Socio-cultural context of older preschool children’s initiative development on the basis of volunteer activities

Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-don, 344006, Russia

^* Corresponding author: nina_tatarinceva@mail.ru

Abstract

In world modernization context modern challenges in education are formed. Federal normative legal documents reflect social demand to create conditions for development of an initiative person with socially active and civil position, capable of successful response to modern society requirements. Initial stages of solving this problem are in the senior preschool age, as synesthetic period of child's personality socialization and older preschoolers’ socio-cultural personality development. The federal state educational standard for preschool education directs teachers to create social situation for children’s initiative development through pedagogical conditions establishment in socio-cultural context. Analysis of theoretical methodological works and existing practices reveals volunteering pedagogical potential, tendency to involve older preschoolers into it. The paper examines theoretical, methodological foundations, psychological and pedagogical conditions of children's initiative development process on volunteer activities basis. Research purpose is to scientifically substantiate, develop and test psychological, pedagogical conditions for older preschool children’s initiative development. Research methods are comparative, complex system analysis of scientific research in pedagogical, sociological, philosophical works. Theoretical and methodological foundations and complex of psychological and pedagogical conditions for older preschool children’s initiative development based on volunteer activities are established as structural and functional model, "Preschool Volunteer" program and initiative developing technology for older preschool children. The author's concepts of “older preschool children initiative” and “volunteer activity of older preschool children” are formed. The socio-cultural context of initiative development involves volunteer practices with children. The research results can be used in lecture course preparation, professional programs for teachers and parents competence development in preschool educational organizations.