Organizational and Pedagogical Conditions for the Development of Students’ Leadership Qualities in the Process of Students’ Self-Government

Abstract

The organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of leadership qualities of students in the process of implementing student self-government are theoretically substantiated in the article. The experience of leading foreign universities regarding the activities of student self-government bodies has been analyzed. The principles that contribute to the effective activity of student self-government bodies in institutions of higher education have been defined: meaningfulness; the social significance of the activities of student self-government bodies; voluntariness and electability of student self-government bodies; initiative, self-activity and creativity of student youth; openness and transparency of the decisions made; coordination; cooperation.The need to use the basic organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of students' leadership qualities in the process of implementing student self-government has been reasoned. The following organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of students' leadership qualities have been substantiated: the creation of an educational space that provides favorable conditions for personality development; increasing the managerial competence of heads of student self-government bodies; delegation of management powers to student activists in the organization of social activities; ensuring formation of the knowledge and skills necessary for management activity. An example of the functioning of the School of Leaders as an effective organizational form for the development of leadership qualities of students of higher education in the process of implementing student self-government is given.