Value Priorities For Studying Higher Education Institution’s Course “Children’s Literature”

Abstract

Nowadays the spiritual and moral growth of students and their self-identification through comprehension and mastering of traditional cultural values is very much in demand. Therefore, this article is focused on the theoretical substantiation and the development of the axiological approach in order to achieve the following goal: to ensure that the future elementary school teachers, while studying the higher education institution’s course of children’s literature, form a text competency that includes the strong orientation towards their self-identification and spiritual and moral growth with the perspective of this vector being taken into consideration in their future school work. Our leading method was the experimental method. The article reveals principles and criteria which dictate the selection of study material for the course “Childrens Literature” and actualizes traditional spiritual and moral values during the educational process. The authors validate the dominant emphasis on spiritual and moral components being inserted into the text competency while studying literature. The efficiency of the proposed approach is proven through the use of the concrete examples. The materials presented in this article aimed at solving the tasks outlined by the Strategy for development of upbringing in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025. Also, the text competency technology developed by the authors may be recommended for the widespread application in order to increase the level of the students’ spiritual and moral growth.