Elena V. Dekina

At present, society requires from a person the ability to constant personal and professional improvement, which actualizes the development of students’ “self-concept”, the formation of their personality in the educational process of the university. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of students’ “self-concept” on the willingness to participate in volunteer work. The study was conducted on the basis of the Tula State Pedagogical University named after L. Tolstoy with first- and second-year students. The research methods included a theoretical analysis of domestic and foreign literature on the research problem; questionnaires, testing, and a pedagogical experiment were used as empirical methods. The principles of consistency and integrity, taking into account the individual and age characteristics of students, etc. were determined as fundamental ones. The article presents the experience of implementing the program of classes for volunteer students "The First Step into Volunteering", which promotes the involvement of students in various areas of volunteering. Its distinctive feature is the form of interaction organization in the "student-mentor - first-year student" system. The proposed program provides theoretical and practical modules aimed at developing the “self-concept”, individuality of students, reveals the potentials of personal and professional growth by means of volunteer work. The program consists of the following modules: “Who am I?”, “I am a volunteer”, “Helping others”, “Volunteer project”, “From volunteering to employment”. The theoretical significance is presented by an overview of approaches to the structure of the students’ “self-concept” and the development of the volunteer movement. The practical significance of the research is in the worked out program for the development of students’ “self-concept” at the pedagogical university in the process of active involvement in volunteer work. The introduction of students to project activities deserves special attention. The research results can be useful for the development of volunteer centers of universities, the organization of psychological and pedagogical support for the creative activity of students.

Since the introduction and effective functioning of reconciliation services is considered as an opportunity and prospect for the creation of a comfortable and safe school environment, and the teacher's behavior in conflict, his/her attitude, competence, readiness to use modern techniques and approaches largely determine the effectiveness of resolving conflicts that arise in the school environment, we believe it necessary to focus on the purposeful preparation of students for the implementation of measures to resolve conflicts within the practice of a restorative approach. The purpose of the article is to analyze the preparedness of students - future teachers to resolve school conflicts using mediation technologies with the subsequent development of schemes for improving training, filling the main components of training with content. Target category – third- and fourth-year students, "Pedagogical education" and "Psychological and pedagogical education" areas of training, who consider work at school as a possible prospect for them. Research methods: theoretical (analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature on the research problem), empirical (questioning, testing, ascertaining experiment). It is urgent to develop proposals for improving the preparation of students - future subject teachers for resolving school conflicts using mediation technologies in the unity of four components. At the level of the cognitive component, it is important to give students knowledge in the field of mediation practices - first of all, within the framework of studying the disciplines of the psychological module, as well as when students take part in the work of various workshops, master classes, seminars, etc. To form readiness at the level of emotional-volitional, motivational and behavioral components, it is advisable to use trainings, work with cases, modeling situations with an emphasis on the practical component, as close as possible to practical work, in some cases – taking part in the real pedagogical work.

Currently, patriotic education is the most important national task, the solution of which provides for the intelligent systemic activity at different levels. The purpose of the study is to identify the characteristic features of the patriotic education of children and youth using personal example of young heroes of the Great Patriotic War. The study was conducted on the basis of the Tula State Pedagogical University named after Leo Tolstoy with volunteer students who took part in the project. Research methods: theoretical (study and analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, analysis, generalization and systematization of information from scientific sources); empirical (questioning, pedagogical experiment); methods of mathematical statistics. The principles of consistency and integrity in solving the problems of patriotic education, taking into account the individual and age characteristics of students were identified as fundamental. The article presents the experience of implementing the project “Training of educational volunteers to support events dedicated to the Year of Memory and Glory“ Heroic generation of peers””, aimed at the patriotic education of young people and the preservation of historical memory, the development of patriotic volunteering. Its characteristic feature is the form of interaction organization in the system “university students - school students”. The content of the project includes the organization of a monitoring study on the issues of patriotic education of children and youth, the training of volunteer students of patriotic orientation, the design of classes in patriotic education which are dedicated to the feat of the young hero of the Great Patriotic War, who lived on the Tula land, the same age as today's boys and girls. In educational institutions, volunteers actively interacted with representatives of student self-government, the Russian movement of schoolchildren, the school's museum members, etc. Class tutors, social teachers, youth leaders, representatives of the RMS, public organizations of patriotic orientation, etc. can use thematic lessons of patriotic orientation. The project contributed to the preservation of historical memory and the development of patriotic volunteering.

At present, the issue of finding leaders and creating conditions for the development of leadership in children's organizations is of great social significance. The Russian movement of schoolchildren undertakes this task as the central one in its activity. In our work, we focus on the development of leadership qualities of rural schoolchildren, since this problem has not been the subject of systematic research. The aim of the work is to study the peculiarities of the development of leadership qualities of rural young people when they join the Russian movement of schoolchildren. Diagnostic tools used to study the formation of leadership qualities: a method of studying leadership abilities (Zharikov, Krushelnitskiy), a test questionnaire of achievement motivation by Mehrabian, the method “I am a leader” by Fedorov and Eremin, Hall's methodology «Emotional intelligence», methods for studying the communicative and organizational inclinations of senior students. It is important to correlate the activity of senior schoolchildren, their desire to develop their leadership potential with socially significant types of activities, in which they are included within the Russian movement of schoolchildren, with the priority tasks facing the specific settlement where they live. The leadership potential of high school students is considered as a set of abilities and personal qualities that manifest themselves in situations of interaction in a group and allow them to become leaders. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the fact that it identifies conditions that contribute to the development of the leadership potential of high school students – examination of the social, age, psychological characteristics of this category of students; psychological and pedagogical support in the development of leadership qualities provided by mentors for senior students; introduction of innovative technologies for the development of leadership qualities; inclusion of students in real situations where they can take a leadership position. The practical significance lies in the development of the «School of the Leader – Mentor» program, which has been successfully tested. In the course of its implementation, the following forms and methods have shown their effectiveness: discussions, business and role-playing games, designing, trainings, leadership competitions, playing situations, meeting with reputable people – leaders in their fields, self-presentation, etc. Achieved results (indications of the implemented program effectiveness): high school students learned to apply leadership theory to practice; tried themselves as leaders of youth public associations; mastered the methods of involving other students in the activities of the Russian movement of schoolchildren.

The article presents the results of a study of students of a pedagogical University on the issues of a healthy lifestyle. The presence of a significant proportion of students with health deviations and the General trend towards its deterioration puts the problem of forming healthy lifestyle habits of students in the forefront. Of particular relevance is the promotion of orientation to a healthy lifestyle among future teachers (teachers-psychologists, social educators). The purpose of the article is to increase the psychological and pedagogical competency of pedagogical University students in the formation of attitudes and value orientations to a healthy lifestyle. Research methods: theoretical (analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature), empirical (questionnaires). The study revealed the need for systematic and comprehensive work to prepare future teachers to preserve and strengthen the health of their students, to use health-saving educational technologies in the educational process: diagnostics and information on healthy lifestyles; designing work in the field of health improvement of children and young people, formation of orientation to a healthy lifestyle for all participants of the educational process; prevention of deviant behavior. The authors draw attention to the potential of project activities with the aim of forming positive attitudes to the preservation of various types of health, a life position aimed at a healthy lifestyle of students. One of the main objectives of the events is to develop students ' experience of a healthy lifestyle, which can be used in the future with participants in the educational process (students, parents, teachers), development and implementation of programs for the formation of a health culture. Forms of work: discussions, thematic conversations, organizational and activity games, foresight sessions in the form of games, actions that provide an interactive format, classes with elements of training, art therapy, practices that include the implementation of projects and programs, exchange of experience in the framework of health-improving events. The results of the study showed the feasibility of using innovative experience in forming healthy lifestyle habits of students - future teachers, their application in working with students of different age categories.