Pustovit H. P. Extracurricular Education in the Vectors of Modern Development in Ukraine

Pustovit H. P., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academic Secretary, Department of Pedagogy and Educational Philosophy, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine.

Abstract
The article reveals the basic psychological and social pedagogical features of the extracurricular educational environment, which provide conditions for the effective development of the creative potential of the child, his/her talents in the context of the contemporary development of the educational space in the state. The main directions of the further development of extracurricular education are highlighted, as well as the need to define the place and the role of extracurricular education in contemporary national system of education.
The author defines and characterizes the vectors of the operation and development of the system of extracurricular education in Ukraine in the coming years, acknowledging its complexity and the existence of multilevel solutions to address its challenges. Educational establishments offering extracurricular activities along with secondary schools, vocational and higher educational institutions in the regions of Ukraine should act together as a multilevel, but coherent educational system, which is able to individualize the intellectual, spiritual, and physical development of children in the sociocultural space of the state.

Key words: extracurricular educational establishment, vectors of modern development, personality, educational environment, self-actualization and self-determination of the individual.

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