A relevant issue of future technology teachers’ aesthetic education in vocational training in the university is considered. It is shown that the purpose of aesthetic education is the development of their intellectual, spiritual, moral, artistic and creative potential, as well as the development of aesthetic taste and aesthetic ideal when using wide opportunities for students to master various types of artistic and aesthetic activity. Artistic and creative activities, which have a greater impact on the process of aesthetic education, are considered. The importance of artistic and creative activity in the formation of aesthetic activity of the individual is noted. The dynamics of the development of aesthetic education reveals that the acquired skills and practical aesthetic skills are increasing at each stage of vocational training of future technology teachers in the conditions of studying and realizing various types of artistic and creative activity. The mechanism of aesthetic education is realized as an achievement of the goal of professional training of future technology teachers through the creation of special conditions for a unified artistic and aesthetic educational environment in which teachers engage students in the process of creative activity and encourage them to choose and make independent decisions in their creative work. It is shown that the artistic and aesthetic educational environment through discussions and thematic conferences on art, in particular, on arts and crafts, folk crafts, art crafts, contributes to the aesthetic education of future technology teachers. The need to study the disciplines on arts and crafts, the theory and history of design, morphology in technological design, as well as the development of artistic and creative expression in artistic and creative activities aimed at the aesthetic education of students - future technology teachers.

The current state of education development can be hardly imagined without the use of Information and Communication Technologies. They make the educational process go in a higher level and provide interaction, visualization and learner-centered teaching. However, the use of modern Information and Communication Technologies in education requires new educational technologies. One of them is the technology “flipped classroom”. It means that students study new material and do required tests outside the classroom and then discuss it and do problem-solving tasks in class. The teacher uploads audio- and video lectures, presentations and instructions using some sort of the Internet applications or educational platforms. The advantages of the “flipped classroom” are the following: availability of the learning content, possibility of studying at any place, learner-centered approach, increase of the teacher-student interaction and the effective management of class time. For the flipping being successful some conditions should be observed. The teacher should explain to the students the goals and the planned results and stress the importance of lectures. The teacher should trace the success and the failure of his students in completing the tasks. Moreover, the educator is to use the centralized source for distributing the content and organize students’ interaction by means of forum, chat or blog. One of the effective educational platforms is “YourStudy”. The advantages of the platform are the following: it is free, it has no limit on the number of students, it has a wide range of instruments for the effective organization and management of the educational process.

It is devoted to the problems of organizing independent work of students in connection with the transition to new educational standards and the introduction of a competence approach the basic definitions of the concept of “independent work” are examined, its classification is given. The notion of “creative-technological approach” was introduced, content, conditions for implementation and results of implementing the creative-technological approach based on electronic educational resources are presented. The main objective of the study was to organize independent work of students in the framework of the creative-technological approach in such a way as to increase its productivity. The conditions for the effectiveness of the organization of independent work of students in the institution of secondary vocational education are justified. An algorithm, a phased approach, the content of organization of students’ independent work in the framework of a creative- technological approach are developed. During the research methods such as observation, testing, analysis of students’ independent work products were used. The focus is made on the content of the creative-technological approach in secondary vocational education.

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the learning process in higher education is considered. On the basis of theoretical analysis of scientific works and practical application of electronic educational resources it is concluded that there is a contradiction between the high potential of ICT and the lack of elaboration of this topic in scientific papers. In this connection, the relevance is rationalized. The goal lies in justification of the use of the course in the discipline “Course guide” as an effective e-learning resource for the intensification and optimization of educational activity of students of the correspondence department graduate of the Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University. After analyzing the scientific works of several scientific researchers, the module object-oriented dynamic educational sphere Moodle is described, the problems existing in the organization of educational work of students of a part-time Department, in connection with a small number of brick-and-mortar classes are highlighted, the elements of ICT that help to organize the work of part-time students are described; results of the survey which demonstrates educational potential of author’s electronic resource are given. The conclusion is made that didactically thought-out use of e-learning resource meets the goals and objectives of the educational process and creates the key cultural, professional and general professional competence of a tour guide. As a result of the study an example of course developed for students of a part-time department in 2014-2017 on e-learning platform Moodle is described.

A constant presence in the Internet contributes to its influence on the processes of socialization of young people. The former institutions of socialization are partly destroyed or lose their significance. New institutions have been studied fragmentarily and are not yet systematically comprehended. An attempt to understand the mechanisms of the Internet influence on the socialization of youth is made. The psychological and socio-pedagogical mechanisms of socialization, as well as considered in the context of virtual socialization of young people are specified. To the characteristic psychological mechanisms of socialization by means of the Internet network are referred existential pressure, imitation, identification, reflection. The traditional socio-pedagogical mechanism has become less characteristic even for residents of small settlements, and the prevailing mechanisms of virtual socialization are stylized, institutional, and interpersonal. A number of approaches highlighting the stages of Internet socialization are analyzed. It is stated that in connection with the intensive informatization of society and a significant decrease in the age of the first access to the Internet, the pre-Internet stage of virtual socialization of young people is not relevant. The Internet factors of socialization, allowing to “smooth out” geographical features, namely: social networks, cloud technologies, media Internet environment, leisure services, online forums and chats, electronic scientific conferences and forums, expert networks, digital libraries, resources of “E-government” for professional and social problems decision, the use of online banking.

Relevance of future social work bachelors’ preparation problem for the mediation technologies’ realization is proved. Potential and experience of institutions of the social sphere (institutions of social service and educational institutions) of mediation technologies’ realization in the solution of problems of a modern dysfunctional family is analyzed. Relevance of mediation procedure application in the solution of trouble family problems at the present stage is proved. The pedagogical project - the educational module “Technology of Mediation in Social Work” directed to preparation of future bachelors of social work for realization of the mediation technologies including presented in the modern dysfunctional family’s problem solution. The realized pedagogical project included 3 main stages (preparatory, the main and final) and was realized by means of discussions, lectures presentations, the method of acquaintance to the text with the filter was applied, tasks of creative character were realized (protection of the project in the field of mediation), role-playing and business games, trainings on formation of basic competences of a mediator, cases were analyzed. It is established that preparation of future social work bachelors for realization of the mediation technologies is the important direction of education of youth, one of the leading types of future professional activity which opens a range of opportunities and development prospects for future professional in the social sphere as the conductor of changes and innovations in modern society. The further prospects of development of the pedagogical project are presented.

The necessity to change the methods of educational work with teenagers in the conditions of external social-cultural and information environment is founded. The peculiarities of social and cultural environment, where the formation of world perception of modern Russian youth is happening, are marked. They create the foundation for attempts of teenagers’ active mind control at the background of some undecided social and economic problems. It is marked, that despite the visible interest in the Internet-space, the official programs on educational work projection with teenagers are not under attention. In this regard the teachers know about some social deviations among teenagers “post factum”, when he/she is already under the control of law enforcement units. Consequently the educational work with this teenager occurs under the social deviation factor. The importance of social networks data control of a certain teenager during choosing the active methods of educational work, connected with prevention of social deviations of pupils, is proved. The analysis carried out of pages-documents gives to a specialist the possibility to see important sides of social life of a student, let establish the norms and values, peculiar to him in a certain age period, to follow the dynamics of interaction between different social groups and some people. The results of concrete study, connected with senior high students’ social pages control, which are the basis for the developed passport of social health of a teenager, disposed to deviant behavior are presented.

Social problems of youth at modern stage of society development and basic directions of state youth policy are considered. The notion, functions and the role of youth and studentship in the formation of basic labour potential of the country for the future security of disadvantaged groups of population and senior generation of the Russian Federation are analyzed. The problem of young people’s adaptation at labour market is revealed. The problems and their reasons at the stage of work search and first working experience of youth, which reflect in legal ignorance and the lack of practical working skills are analyzed. The basic directions of social-legal work with young people in the conditions of community organization are revealed. The aims and tasks of community organizations basing on the example of Tambov Regional Community Organization “Youth Initiatives” are revealed. The role of community organization, which is aimed at support of moral, spiritual and physical development of youth, at realization of initiatives in creation of projects and programs, at protection of rights and legal interests of young people is defined. Thus, youth organizations take the fixed place in the system of measures complex on realization of youth policy of state. The conclusion is made that basing on youth community organization the problem of social-legal awareness of youth at state level the problem can be eliminated.

The educational potential of drawing as a leading type of graphical work in the context of cognitive and artistic-aesthetic development of children of preschool age is considered. The role and meaning of portrayal of people by children for enrichment of their emotional sphere and notions about the world around is revealed. The scientific views on children’s drawings with the portrayal of a human as an indicator of wide profile of indices of child’s development are presented: from the presence of artistic skills and aptitude to pathologic processes. The necessity to teach preschool age children the skills of human portrayal with the aim of overcoming the process of “normative stereotypization” of graphic activity (V.S. Mukhina), appearing in adaptation of schemes of some things picturing (pattern) and their constant use in artistic activity. In the process of human image creation the notions of a child about different emotional states of people and their external display, cultural values, historic epochs, ways of transmission of image by different artistic means and etc. are studied. This connection is manifested and understood by a child in the process of acquaintance with the works of portrait art and picturing of a human in portrait drawing. The study where the notions of children about the portrait genre, motivation of children to picture humans in drawing; the formation of picture skills of a human; self-assessment as a skill to estimate objectively their own work is carried out. Basing on the analysis of the results received in the basic directions of educational work with the aim to form among preschool age children to picture a human in drawing are proposed.

Issues related to adjusting to the educational process of physical training of cadets of the first course of the military medical academy are discussed. The relevance of the study of adaptive mechanisms of the organism of students-freshmen during the beginning of their training at the military university is proved. The need to increase physical activity for more successful adaptation of students-freshmen to study at the military university is proved. Studies of adaptation potential of students-freshmen, evaluated by the following methods: determination of adaptive capacity according to the method of R.M. Baevsky, evaluation of Robinson’s index or “double work” (for the purpose of quantitative characteristics of the systolic heart function), determination of the adaptation of the energy potential are presented. The estimation of these parameters is based on the study of functional possibilities of organism of students-freshmen, namely cardiovascular and respiratory systems, as well as on the account of height, weight and age of the subjects. The results of research of functional possibilities of organism of students, namely: heart rate reductions before and after exercise, systolic and diastoliction in blood pressure at rest and at the peak of training on the load are also presented. Adaptation possibilities of organism of freshmen students are considered with multidimensional testing.

The variety of physical actions and the possibility of wide regulatory activity influence on the organism of doers still make health improvement aerobics one of the most efficient methods of physical education in higher educational institutions. The significant potential of health improvement aerobics is in the possibility of improvement of doers’ body flexibility, the level of development defines the teaching efficiency of elements techniques during doing this type of activity. Studying the modern views on the problem of flexibility (joint mobility) development at students, the factors influencing on this physical quality are generalized and the tests for its lumbar-spine mobility are analyzed. The data on mobility in shoulder-joints and hip joints of lumbar-spine mobility in different age groups of students of Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin are presented. Middle-group meanings, received according to each test were the basis for the development of flexibility scale and they may be used in specialists’ work on physical culture and that will complement the information on physical preparation level of students, will let differentiate physical activity, will implement in the selection of some exercises and complexes of exercises on flexibility development.

In all countries the physical education in primary and secondary schools is a compulsory course. It is considered how physical culture as a system is implemented in public life. The peculiarities of physical education in the schools of Europe and Russia are revealed. The becoming of the process of physical education of school children in different countries is studied and the comparative analysis is carried out. The attention is paid to the analysis of the programs of physical education in primary and senior grades. At picture 1 the qualitative and quantitative aims are presented, set before physical education in primary and secondary educational institutions. At picture 2 and 3 the most widespread compulsory and facultative types of physical activity are listed (track and field athletics, team sports, gymnastics, health and fitness, swimming, winter team sports and others) in primary and secondary educational institutions of different countries of Europe. In the conclusion the generalization of Russian and European experience is presented and the attention is paid to the problem solving of modern physical education.

Problem of using the rhetoric of patriotism in the “Proceedings” of the Free Economic Society (hereinafter - FES) in the second half of the 18th century is discussed. The concept of “patriotism”, widely spread in the world of Enlightenment, implied a plurality of interpretations and meanings that were used differently depending on the political and social realities of society. Attempt to expose the content of this concept in more detail in the works of the authors of the first economic society in Russia and its connection with the ideas of the country's economic development is made. The study is based on the results of an analysis of a group of texts published in the periodical of the FES - “Proceedings” from 1765 to 1796. The chronological borders of the study mark significant dates in the history of the FES: from the year of its foundation to the death of Catherine II. Thematically FES authors’ works were devoted to a whole range of problems from the organization of management of the estate to solving practical problems of farming. The conclusion that with the help of the rhetoric of patriotism the members of the FES reasoned the program of economic development of Russia, which consisted in the correction of morals, the propagation of scientific practices, the description and rationalization of the imperial space is made.

The biography and features of business ethics of a major Russian merchant, industrialist, public figure, philanthropist Mikhail Vasilyevich Aseev is recreated. The relevance of the topic is determined by the historical significance of the regional business elite of Tambov province, which in the late XIXth and early XXth centuries laid the foundations for the development of new forms of rationalization in agriculture and industry. The diverse activities of the genus Aseevs are represented in the general context of the development of capitalist relations in the domestic industry. The history of the entrepreneurial dynasty of M.V. Aseev is examined, the features of setting up its industrial economy in Tambov province, questions of patronage and philanthropy of the factory owner are studied. Based on work with published and archival documents, it was established that the basis for the successful entrepreneurial detail of the merchant was the availability of a serious raw material base, planned technical and technological modernization of the economy, a broad market for the sale of products, close cooperation with bank capital. Aseev’s business had a significant socio-cultural effect, which was expressed in the development of new forms of labor relations, the construction of a socially-oriented infrastructure, the formation of a system of material support for the population of factory districts. The charity of the owner caused a wide public resonance, served as a basis for increasing the social status of the merchant.

The activities of the Galician poet Ivan Nikolaevich Guszalewicz as the Deputy with Russophile convictions in the Austrian Parliament at the initial period of the dual monarchy are considered. His interpellation, petition, speech, in the period from 1867 to 1870 are considered. A characteristic of the role of Guszalewicz in decision-making on various aspects of the Ruthenian issue - in particular, the expansion of school education in the Ruthenian language and the subsidies of the Greek Catholic clergy to which he belonged are viewed. To study the peculiarities of the Ruthenian question in the initial period of the existence of Austria-Hungary the minutes of the meetings of the Austrian Parliament of the second convocation for the period from 20 May 1867 to 21 May 1870 are analyzed. A special role is given to the Polish-Ruthenian opposition expressed in the parliamentary debates. In addition, within this period there were analyzed the petitions and interpellations of the Polish deputies regarding the autonomy of Galicia without regard to the interests of the Ruthenian-Ukrainian population. On the basis of the studied material the conclusion about the lack of support of the initiatives of Guszalewicz from other Galician delegates to the Imperial Council is made.

The relevance of the research topic is determined by demand reflection on the historical experience of the mechanisms of influence on mass consciousness by means of propaganda. This problem is solved on the example of learning activities for subjects of the British Crown - guests of the 1886 Colonial and Indian exhibition - in the context of the challenges and problems of Imperial integration. The analysis of a propaganda component of the 1886 exhibition in such context was not undertaken earlier. It is based on extensive documental basis, in which special value is given to the materials of the Report of the Royal Commission for the Colonial and Indian exhibition and publications of British and colonial periodicals. The analysis carried out established that the favorable communicative environment for guests from colonies it was perceived by organizers of an exhibition as a question of exceptional importance. Specially developed plan of official and informal actions of entertaining, educational and commercial character for a narrow range of elected officials and mass audience has been successfully implemented. As their organizers were the members of the Royal family, the highest aristocracy, city corporations, clergy, the provincial nobility, the private companies and public organizations. The quantity, content and scale of the actions which were widely covered with the British and colonial press allow to conclude that they bore powerful propaganda loading, introducing in the minds of the subjects a sense of community of Imperial destiny and strength of ties binding Britain and its colonies.

Review on monograph by V.A. Pertsev “The Financial Situation of the Population of the RSFSR (the second half of 1950-1980s): Basing on the Materials of Central Black Earth Regions” (2013) and “Social Insurance and Services of the Population of the RSFSR (the second half of 1950-1980s): Basing on the Materials of Central Black Earth Regions” (2014), published by Voronezh State University.

The study of recreational activities of European and North American countries in organizing summer holidays for teenagers in profile camps, which programs are focused on sports improvement of pupils, formation of their leadership qualities, active recreation, creative self-realization is carried out. The rehabilitation programs of the camps presuppose careful monitoring of the health status, medical education, security (round-the-clock watch of instructors and rescuers) in combination with spiritual and moral perfection, sports games and competitions, mastering of scenic and decorative arts and crafts, complemented by hippotherapy technologies, and art therapy. Organizers of summer holidays are focused on providing comprehensive pedagogical support to campers, so they closely interact with parents, identifying individual characteristics and needs of adolescents. The experience of organizing the leisure activities of the most popular international camps in Europe and North America is considered. Comparative analysis of methodological approaches to the organization of summer recreation for adolescents is extremely important for the development of theory and technology of social and cultural activities, as the foreign experience of recreational activities with adolescents contributes to the development of appropriate projects and programs for organizing leisure.

The process of formation of legal consciousness of military men in terms of socio-cultural activities is actualized. Structural components of the legal culture of the military men, which represent a set of legal knowledge, professional installations, focusing on compliance and application of legislation, and the relevant legal regulations and the principles of law in the discharge of their official duties are considered. It is proved that socio-cultural activity has a large Arsenal of technologies to optimize this process and viewed it as a branch of pedagogical science that focuses on the processes of socio-legal integration of the personality. An overview of the current research on legal culture, formation of legal consciousness of the servicemen, identified and justified by the objectives, principles and functional specificity of socio-cultural activities in the military. Fundamental is the target purpose of recreational facilities for troops, directed on formation of legal consciousness and based on the design of legal action, proactive participation in projects of the military unit, based on the system of legal relations, updating of gained experience for more information about their rights and responsibilities. The technologies of socio-cultural activities that affect the process of formation of legal consciousness of military personnel: the outreach, design, cultural are identified and characterized.

The development of students’ research is currently one of the priority activities at Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin. The ability of graduates to implement in practice the results of their research or innovation activities is directly dependent on the organization of students’ research work in the university. In the article the authors point out seven main vectors of the organization of student research at the university: 1) identification of talented youth and its involvement in research activities; 2) increase of students’ grant activity; 3) increase of students’ publication activity; 4) students’ preparation for innovative activities; 5) networking and development of professional communication between students (university, different universities of the city, region, country, world); 6) development of student’s self-government, volunteerism and leadership in the field of research and development; 7) creation of a university-wide scientific environment. The work describes the events held at Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin aimed at organizing and developing student science for each of the seven selected vectors.

Historical aspects of ballet education development are considered. The role of Peter the Great the reformer of cultural life of Russia is marked, as he introduced music and dance in Russian society everyday life. His revolutionary decree of assemblies obliged all state institutions to teach ball dance obligatorily. These reformations made the post of dancing-master very hard to reach. The performances of ballet companies, musicians and opera singers, who were invited from abroad, were held in palace halls. The first school of ballet art was organized. The history of Russian ballet saves in memory the names of Ch. Didelot, M. Petipa, A. Saint-Leon, S. Diaghilev, M. Fomin and many other masters of dance art, who made a great input in the formation of Russian choreography. The peculiarities of program-methodological support of ballet education in different historical periods are revealed. The archive materials of Saint-Petersburg Theatre School and Moscow Emperor’s Theatre Academy, establishing the system of ballet professional education: criteria and order of admission, principles and content of educational work and etc. The idea of graded (additive) preparation of ballet artists as organizational form of education, integrating general-theoretical and special (performance, pedagogic, choreographic) preparation is founded. The federal state educational standards of secondary vocational education in the sphere of choreography are analyzed. The organizational-structural formations in the system of ballet dancers’ preparation are revealed.