On April 6-7, 2021, at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the pedagogical faculty within the framework of the XXI International scientific conference of students and undergraduates “Potential of youth in science and education: views, landmarks, prospects”, meetings were held of the section “Formation of psychological and pedagogical competencies in the informational environment education “.

   The conference is organized on the FreeConferenceCall online platform. At the meeting of the section, 28 reports of a theoretical, experimental and applied nature were heard. The audience was particularly interested in the reports on the social and psychological problems of organizing students’ free time in the modern world, the psychological characteristics of the creative thinking of primary schoolchildren, the peculiarities of the formation of the creative interest of students in the new paradigm of education. All presentations were accompanied by slides.

   Regardless of the remote format, the work of the section was productive and eventful. Based on the results of the work, a collection of conference materials will be published.