Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

18-24

Authors: O.O. Garkusha

The article deals with the foundation of the American system of art education. It explains the meaning of the key events and personalities in the history of art educational thought of the USA on the early stage of its development that contributed greatly to the emergence of the modern American system of art education. Keywords: American educational system, art education, artistic culture, scientific-and-technological advance, immigration.

31-43

Authors: М.B. Evtukh, I.B. Chervinska

The article focuses attention on the necessity of paying attention to the personal development of the personality who can respond flexibly to constantly changing conditions, and differs due to their initiative mobility, dynamism, constructivism, a developed sense of responsibility in professional activity. After all, modern education market requires a highly qualified professional, who has a proper command of professional competences. In this regard, in modern higher pedagogical school the scientific concepts are recognised with assigned priorities to integral formation and development of future teacher’s personality, forming the readiness to be mobile in professional activity due to the switching from the state of performers to the state of active entities. Based on the study of scientific sources and advanced teaching experience, the author reveals the psychological and pedagogical principles of preparing future teachers to professional mobility in terms of mountainous region. A description of practical implementation of the goals and objectives of the international project "Mountain School" in the context of the formation of professional mobility is rather interesting and informative. In the article the researcher emphasizes that during the research and work on the project the parameters of readiness to professional mobility have been identified and generalized. The contradictions have been reasonably revealed and psychological and pedagogical conditions of formation the teacher’s ability to professional mobility in terms of institutions functioning within the Carpathian region. Keywords: profession, mobility, reasons, competence, motivation, region, psychological and pedagogical conditions, mountainous region, socio-cultural space.

54-66

Authors: T. F. Melnychuk

Intellectual values as a structural element of national consciousness, culture, national and state development of Ukrainian society are discussed. Basic forms of intellectual culture, the system of intellectual values and their influence on formation of creative personality using the example of business woman club “Harmony” of the National university of life and environmental sciences of Ukraine in the study of cultural and historical heritage of Ukrainian people through culturological expeditions, seminars, cultural and educational activities are determined in the article. Keywords: intellectual values, creative personality, intellectual culture, cultural and historical heritage, nonprofit organization, club “Harmony”, cultural and educational activity.

77-86

Authors: K.A Pekach

The article reconstructed the evolution of the views of Ukrainian thinkers and educators in the education of the civil responsibility of the person. It is shown that the civil liability, as a social phenomenon that occurs with development protogosudarstvennyh and state formations on the territory of Ukraine. Select the corresponding periods in the development of educational thought on education of civil responsibility of children and youth, noted the influence of the dominant ideas at different stages of development of Ukrainian culture in the pre-Christian and Christian times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation, modern and contemporary. Keywords: reconstruction of education ideas of civil liability, civil liability, customary law, a legal right, legal awareness, civic values, the relationship of moral and civil responsibility of the person.

97-106

Authors: S. F. Rashidov

This article analyzes the concept of "patriotism" and some of the theoretical and methodological aspects of education in patriotism politetnicheskom society. Keywords: education, civic patriotism, identity, patriotism, multi-ethnic society.

122-137

Authors: I. O. Safonova

The article analyzed existing points of view of scientists on the subject of coupling education and culture, new understanding of the mission of the University, which, according to the author, can not be imagined without the key role of spirituality and strength of mind is given. Mind is considered not only as certain property of the individual, required for rational knowledge, but also as an intellectual product of culture, as a force capable of understanding knowledge and values. For this reason, modern university activity should be targeted on the development of personal knowledge with sense as knowledge describes the life and meaningful knowledge fills it with sense. Keywords: university, culture, education, senses, values

150-161

Authors: N.S. Sidash

The article investigates the problem of pedagogical consciousness formation of future high school teachers. The author has formed a theoretical model of the structure of pedagogical consciousness of future high school teachers, structural and functional components of pedagogical consciousness have been determined, the causes and conditions that have the greatest impact on the formation, establishment and development of pedagogical consciousness of future high school teachers have been clarified. Keywords: future high school teachers, theoretical model of the structure of pedagogical consciousness, structural and functional components.

167-175

Authors: Y.А. Slavskaya

There were determined conditions that initiated development of aesthetic education in the second half of XX – beginning of XXI century in context of sustainaible development. There was made historical-educational analysis of tendencies in school aesthetic education, major stages of its development were determined. There was made scientific-theoretical argumentation of modern paradigm of aesthetic education. Based on systematic analysis there were revealed common tendencies in determination of theoretical-methodological bases of aesthetic education. There were determined major approaches towards differenciation of aesthetic education by functional characteristics in accordance with periods of nature defensive movement. There was summarized experience of aesthetic component reflection within the school educational work. The ways of improvement and increasing the quality of aesthetic training of students were demonstrated. Key words: aesthetic upbringing, aesthetic education, sustainable development.

183-190

Authors: M.A. Syaba

This article deals with four historical periods of upbringing of children with special needs in American families. Every period is characterized by its own peculiarities that influenced the development of family relationship. Special attention is paid to social and political conditions of the development of American society that influenced directly the humane relationship formation towards children with special needs. The article emphasizes that revolutionary changes concerning the attitude towards children with special needs have taken place in the American society. Key word: family upbringing, children with special needs, partner family.

200-212

Authors: N.N .Chursin

In the context of tasks of the system of education of preparation of young people to activity in the future, measuring of information society, characterized as "post-societies", are examined. Radicalism of these societies that create new calls to human nature requires the revision of methodological bases of educational activity. Keywords: information society, system of education, "post-societies", future environment of activity, methodological reflection, aims forming.