(556) THE EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE FATHER. EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE FATHERHOOD RESEARCH METHOD

摘要

In this article, the authors explore the fatherhood as an educational institution. The features of the fatherhood was conducted by the authors on the basis of the analysis of the sociological, psychological and pedagogical literature and synthesis of the responses of the fathers obtained from the survey. The authors interviewed more than 500 people from several Russian cities and abroad. Men-fathers simply answered the question "What does it mean to be a father?". Over 2000 answers were received. The Semantic classification of the answers made by the authors, allowed to point out three major determinants of educational potential of fatherhood, and to build 17 scales of the fatherhood: 1 Education and kids upbringing actions (scales: physical interaction; communication and mentoring; initiative and interest in the child's life; caring; planning and self-organization of paternity practice; self-development, training and consultative support from health care professionals, psychologists, etc.) 2 The Value sphere of the father's mind (scales: respect for the child and tact; contact and empathy; humanism and understanding; responsibility, awareness and self-criticism; authoritarianism and masculinity) 3 Educational motivation (orientation to social approval and recognition; prosocialist, the contribution to the development of society; the happiness of the child; child's socialization and the formation of their competitiveness; implementation of children's dreams of a father in a child's life; Pro-family, the motivation of procreation and family values) The three-part model of the determinants of fatherhood educational potential cases to be applicable to the development of appropriate methods of diagnosis of the real fathers. This methodology was adapted and tested based on a survey of 200 fathers. In this article, the authors describe the main qualitative correlations between variables and determinants of the educational potential of fatherhood, which was determined. In particular, using the method of factor analysis and based on the removal of items (in SPSS 23 digital environment) the authors found significant positive correlations between such indicators of fatherhood, as support and care, interest in the child's life and strictness, strictness and child care, etc. Based on these correlations some conclusions about the typical sustainable features of modern fatherhood can be drawn. The proposed method can be used in research that is the basis for the positive transformation of the municipal and regional family and social policy. The author's methodology offers an effective approach to the study of real fathers.