Організація соціально-педагогічної діяльності студентської молоді в межах реалізації соціальних проєктів

Abstract

This article focuses on the organization and implementation of social projects, programs and their importance for future professionals such as teachers, social educators, social workers, psychologists and others. Based on the experiences of the NGO “Vinnytsia City Organization for Social Development of specific categories of vulnerable youth “Parostok”, authors presented a brief methodological overview to encourage students to social and educational activities. This allowed to partially characterize the areas of interaction between public authorities, civil society institutions and higher education institutions. Also, the authors presented practical examples of cooperation between social institutions; the training of specialists in the educational and social spheres to provide services to crisis categories of the population in terms of social benefits and educational management. The aforementioned allowed to reveal the purpose of authors’ research from the scientific and pedagogical perspective; reveal the social significance of project activities; explore the main factors of successful socio-pedagogical activities in various projects; explore issues related to educational management (goals, objectives). The experience gained in the implementation of social projects and their administration provided an opportunity to present the educational potential of interaction between social institutions and higher education faculty prepare for volunteer, planning, administrative, and socio-pedagogical activities of future professionals. Authors also stressed the importance of such work from the pedagogical management viewpoint, which is also evident in the article’s conclusions and identifies areas for the further scientific development. The presented results do not cover the whole range of organizational cooperation in preparing students for socio-pedagogical activities, development and implementation of social projects and programs. However, paper outlined a wide range of opportunities for further scientific research and development by various specialists in education and human resourcing. It can be used by a wide range of professionals who plan to join the project activities.