Volunteer activity as a condition for the social and personal development of preschoolers with disabilities

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УДК 316.7+376

DOI: 10.15293/1812-9463.2202.08

Marina Pavlovna Malinovskaya

Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Abstract. The article deals with the problem of organizing volunteer activities in an inclusive preschool educational organization. The article presents the psychological and pedagogical potential of volunteer activity, which is shown in the article as a resource for the development of social and personal qualities of preschool children in conditions of inclusion. An empirical study is described, the purpose of which was to determine the psychological and pedagogical conditions for organizing volunteer activities of older preschool children with disabilities aimed at their social and personal development. The article presents the results of involving preschoolers in volunteer activities, during the organization of which such psychological and pedagogical conditions were observed as creating a favorable climate in the group, taking into account the individual, age and physical characteristics of children with disabilities, stimulating their initiative and creativity, creating situations of mutual assistance between children.

Keywords: psychological and pedagogical potential of volunteer activity, volunteer activity of preschoolers, preschoolers with disabilities, social and personal development of preschoolers, psychological and pedagogical conditions for the organization of volunteer activity in inclusive education.

For citation: Malinovskaya M. P. Volunteer activity as a condition for the social and personal development of preschoolers with disabilities // Journal of Pedagogical Innovations. 2022;(2(66)):64–69. (in Russ.). https://doi.org/10.15293/1812-9463.2202.08

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Marina Pavlovna Malinovskaya – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Institute of Natural and Socio-Economic Sciences, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russia, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-1771, E-mail: malinovskaya-mp@mail.ru