Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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Authors: T.L. Antonenko

The author of the article examines the fundamental values (good, evil, truth, love, experience, freedom, patriotism, sense of life, value of the Other) that form the basis of spirituality; characterizes the psychological mechanisms of spirituality formation. Keywords: value, spirituality, reflection, experience, identity and culture.

41-49

Authors: O. В. Budnyk

In the article, the results of Ukrainian educational ideal investigation in socio-pedagogical aspect are submitted. Educational priorities, which depict the elements of spiritual and material culture of people, are the basis for projecting of modern socio-educational surrounding of educational establishment. The essence of educational ideal in teacher’s educational work is а revealed in correlation between such philosophical categories, as possibility» and «reality», «concreteness» and «abstractness», «content» and «form», «cause» and «result», «freedom» and «necessity», etc. Author emphasizes, that the category of educational ideal reveals deep social content as the change of social formation presupposed keeping by social elite relevantly new ideas about ideals of morality, kindness, freedom, beauty, equality, tolerance, etc. Key words: educational ideal, teacher’s educational work, socio-educational surrounding, educational priorities, aim of socio-educational work, socio-cultural education.

61-68

Authors: O.V.Verbovskiy

The article is devoted to the examination of the problem of moral ideals in the context of value reference points of military and patriotic education. The author analyses the changes of value reference points of military and patriotic education in different historical periods caused by the level of social relations, religion, ethnic features, etc. Key words: moral ideal, value reference points, military and patriotic education, patriotism.

95-104

Authors: R. V. Zozuliak-Sluchyk

In modern Ukrainian society there is an urgent need for social pedagogy specialists whose activity requires the possession of individual psychological qualities, moral characteristics that meet the professional requirements and ability to communicate, negotiate, protect the interests of customers, to cooperate with the related professions like. In the article author was revealed with delineated position the role of humanistic orientation of the individual as the basic source of social teacher professionalism. Also was described the key moral features that are the basis of formation moral person professional. Keywords: humanism, moral quality, social pedagogue, professional competence, social responsibility.

110-120

Authors: O. P. Luchaninova

The author reveals the genesis of the concept of «paradigm» in the history of education and humanity, outlines the features of the educational paradigm of the first quater of the ХХІ century, reveals the role of the spiritual and cultural education of the dominant paradigm in the development of the student as a person. Keywords: educational paradigm, spiritual and cultural values, education of the person.

143-155

Authors: V. Miroshnichenko

The article justified deontological principles of education of future officers of border guards. Attention is drawn to the introduction of departmental standards defining ethical requirements only border agency for cultural communication, appearance, performance objectives Border Service and the state of workplace border guards which staff must comply. The main principles of sectoral standards (deontological principles) shall include the following: legality; rights and freedoms; confidentiality; preparedness assistance; professionalism; respect; transparantnist; impartiality. Deontological principles of education are considered two closely interrelated components: personal and ideological and professional teaching. And the second one is dominant. Implementation of deontological principles of education of future officers of border guards is like outside the classroom (introduction of departmental standards Border Service) and in the classroom, where a significant role explore «legal ethics». As a result of the study course «legal ethics» future officers, border guards must be able to: apply the acquired knowledge for further practical study i purchase specialty in law enforcement; in practice in daily life acquired knowledge of professional culture police. The author concludes that the result of the education of future officers at the border are deontological principles deontological education, which is formed of deontological qualities deontological consciousness deontological culture and based on it - deontological competence. Keywords: future officers, border guards, deontological principles of education, ethics, legal ethics, departmental standards, deontological principles.

174-197

Authors: Yu. Svatko

The article defines the basic notions of spirituality, knowledge, personality, values, culture, Europe, as well as a set of notions shaping the concepts of «education» and «the Human World»; the international agenda on education is considered; two priority approaches towards modern education policy are singled out: the economy-based, and the advocacy-based ones; the issue of education reforms direction in the Human World is stressed.

203-222

Authors: Duysal Aşkun Çelik

The 20th century has shown many leadership approaches and practices starting with trait approaches, behavioural approaches, and contingency approaches. Later on, certain leadership concepts took over instead of traditional leadership approaches such as collectivistic leadership, values leadership, spiritual leadership and integral leadership. As the world is no longer healthy in relation to ecology, economy, politics and also relationships, new forms of leadership are called for in many different areas of life and organizations, be it a profit, not-for-profit or governmental. The focus of this paper is to present a new approach to leadership that includes the spiritual understanding of individuals themselves, and then employees, groups and organizations around them as interdependent wholes. Key Words: Leadership, Leadership approaches, Diversity, Diverse Cultures, Integral Leadership, Spiritual Leadership, Whole-Soul Model for Leadership

231-241

Authors: M. V. Tkachenko

Suicide as a concept, as well as its reasons and means of prevention have been studied in the article. Based on the analysis of literary resources and researches there have been worked out the ten basic reasons of committing suicide. There has been proposed the list of domestic and foreign fiction literature works as a means of suicide prevention. There has been created a list of literary works connected the basic reasons of committing suicide. Also, there has been studied the concept of «Werther effect» as a possible side effect of reading certain literary works or getting acquainted with curriculum vitae of writers, who have committed suicide (as well as any famous people in general). Keywords: suicide, life-meaning values, value of life, «reverence for life», Werther effect.

251-264

Authors: John W. Fisher

This paper reports on research which aimed to investigate relationships between meaning and purpose in life and workplace expectations. It provides an overview of the methodology and outcomes of a survey conducted at a regional university. Survey methods included the distribution of two valid and reliable instruments to all employees of that university with data analysed using SPSS procedures. Analysis of the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM), developed by the principal researcher, and a purpose-designed questionnaire pertaining to meaning and purpose in the workplace, provided interesting findings. Overall, participants classified as administrators, professionals, service workers or labourers reported that they feel good about themselves and their relationships with others and the environment. The relationship with a god-type figure was of lesser importance for the spiritual well-being of the majority of participants. The participants do not expect the workplace to provide a major role in their spiritual well-being. They also reported significantly high levels of feelings of turbulence at work, and trends toward high anxiety and discomfort with autocratic managerial practices characterised by a focus on profits over people. The female staff described the workplace as more friendly, warm and caring than the males. The females also reported greater work satisfaction and were less depressed in doing their job than the males. Interpretation of these results indicates that a somewhat anxious and turbulent work place environment prevails. The personal impact of this unrest appears to be mediated by the support of families and friends of employees. The notion that workplace feelings which are negative (e.g., anxiety) emanate from administrative practices, while those which are positive are a function of collegial behaviours, merits further exploration. Key words: quality of life, spirituality, meaning of life, purpose of life, workplace.

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Authors: D. Paul Schafer

The objective of the present world system is to develop economics and economies. As a result, the focus is on production, consumption, materialism, the marketplace, and economic growth. Culture is marginalized in this system, and spiritualism is confined to a limited number of people and experienced largely on a part-time and piecemeal basis. A new world system is needed in the future that is based on the development of culture and cultures in the holistic sense. This system would be deeply «rooted in nature,» and the priority would be on the natural environment, people, caring, sharing, a new perception of the human personality, citizens’ responsibilities as well as their rights, and achieving balance and harmony between the material and non-material dimensions of development. In this system, culture would play a central role, and spirituality would be experienced by virtually all people on a full-time basis because it would be a fundamental part of the overall way of life. The great Roman statesman and orator, Cicero, gave us an inkling of what this system might be like when he said «culture is the philosophy or cultivation of the soul» more than two thousand years ago. Key Words: world system, transformation, transcendence, culture, cultures, nature, the whole, holism, cultivation, spirituality, the soul, responsibilities, rights, economics, economies, marketplace, materialism, economic growth.