The educational system of a socialization centre as a complex factor conditioning further formal learning of school learners

Abstract

The article analyses theoretical and empirical premises of the educational system applied in a socialization centre as a complex fac-tor empowering further formal learning of school learners. The first part of the article, referring to the performed analysis of scientific literature, reveals the factors determining further formal learning of school learners at a socialization centre such as competence-based, social-psychological and organisational factors. The conducted thorough analysis of scientific literature allowed for creation of the theoretical model of educational sys-tem at the socialisation centre, which later served as a basis for the em-piric research, i.e., the questionnaire survey of educators and learners of socialisation centre. The second part presents the results and conclusions of the survey of teachers and school learners of the socialization centre. The conducted quantitative research revealed the opinions of both the teachers and school learners of the socialization centre, their viewpoints to future goals, interferences in overcoming difficulties of their life and learning. The competences and abilities of the teachers in empowering the school learners for their further formal learning were identified. The article highlights what features of their behaviour and character may prevent them from achieving the goal of their further career. The authors make attempts to compare the answers of the centre’s teachers and the school learners to find out differences and similarities. The article pre-sents the theoretical model of empowering educational system of the so-cialization centre, which can serve as a methodological basis for further researches on a similar topic.