Mariya Paatova

The Russian state is experiencing an urgent need for a viable rising generation - capable of constructive self-determination in the new conditions of "increasing uncertainty of society." The formation of a viable person has increasing social significance and becomes a necessary condition for the successful adaptation of the younger generation in society, which makes it essential to study the pedagogical aspects of the of adolescents' viability formation for their successful functioning in society. The purpose of the study is to substantiate theoretically and develop a technology for the formation of the social and personal viability of adolescents, taking into account the socio-cultural, organizational and pedagogical characteristics of the educational institution. The article presents the results of the ascertaining stage of the pedagogical experiment to identify the features of the manifestation of social and personal viability in adolescents studying in an educational institution. The social and personal viability of adolescents is considered in the study as a pedagogical phenomenon, which is an integrative personality quality that characterizes the readiness of an individual for self-determination (moral, personal, social, professional) according to his/her own life scenario, as well as the readiness to manage this scenario and be responsible for the results of his/her decisions on life self-determination. The experimental work was carried out on the basis of general educational institutions among adolescents studying in grades 5–9 (in parallel, grades 5-6, grades 7-8, and grades 9). The theoretical significance of the research results allows us to solve urgent problems of the theory of designing the pedagogical process as a result of the introduction of a new categorical and conceptual base (social and personal viability of adolescents); clarification of the principles and functions of the process of forming the social and personal viability of adolescents; identification of the formation patterns of the social and personal viability of adolescents, which reveal the specifics of this process in general educational institutions; designing technology for the formation of social and personal viability of adolescents. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that reliance on the established logic of the formation of social and personal viability of adolescents contributes to an increase in the effectiveness of methodological reflection of teachers in organizing the process of socialization of adolescents.

In modern sociocultural conditions, high growth of juvenile crime in general, and recurrent juvenile crime in particular, is stated. The problem of unpreparedness of adolescents with deviant behavior after graduation from special educational institutions of closed type to cope with independent life in society remains relevant. In the article, the author considers social-personal viability as integrative personal quality that characterizes the individual's readiness for self-determination (moral, personal, professional, social) according to his own life scenario, as well as willingness to control this scenario and bear responsibility for the results of his decisions concerning life self-determination. The purpose of social-pedagogical rehabilitation of adolescents with deviant behavior is the formation of their social and personal viability. As a means of forming social and personal viability of teenagers with deviant behavior are considered diverse rehabilitation educational situations, which require from an adolescent to show life subject properties in the process of senses / meanings construction and the result of their resolution will determine the possibility of his return into society and further successful socialization. The article presents the results of special closed type educational organizations teachers’ questioning, the purpose of which was to determine the level of teachers’ awareness of the essence of social and pedagogical rehabilitation of adolescents with deviant behavior. The article reveals the essential characteristics of the concepts of "social and personal viability of adolescents with deviant behavior", "rehabilitation and educational situation", "social and pedagogical rehabilitation of adolescents with deviant behavior", substantiates the author's view on this problem. The detailed characteristic of specific principles and functions of social-personal viability formation process among teenagers with deviant behavior in the special educational organizations of the closed type is presented.