Psychological Readiness for School: Current Requirements and Practices of the Russian Education

Abstract

This paper gives the analysis of how the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Preschool Education (FSES PE) for development of school readiness through various kinds of activities are implemented. The methodological approach, developed on the basis of scientific and practical achievements of the Russian psychological and pedagogical school, considers the concept of “school readiness” as complex or multi-component which determines the continuity of preschool and primary education. The requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Preschool Education define the mastery of different activities which work as a crosscutting mechanism that ensures development of a child, form the child’s cognitive interests and create prerequisites for successful educational activities in school. The paper represents the programs elaborated on the basis of the empirical research aimed at a preschooler’s development of communication activities, game, speech, project activities and modeling. The paper gives the examples of the complex psychological and pedagogical programs for formation of the school readiness using the techniques, which develop skills of a child in main activities and sociocultural practices. The experience of the social partnership development of social groups with the common purpose of development of a preschool child’s personality is revealed. The conclusion is made that it is necessary to create complex innovative programs and techniques to master activities in preschool age, taking into account current challenges.