Ways and means of formation of patriotism of student youth in extracurricular educational activity

Abstract

The article reveals the most important problems of national-Patriotic education of students. The role of the higher educational institution in the formation of civil and ideological qualities of the person, which are manifested in the awareness of their historical, cultural, national, spiritual and other belonging to the Motherland as the highest principle of functioning, is analyzed. Ways and means of formation of patriotism of student youth in out of educational activity are considered. The conditions of application of active forms and methods of Patriotic education aimed at moral and spiritual improvement of students are analyzed. The most effective methods of patriotism formation as ways of influence on consciousness will and feelings of youth are defined. At the present stage of development of the Ukrainian state, the issue of Patriotic education has become quite acute. Ukraine is going through fateful historical events – the revolution of Dignity, the annexation of Crimea, military operations in the Donbas. The relevance of the formation of value orientations of students is due to the need for national revival and construction of the Ukrainian democratic state. State national program "Education" ("Ukraine XXI century"), the Laws of Ukraine "On education", "On General secondary education", "the Concept of upbringing in the conditions of development of Ukrainian statehood", "the concept of civil education of the individual in terms of development of the Ukrainian statehood" as defined by the strategic objectives of education in the personality of love of country, awareness of its civic duty on the basis of national and universal spiritual values, the assertion of the qualities of a citizen-patriot of Ukraine as an ideological factor in the development of cultural and creative potential of our people. The formation of the national intelligentsia, the promotion of enrichment and renewal of the intellectual gene pool of the nation, the education of its spiritual elite-a task that faces higher education institutions at the same level with the training of highly qualified specialists.