additional education

The theoretical analysis of a problem of realization of polycultural approach in social education is presented in article; the essence of the concept «polylevel of culture» of the personality, it making is defined; the contents and ways of the organization of pedagogical activity in the conditions of additional education; the description of variety of the subcultures forming sociocultural space of the educational organization is given.

The article presents data on theoretical analysis of the first experiment of using a mixed age interaction in out-of-school work with children in the early twentieth century. The issue of mixed age interaction was widely covered in psychological and pedagogical researches since the beginning of the last century and remains relevant today. At the same time, the interest of scientists to history and the current state of the system of additional education for children has increased.