State policy in issues of psychological safety in preschool childhood
Authors:   Transbaikal State University, Chita, Schukina E. , Kaplina S. ,   Transbaikal State University, Chita
Published: May 2022

The article is devoted to the study of psychological safety in education, which the Federal State Educational Standard of Preschool Education defines as one of the most important tasks: “protecting and strengthening the health of pupils through the integration of educational areas, creating conditions for a psychologically safe educational environment.” The article discusses in detail the issues of ways to ensure psychological security in preschool educational institutions, as well as state policy in this matter. The conception of the Russian citizen personality’s development and upbringing in the field of education was developed in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Education Law, based on the annual messages of the President to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The conception is the methodological basis for the development and implementation of the General Education Federal State Educational Standard. Its purpose is education, socio-pedagogical support for the formation and development of a highly moral, responsible, creative, initiative, competent Russian citizen. Modernization of the education system in Russia is directly related to the introduction of new Federal State Educational Standards of the third generation, naturally brings up an issue of the factors and conditions which are necessary for the successful implementation of this goal. It is undoubted that the personality development, success of the educational process takes place in the conditions of psychological comfort and safety of the educational organization environment. The state policy in the field of preschool education is aimed at creating conditions for balanced and complete physical and mental preschool children’s development, preserving and strengthening children’s health. The object of the study is the subjective feeling of psychological comfort and safety which is necessary to preserve the «mental health and integrity of the individual», it is important for all participants in the educational environment. The subject of the study is the importance and aspects of psychological safety of the educational environment in ensuring the quality of the educational process in a preschool educational establishment. The used methods: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, content analysis, questionnaires, methods of mathematical statistics. The assessment of the kindergartens’ educational environment types has been carried out according to the methodology of V.A. Yasvin, who proposed to assess the quality of any educational establishment environment by modality, breadth, intensity, awareness, generality. The author has used the questionnaire «Psychological diagnostics of the educational environment safety» as the main diagnostic tools (methodology of I.A. Baev). Therefore, the article’s purpose is to create (support) a psychologically safe and comfortable educational environment of an educational establishment for the development of preschool education