The article analyzes the transformation of the methodological toolkit for teaching humanities and sciences in the Russian Federation. The method of case study, being widely spread in modern higher education research, is used as an example to illustrate the attempts to implement the best practices of foreign educational technology into tertiary academic process in Russia. The authors provide some historical aspects of introducing case studies in modern teaching practice. The article features peculiarities of the Soviet approach to the structure of cases. Content analysis helps to identify similarities and differences in Soviet/post-Soviet approaches to case study construction and brings into focus the problem points which reveal misinterpretation and/or misuse of didactic materials designated as cases. The approach suggested in the article implies presenting the content of a case study as a collection of documents related to a certain topic. The case study "Istanbul in the life and work of the artist Martiros Saryan" demonstrates that a case can have invariable and variable parts to reflect the specificity of the didactic task within the discipline. Such approach is expected to support students' cognitive activity, develop creativity in searching additional sources and missing materials, improve efficiency of students' autonomous work on solving complex problem solution.

The article considers approaches to the strategies of educational export development in the Russian Federation in terms of its value for implementation of national economic, cultural and international policies. Two projects have been identified as having the status of official documents regulating the activities of government agencies. These documents are analyzed through the prism of their objectives, dynamics of the estimated foreign students’ flow, funding, implementation steps. The conclusion is made on inconsistency of educational export strategic planning, as well as on the activities of its elimination.

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In current situation in Armenia, the problem of personal success and maintaining effective behavior should be considered as an important condition for a healthy society and the formation of a stable state. The aim of the paper is to identify the role of personal potential as a main socio-psychological factor that determine the process of overcoming and coping the current situation in the Republic of Armenia (post-war and the epidemic situation). Our hypothesis is that personal potential1, including psychological capital and its development, can be considered as an indicator of the well-being of society.

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