THE RESOURCE APPROACH AS THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIO- PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL GROUPS

The article accentuates the importance of the resource approach implementation as a methodological basis of socio-pedagogical activities for sustainable development of social groups. The kinds of internal and external resources necessary for sustainable development of the social groups are revealed. It is proved that socio-pedagogical activity is an important resource of promotion the social groups to sustainable development. The paper demonstrates the development as the internally determined process of qualitative changes in the subject, which takes place under conditions of activation of his internal resources.The development presupposes transferring from the potential to the actual and requires the promotion of these processes from outside through finding the resonance points. The article proves that the efficiency of social and educational activity for sustainable development of social groups is provided by the range of abilities of the subjects to activate their own resources (knowledge, skills, abilities and creativity). It is also expedient to use the appropriate pedagogical, social, educational and informational resources and involve the social and human resources of the community to activate the internal resources of the social group: their spiritual, creative, active, subjective and social potential together with the internal factors and motives, which are the power force of their self-development. Their activation will help build human and social capital as a key resource for the sustainable development of the society