreign Psychology (No. 4, 2025) has been released, featuring cutting-edge research on contemporary challenges in educational psychology. This issue will be of particular interest to those seeking to understand how children are taught across different countries and what difficulties educators currently face. The issue addresses several key questions: how top-performing teachers from Singapore, South Korea, and Finland approach their practice, and what lessons can be drawn from their methodologies; what instruments are available to assess metacognition and self-regulated learning; why it is crucial to train future educators to engage effectively with parents, and what strategies facilitate successful collaboration; what factors underlie school bullying, and how children can be protected from violence; how contemporary global crises impact the psychological well-being of youth; what effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on preschool-aged children, according to recent empirical studies; how the core components of a psychologist’s professional identity are formed in the course of university training.
A distinctive feature of this issue is that all articles are grounded in recent empirical data collected across diverse national contexts, enabling a meaningful comparison between Russian practices and international approaches.
This journal issue will be valuable for psychologists, educators, and anyone interested in contemporary education. It doesn’t only elucidate current challenges but also presents practical, evidence-based solutions already implemented and validated abroad.