Social and cultural foundations of pedagogy of leisure

The article is devoted to disclosing the essence of the social and cultural foundations of pedagogy of leisure as a branch of the Humanities. It is shown that as specifier characteristics are specific methodological approaches that are axiological, humanistic, holistic, and cultural. Identified potential opportunities in the form of methodological provisions of the theoretical knowledge of social and cultural core of the pedagogy of leisure. Highlighted the problematic issues associated with the development of social order in the multi-field institutions of culture and additional education, disclosure of essence of pedagogical regularities of organization of cultural activities and the formation of common cultural competencies of the individual.