СУЧАСНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ФОРМУВАННЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ СВІДОМОСТІ ТА ПАТРІОТИЗМУ У КУРСАНТІВ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВІЙСЬКОВОЇ ОСВІТИ

Abstract

The article highlights the acute need of improving national-patriotic education of cadets of military education institutions, taking into account the specificity and differences between military and general pedagogy, is emphasized on the need to adjust the educational process, in view of the peculiarities of the historical and political circumstances of the country. It is stressed on the importance of searching modern effective methods of patriotic education of future officers in military education establishments for the in-depth disclosure of patriotism as a high moral and spiritual value. The author presents grounds for individual approach to the development of each individual person in the pedagogical process, taking into account the personal qualities of each cadet. The article underlines the fundamental component of national patriotic education in the formation of a professional military man. It is accentuated on the necessity of state support for the program of national-patriotic education and state guarantee of a decent level of social security for servicemen. The author addresses the problems of long-term neglect of the state in ensuring a decent level of social security of the officer’s profession and the crisis in understanding of the patriotic qualities of a serviceman, low level of national dignity. The main features of modern high-level officer are determined. The complex approach to preparation and conducting pedagogical-patriotic measures is proposed: introduction of the latest methods of patriotic education; improvement of educational methodologies by the use of innovative educational technologies; deepening the study of the history of the centuries-old national liberation movement of the Ukrainian people; strengthening the moral and spiritual qualities of cadets and inculcating them the belief in the need to adhere to a healthy, sporty way of life.