Diagnosis of the Levelsof Social Competence Among Elementary School Pupils

The article considers the issue of social competence. The structure of social competence and the model of its measurement are offered. The authors stress that the first phase of forming the foundations of a child's social competence is his family. However,later it becomes its educational space, so the authors consider its important to measure the level of this competence during the educational process.Presented the diagnosis of the level of social competence among elementary school pupils(7−8 years), 402children and 16 teachers took part in the formative experiment. Based on the diagnosis Assessment of Social Competence(ASC): A scale of social competence functions(1985)(adapted to national values and the age of primary school pupils), it was found that it exceeds the initial and intermediate level of social competence with the most developed function of caring thinking. Which is natural for this age group. However, the understanding of social reality and the cessation of egocentrism showed the greatest indicators at the initial level of social competence, which indicates one of the areas of work in forming the foundations of this competence and indicates a purposeful process of education.