Karelova G. Еducation of Optimistic Attitude towards Life among Older Adolescents in Overtime Activities.

The thesis is devoted to the education of optimistic attitude towards life in older adolescents in after-hour activities. Based on the analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature, a retrospective analysis of the abovementioned problem is provided and its position in the pedagogical theory and practice is found. The essence of the concept of "optimistic attitude towards life" in older adolescents is disclosed, its structural components are clarified. The corresponding criteria and indicators are identified, the levels of education of the mentioned moral and psychological formation of older adolescents are determined. A model of personality-oriented education of optimistic attitude towards life in older adolescents in after-hour activities is developed. Pedagogical conditions of education of adolescents' optimistic attitude towards life in after-hour activity are developed and tested (the development of personality-oriented methodology of education of optimistic attitude towards life among older adolescents in after-hour activity; training of teachers to educate optimistic attitude towards life among older adolescents in after-hour activity; improvement of parental educational potential as a condition to educate optimistic attitude towards life among older adolescents in after-hour activity).