Evgenii Yu. Ivanov

The relevance of the study is determined by the increased attention on the part of the state to the problem of educating future defenders of the Fatherland, which is due to the difficult international and domestic political situation for Russia. Preserving and strengthening the traditions of the professions of service, which include police service, is becoming a priority educational task facing the teaching staff of the Suvorov military schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. One of the most difficult periods for Suvorov school students is considered to be the initial stage of training, when the adaptation and autonomisation of an older adolescent in a new environment, that is, socialization, takes place. In this case, the purpose of this work was to clarify the concept of socialization of students, its structure and characteristics. During the review of domestic and foreign literature, modern ideas about socialization, its semantic load, age characteristics of older adolescents, certain aspects of the processes of adaptation and self-determination, the importance of tradition in these processes were concretized. The methodological basis of the research is the philosophy of tradition, the concept of socialization, the theory of optimal social environment for an adolescent and humanistic ideas in building an educational environment of modern authors. To achieve the goal set in the study, theoretical methods of synthesis and analysis, including hermeneutical and comparative, were used. As a result of the study, the socialization of students of the Suvorov military schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at the initial stage of training is defined as a two-pronged process of adaptation of older adolescents to a subordinate environment and their self-realization in the future profession of a policeman. The structure of the socialization of first-year students is demonstrated, representing a complex of two multidirectional processes of adaptation and isolation, a community of educators and students of different ages, as well as ways of interaction between them. The signs of socialization are revealed: a culturally-based understanding of the police service as a profession of service, awareness and positive perception of belonging to the Suvorov brotherhood, active acceptance of the norms of the college dormitory, active involvement in the creation of educational events. The effectiveness of socialization consists in maintaining a balance between adaptation and isolation. The conclusions obtained in the study enrich the theoretical base in the field of training future personnel of the internal affairs bodies, set the necessary direction in the development of modern educational tools in the Suvorov military schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.