Abstract:

The article deals with the problem of economic socialization and economic culture formation among the high-school students living in the North territories of the Krasnoyarskiy Krai and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya). The purpose of this article is to summarize the findings obtained during the field researches and to characterize economic socialization among the high-form students whose parents have traditional way of life typical for the indigenous minorities of the North and Siberia. In the course of field researches in the North (Arctic) settlements of the Krasnoyarskiy Krai and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya) the authors have implemented original assessment methods to identify the level of economic culture among the high-school students. Such methods as comparative analysis have been used depending on the territory (Krasnoyarsk, Tyukhtetskiy and Turukhanskiy Districts of the Krasnoyarskiy Krai, Neryungi, Heryungskiy District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya)), on students’ ethnocultural self-identification (including their belonging to the indigenous minorities of the North and Siberia) and on their age.

The survey has been resulted in 314 questionnaire forms filled by the senior students of secondary schools, including 186 children whose parents belong to the indigenous peoples of the North and hold traditional lifestyle (they are involved in hunting, fishing and reindeer-breeding). The findings have been visualized through the diagrams and histograms and summarized in the Table as well.

Conclusion:
The field researches have made it possible to identify communicative, instrumental, social and psychological features of economic socialization among the high-form students whose parents live traditionally. This investigation also has diagnosed a lack of economic education among the school students. In addition, here are certain recommendations on what measures should taken to create a program on local economic school education based on a merge of traditional economic up-bringing in families and economic education in schools leaned on economic evaluation of school projects.

Keywords:

High school students, northern territories, Indigenous Small Peoples, economic culture, economic socialization, field studies.