Department of social pedagogy: an effective model of successful practice in the field of child support

Don State Technical University, Russia

^* Corresponding author: elenabaier@list.ru

Abstract

Social pedagogy in the context of the practice-oriented approach has not yet received its full validation in the system of professional training of teachers in the field of protecting children’s rights. Why did it become necessary to develop a system of continuing education for teachers in children welfare? As practice shows, there has been an urgent need for teachers with knowledge and experience in the field of protecting the rights of children in the education system in the last decade, such as: a guardianship and custodianship specialist in the municipal education system; a secretary of the commission for minors’ affairs and the protection of their rights in the administration of municipalities, a social teacher for working with the family in a comprehensive school, an educator for orphans (an orphanage, a boarding school, a centre for helping children, a special school and others), an adoption specialist or a foster parent support specialist, a teacher for working with deviant and delinquent children by means of physical culture and sports in the system of secondary vocational education and others. It is vitally important nowadays to train a specialist who is able to think globally and act locally, that is, who is able to solve state problems at the local level and has the required professional competencies.