Philosophical analysis of the issues concerning acceleration of the modern civilization development, high dynamics of international life, strengthening of interrelation and interdependence of peoples and states, is especially relevant for professionals studying contemporary society in general, and youth in particular. The dual purpose of the research study is to focus on the definition of the concept of 'globalization', because there is no well-established precise definition in scientific practice, and both Western European and Russian researchers offer their own interpretations for this concept; and to study the ambiguity of the social effects of globalization, which has generated both supporters and fierce opponents of this phenomenon. The study keynote is provided through the social-and-philosophical analysis of the impact of globalization, especially on young people, as well as highlighting the current challenges facing young people today and developing new value orientations. The author proceeds from the data obtained in the sociological research conducting the scientific literature review and students' group and in-depth interviews in Russian universities. The analytical work made it possible to propose some steps in overcoming the challenges of globalization, and the author comes to a conclusion about the need to undertake a further large-scale study of the globalization process. The materials of the paper may be useful to researchers, as well as teachers and professionals involved in the education of young people. Key words: globalization, philosophical analysis of globalization, cultural globalization, ways to fight globalization, young people, internet Introduction Dynamism and acceleration, mobility and increasing flow of information are the defining characteristics of modern life. These features penetrate and connect not only people's daily lives but also the lives of entire states. We can easily move anywhere in the world, and smart phones give us access to expert-level advice service and information. Moreover, we are able to convey emotions using emoticons when we communicate with foreigners and don't speak their language, and loss of the mobile phone causes our panic. These examples can be continued and continued, and prove that globalization increasingly impacts aspects of our scientific and everyday life. Scientists offer several options for the interpretation of this term. For example, German sociologist U. Beck (2001) analyses globalization as a multi-dimensional process: economic, social, political, cultural, technological, and ecologic. For him, an obvious outcome of the industrial modernity success has been connected with its ability to cross borders and infiltrate cultures; though, globalization is not a benign process as it challenges the territoriality and sovereignty of the nation-state, and reduces the authority of the state and its citizens to act unilaterally or independently. He treats it as the inability of the countries to fence off from each other. In this regard, the pol...

The purpose of this article is to define the functions of the teacher as the organizer of chat communication, which has become one of the foundations of Internet communication. The leading method for the study of this problem is the method of situational modeling, which allows considering chat-communication as a process of new social interaction, requiring the leading role of the teacher-organizer, ensuring the maximum involvement of all participants-communicators in this process in order to assimilate new knowledge by the perceiver (learners). This article presents new methodological methods of teacher's work within the framework of chat-communication, defines the important functions of a teacher, who communicates knowledge in the changed socio-cultural environment. The presented methodological material is designed to help teachers of higher education to use chat-communication as a new channel of knowledge transfer from a teacher to a student to adapt to the new communicative realities, to give awareness of the continuity of the educational process, even in a situation of significant changes in conditions of its implementation.   Keywords: distance learning, higher education, internet communication, chatting, teacher functions

One of the main problems of the modern higher education system in the Russian Federation (RF) is underrepresentation of knowledge in the educational process as a factor that determines not only the content of thinking but also the personality content. Hence, it updates the issue of providing pedagogical conditions for the development of students' ability to refl ect, which causes quality changes in the self-awareness structure. Through expansion, its cognitive components ensure positive developments in self-formation of future specialists and their self-adjustment. Based on a literary review, the article analyzes and substantiates the refl ection concept content. By means of interviewing, the level of the refl ective competence in students in the process of solving problems was analyzed through the example of mechanic engineering students of Russian universities. Based on multidimensional factor analysis, structural (constructive and situational-destructive) factors of students' refl ection in the educational process were identifi ed. Student clusters were formed and substantiated by the growth rates of refl ective competence factors. The optimal development level of the situational-destructive factor in student refl ection in the process of solving problems was determined. Education technologies for developing refl ective competence in students were elaborated. Parameters of pedagogical refl ection development in the educational process were substantiated. A pedagogical experiment was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the proposed pedagogical conditions for the formation and development of refl ective competence in students in the Russian universities under study. The research of the problem of refl ection development in students in the higher education system of the Russian Federation makes a certain contribution to pedagogical science and teaching practice and opens up new opportunities for the student educational process.