DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVITY AT A JUNIOR SCHOOL AGE

Abstract

In the article the theoretical aspects of the subject approach to studying psyche are examined. The problem of junior schoolchildren’s volitional adjusting development is given through the research of emotional and motivational spheres of a personality. The focus is on the concept of volitional development by G.G. Kravtsov who considers will to be an “intelligent initiative”. The given concept contains two indivisible components: conciseness of volitional act and active position of personality as a subject of his own activity. The article dwells upon the reasons which have a negative impact on the development and education of junior schoolchildren. One of them is lack of their active position as a subject of activity. The results of the research enabled the author to differentiate three groups of initiative: “low”, “middle”, “high”. These research results showed meaningful distinctions between the groups according to the degree of its intensity. The obtained data allowed to draw the conclusion that the absence of the given personal formation renders negative influence on the development and education of junior schoolchildren. The results of the study will help to complement scientific presentations within the framework of the personality development problem. Besides, they will allow to project more effective psychological content of the program of teachers’ work on forming junior schoolchildren’s educational activity.