The essence of experimental research of the process of students’ sociocultural values formation in the educational environment of higher education institutions

Elvira Zaredinova

doi:10.15587/2519-4984.2020.217194

Abstract

The relevance of the problem of students’ sociocultural values formation in the educational environment of higher education institutions is obtained in the article. The theoretical substantiation of the problem is carried out and the necessity and expediency of revealing the essence and logic of experimental research of the process of students’ sociocultural values formation in the educational environment of higher educational institutions is proved. The methodological basis of the research, which is represented by the polyparadigmal integrity of educational paradigms and the synthesis of ideas of scientific approaches, and the research methods, used in the work, are disclosed. It has been found, that the essence of the experimental work is to verify the potential of the methodology of students’ sociocultural values formation within the axio-oriented educational environment of higher education institutions and clarify the logic of the axiogenesis of sociocultural values. The criteria apparatus of the research is revealed, it contains motivational-axiological, cognitive-reflexive, and subject-activity criteria with corresponding indicators. In accordance with the requirements for the diagnostic stage of the experimental study, the diagnostic tools, which used in the ascertaining and control stages of the experimental work, containing both standardized approaches (“Value Orientations Study” approach by P. Stepanov); “Schwartz’s Study of Personality Values” questionnaire, etc.), and author’s proprietary questionnaires (“Level of Formation of Sociocultural Values According to the Motivational-axiological Criterion” questionnaire etc.), are presented. The general sequence of experimental work, which was reduced to such a logical scheme, is highlighted: 1) diagnostics of level of sociocultural values formation; 2) the methodology of students’ sociocultural values formation in the educational environment of a higher education institution; 3) analysis of the dynamics of sociocultural values at different stages of its axiogenesis and environment. The summary interpretation of criteria, indicators, and related diagnostic approaches is presented in the table. The stages of experimental work are succinctly disclosed

Highlights

Modern globalization and European integration processes, the rapid pace of society emphasize the importance of sociocultural values in human life because they determine the identity of a culture that distinguishes it from others, as well as the mentality, inherent in this culture, and the uniqueness of its cultural and historical experience
In previous works we have considered the conceptual foundations of the process of formation of sociocultural values of HEI students, based on the synthesis of ideas of personality-oriented, semantic and reflective educational paradigms and provisions of sociocultural, systemic, acmeological, activity, subjective, competency, and environmental scientific approaches
The presented article reveals the criteria and diagnostic tools of the experimental research, clarifies the directions and objects of verification of the effectiveness of methods of forming sociocultural values of students, identifies the stages of the experimental work that reflect the logic of diagnostic monitoring of formation of sociocultural values, their axiogenesis and stages of axiooriented environment formation

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Introduction

Modern globalization and European integration processes, the rapid pace of society emphasize the importance of sociocultural values in human life because they determine the identity of a culture that distinguishes it from others, as well as the mentality, inherent in this culture, and the uniqueness of its cultural and historical experience. Sociocultural values unite the sociocultural traditions of a certain society, the social aspects of different ethnic groups and individuals. It is already wellestablished in science, that the value sphere of the individual is its fundamental, basic component The special social group is students, distinguished from other groups by “high educational level, high cognitive motivation, the highest social activity and a very harmonious combination of intellectual and social maturity” [1], which gives reason to consider students sensitive to the formation and internalization of sociocultural values of individual. The outlined objective circumstances determine the need for experimental research of the process of formation of sociocultural values of students in the educational environment of higher education institutions (hereinafter – HEI)

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