THEORETICAL BASIS OF DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CONCEPT “ACTIVE CIVIC POSITION OF YOUTH”

Abstract

The article highlights the theoretical foundations of defining the content of the concept of “Active civic position of youth” in the relationship of such categories as “citizen”, “citizenship”, “activity”, and “position”. For this purpose, the author analyzed a number of normative documents related to national-patriotic education, the establishment of national and civic identity, the formation of an active civic attitude, as well as the scientific works of domestic thinkers, philosophers, civic figures, scientists, etc. These works provide the carried-out analysis of the studied concept and the main approaches to study of this phenomenon. Citizenship is interpreted by the author as the level of consciousness development, the moral quality of an individual, his worldview, which is determined by his national identity, awareness of belonging to a specific country; awareness of rights and responsibilities regarding the state and state institutions; as subjective qualities of the individual, manifested during the performance of social role functions, which are basic and defining for society. Civic activity is a set of knowledge, abilities, skills, motives, moral qualities and willful efforts, an inner desire for activity, aimed at strengthening the existing socio-political order in society. The definition of the concept of “Active civic position” is presented as a system of value and social orientations, attitudes of an individual to society, the state, the nation, to himself as a citizen, an established component of the internal structure of an individual, which expresses stable motives and an individual’s desire to demonstrate commitment to values and principles of the Constitution of Ukraine, active socially significant activities for the purpose of realization of personal values, rights, freedoms and duties.
 Keywords: citizen; citizenship; activity; position; national and patriotic education; national identity; civic activism; active civic position.