SOCIAL PROJECT "WE ARE TOGETHER": EXPERIENCEOF THE ORGANIZATION

Abstract

The aim of the research is to determine the impact of a social project on the involvement of students into the academic process and academic performance, to identify long-term outcomes of students' participation in the social project. The following methods and procedures of research were used: the experience of organizing a social project in a university is described, which initially emerged as an initiative of students, and then was supported by a team of educators and led to important educational results. The method of included monitoring by the full participants of the educational process: teachers and students - was applied. It was revealed that the participation in the social project influenced the involvement of students into the educational process, contributed to the improvement of their academic achievement, led to important long-term results. The practical significance of the research is that the following assumption is confirmed: the participation of students in a social project based on the initiative of students leads to an increase in students’ involvement and academic achievement. The article is addressed to teachers, methodologists, researchers of the problems of higher education organization.