Conceptual and-procedural approaches to studies in the meaning of progress in social adaptation of the younger generation

The paper made a review of fundamental approaches in research, those discovering the meaning of social adaptation and the essence of progress in social adaptation, the way some Russian and international scientists perceived it. They substantiated the point that social adaptation was indeed aimed at providing the younger generation with the working knowledge about ways of living and interacting within various areas of public life - in the community, in culture, in economy, communication, and, of course, on the policy making level.