The article presents the results of qualitative sociologic survey aimed at analyzing students’ subjective evaluations related to “new” educational practices from the perspective of the experience gained in the pandemic period, as well as the dynamics of changes in the content of these evaluations during the year due to the transition to new learning formats. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of forced online learning on the transformation of traditional educational practices. Following the results of work with qualitative data, the main trends observed in the informants’ answers are shown – increase of academic workload and, as a consequence, the time spent for its performance; absence of former attitude and concentration of attention on the learning material caused by the impossibility to draw boundaries between private and public, that in its turn had an impact on the quality of education and gave rise to new practices of academic dishonesty and cheating; and as a whole, downturn of psychological wellbeing. Main positive moments named by the informants were increase of the capabilities of the educational field and a certain level of comfort in the sphere of everyday life, logistics and work. It is noted that even with the outright victory over the COVID-19 it will be impossible to return completely to pre-covid variant of organization of educational process; whether we like it or not, electronic educational environments have already become an integral part of our life and higher education. The main questions that must be asked now – which of pre-covid and gained practices should be taken into the future, how to find the balance between intramural and online learning formats. Search for solutions depends to a large extent on the success of interaction and cooperation between the direct participants of educational process. Main method of data collection is semi-structured interviews; field works have been carried out in spring of 2020 and 2021. The interview method made it possible to study the situation in detail as it has developed. Based on the generalization of qualitative data, the substantial characteristics of the informants’ value judgments are formed, strong and weak sides of the learning process related to introduction of new formats of interaction “university – teacher – student”. The ambivalent attitude of students to full-time and distance learning was revealed. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the data acquisition, systematization and analytical generalization of the original material on the transformation of students’ educational practices as a result of a forced mass transition to distance education. The obtained materials provide grounds for clarifying the process and results of these changes and can be used to justify management decisions.

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AIM: This study aimed to examine prognostic parameters of health-related quality of life of medical students to determine the possibilities of its correlation with subsequent optimization of the educational environment of the university. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted from 02/01/2017 to 01/10/2020 at the School of Biomedicine of the Far Eastern Federal University and the Pacific State Medical University. It included 496 students of both sexes [251 (50.6%) women, 245 (49.4%) men; average age, 20.4 years] enrolled in 13 medical courses. Demographic characteristics, education and living conditions, and morbidity data were collected using the comprehensive I.V. Pozdeeva questionnaire (2008) supplemented by authors as well as the standard medical documentation of the polyclinic. The MOS SF-36 Health-Related Quality of Life Brief Self-Assessment Questionnaire was used to evaluate the health-related quality of life. The Academic Motivation Scale questionnaire survey was performed, and statistical data on academic performance were collected using K. Maslach and S. Jackson questionnaire for the administrative offices of educational institutions. RESULTS: The following scores were obtained on the self-assessment of the quality of life: physical functioning, 58.8 points; role functioning, 27.4 points; somatic pain (reverse assessment), 79.4 points; general well-being, 48.6 points; hardiness, 61.2 points; social functioning, 57.3 points; emotional status, 51.0 points; psychological comfort, 53.7 points. The students showed a high level of motivation to learn (47.759.8 points by the Vallerand scale) and a low professional burnout index (24.944.0 by Maslach and Jackson scale); the performance indicators were 4.14.6 points. Each parameter of self-assessment of physical and mental state is significantly associated with the composite average assessment of the health-related quality of life (r=0.490.86; p0.05). The health-related quality of life of medical students was found to be associated with academic performance (=0.27, p0.05), but motivation to study (=0.35, p0.05) was not correlated with the level of professional burnout. A strong relationship was also found between health-related quality of life and comorbidity (=0.30, p0.05) and sports (=0.27, p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The scores on the total self-assessment of the quality of life by medical students are within the normal range. Most students are highly motivated to learn, perform well, and have little or no burnout. The health-related quality of life of medical students at the start of their schooling is reliably influenced by academic performance, motivation to study, and level of chronic morbidity and physical activity.

География детства-новое исследовательское и образовательное направление в российской географической науке География детства-это область, сформировавшаяся на стыке социальной и гуманитарной географии. Она включает в себя изучение мест и пространств жизни детей, характеризуемых на основе детского опыта, политики и этики [17]. География детства играет важную роль в понимании жизни детей, их социально-пространственной идентичности и повседневных практик. Гуманистическая география достигает понимания мира человека путём изучения его отношений с природой, географического поведения людей, их чувств и идей в отношении пространства и места [26]. Именно это позволило географии рассмотреть детей как отдельную социальную группу со своими собственными культурными и социальными характеристиками [17]. Географические исследования детей и методологические инновации в работе с детьми развиваются с 1970-х годов [18; 19; 20; 21]. Предпосылкой географического взгляда на детство стала глобализация, стирающая экономические, политические, социокультурные различия между регионами [15]. Исследования, проводимые в области географии детства, позволяют очертить основные проблемы, на изучение которых ориентируются современные исследователи. Так Трейси Скелтон к ним относит игру, работу, миграцию и мобильность детей [22]. Роджер Харт написал ключевую для данной области работу "Детский опыт места: развивающее исследование" [19]. В США под его руководством сложилась группа исследователей влияния окружающей среды на детей (Children`s Environments Research Group). Она занимается изучением политики в отношении детей, окружающей детей среды, прав детей и вопросов улучшения качества их жизни. На базе Королевского географического общества с Институтом британских географов создана исследовательская группа географии детей, молодежи и семей (GCYFRG). Ее задача-повышение ценности географии детей, молодежи и семей в рамках академической географии и за ее пределами. Решая эту задачу, GCYFRG организует форум для обсуждения новых исследовательских направлений в географии детей, молодежи и семей; стимулирует критические дебаты по проблемам географии детей, молодежи и семей в пределах и за пределами географии; способствует налаживанию междисциплинарных научных связей, а также связей исследователей и преподавателей курсов. Особый интерес вызывают исследования GCYFRG независимых мобильностей детей-мигрантов, культурных конструктов детства коренных народов, находящихся в условиях высокой бедности и неравенства, детского труда, а также вопросы вовлечения детей в совместное со взрослыми планирование городской среды [23; 24; 25; 27]. На ежегодной конференции Королевского географического общества в конце августа этого года планируется подвести