POTENTIAL OF CLUB ACTIVITY IN THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF TEENAGERS

The problem of teenagers’ social activity formation as a necessary condition of modern social renewal is considered. The essence of social activity of teenagers as a stable strategy of their social behavior is defined. It reveals in the conscious orientation on socially approved behavior and socially-significant activity, the mastering of social adult roles which let them adopt successfully in society, reorganize it and also improve their skill basing on interests and values of society. The characteristics of structure of social activity of teenagers (motivational, oriented, regulative and productive components), the criteria and indices of its formation are presented. The potential of club activity in the formation of social activity of teenagers as a complex of its means (pedagogically valuable, club forming (communicative, leisure, amatory) and accompanying types of activity (value-oriented, reflective, organizational, socially-useful) and also process components (content, forms and methods)) are defined and analyzed. Their application provides process efficiency. The formation of teenagers’ social activity by means of club activity is described as one of the most important problems regardless of certain organization form of the club, its space localization.

social education, teenagers, social activity, formation of social activity, potential of club activity