Khovov O.B. The Social Space and Social Reality of the System of Continuing Education

Abstract: The initial phase of post-industrialism engendered the «spatial» perception of the problems of globalization by the humanities, including the problem of socialization of an individual. Until recently, Russian paedagogy and philosophy have regarded socialization as involvement of an individual into the system of social relationships, as «mastering of the socio-cultural experience – work skills, etc.», whereas Western psychologists and sociologists have historically studied socialization as relationships between individuals in various life situations. This problem has determined the subject of study chosen by the author of this article: the social space of the system of continuing education viewed within the framework of the changing paedagogical, philosophical and sociological ideas.The author analyzes historical-philosophical, scienti􀏔ic-paedagogical, sociological and cultural-scienti􀏔ic literature; and performs theoretical modelling with the use of the model of metaphysical processes of activities.The development of a three-component model of the social space of the system of continuing education is a new line of research work. The author offers a conceptual model of educational social activities of students, which permits to pass from the subject-free teaching technique of rewards and punishment to subject-oriented cognitive activities aimed at formation of real social relationships, social choice and social behaviour in general, taking into account the powerful in􀏔luence of a social space.

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