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4) professionalization (formation of a professional participants of the volunteer group work.
position, integration of personal and professional At the end of each September, the social-educational
qualities and skills in stable professionally meaningful event “Welcome to Freshmen” is organized, during
education, qualified performance of professional which they had an opportunity in warm atmosphere to
activity); 5) professional mastery (full, multifaceted get acquainted with the best achievements of students
realization of personality in professional activity on the and teachers of specialties “Social pedagogy” and
basis of integrated psychological and pedagogical “Social work” of senior years of study, with
formations)”. opportunities of professional and personal growth in
Taking into account the above, with the aim of creating teaching and extracurricular activities, traditions and
a system of professional training of future specialists in important events in the life of the Department of Social
the social sphere to prevent maladjustment of pupils, Pedagogy and the Faculty of Psychology and
during the organization of the formative stage of the Sociology of Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical
study, we have identified such important components, University, and also feel like part of a large family of
scientific and methodological support, in accordance future social pedagogues, social workers.
with the model of developed by us system of During this meeting, close mentor-like relations are
professional training (Kostina, 2018, pp. 176-177), the established between the first-year students and the
introduction of which in the educational process of Master’s Degree students of the fifth year of study -
higher educational institutions contributed to the active participants of the SSS, who from that moment
creation of a professionally oriented educational space, on begin a conscientious and responsible work to
which ensures increased efficiency of professional involve them in the work of the SSS first as volunteers,
readiness of specialists for conducting the appropriate and then, gradually including them in active scientific
type of professional activity: 1) to create the conditions activity. Starting from this day, the SSS activists
for effective introduction of future professionals in conduct meticulous work in extracurricular time with
prevention of maladjustment of pupils, in different all first-year students, and, based on their own
social institutions has been introduced the work of the experience in writing scientific research papers and the
volunteer group within the Student Scientific Society provisions on holding a competition “Freshmen’s
(SSS); 2) in order to increase the effectiveness of the Scientific Debut”, gradually choose the capable ones
students’ professional training, a workshop is and prepare them for participation in the corresponding
organized at various social institutions as well as general university competition, creating conditions for
during the training of future social pedagogues and effective professional choice, as well as developing
social workers, with the introduction of elements of their own personal and professional potential in the
personality-oriented developmental techniques within indicated direction.
the main disciplines of professional training and The organization and holding of the “Freshmen’s
corresponding special courses; 3) in order to improve Scientific Debut” competition is the next stage in
the quality of professional adaptation of future social creating the conditions for ensuring a positive
pedagogues and social workers in the process of professional choice of future specialists in the social
research activities, an educational and developmental sphere, as well as one of the stages of obtaining
environment for the work of SSS in the conditions of professional skills for students of the fifth and sixth
higher educational establishments and at the bases of years of study, as they have to organize and hold it. All
the affiliate network has been created; 4) for the first-year students take part in the competition, but
successful professionalization of future specialists in depending on their own abilities and desires, could
the social sphere, conditions have been created for the perform in different roles: the speaker announcing the
gradual growth of social and personal activity of results of scientific research at the competition
students in social and project volunteering activities; (students who are most capable of scientific activity);
5) enrichment of the elements of reflective and creative speaker support group (students developing their own
environments during study with the use of ethno- professional opportunities for teamwork and
pedagogical means and animation activities (use of facilitation support); students-observers (students who
folklore, means of theatricalization, artistic creativity, are not yet active in scientific professional activities,
etc.), which provide activation of the creative potential but are trained on the example of others).
of future specialists and encourage them to find their Furthermore, during the study year, first-year students
own professional style and increase pedagogical skill. are actively involved with the SSS leaders who are part
According to the above-mentioned stages of formation of the volunteer group, to carry out various social and
of the professional readiness of future specialists of the educational preventive measures in various social
social sphere for the prevention of maladjustment of institutions of the partner network as volunteers
pupils, we determined certain tasks, forms and methods (general educational institutions, etc.). In carrying out
that were used at each of those stages during the pilot volunteer initiatives, future specialists in the social
study (see Table 2). sphere have the opportunity to see in practice what the
The process of professional introduction among essence of social and educational interaction is, which
students of experimental groups was conducted by important characteristics determine the success of its
involving them in a supportive educational and implementation, which helps them to more consciously
professional space with the participation of senior enter the environment of professional interaction,
students who are active members of the SSS and the finding their own reserves and opportunities.

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