Abstract
The subject of the paper is evaluating and comparing the activity of using digital technologies for the realisation of democratic values by students of Polish and Ukrainian higher educational establishments: rights to freedom of access to information; tolerant communication with other people; awareness of the values of solidarity, equality.The study was carried out at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland), The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland), Radom Academy of Economics (Poland), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Based on the survey results, the quantitative and qualitative analysis of digital technologies used in the development of democratic ideals and social activity of youth are carried.The results obtained are typologically common for students of both Polish and Ukrainian higher educational establishments.The paper provides recommendations for teachers of higher educational establishments on the use of digital technologies to support the development of students’ democratic values in formal and non-formal learning and draws attention to the problem of forming digital critical competence of students.
Highlights
In today’s conditions of transformation, globalisation and digitalisation of society, significant changes are taking place in the process of formation of value orientations of young people
The analysis of the conducted studies showed that the development of democratic values of young people is connected with their virtual activity in the network
On the basis of the analysis, the following statements of the scientist were distinguished, which became important methodological bases of the conducted research: Technology is a sociotechnical system with value characteristics; There is a relationship between technology and democratic values; Supporting the democratic values of the information society is ensured by appropriate education of ICT professionals and citizens’ real knowledge of information democracies
Summary
In today’s conditions of transformation, globalisation and digitalisation of society, significant changes are taking place in the process of formation of value orientations of young people. The availability of new software and smart applications expand the ability to realise young people's democratic rights through developing cognitive, creative, communicative and collaborative skills, affect their processes of worldview and self-expression. Democratic values mean social values that provide a democratic way of thinking and human activity (Kostriukov, 2004), the embodiment of humanism, spirituality, tolerance, and freedom of speech (Hoshovska, 2013), personal and individual human freedom, real conditions and opportunities for expression of socio-political activity, the right to act (choose and elect) in one’s own opinion, freedom of speech, conscience, etc. The issues of development of the value system are relevant for the world community It is worth mentioning the results of the scientific search “The European Values Study (EVS)”, obtained in the framework of an international long-term program of study of fundamental human values
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