Organization and Content of Group Work

The article considers the main points of organization and content of club activity group work as one of the most important components of extracurricular education. The necessity of further development of circle work is emphasized, both within the General education school (club activity work) and within the framework of extracurricular educational institutions. It described the main features inherent in any circle, highlighted the main differences between circle classes and school lessons, including differences in the forms and methods of teaching. Emphasis is placed on the mandatory publication of the results of the activities of the clubs members (holding exhibitions, fairs, reporting concerts and evenings) and its importance for the members of the club themselves. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, a classification of different types of circles is given, which is based on the main directions of socially useful activities of schoolchildren. It is proved that in order to achieve high results, group work should be based on the principles of voluntariness, humanism, democracy and self-government. The article also emphasizes that group work is a separate form of education and upbringing, which should be called a collective form of self – education. In favor of this statement, the facts are given, where the form of training of the club’s activity is collective, and the method of obtaining new knowledge and forming skills is individual. And it has the advantages of both collective and individual training.