Socio-Cultural Practice As Vector of Development of Modern Educational Space

Abstract

The article is devoted to the unexplored and actual problem - the concept of the educational process as a set of sociocultural practices. The research is carried out in the context of realization of Federal state educational standards of basic general and secondary education. The brief overview of research on the subject is made. It is proposed to consider the educational process as a practice of socio-cultural projecting. It is proved that the basis of social and cultural practices of students is the social action in the context of age-normative model of development, substantiated by V. I. Slobodchikov. It is indicated that the results of the theoretical analysis of studied problem and practical activity in this area confirm the possibility of projecting socio-cultural practices as basic forms of anthropopractice as part of the educational process in various student activities. The novelty of the research consists in substantiation of the potential of the techniques of social engineering for solving important academic and life tasks. It is noted that the research is based on the methodological foundations of anthropological, pragmatic, sociocultural approaches. The outcomes of the socio-cultural practices as event activities of students based on social sampling, practices, projects aimed at personality development of students in curricular and co-curricular work are formulated, particularly in the form of socio-cultural practices in line of textbooks on geography “Polar Star.”