Pedagogy of volunteering in youth environment

The article is devoted to the current state and development of the institute of youth volunteering in Russia. The authors of the article reviewed the methodological traditions in the study of the Russian institute of volunteering. Also, the article presents the results of a sociological study of the volunteer movement in the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation. The ways of development of the institute of youth volunteering in the sphere of leisure are proposed, the directions of the pedagogy of volunteering are presented. Special attention in the article is focused on the fact that the most intensively the activity of the institute of volunteering is carried out in the implementation of programs of youth socio-cultural associations, the peculiarity of which lies in the fact that they are one of the active forms of organizing cultural and leisure activities of young people. At the same time, the authors believe that the pedagogy of the institute of volunteering in the sphere of leisure reveals the essence, psychological and pedagogical support of the formation and development of the institute of volunteering, including the means, forms and methods of socio-cultural activities in the development of the volunteer’s personality performance. The article notes that the pedagogy of the institute of volunteering has enough grounds for further study of this topic, while there is a need to develop pedagogical forms, means, and methods in order to attract young people to volunteer activities in the field of leisure. At the same time, the creation of a model of psychological and pedagogical support for the institution of volunteering requires substantial scientific research.