DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP FORMATION IN DOMESTIC PEDAGOGICAL THOUGHT

Abstract

This article examines the problem of developing the idea of forming citizenship in domestic pedagogical thought. The need for the formation of citizenship is motivated, aimed at educating the individual, developing personal traits and qualities, world-view, feelings, actions and norms of behaviour, way of thinking aimed at self-development and development of democratic civil society in Ukraine. The categories “citizenship”, “civil position”, “rule of law” are specified in pedagogical and socio-pedagogical aspects.Today in Ukraine, we can observe both trends in the development of ideas of citizenship – on the one hand, the processes of state formation require unity based on the formation of civic qualities of the community, manifestations of citizenship and appropriate actions towards the idea of statehood. It is considered that these tendencies can develop in two ways – confrontation, intolerance or dialogue, a constructive approach to solving problems. The analysis of civic education development in the national pedagogical thought is provided by the author.Civic education is illustrated by changes in the goals, content and methods of organizing the activities of the subjects of the educational process. The essence of civic education is characterized by systematic, purposeful, social, planned and systematic motivation. As shown in the article, most of the existing educational systems and programs for the education of student youth are focused on the development of critical thinking, independent search for meaning in life and the development of skills of active behaviour. These changes make new demands on the implementation of the process of civic education of student youth in higher education, on the individual as a whole, able to understand and independently implement the basic ideas of competence-oriented education. Accordingly, the formation of citizenship aims at educating the individual, developing personality traits and qualities, world-view, feelings, actions and norms of behaviour, way of thinking aimed at self-development and development of democratic civil society in Ukraine.
 Keywords: citizenship; civic education; civic self-awareness; civil position; civic behaviour; rule of law; personality education; democratic civil society.