ЕКОНОМІЧНА ОСВІТА ЯК ЗАСІБ ФОРМУВАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ АКТИВНОСТІ УЧНІВ

Abstract

In article the influence of economic education on the formation of social activity of students of institutions of general secondary education is considered. The authors substantiate the necessity of continuous economic education from elementary school, continuing in primary and finishing in high school. The integration ways of formation of the students’ economic competence are offered. The peculiarities of socialization of students by means of economic education are analyzed. The methodical aspects of teaching the basics of economic knowledge are revealed.Considering all age groups of students of institutions of general secondary education, in the context of continuous economic training, we mean, first of all, the valuable development of children by the economic reality, the individual ethical content of socio-economic norms and rules; social orientation of economically meaningful personality traits; the development of socially-driven motivation of economic activity and the individual style of economic activity, that is, in fact, their economic socialization.From the readiness of schoolchildren to the future effective self-realization in a market, regardless of the type of activity, their successful socialization, development of civic responsibility, activity mobility, and also solving problems of economic stability of society will largely depend on their success. Meanwhile, economic training provides the unique opportunities for this, as a necessary condition for the formation of social competencies in students, the training of their adaptive skills for social roles in the economic environment, the upbringing of a new synthesis of value systems in the younger generation.Consequently, the formation of the students’ knowledge of economics is a requirement of time and should begin at the early stages of learning. The formation of social activity of students is facilitated by economic education. Interpenetration of the sciences has become a reality at present, their mutual influence is undeniable. Introduction of economic concepts and categories in the discipline can be from the first years of study. The content of educational disciplines has great potential for including, including the task of economic character, to solve the problem of forming the student’s economic competence.