CREA TIVE ACTIVITY IN ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AS A FACTOR OF TEENAGERS’ SOCIALIZATION

Abstract

Based on the analysis of scientific and methodological literature, as well as the author’s own professional and pedagogical experience, the possibilities of creative activity in additional education as one of the powerful factors of socialization of modern adolescents are considered. To do this, first of all, it proves the need to focus on problems of socialization of pupils at the appropriate level. The following is an essential characteristic of the concept of socialization in relation to the modern representative of athe adolescent environment. The most significant contradictions in this process are identified, as well as the levels at which they manifest themselves. Then it is determined what role the additional education system can play in the socialization of a child belonging to this age category today. The potential for further improvement of the relevant segment of its activities is being considered. In order to ensure the further development of this potential, a model of using creative activity as a means of socialization of adolescent pupils in the space of additional education institutions is proposed.