Moral and patriotic coordinates of volunteer activity as a means of building educational and socio-pedagogical work

In the article, the built picture of the four-vector phenomenology of voluntary activity
(heroic, victim, transformative, life-affirming) can serve as a kind of “ethical map” for
measuring the motivation for participation in volunteering. In addition, it can serve as the
basis for determining the goals and mission of building educational and socio-pedagogical
work in various volunteer associations.
The problem of the formation of social activity of student youth in the conditions of
reforming Ukrainian society is analyzed, the criteria of social activity, the importance ofsocial activity for the further development of society and the professional development of
students are considered. The concept of volunteering as a segment of civil society, the
main directions of volunteering in modern Ukraine, the impact of hostilities in the East of
the country on the development of volunteering have been studied. The thesis about the
dialectical relationship between social activity and students' participation in volunteer
activities is substantiated, where volunteer activity is considered as a manifestation of
social activity and as a factor in its formation. An example of the activities of a higher
educational institution regarding the involvement of students in volunteer practice as an
important factor in the formation of students' social activity is given.Keywords: patriotic, volunteer activity, Socio-Pedagogical Work, educational process.