The Formation of Social Maturity of Senior Pupils (in the Context of the Activity of the Teacher of Physical Culture)
Topicality. Social maturity - a complex socio-psychological phenomenon, which includes a number of components: self-awareness, worldview, moral maturity, social feelings. Formation of social maturity and its components takes place under the influence of external and internal factors. Of particular importance is the upbringing and consolidation of the complex of personal qualities, moral consciousness and social feelings - the basis of social maturity. Social feeling is called to educate and teacher of physical education, which forms not only physical but also moral health, social activity, sense of responsibility, group intellectual, volitional, emotional and organizational unity and other important personal qualities of pupils. Therefore, we aim to identify the ways and factors of the formation of social maturity in schoolchildren under the influence of physical education classes, during which, in addition to physical, moral health, social activity, feeling of belonging to the team, feeling of a group are formed. Methods of research - analysis of scientific literature, observation, individual and group discussions, questionnaires, testing, methods of statistical processing of research results. Results of Work. We show that classes in physical education and sports allow senior students to realize the existence of many forms of socially useful activity, where they can reveal themselves, their potential opportunities, find a place for their application both professionally and in society. Conclusions. An analysis of empirical research confirms the important role of physical education and sports classes in the formation of components of the social maturity of senior pupils: self-organization, self-knowledge, volitional and moral-social qualities, group feelings, mutual help, attentiveness, communication culture, etc. The dissonance between the requirements of senior pupils about the personality of the physical education teacher of a modern school and the requirements of future teachers is revealed: students place more serious requirements than future teachers, which can affect the attitude of students to the classes themselves and the results of the work of the teacher.