Tutor Support of a Student’s Social Talent Development
The author of the article proves the importance of the tutor support in the development of a student's social talent, that is understood as a type of the complex supportive pedagogical activity. Social talent is characterised by the author of this article as a unique human capacity to build mature, constructive relationships with other people. Taking into consideration J. Renzully's model, the author singles out three groups of traits, which reflect the essence of the social talent, that are social intellect, social activity and preparedness to social creativity. Thus, the tutor support is considered to be a personified support in the process of the development and realization of a plan for a student's social talent development. The article looks upon the handling of this task in one of the educational institutions of the Yaroslavl Region where an experimental base of the Russian Academy of Science is set. Tutor support is viewed as a technology that includes both the pedagogical influence on the development of a student's social talent and the student's introspection of this influence. In the article the stages and the milestones of the tutor support are described. The phases of planning and realisation of the individual development programme are shown. The author reflects over the factors of the tutor support effectiveness, its barriers and risks.