EUROPEAN VALUES AS LANDMARKS FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS

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ORSHANSKYI Leonid – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Technological and Vocational Education Department, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko str., 24, Drohobych, 82100, Ukraine (orshanski@i.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9197-2953ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-2108-2018KOTYK Iryna – PhD of Pedagogical Sciences, associate professor of the Technological and Vocational Education Department, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko str., 24, Drohobych, 82100, Ukraine (kotyk16@i.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-4998ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-6220-2018DOI: https://doi.org/10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119524To cite this article: Orshanskyi, L., Kotyk, I. (2018). European values as landmarks for Ukrainian students. Liudynoznavchi studii. Seriia «Pedahohika» – Human Studies. Series of «Pedagogy», 6/38, 255–266. doi: 10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119524 [in English].Article historyReceived: 4 October 2017Received in revised form: 1 December 2017Accepted: 15 February 2018Available online: 5 April 2018 Abstract. Today, our country has made its civilized choice, which has become a strategic reference point for the aspirations of most Ukrainians – integration into the European Union. Historical experience shows that the strength ofEurope depends on the inviolability of the basic European values that have a united potential, because their unity is the value basis for European nations, regardless of cultural traditions and national identity. Therefore, in the context of understanding that the student youth is as an important social resource ofUkraine, the problem how to form a set of values inherent to Europeans in particular, is the most topical from a prognostic point of view.Based on the analysis of the results of empirical and sociological research, we have identified the dynamics and peculiarities of the influence of various political, social and economic factors on the formation of European values in the student youth, taking into account the transformations taking place in the life of modern Ukraine – the country, which has chosen the European integration vector of development.The results of the study indicate that the consciousness of Ukrainian students is often dominated by the values of personal well-being (health, success, prosperity, happy family, etc.) and paternalistic direction (high-quality free education and medicine, sufficient pensions, social benefits, job security, economic stability, etc.). At the same time, modern students support the implementation of democratic principles and wish to be part of the process of building a European democracy inUkraine. True European values and worldview are recognized as a lofty ideal to follow, a necessary condition for the effective functioning of a democratic society.The study confirmed that most students strongly support the integration ofUkraineinto the European Union (over 76 %). Therefore, there are all the preconditions that the current students will soon become the main driving force behind the reforms and the implementation of the principles and values shared by the European community – Ukrainian «ambassadors» of its kind in all the spheres of European social, economic and political life. Declaration of Conflicting Interests. The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks to pedagogical staff at Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, in particular Lilia Ovcharenko, for her linguistic assistance.Funding. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding from Union of Designers of Ukranie permitted this research completion.