Enculturation of the Russian Youth in the Modern Digital Educational Environment

Don State Technical University, 344000 Rostov-on-Don, Russia

^* Corresponding author: zubareva.ss@yandex.ru

Abstract

On the cusp of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, during the period of progressing globalization processes, all social institutions, including science and education, saw major changes. On the one hand, the transitivity of the modern society has influenced the changes in the system of social values and attitude to the information, a priori knowledge and university as the place of tits production and accumulation. On the other hand, the penetration of digital culture, containing new values and meaning of education has had a massive effect on the formation of certain patterns of subject-subject relations in the educational process. The purpose of this study was to explore the opportunities and risks associated with education of Russian students and to analyze social and axiological aspects of this process. In the course of our study we analyzed the differences between generations that are subjects of the educational process and presented key sociocultural characteristics of the student youth determining their approach to studies. The conducted analysis shows that as digital culture bearers Russian students adapt quickly to ongoing social and technological transformations/ as well as perceive and share the values of the academic community and future profession.