A model of psychological evaluation of educational environment and its empirical indicators ¹⁷⁸⁹

The topic of the study is to identify ways of complex psychological assessment of educational environment quality, the nature of conditions that affect positive personal development of its members. The solution to this problem is to develop science-based content and technology support for psychological evaluation of the educational environment. The purpose of the study was theoretical rationale and empirical testing of a model of psychological examination of educational environment. The study is based on the assumption that in order to assess the quality of the educational environment in the aspect of its personality developing potential, we need to create a model of psychological examination as a special developmental system, reflected in terms of the personal characteristics of its subjects. The empirical material is based on a study sample of 717 students and 438 teachers from 28 educational institutions that participated in the program of urban pilot sites of the Department of Education of Moscow. In total, 1,155 people took part it the study.

Keywords: psychological assessment, structural and functional model of the educational environment, components of the educational environment, psychological quality, subjective well-being, satisfaction, personal development, resource potential.

Column: Psychology of safety