Keyword: «volunteer activity»

In article reveal the theoretical bases of formation the social activity of a high school student. The analysis of psychological aspects of the concepts activity and social activity is presented. Social activity is considered as integrated quality of a person which under certain conditions nas possibility of successful formation in educational and non- educational activity of students. One of such conditions is involving the students in to the social activity.

The article examines the activities of the volunteer movement in the Smolensk branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics during the epidemiological period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The significance of students ' voluntary initiative is described.

The article discusses the development of initiative in older preschool children in the context of the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for Pre-School Education and the Federal State Educational Standard for Pre-School and Primary Education. The concept of «initiative in older preschool children» is defined as an integrative personality quality that manifests itself in independence, activity, and a conscious attitude towards goals and results. The article substantiates the pedagogical potential of volunteer activities for the development of initiative. The article presents a model and a partial program called «Young Volunteers,» which includes a target, content, and organizational section, as well as social design and support technologies. The article reveals the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the effectiveness of the process (orientation-targeted, resource, socio-psychological, etc.). The results of the experiment confirm the positive dynamics in the development of the components of initiative in children of the experimental groups.