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Ponte Academic Journal
Dec 2016, Volume 72, Issue 12

THREATS TO THE SOCIAL SAFETY OF EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE RUSSIAN SCHOOLS

Author(s): Kislyakov Pavel Aleksandrovich ,Shmeleva Elena Aleksandrovna, Belyakova Natalia Vladimirovna, Romanova Anzhela Valerevna

J. Ponte - Dec 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 12
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.12.28



Abstract:
Numerous studies and actual practice of the life and work show that for man to live and develop positively, conditions should be created under which he would feel comfortable and safe. One of the most urgent life's challenges and professional problems existing to date has been the problem of social safety of individuals and communities. Every so often, some students spend more time in school than in their family environment that is why the degree of influence of school microsocium over the social integration, development, health and behavior of a child or a teenager is hard to be overestimated. There are a lot of risks and threats facing any education environment. Identification of contemporary threats to the safety of an educational institution of Russian Federation and the rationale for choosing the means of preventing them. Theoretical analysis of issues on educational psychology, environmental psychology, health psychology, psychology of security. The empirical part of the study is devoted to the identification of threats to the social safety of educational environment in schools of Russian Federation; need of teachers for informational support in the field of social safety (with the help of a questionnaire to 140 teachers). On the basis of the theoretic and empirical analysis, the following threats to educational environment have been revealed: criminal threats, the threats of extremism and terrorism, physical and mental violence, interpersonal conflicts, addictive behaviors of students. To prevent the threats revealed, the necessity of creation of a safe educational environment is grounded which should comprise a healthy school approach, tolerant environment, and psychologically comfortable environment excluding any violence and requiring the relevant professional training of teachers and education personnel. The data presented analytical and experimental studies to determine the direction in which should seek ways to improve the organization of educational process in order to ensure social security of students and society in general.
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