FROM OWN BUSINESS TO JOINT SOCIAL PROJECTS: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PREDICTORS OF LOCAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article describes the results of scientific exploration of a topical topic for modern socio-economic development – the need for social unity and civic cohesion, which requires its implementation in economic activity, and therefore the formation of the appropriate social component of professional competence (SSPK) at the stage of training students – future specialists in the process of obtaining higher education. The purpose of the article: to highlight the possibilities of developing socially significant components of entrepreneurial competence in students – future economists when performing didactic tasks and developing joint social projects (SSP) from the disciplines of the psychological and pedagogical cycle in the process of entrepreneurship education with the aim of developing local social cohesion and sensitivity and preventing loneliness as a factor of socio-economic dysfunction of community members. The content of social elements in the structure of entrepreneurial competence is presented, which include social and human capital, which form the socio-cultural environment, and which can be considered as a set of socio-cultural factors of effective economic activity. The essence of the favorable economic environment “Economy that works for people” is revealed as one that emphasizes the political priority of social cohesion, justice and development, the need to analyze and project society’s perspectives. A set of socio-cultural agents for the formation of an effective economic environment has been identified, including: human values and behavioral manifestations of personality, components of spiritual life, moral values and norms, relationships between people and directly the factors that shape them – education, ethics, culture, and that have an impact on economic, social, cultural processes. It has been proven that great opportunities for the formation of the specified social component of entrepreneurship are laid in the system of professional training of future specialists in institutions of higher and professional education. It was concluded that in the process of studying psychological and pedagogical disciplines, simultaneously with the identification and development of personal traits and individual typological qualities of students, it is necessary to pay attention to the development of socially important elements in the structure of entrepreneurial competence, the development of which ensures the prevention of social loneliness, becomes the basis for the formation social cohesion, promotes the development of identity itself, which is a factor of economic inclusion and efficiency. It is shown that the implementation of educational joint projects of social orientation has a positive effect on self-expression and self-affirmation, the formation of a sense of belonging to one’s activity group. A generalization is made that the participation of students in productive (project) educational interaction contributes to the awakening of interest and the formation of an active personal narrative – a canvas for further educational and activity promotion, building foresight scenarios of local development based on them.