КЛУБНЫЕ СООБЩЕСТВА В СИСТЕМЕ ФАКТОРОВ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ЭТНОКУЛЬТУРНОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ ПОДРОСТКОВ

Abstract

The author of the article turns to the socio-pedagogical analysis of club communities and their socializing potential in the process of ethnic socialization of the young generation of modern Russian society. Socio-pedagogical support of the process of ethnic socialization of adolescents and youth requires the integration of the efforts of various subjects of social education, among which club communities have established themselves as an effective means of including young citizens in socially useful activities, social relations, and the formation of a wide range of socially significant personal qualities of pupils. The strengthening of migration flows creates a special socio-cultural situation in Russia in which adolescents have to integrate into a polycultural, polyethnic environment. Thus, socialization carries potential risks and threats associated with the rejection of «others», their alienation, the growth of nationalism, xenophobia, racial and religious intolerance among adolescents and youth. The author cites the results of his own research into the process of forming the ethno-cultural identity of adolescents, the conditions for realizing the socializing potential of club activities in this process, reflects on the possibilities of anticipating the development of a negative attitude of adolescents towardsrepresentatives of «other» peoples and cultures. The article presents the results of the empirical study, during which the features of the ethnocultural identity of adolescents were analyzed in connection with the involvement in the activities of various club communities. Using a representative sample, the author shows the changes that have occurred in the structure of the ethnocultural identity of adolescents involved in the activities of club communities. The author pays special attention to the need for competent psychological and pedagogical support of the process of adolescents’ ethnic socialization in multiethnic environment, using the socializing potential of reference adolescent and youth communities, enhancing the involvement of schools and families in ensuring the formation of ethnocultural identity of modern adolescents. The research materials can be used in the activities of educational psychologists, heads of educational organizations, and are of interest to researchers studying the problems of ethnic socialization, multicultural education, socio-pedagogical and socio-psychological problems of adolescent and youth communities.