STUDENTS AS A SUBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH
The article deals with the concepts of "youth" as a socio-demographic group that has a set of specific characteristics and "students" as one of the subgroups of a broad socio-demographic group of youth, a specific community of people that is organizationally united by the institute of higher education. Based on the theoretical analysis of scientific literature, both of these social phenomena are studied through the prism of sociological, psychological and pedagogical sciences. From the sociological point of view we may consider: the reasons for the appearance of the draft law on raising the age of modern youth to 35 years; distinctive features of higher school students as a special social group; classification of applicants depending on the age of admission to the University and their level of preparation; gradation of students by the level of financial status. The psychological aspect is revealed through the features of the development of mental phenomena, emotional manifestations and the level of cognitive activity, the contradictory behavior of young people is explained. From the point of view of pedagogy, the identification types of students are presented according to the degree of their involvement in educational process and the value status of education for students. While conducting the empirical research, the author found out that students studying in different fields entered the University being motivated by different reasons. This fact is associated with the level of prestige and social stability of a particular profession. The author of the article focuses on the fact that young people do not realize the true value of professional education and its importance for their own development, they are poorly motivated to get a profession not only at the time of admission to the University, but also during the training period. The students' attitude to the teacher as a person and a professional, his role in increasing their educational motivation, is particularly highlighted.