TENDENCY OF SOCIALLY SELF-DETERMINED PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS IN JOHN DEWEY’S PRAGMATIC EDUCATION CONCEPTION

The article examines the tendency of socially self-determined personality developmemt of the adolescent in line with the philosophical and pedagogical interpretation of the concept of «personality development» in the conception of pragmatic education of American scientist J. Dewey as a representative of reformist pedagogy in the XIX - early XX centuries. To generate ideas and principles of J. Dewey's pedagogy in the practice of modern native education system there were actualized the aspects of self-worth of adolescents at the all stages of its formation, the importance of research and experimental educational environment, cooperation and co-creation in development of adolescents, the integrity of individualization and socialization of adolescents in pedagogical technologies of new types of educational institutions activities.