Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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Authors: N. O. Avramenko

The article substantiates that successful and effective preparation of foreigners – future physicians is possible at observance of a number of pedagogical conditions. The content of pedagogical conditions in our study is disclosed as an environment in which the process of getting knowledge and training of foreign students of medical universities, aimed at forming readiness to master professional terminology, takes place. Their compliance contributes to the achievement of a positive result in the preparation for mastering the professional terminology by foreigners – future doctors. The methodological component of teaching any language as a foreign language is the usage of a variety of techniques_ in particular innovative, and modern means of language learning. The usage of these techniques give positive results. Interactivity in learning can be explained as the ability to interact, learning in a conversation, dialogue, action. Consequently, in the literal sense the interactivity is a method in which the learner is a participant, who carries out some activity: speaks, models the situation, writes, draws, etc. He does not act only as a listener, an observer, but takes an active part in what is happening, actually creating this phenomenon. There is a need for three components of communication in order to increase the effectiveness of learning, namely: сcommunicative, and perceptual. The use of interactive forms of learning by studying the Ukrainian language at medical universities will be effective if the content of the educational process will be echoed with future professional activities

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Authors: V. М. Vakulenko

The author of the article summarizes the requirements for the organization of effective control in the process of training future teachers of foreign languages. The process of approving the main forms and methods of knowledge control is monitoring, that are used in modern higher educational institutions. There are scientific works which highlight the control function constitutes a special value in the context of the affected issues. Control, first of all, should contribute to the implementation of learning objectives. The implementation of a certain type of control occurs by choosing an appropriate form of control. It is noted that teachers and methodologists of the study period identified the following types of control in the system of training future teachers of foreign languages: preliminary (output, zero), current (intermediate, fluent), thematic, boundary (periodic), final (final). This classification of types of control is based on the features of didactic tasks at the relevant stages of the educational process, therefore, the system of types of control reflects the structural structure of the educational process of the period under study. The requirements for the control are analyzed, it is noted that the implementation of a certain type of control occurs by selecting an appropriate form of control. The role of tests in the process of teaching a foreign language is characterized. Criterion-oriented tests are especially popular for conducting current and final control of students' knowledge, which are based on logical-psychological structures and psychological associations. It emphasizes the need to study certain aspects of the experience of organizing the control of students' knowledge and to rethink it from the modern position of reforming teacher education.

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Authors: M. M. Kabanets

The article describes the main historical periods of the formation and development of the system of pedagogical provision for gifted schoolchildren in the East Ukrainian region. Periods are differentiated on the basis of similarities in features and trends in the development of pedagogical provision. The first period (1990-1995) – formation of a regional system of pedagogical provision: the first specialized educational institutions for gifted children were created, the psychological service in the education system, the position of curator-educator and conceptual foundations of lyceums and gymnasiums were developed. The second period (1995-2004) – development of the system: the legislative framework (state documents and regional programs) was formed, the branches of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine appeared and spread, the network of lyceums and gymnasiums expanded, courses for teachers were introduced, the role of institutes of postgraduate pedagogical education increased. The third period (2004-2014) – stabilization of the regional system of pedagogical provision: gifted children of Donetsk and Luhansk regions showed good results at competitions, contests, tournaments, an academic school on the study of giftedness developed in the region, out-of-school educational institutions continued to develop, regional programs on provision for the gifted gave impetus to the emergence of similar local and school programs. The fourth period (2014-2017) is the period of crisis and the restoration of the system. The armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has caused territorial, legal, demographic and organizational changes that have led to the need to find new locations, resources and approaches. By 2017, the system was gradually restored.

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Authors: T. V. Modestova

The problem of the UK higher education development as a cultural and historical phenomenon of XVIII – the first half of ХХ century has been considered in the article. It has been found that the mentioned above period can be conditionally divided into three stages which of those could be characterized by unique context and conditioned by specific factors of influence. The following features of each of the mentioned above stages have been described: for ХVIII century – increasing attractiveness of Scotland universities for British students and international applicants; during XIX century – the process of reforming English universities; professionalization of higher education; in the first half of ХХ century – the start point of the transferring higher education from elite to mass character; confrontation between technocratic and humanitarian cultures in education; seeking new ways of uniting four British nations on the basis of higher education institutions. The following factors of influence have been identified: in ХVIII century – limited financial provision of Scotland universities; commitment of regional community to development of local higher education establishments; stagnation of English universities development; influence of international educational models; during XIX century – activities of temporary supervising commissions on innovation implementation into English universities work; Reform Act 1832, liberal attitudes of British society; reformation of civil service and medical education; in the first half of ХХ century – the First and the Second World Wars; «greenfield» universities establishment; spiritual crisis in 1940s– 1950s; Robbins Report 1963.

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Authors: N. I. Novykova

The article outlines the theoretical and methodological foundations for the development of the spirituality of the teacher as the main factor in the formation of the spiritual face of the student in the modern Ukrainian school. On the basis of the analysis of the progressive tendencies of the historical past of natural science as a system, the main directions of professional coaching of teachers are outlined. It is shown that the educational influence on the students is carried out by teachers who communicate with them in the emotional and spiritual sphere as communicators of the formation of a spiritually, comprehensively developed personality of the student. the notion of "spirituality", the components of which are the highest values: moral, intellectual, aesthetic; and spirituality as a way of building a personality. It is emphasized on the pedagogical interpretation of spirituality as an integrated personality property, which manifests itself in the need to live, to work in accordance with the ideals of truth, goodness and beauty, which is an indicator of the level of human relationship. In the context of noospheric education, the introduction of synergistic, anthropological, cultural, and anthropocentric approaches is described. The noosphere approach to the preparation and development of the creative potential of the teacher and his orientation towards the education of the noosphere personality with the cosmic worldview and awareness of their organic unity and integrity with the World are revealed. The main task of the New Ukrainian School is outlined - the updating of the system of professional development of the teacher, one of the directions of which is the formation and perfection of his spirituality. On the basis of analysis and comprehension of scientific sources certain positions are determined that have a methodological significance for the formation of the spirituality of the teacher.

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Authors: M. V. Roganova

The article reveals the issues of interaction between education and culture, substantiates the main provisions of the cultural approach as the basis for the implementation of the practical foundations of the relationship of the pedagogical educational space and culture, reveals an important condition for the development of pedagogical education – culture and intersection as a means of realizing the idea of its humanization. It is proved that the cultural approach ensures the interrelation of cultural and spiritual values of the student’s personality and the cultural and educational environment in which upbringing takes place in the context of culture, such as its part that performs all the basic functions of culture: integration and organization of human life; creation of conditions for its creative self-realization and self-development; the acquisition and preservation of value systems; designing new types of cultural life; support of individuality and creative identity of the individual. The main provisions of the cultural concept of personality-oriented education are defined: the humanization of learning and education technologies, the creation of a culturally developing environment based on an atmosphere of cooperation and co-creation, the saturation of the educational space with cultural (human) meanings

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Authors: Mobile training, IT specialists, adaptation period, mobile application «Organizer IT-specialist», future IT specialists training

The article is devoted to the review of issues related to the use of mobile learning during the professional training of future IT professionals to creative self-realization in the adaptation period. The desire of scientists to study complex processes in educational environments, to design educational processes, to predict the results of pedagogical activity, has caused the need for a search of effective tools that would allow to optimize the ways, methods, timing of the results and help former schoolchildren successfully adapt to new learning conditions. In particular, the transition from school to university will be successful if the student is psychologically, theoretically and practically prepared (adapted) for studying at universities. Such tools can be created in a form of mobile application «Organizer IT-specialist», which will help to fill the initial stage of adaptation to the new conditions, the rhythm of life and education, and will give a clear understanding of the future life in the chosen profession. IT Specialist Organizeru provides students with access to the educational process, methodological recommendations and manuals, allows them to check their knowledge of the material, to take advantage of practical advice from psychologists and curators, and also to find the right place in university and town. The article considers the practical aspects of mobile learning, the main stages of adaptation of the IT specialist, justifies the feasibility of using a mobile grant in the adaptation period during the professional training, namely: boosting the level of the formation of cognitive needs; higher rates of adaptation, value orientations and creativity; more objectively evaluate the results of their activities and behavior, to become more independent.

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Authors: T. H. Tyurina

The article considers an individual (in the context of the theory of V. Vernadsky and modern information and energy paradigm) as an active component of the cosmoplanetary world, whose health at the information and energy level affects the health of the planet, society, civilization. The levels of health of the «human» system are characterized (physical, mental or psychic, social, spiritual), balance in which is maintained thanks to the spiritual component of a person. Variety of approaches regarding the understanding of the process of human health improvement is analyzed. It is revealed that the higher the level of a human’s spirituality is, the stronger and larger is a layer of field protection around him, his biofield, and, accordingly, human’s health. Characteristic features of spiritually healthy individual, functioning as an open bio-information-energy system and living in harmony with himself and the world in conformity with its spiritual principles that allows a person to successfully realize himself in accordance with his earthly and cosmic destiny. The concept of «disease», which is understood as deformation of the human’s biofield shell initiated at the spiritual and mental level, is considered. The destructive factors for the health of the “human» system are identified, and the factors that contribute to the spiritual health of a person are characterized. The interrelation of human health and the world, that are closely interrelated and interdependent with each other at the information and energy level - as components of a single cosmological organism, is revealed.

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Authors: Kh. A. Shaparenko

The problem of diagnostics of personal self-perfection process is investigated. It is proved that the preparation of the future preschool education teacher should be oriented on the person, the recognition of the person with the highest value in society, and ensuring the conditions for personal self-improvement of the future preschool education teacher is one of the priority directions in the educational process of a higher educational establishment. The problem of diagnostics at the stage of the indicative experiment is solved: the determination of the teaching staff readiness to participate in the experiment and the identification of the competence level in the field of the students` ensuring personal self-improvement technologies in a higher educational establishment; clarification of the educational process` educative potential of the pedagogical higher establishment, in particular, vocational training of Preschool Education teachers, extra-curriculum educational work; self-educative, self-educational and self-development activity of the future teacher, his orientation on personal self-improvement; testing of diagnostic techniques that allow to determine the level of development of each criteria for personal self-improvement of the future Preschool Education teacher. The program of the experiment indicative phase, which included the appropriate diagnostic techniques for each criteria of future Preschool Education teachers` personal self-improvement, namely: requirement and motivational (spiritual needs, motives for self-improvement, orientation of the personality),ideological and cognitive (knowledge about structure, stages, components of personal self-improvement, ideological knowledge, professional knowledge), emotional and value (value orientations, conantivities, emotional intelligence), activity reflexive (the ability to personal self-design, the ability to personal self-realization, self-reflection).

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Authors: P. V. Yanchenko

The article scientifically substantiates one of the pedagogical conditions for the formation of the legal culture of future lawyers - the creation of consulting centers for the provision of additional educational services in the legal field. The factors of successful realization of this pedagogical condition are outlined: "Personnel of institution of higher education"; "Legal culture"; Parity; "Practicing lawyers"; "Improve". It was found out that the types of counseling centers at institutions of higher education, which carry out the training of students in the specialty 081 "Law", are: legal clinics; legal clinics; legal advice; public reception rooms for providing free legal assistance to low-income groups of the population; centers of legal assistance to citizens, etc. These clinics operate in two organizational and legal forms: as a structural subdivision of a higher education institution or a faculty that is subject to them; as formation at institutions of higher education or a faculty that interacts with them on the basis of a contract and can be a legal entity. The interactive methods used in the practice of consulting centers for the provision of additional educational services for students, schoolchildren, individuals and legal entities are offered. It was clarified that the creation of advisory centers for the provision of additional educational services to students, schoolchildren, individuals and legal entities ("Legal Clinic", "Legal Advice") and the active involvement of future law students in their work provides widespread forms of legal assistance, which future lawyers are taught to provide to the public: legal information; legal counseling; drafting of legal documents; legal representation; legal education. The activities of future lawyers while working in counseling centers should be based on the following principles: respect for law, justice and human dignity; the focus on the protection of human rights and freedoms; humanism; objectivity; legality; confidentiality; free legal aid; professionalism; the principle of "pro bono". It was revealed that the creation of consulting centers for providing additional educational services to the legal field for students, schoolchildren, individuals and legal entities will contribute to the development of qualitative legal clinical education in Ukraine, as well as the formation of the legal culture of future lawyers while studying at a higher law school.

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Authors: M. Goncharenko, T. Chikalo, O. Lavrinenko

The article is devoted to the study of the level of spiritual health and spiritual balance of masters students who have undergone several years of educational training, and as a result, their readiness to teach the basics of health in schools and higher education institutions. The motivation and healthy way of life of a person, that is, personal conviction and the need for it, can be formed on the condition of studying spirituality, morality, general culture, intelligence and psycho-physiological characteristics of a particular person and system education. The future teacher, in the first place, should have the spiritual and moral potential that could become the decisive factor in creating the appropriate atmosphere of the educational process, the effective influence of spiritual and moral education on the further development of youth. Spiritual and moral upbringing of students is one of the top-priority tasks of a higher educational institution. Studies conducted at the valeology department on the questionnaire "Definition of the level of spiritual health" (G. S. Nikiforov) showed that students who studied a number of special disciplines aimed at raising the level of spirituality and moral and psychological growth have high levels of level spiritual health and spiritual balance. The existence of the purpose and meaning of human life, beliefs, traits of character, ability to creativity were used as indicators of spiritual health. A person possessing such qualities is, to a much higher degree, ready to teach valeological orientations and to introduce the ideology of a healthy lifestyle into public consciousness.

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Authors: Е. А. Zelenov

The advantages and disadvantages of the so-called "digital generation" or "Generation Z" have been analyzed in the article. Features that influence the pedagogical interaction with Generation Z representatives have been defined: clip thinking, indisposition to memorizing of information, infantilism, inclination to autism, thinking globality, tolerance, rapid adaptation to the newest technologies. One of basic foundations of Z generation is that they create and actively use digital objects. Swift development of informatiion and communication technologies has carried out the dominant affecting transformation of the inner world of modern children and teenagers. It is stated that the experience of former generations is no longer relevant for Generation Z, therefore we need to seek new ways of education and upbringing, to renovate the educational process, taking into account the features of modern youth: to "facilitate" educational material, modify the presentation format, create video clips with illustrative examples and experiments, plan students' learning activities step by step, and etc. It is concluded that in order to provide practicing teachers with recommendations, thorough Generation Z research studies are necessary. The generation Z has already initiated training at university auditoriums. Therefore, the way in which it comes out of them largely depends on the understanding of all the risks and merits of this generation by their parents, teachers, and then by future employers.

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Authors: N. M. Kikina

The article establishes that the current state of the credit system for teaching foreign language communication for students of technical universities in the United States is the result of a historical search for effective forms of measuring the qualitative and quantitative parameters of a training unit for a credit hour. The history of the development of the US credit system as a whole is described and its direct connection with the creation and operation of American universities is proved. It is determined that foreign languages have been learnt as basic subject but every student of technical university had a chance to elect language individually. It is described the goals, content, forms and methods of the credit system of teaching foreign language communication in technical universities in the USA. The history of the development of the American credit hour as a whole is described in terms of the teaching of foreign language students from technical universities. In the course of a retrospective analysis, it was revealed that the creation of the foundations of the US credit system was preceded by a process of liberalization of university education, which allowed disciplines (including a foreign language) to measure in credits and evaluate in points, and a fixed amount of points allowed the student to receive a higher education diploma. The necessity of developing tests for determining the level of knowledge, abilities and skills of foreign language communication is considered. It has been proved that learning foreign language communication at US technical universities is associated with the socio-economic and political order of American society.

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Authors: N. L. Kosinska

The article defines pedagogical conditions for the formation of scenic-shaped culture in the process of vocal training. In essence, an important pedagogical condition is characterized-the strengthening of the humanistic function of the content of vocal training on the basis of the implementation of the value meanings of musical art. The main forms and methods of forming a scenic culture in accordance with a certain pedagogical condition are characterized, which contributes to the improvement of professional training taking into account the value potential of music. The main tasks of the paper are to analyze the state of the problem under study in pedagogical theory and practice; the definition of the pedagogical conditions that are most expedient and effective for the formation of the stage-shaped culture in the process of vocal preparation, the disclosure of the essence of the first pedagogical condition of the formation of a scenic culture and its influence on the professional formation of future teachers of musical art. Implementation of content modules in programs of professional disciplines, selection of repertoire, virtual excursions, visiting theaters, master classes, method of interpretation-the main forms of formation of the stage-shaped culture of future teachers of musical art in accordance with the first pedagogical condition. Such forms will improve the educational process, actualize creative personal qualities, create the possibility of forming the value orientations of the teacher of musical art in the process of vocal training through the perception and understanding of the value meanings of music.

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Authors: O. M. Lysenko

The article deals with the complex contradictions of social processes occurring in modern society. They led to radical changes in the paradigm of education in Ukraine. It was emphasized that the realization of values in the educational process will ensure not only qualitative reproduction but also the development of culture. The pedagogical process is considered as an open dynamic system that combines learning, education, development and personal self-perfection. His essence lies in the unity of education, education and development. It has been proved that in studies of the last decades the students comprehended the essence of values in the context of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical approaches. On their basis, the inherent axiological aspects are distinguished for them: the value orientation of education. It is emphasized that modern Ukraine is in a state of formation of a new socio-economic system. The author shares the opinion of scientists that the pace and nature of the development of society directly depends on the personal position, motivational-volitional sphere, life priorities, moral principles, moral norms and spiritual values of man. It is confirmed that the problem of development of spiritual values and personal potential of the teacher becomes actual. This highlights his main mission – preservation, revival of traditional spiritual values. It is proved that perspective in contemporary socio-cultural conditions is the development of spiritual values, because the personal potential of a teacher should become the main object of attention of the pedagogical community.

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Authors: N. I. Novykova

The article discusses the theoretical and methodological foundations of the formation of the spirituality of young students and the ways of its implementation. The necessity of developing and introducing new conceptual foundations for solving problems of human education, including environmental ethics and noospheric concept, by means of school biological education has been proved. The essence of the noospheric concept as the basis for educating a new type of personality: spiritual, humane, creative, active, responsible is analyzed. The features of didactic, scientific, and organizational and methodological support of school biological education as the means of implementing the culture-centric paradigm, which is a priority in the modern educational process of the New Ukrainian school, are determined. The phenomenon of personality spirituality has been proved as a multidimensional problem and the interdisciplinary nature of a holistic approach in pedagogy. Disclosed the meaning of the concept of "holism" and its use to explain the holistic approach to objects or phenomena. The necessity of introducing holistic education in the aspects of two models: multidimensional and multilevel as a way of spiritual and moral improvement, development of the world outlook culture of students is noted. Characterized are the decisive role of human spirituality, the planetary noosphere mind, spiritually-oriented education and science as the main priority factors of social progress during the period of gradual transition to a new noosphere era. The tasks and conditions for the development of modern biological education have been determined, which will allow the upbringing of the spirituality of school students in the noosphere dimension in the sociocultural space of a general educational institution.

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Authors: S. V. Pomyrcha, N. M. Liashova, G. Korhova

The stages of realization of integration processes during students' pedagogical practice, both educational and professional, and their influence on the professional formation of future specialists are examined in this article. The following methods are used in the study: analysis of scientific literature, generalization of received information, and methods of empirical level such as purposeful observation, and conversations. The modern changes in education indicate that integration components are actively becoming the subject of studying, analyzing, and introducing into the pedagogical process of elementary school, in general, and the pedagogical practice of students, in particular. The authors of the article characterize three stages of integration of professional and educational activities of students in their practical direction. At the first stage, under the condition of integration processes, the students’ educational activity involves the establishment of associative relationships and the allocation of certain attributes not separately, but in the system of other properties and connections (language-reading, mathematics, science, etc.). The second stage is based on a sufficient level of students’ knowledge of the methodology of conducting integrated lessons. Moreover, the third stage of the integration of professional and educational activities is considered when trainees combine their MA course and practical work.. The authors are convinced that pedagogical practice, which is characterized by integration processes, provides a high level of professional development and it is the basis for the formation of a practical orientation of education, which prepares specialists of an integral type. During the work the following methods have been used: theoretical – investigation and analysis of scientific and methodical literature, generalization of information in order to determine and substantiate the step-by-step implementation of integration of two types of activity in the period of pedagogical practice of the future teachers of initial classes; pedagogical experiment – efficiency of the use of integration processes of pedagogical practice has been experimentally tested and the dynamics of growth of integration processes of professional and educational activity of the future teachers of initial school is investigated; mathematical – the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the obtained results proved the efficiency of the use of innovative model of integration processes of pedagogical practice.

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Authors: О. О. Svitlichna

The article describes the issue of multiculturalism in the context of educational process and key aspects of value-based education. The multicultural education development in Canada, as one of the leading multicultural countries, is emphasized. The author focuses attention on the valuable experience of implementing multicultural education in foreign countries and underlines that multicultural education and upbringing should be considered together as parts of a single process. Such a combination will contribute to a deep realization and recognition of both national and universal values. It is underlined that such notions as respect, equality, diversity make the basis of multicultural education in Canada. The author notes that the current model of multicultural education implies respect for individual cultures, peaceful coexistence and interpretation of cultures, new knowledge and experience. It is based on the important goal of preserving the uniqueness of traditions and values of people having different cultural backgrounds. The author concludes that the stakeholders of the educational process begin to be aware of the growing need to saturate all spheres with the cultural values, which in its turn, will create conditions for the spiritual formation of the individual. Nowadays, under the conditions of globalization, it is necessary to bring the goals and content of modern education in line with the principles of sociocultural values and society development.

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Authors: Y. А. Slavska, О. А. Bondarenko

The article discusses the problems of aesthetic learning and aesthetic education, as well as the processes of their interaction. The authors emphasise a feature of aesthetic education, which lies in the fact of noncompliance of an educational process and formation concept in whole and partly combination approach in aesthetic education. Aesthetics by itself is a phenomenon as specific, as human identity generally is. The article gives characteristics to the aesthetic education as a broad, dynamic, structureless concept, difficult to estimate, indicate, and analyze due to its basis on human emotional potential, which is complicated enough to be detected for the reason of inter-se-category of state it takes. In the article, esthetic learning is characterized not only as an inter-se-state, but yet as an ab-extra-state as well, since the learning by itself states for the result, outcomes, expressed in the ability not only of feeling and suffering emotionally, but also of taking actions, expressing oneself in any kind of creative activities. Each person is endowed with one or another ability, but not every person can fulfil it. Aesthetic learning is carried out at the level of a concrete conscious motivation of a subject, and the awareness of the need at the next stage, based on the principles of synergetics. The authors of the article state the fact that understanding of the beauty should come from its perception, and its perception - from knowledge. Therefore, it is relevant to combine these two concepts.

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Authors: K. Yu. Tushko

The article focuses on the problem of humanization and democratization of higher education, in particular issues of dialogue, communication and interaction. The main humanistic aspects in education are highlighted: formation of dialogical consciousness, perception and understanding of dialogical being, formation of critical thinking. The content of available scientific and foreign literature on the presented problem on the basis of chronological systematization is analyzed. Focused attention on philosophical: representatives of antiquity – as the founders of the concept of interaction; the epoch of the Middle Ages in the theory of interaction on the basis of an orthodox position; the New Age era – mechanical interaction; the achievement of German classical philosophy; social: the theory of socialization of the individual; psychological: individual and group interaction; linguistic (verbal and nonverbal types of communication) aspects of the theory of interaction. The results of the analysis of scientific works by well-known philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and linguists are presented. The basic principles of the theory of interaction in philosophy, sociology, psychology and linguistics are singled out. The key generalizations of the theoretical analysis were formulated: interaction formed the basis of scientific theories about the socialization of personality, self-perfection of the person, integration of its psychoemotional, spiritual and informational spheres. The essential features of the broad and narrow sense of the concept of "interaction" are revealed. The prognosis of directions of perspective scientific researches from the point of view of the methodology of interaction is carried out.

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Authors: N. O. Filipchuk

The article summarizes the achievements of Ukrainian and foreign museum pedagogics in the context of becoming the cultural creative and nation-preserving priorities of its development. It is proving that these institutions represent the image of a certain country, the people, personifying the cultural values of a particular community, nation and civilization. Museums have become, in most countries of the world, the best presentations of their cultural, spiritual, political development. Each world-class museum has an original history of its formation, each museum has a unique heritage, treasure of the world ethnic cultures and each maintains the special priority directions for presentations, scientific research, museum building and development. However, all of them are endowed with a common denominator in the history of origin and formation - always at the origins of the museum birth there were the initiators of their creation. Although they were different in their origin, social status, property qualification, attitude to power, but the unifying for them became the awareness the significance of preservation for the people and the future generations the historical, cultural, artistic and natural heritage. Millions of tourists from all round the world visit famous museums throughout the year. They are the largest treasuries of real history monuments, material and spiritual culture becoming an integral part of peoples and states life. Personalities focused on different interests were near the cradle of the origins of the museums creation. It is defined that modern museums should develop as institutions that determine the cultural creative and nation-preserving fundamentals of any nation progress. This global and national paradigm will urge ever more vigorously turn to the potential of the museum pedagogics, which is not just one of several among pedagogical sub disciplines, but plays a positive role in the effective interaction of educational and cultural institutions.

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Authors: Yu. М. Shevchenko

The article highlights the relevance of the issue of theoretical analysis of the activity-based approach as a methodological source of the enhancement of future teachers’ readiness for the spiritual and moral development of a primary schoolchild in the institutions of higher education. The author proves the point of view that conducting any scientific research or designing a scientific concept requires scholars to provide a theoretical and methodological rational for the phenomenon under study. The activity-based approach provides students with the opportunity to realize their key and specific competencies, get their first experience of the developmental activity in primary school. It has been proved that it is very important for the future teacher to understand the functional components of activity in the field of spiritual and moral development of the personality. It is also vital to enhance both individual and specific abilities while developing students’ readiness for the spiritual and moral development of a child. The author notes that the enhancement of student's readiness for the spiritual and moral development of primary schoolchildren should be done through the use of sensory, central and motor types of reactions. It is also necessary to observe the actions of students and promote the organization of their self-monitoring processes when future teachers are placed in different conditions and have to solve situational problems in practice or at the seminars in University. The presented research provides the foundations for the formulation of several provisions on the enhancement of future teachers’ readiness for the spiritual and moral development of a primary schoolchild. These provisions are presented in the conclusions.

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Authors: O. A. Andreyeva

The meaning of the axiological approach can be revealed through system of axiological principles, which include: equality of philosophical views; equivalence of tradition and creativity, recognition of the need to study and use the teachings of the past and the possibility of spiritual discovery in the present and future; equality of people, sociocultural pragmatism instead of demagogic disputes about the foundations of values; dialogue and asceticism instead of messianism and indifference. These principles make it possible for different sciences and trends to work together, to search for optimal solutions. The category of value applies to the world of man and society. Outside a person and without a person, the concept of value cannot exist. Thus, value appears to be a primary category in relation to goals. It is on the values, value orientations of the individual that the nomination of certain goals depends. The article explores the essential characteristics and content of human values from the modern pedagogical science’s point of view. The essence of the axiological "I" is determined. Topical definitions of universal values are considered. The analysis of axiological, sociological and axiopedagogical approaches to the content and essence of universal values is carried out. The article also specifies that in the modern public educational system, universal values should form the basis of the educational process. The need for the development and dissemination of humanitarian education is noted. It is determined that the topic of universal values is considered and studied by many scientists, but so far there is no single definition and classification of universal values. This fact creates the need for the further study of this topic and its relevance. Besides, in this article, the classification of universal values in pedagogical activity of a teacher is examined, investigated and justified in details.

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Authors: M. V. Bezuhla

The author of the article gives characteristics to the objectives of the new time education on the basis of analysis of the works of modern scientists-philosophers and educators. Special attention is paid to the formation of spiritual and cultural values of education as one of the most important objectives of the new time education. The author of the article underlines that the inclusion of the spiritual and cultural value component in the educational process will not only increase the level of spiritual, moral individual culture of its participants, but will also significantly enrich their inner spiritual experience, and will lead to the formation of person-significant moral-oriented priorities in education in them, and will promote the implementation of their most complete self-realization in all the spheres of life in accordance with the laws of Truth, Good and Beauty Special attention is paid to the investigation of education as one of the most effective ways of formation of a person as a cultural personality (G. Shevchenko), the study of the value and sense sphere of the future specialist’s personality, whose main components determine the strategy of the each person’s future life (T. Antonenko) and the features of a new era, on the verge of which the modern world is now, namely, the Age of Culture and the need of formation of a cultural personality of human of the future (P. Shafer). It is underlined that in the present-day reality the education can become a powerful, effective instrument for the survival of humanity in the future subject to the fulfillment of the new time objectives. At the same time, inclusion in the educational process of the spiritual and cultural value component, which will enable to form a "human with a human face", a spiritual and cultural, creative, broad-minded, and highly educated personality appears to be the vital need of nowadays

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Authors: A. Vitchenko

The article is devoted to the critical understanding of the consequences of educational reformism in Ukraine through the prism of Ivan Franko’s creative heritage. The author analyzes the main views of the outstanding Ukrainian scientist and educator on national education and upbringing, identifies the reasons for the M. Bobzhinsky’s unsuccessful reform activities and the failure of educational reform in Galicia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The relevance of I. Franko’s scientific-pedagogical, educational ideas and views for the revival of the national school, in particular regarding accessibility, democracy, developmental orientation of education, shared responsibility for the future of the national Ukrainian school, a balanced and thoughtful approach to the formation of the state educational policy is proved. It is pointed out the need to overcome the rudiments of an outdated model of the education system management, revise the strategy of permanent reform, reorient education in Ukraine to the principles of the sustainable development.

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Authors: A. A. Danilich-Skakun

The article raises the problem of preparing a new generation of practical psychologists, who are called to work in the inclusive educational space of modern educational institutions. The author analyses the legal and regulatory preconditions for the formation of inclusive education in Ukraine and the significance of this process for children and youth with special needs. The definition of concepts "inclusive educational space", "external and internal environment of inclusive educational space" is given. The analysis of the works of domestic researchers devoted to the interpretation of this concept is carried out and the main approaches to the problem of preparation of specialists intended to work in the field of inclusive education are described. The analysis of the spiritcreativity of future practical psychologists in pedagogical institutions of higher education as a process of mastering the spiritual experience of mankind, enrichment of vital values, cognition of oneself and the world picture as a way of seeing the harmony of nature and man are analysed. On the basis of the analysis of scientific researches of modern pedagogues-practitioners, the directions of work of the pedagogical institution of higher education in the preparation of future practical psychologists for work in the inclusive educational space are determined. The author proposes filling the four directions of educational work with the ideas of inclusive education and implementing them in the educational process of the pedagogical institution of higher education. The educational value of the volunteer activity of future psychologists is described and it is determined that the young person who is helping the neighbour helplessly is the best example of spiritual creativity. Manifestations of responsibility towards society help young people show their best qualities, go beyond the limits of commercial and "mutually beneficial" relationships, and create their spirit and character growing above them.

96-104

Authors: L. M. Yefymenko

The article highlights relevance of the issue of communicative tolerance education of future preschool teachers as one of the most important tasks of the society, as well as the education system. The concept of "communicative tolerance" is analyzed on the basis of the works by numerous researchers (V. Boiko, E. Hrebenets, Ie. Kasianova, A. Nikolaieva, O. Romanchuk, A. Skok). According to them, the main content of the concept under study includes the following key elements: "characteristic of personal attitude to people", "human ability to interact with others", etc. Communicative tolerance of a preschool teacher is determined as a professionally significant quality of personality that yields to the tasks, content and type of activities and leads to establishing effective communicative relationships with subjects of pedagogical process. Training communicative tolerance of future preschool education specialists is emphasized to be an organized pedagogical process aimed at personal development of students and improvement of their individual qualities mirrored in interpersonal relationships and activities. Communicative tolerance of future preschool teachers is established to include empathy, kindness, tolerance, communication, respect, trust, endurance, benevolence, self-control, emotional stability in different situations. According to the analysis of scientific literature, the following components of communicative tolerance of future preschool teachers are worth including: cognitive, emotional and motivational-value.

114-122

Authors: O. L. Kosheliev, O. S. Beskorsa

The article deals with the problem of development of sociocultural competence of future primary school teachers through integration of humanitarian and natural-mathematical disciplines. The urgency of the problem is caused by the process of reforming and modernizing educational system in Ukraine. It is proved that sociocultural competence is a constituent part of future teachers’ professional competence. The concept of sociocultural competence of a future teacher is specified. It is defined as an integrative personal phenomenon, which consists of sociocultural, sociolinguistic and subject-content elements. The authors give a detailed analysis of the concept "integration" in the context of specialists’ training in higher education institutions. In the context of studying the problem of development of the future primary school teachers’ sociocultural competence, the integration is considered as a purpose of education that contributes to development of a holistic picture of the world. It is closely correlated with the social phenomena that allow making the transition from education as a translation to education as a dialogue with culture. The authors use CLIL as a modern approach to integration a foreign language with the content of other disciplines. The importance of integration of the content of mathematical and foreign language training is emphasized. In the article, the following ways of development of sociocultural competence of the future primary school teachers through integration of the courses "Mathematics" and "Foreign Language" are presented: ensuring the complexity of learning; providing students’ independent work with tasks of a methodical character that can be used by future teachers in their further professional activities; refocusing of teacher-student communication on social value process.

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Authors: Yu. O. Lysenko

The problem of socialization of the elderly people began to be actively studied in the field of social pedagogy only in recent decades. Since the third age has its own specific features of development, due to the influence of various objective and subjective factors, it is necessary to use effective means to maintain the physical, mental, social, and the spiritual state of elderly people as well as raise the quality of their life in the information society. Based on the synthesis of research in philosophy, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, pedagogy and social pedagogy, it has been determined that art is a powerful tool for influencing both the personal development of an elderly person, his inner world, as well as the socialization process as a whole. Socialization of the elderly people in the information society is complicated by the emergence of a new kind of social reality, namely the virtual one, which they are not adapted to, leading to their marginalization. Therefore, in these conditions the support of socialization through art will contribute to the adaptation, integration and mitigation of the conditions that result in narrowing the range of real social communication. The psychological and socio-pedagogical mechanisms of the third-age people socialization have been described. The first ones are as follows: imprinting, social imprinting, existential pressure, imitation, identification, and reflection; the second ones are: traditional, institutional, stylized and interpersonal. Each of these mechanisms has its own specific influence on the socialization of the elderly people, provides a basis for understanding the need to build an appropriate model to support their socialization through art in the long run.

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Authors: T. V. Modestova

The issue of effective and trusted tools selection for English language testing in the context of adaptation of the correspondent appliances to the needs of Ukrainian higher educational institutions is considered in the article. Particularly, international practices of implementation IELTS as a tool for higher education internationalization have been observed. It has been identified that IELTS can be considered as a relevant English language testing system for students, academic and teaching staff, as well as for administrative representatives of the higher educational establishments due to its advantages which the system has precisely for higher education area. Namely: accessibility and convenience, focus on international content, support of an extensive programme of research and test development, correspondence with Common European Framework of References for languages; sufficiently individualized format, taking into account applicants’ needs, complex and comprehensive testing procedure. The peculiarities of IELTS implementation into higher education area have been characterized. First of all, IELTS is considered as a trusted test for higher education institutions of European region, including the UK; the lowest entrance band score depends on the requirements of every particular university. Moreover, the requirements for every skill can differ according to further specialization. The perspective ways of adaptation of successful UK experience to Ukrainian universities needs have been identified. Particularly, it has been represented a proposal for implementation of international English language testing system through partnership agreements with international English test developers as well as establishment of consulting and registration centres for international English language exams on the basis of Ukrainian higher education institutions involving corresponding target groups: administrative, academic and teaching staff, as well as students.

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Authors: S. S. Rashуdova, O. V. Starovoytova

The article deals with the problem of determining the essence and content of the culture of pedagogical interaction, the factors that influence its formation in the education system. The authors substantiate the interrelation between the components of pedagogical interaction, namely, culture, communication and cooperation, which directly influence the effectiveness of pedagogical activity. It is noted that the pedagogical culture is based on the general, moral and professional culture of the teacher`s personality and depends on his spiritual world. Attention is paid to no less valuable component of the culture of pedagogical interaction such as the level of teacher’s mastering of pedagogical skills. Mastering its components has a great influence on the formation of a fruitful interaction of participants in the educational process. The authors reveal the principles, styles and types of pedagogical communication, as well as the structure of cooperation as a part of pedagogical interaction (active forms of learning, dialogicity). The authors have defined the dependence of the effectiveness of teaching on the level of formation of the culture of interaction between the teacher and the student, and the influence of each component of interaction on the development of personal and professional qualities of student youth. The role and place of the culture of pedagogical interaction in the modern educational environment, its place in the structure of the teacher`s culture is defined. The theoretical structural model reflecting the author’s vision of culture of pedagogical interaction of subjects of educational process is given. According to this model, the participants of educational activity should constantly develop, bring up the best moral and professional qualities, skillfully and optimally interact with each other.

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Authors: V. V. Sizov

This article presents transformational processes in pedagogy at the turn of XIX - XX centuries in countries of Western Europe. The author explains the reformative tendencies in pedagogy by economic and political causes that determined its development directly or indirectly. The most important of them were the start of globalisation and educational processes, ideologisation and politicisation of national education systems. The early XX century was a period when the education system united with the state and began to serve its interests. The difference between regions and countries of Europe were determined only by place taken by "A Personality" in that system. The state either subordinated the personality's interests to its own political goals or otherwise gave a person a possibility to realise his/her interests but the state interests received the higher priority. Globalisation processes started to form in the late XX and objectively continued their progress in the early XXI. Education system was organically involved in these processes. It was exactly the education system that began to assure (and still assures) the progress of the said processes (politicisation, ideologisation and globalisation). The international nature of the economy, group political interests resulted in the pedagogy internationalisation. The education system in countries of Western Europe began to acquire its general features and signs. Therefore, it was naturally determined that late XIX - early XX centuries became a period of search for new educational models in Europe and USA. Just in that period the large group of educational models appeared which were united by common term of "reformative pedagogy" where the most widely known were the theories of collective, labour and civic education (W. Lay, G. Kerschensteiner, J. Dewey and others).

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Authors: A. I. Chagovets

The detailed analysis of the ascertaining stage of the experimental work on efficiency checking of the system of harmonious education of preschool age children in cultural and educational space of preschool educational institutions is revealed in the article. The author underlines that according to the opinion of many scientists the most important task of education lies in raising a new generation of "harmonious people" for whom the highest ideal is the unity of personal and national state interests, combination of their physical, moral and aesthetic possibilities. During the study the following methods are used: development and testing of diagnostic tools, observation, surveys of different types, testing, interviews and discussions with teachers and kindergarten teachers, parents, method of experimental evaluations, and methods of mathematical statistics. The author thoroughly analyses the results of the ascertaining stage of experimental work on efficiency checking of the system of harmonious education of preschool children in cultural and educational space of preschool educational institutions. It is proved that in spite of significant interest of teachers, philosophers and scientists to the problem of the interaction of the physical, moral and aesthetic aspects in the education, it has not been the object of special study that is why a number of fundamental issues remain insufficiently explored. The presented results of the ascertaining stage gave reason to consider the condition of the problem under investigation of the system of harmonious education of preschool age children in cultural and educational space of preschool educational institutions and the levels of formation of all its components as those that require correction and improvement. The conclusion is made about the expediency of service using the proposed criteria and indicators for estimating the harmonious education of children of preschool age in cultural and educational space of preschool educational institutions.

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Authors: M. V. Bezuhla

The characteristic of the value of knowledge as the basis for spiritual and cultural highly educated personality development is given in the article. The concepts "knowledge", "understanding", "value", and "education" are defined. The views of modern scientists-educators on the essence of the value of knowledge and value of education in the aspect of studying the significance of spiritual and cultural highly educated personality development are analyzed. The analysis of the peculiar features of spiritual personality is made on the basis of the works of modern scientists-educators. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of the cultural personality prepared by P. Schafer. The brief version of the 21st century educated person’s portrait is presented. An attempt has been made to identify the most significant features of the spiritual and cultural highly educated personality of the modern student. The emphasis is made on the fact that the image of the modern educated person lacks the depth of the inner spiritual world and firm cultural and moral core that could become the basis for the making up of the holistic spiritual and cultural highly educated personality of the modern student, and not the "faceless client of the corporation" aimed at receipt of personal profit. The author notes, when the matter is about the spiritual and cultural highly educated personality, it is meant the bearer of spiritual culture, spiritual and cultural values and values of education, who has taken the path of "spiritual and cultural navigation" and constant self-improvement for the benefit of other people.

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Authors: N. A. Varivoda

The article is devoted to the problem of determination of moral values significance in the content of educating primary school children. It is stated that the very moral values adopted by primary school-age children appear to be the foundations for forming spiritual and moral individuals able to think and act on the basis of morality. The article specifies the essence of the concept of moral values and explains their role as a main reference point in a person's life. In the article the characteristic of the moral values as Beauty, Justice, Honesty and Conscience are given and their importance in the content of educating primary school children within the framework of spiritual safety of society is determined. It is noted, that from a psychophysiological viewpoint, the age from six to ten is especially favorable for forming value spheres of a child, because it is the age, when the processes of exploration of the world and self-exploration, together with interaction with social and natural environment, become especially active. It is indicated, that childhood is the best period for inculcating the skills of seeing a person’s inner beauty, appreciating others not by their pretty faces but by their actions and abilities. The reason is that for providing humanity’s wellbeing and peaceful life, it is necessary not only to aim a young generation at creating beauty, but also develop their Inner Beauty as the basis for mutual understanding, mutual respect and care in a society.

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Authors: I. L. Viktorenko, N. O. Honcharova

The article deals with the problem of developing the pedagogical creativity of the future primary school teachers as a prerequisite for improving the quality of their readiness for teaching the educational branch "Social Studies". The relevance of the problem is determined by one of the priorities of the New Ukrainian School – the comprehensive development of the schoolchild’s personality, his or her talents, abilities, competences, creativity, curiosity. Attention is drawn to the fact that the personality of the teacher plays an important role in forming the personality of the primary schoolchildren. The university teachers should create appropriate conditions for the preparation of such a teacher. The authors briefly provide an essential characteristic of the phenomenon under study. Pedagogical creativity is defined as the most important criterion for the qualitative forming of the personality of the modern school teacher, a necessary condition for his or her self-knowledge and development, characterized by a high degree of development of motives, characterological features and creative abilities. Involving students in productive creative activity while studying literary works on the subject "I Am in the World" is considered by the authors as an effective way of developing pedagogical creativity, a prerequisite for the manifestation of creative activity of a person, and also ensuring the further development of creative thinking of their pupils. The products of the students’ creative activity presented in the study are aimed at the full appreciation of the texts of different genres by primary schoolchildren in the lessons “I Am in the World”.

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Authors: Е. А. Karlovas

The article is devoted to the analysis of phenomena of aesthetization of culture – epistemological aesthetization and aesthetization of everyday life. It has been determined that the formation of a new cultural image influenced by the tendency of aesthetization involves the expansion of aesthetic to the sphere of culture as a whole and the transformation of the very being, causing a change in the behavior of a person in the world. The transition from one type of culture to another is connected with the breakdown of social and cultural cycles, and today there is a change in several cultural epochs in one human life, which causes the search for new ways of adapting to a changing environment. The relativity of cultural values is actualized by the theme of nonlinearity in social development, the result of which is the rapid aesthetization of the way of life of a person. The processes of aesthetization can be found in everyday life, determining the specifics of contemporary culture. Attention is drawn to the phenomenon of everyday life as a result of the development of attention to differences, since aesthetization of modern culture can not be understood without describing the role of daily routine in the formation of spiritual values. The daily routine ensures the emergence of new cultural values: entertainment, enjoyment from the process, and not from the result becomes the dominant value. It is dangerous, however, that events are perceived as kitsch, and the festival of everyday life becomes one of the components of the aesthetization of inclusiveness. The duality of culture today is expressed in the "superficial" (everyday) aesthetization and "deep" (epistemological) aesthetization, compensating for rationalization through pluralization of the aesthetic.

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Authors: I. V. Kushakova, I. Yu. Kurilchenko, A. Gordienko

The article deals with the concept and structure of conscious attitude to a healthy way of life, shows the methods and results of self-assessment of health and diagnostics of students' attitude to their own health. The modern stage of development of society is characterized by the growth of diseases, disability, mortality, a sharp decrease in the level of human activity, especially children and youth. To achieve the General health of the population should prefer the strategy of health of practically healthy people. Modern medicine is aimed at eliminating the existing disease and cannot significantly affect the preservation of human health, so there is a need to find effective ways and means of preserving and developing the health of the individual. Characteristic phenomena of our era were negligent attitude to their own health and a significant spread of bad habits among young people. Only purposeful health care can preserve the prospect of human survival. Humanization of education requires a qualitatively new approach to human needs, the formation of sustainable motivations for a healthy lifestyle, positive social behaviour. In the scientific literature, the importance of various methods of self-assessment of health as a means of education of conscious attitude of young people to their own health is almost not disclosed. The task of our research is to find out the attitude of students to their own health and healthy lifestyle for the organization and correction of further educational work. We define a conscious attitude to a healthy lifestyle as a sustainable personal acceptance of effective and reliable means of maintaining their own health – the rules and postulates of such a lifestyle. In the structure of the named relation it is possible to allocate cognitive, emotionally-valuable and effectively-practical components. We investigated the attitude to their own health and indicators of physical and mental condition of students 1 and 2 courses of specialty "Physical rehabilitation". We came to the conclusion that the General state of health of students is good, they have good physical fitness. At the same time, the attitude to one's own health is mostly unconscious, often careless, which indicates a lack of knowledge about health as a physical condition and social phenomenon, as well as the need to foster a more careful, conscious, value-based attitude to one's own health and the health of others.

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Authors: G.V. Lokarieva, N.V. Stadnichenko

The article summarizes the information about the formation of the theater as a necessary component of the artistic culture of society at every stage of its historical development, the close connection between theatrical art and social processes, the dependence of the nature of this relationship on the level of economic development and the level of formation of political, ethical and cultural needs of society, the versatility of the theater as a tool for identifying and solving social problems. The importance of the theater’s role in forming relations between members of social groups, development of spiritual potential and intellectual and creative possibilities of everyone in engagement with universal values is revealed. The interrelation of theatrical art with the social processes is emphasized, which is implemented through actors' embodiment of life's situations and various manifestations of human relationships and through involvement of the viewer with the creative communication through his or her interaction with the actor in the process of perceiving performances which are the work of theatrical art. It is proved that in different periods of history, the theater, while reflecting the existing social problems, affects the formation of public opinion, promotes the spread of new ideas and relevant social information that from ancient Greece to our times performs its inherent functions and, despite the modern level of development of mass communication (television, cinema, the Internet, etc.) is an indispensable and necessary tool for establishing communication in modern society, which makes it possible to use theatrical art as a means of forming social relations.

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Authors: O. М. Oleksiuk

Modern science has put in the center of research a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, integrating various branches of scientific knowledge around the problem of the complete knowledge of Man. The spiritual component, based on the artistic education, will become the cornerstone which will raise education on the basis of integrity, interdisciplinarity, and integrity in order to develop the spiritual potential of the individual. The article deals with interdisciplinarity as a mechanism for realizing the spiritual potential of the individual in higher artistic education, since it is a question of the conformity of the organization of the educational process with the requirements for the formation of representations of a coherent picture of the world, a corresponding world outlook. The basis of interdisciplinarity lies in the scientific semantics: interdisciplinarity performs a syntactic role, on the one hand, and on the other, contributes to the growth of semantic connections in schemes and transitions between different subject areas. The priority positions of interdisciplinarity are revealed, it is shown that the integration of scientific knowledge is a universal way of translating cultural and historical experience, a condition for the deployment of spiritual essential forces of man by means of art. In order to modernize the global society through a positive strategy for the functioning of civilized communities, it is necessary to reach an understanding in the assessment of interdisciplinarity as a decisive and significant condition in the system of inter-subjective relations. The integrated construct of interdisciplinary has a spiritual potential, which helps to realize the reflection of the optimal options for designing, choosing and harmonizing mutual understanding. All this opens up a considerable resource in overcoming negative tendencies, reaching consensus in the space of modern society.

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Authors: S. V. Pehareva, A. S. Pehareva

The problem of the formation of value categories is the most difficult issue of science that is ultimately unacceptable and constantly attracting attention. The article substantiates the problems of upbringing the spirituality of the younger generation, which leads to problems with the universal values of society. Modern approaches to the understanding of the concept of spirituality, and universal values are presented. The work reveals the principles and methods of work for the formation of the spirituality of the individual and his moral qualities. The authors emphasize the need for purposeful and effective work on the formation of personality with its inherent features and qualities that would meet the requirements of modern society. In the work special attention is paid to the method of formation of personal qualities of students, which gradually influences various aspects of internalization of the personality of cultural values and morals. The purpose of the article is to determine the ways of forming spirituality as a guarantee of strengthening the universal moral values of society The modern system of educational work should be focused on the formation of basic moral relations that determine the human life position in society, its outlook, the meaning of life. The article highlights the content of the eternal values of mankind, which must lay the foundation of spirituality as the initial direction for the further development of human civilization. Taking into account the dedicated psychological and pedagogical conditions, we have developed a model for the formation of moral values during the pedagogical interaction of subjects of the educational process. The work analyzes the content of the process of upbringing the spiritual and moral culture of the individual and the need to use a wide arsenal of pedagogical tools. The work performed is not an exhaustive analysis of the problem. Further research and development require programs and projects of moral education that ensure the comprehensive and harmonious development of the individual, and, as a consequence, the strengthening of universal values in society.

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Authors: O. V. Radziyevska, S. V. Ryzhkova

The article deals with the methodical aspects of the study of Anglicisms in the section "Lexicology" by the students of secondary school. In the work the authors offer the most effective ways of working at the words that are included in the vocabulary of the modern Ukrainian language from other languages. For the formation of language skills, secondary school students are offered a system of exercises aimed at acquiring abilities to define Anglicisms, to obtain Ukrainian equivalent to them, to work with dictionaries, etc. The urgency of the article is that in recent decades the Ukrainian lexical and semantic system has complex processes due to the strong influence of Anglicisms, which requires scientific analysis and generalization. Referring to the linguodidacts’ scientific research, the article clarifies that the study of borrowed vocabulary is based on the following principles: extra-language, lexical and grammatical; semantic; diachronic, where everyone provides versatile work at the word not only at Ukrainian language lessons, but also during the other lessons. The researchers note that the words borrowed from the English language make up a dynamic lexical composition in the Ukrainian language, therefore the study of Anglicisms by secondary school students is one of the leading places in the study of lexicology. During the work the following methods were used: theoretical – studying and analysis of scientific and methodological literature, generalization of information for the definition of theoretical and methodological research foundations of the borrowed vocabulary. The proposed exercises can be used in writing methodological recommendations, course papers, in the professional activity of a teacher-philologist.

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Authors: S. S. Rashydova

The author states that the future educator and teacher who prepares him for professional work already during the period of study should realize that the teacher is the bearer and translator of culture (general, professional, national, personal, culture of communication, etc.). According to the author's conviction, the cultural personality of the teacher is impossible without developed artistic needs, without the need for domestic or world literature and its best samples. In the light of the indicated subject matter, which is at the intersection of various fields of knowledge, this time attention was drawn to the definitions of the concepts "culture of personality", "cultural personality", "personal culture"; to the research of modern scholars who consider education as a "cultural fact", upbringing as a "process of humancreation, culturecreation, spiritualitycreation", and aesthetic education as one of the universal aspects of culture of personality.. The author continues to insist on the artistic component in the formation of the cultural personality of the teacher, singling out belles-lettres as a powerful tool in this process, which forms and develops both language, and will, and feelings, and mind, and consequently, the worldview of the personality. At the same time, literature contributes to the moral perfection of the personality and pupil, and educator. Therefore, it is emphasized that one should not exclude upbringing from the student's life, in general, and artistic and aesthetic upbringing, in particular, turning this life exclusively into a narrowly directed scientific and professional community, which, unfortunately, is observed today. It is a proven fact that the sensory sphere is better educated by the art, and consequently, aesthetic upbringing better fulfils both the function of developing the emotional and sensory sphere, and the function of shaping artistic needs. Defining the artistic need as a major spiritual need, contributing to the formation of the whole world of the whole person, the essence of which is expressed in a stable manifestation of artistic and creative activity, striving for it, the creative component of the artistic need is singled out separately. Considering creativity as a "basic human need", it is emphasized that the very stable artistic need functions as a need for creativity.

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Authors: L. A. Spivak, A. O. Taranets

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of ecological culture in students with disabilities in the process of studying natural science. It is determined that in classical and modern psychological and pedagogical practice, attention is focused on the enormous potentialities of the positive influence of ecological education on the formation of the personality, the development of its spirituality and the formation of the foundations of ecological culture. It is proved that this problem is inadequately elaborated in Ukrainian psychopedagogy. It is found out that the ecological culture of a pupil with disabilities appears to be a personal phenomenon. Its formation lies in the cognitive, emotional-axiological and activity aspect. The theoretical and methodological foundations of environmental education of students with disabilities are defined. The results of studying and analysing the real experience of work on the formation of ecological culture in students with disabilities in the educational process of a special school are presented. The relationship between the understanding of the availability of information on natural science and ecology and the nature of the manifestation of the emotional value attitude to nature and nature protection activity is shown. It is emphasized that the ability to adequately motivate value judgments, critically evaluate concrete actions on the objects of nature, condemn ecologically illiterate behavior, make decisions and correct one's own behavior in accordance with environmental norms and rules is presented in a rather fragmentary manner even among high school students. Four general levels of the formation of ecological culture in students of special and general schools (from high to very low) are justified. The indicators and criteria for the formation of the ecological culture of pupils of the 6th and 9th grades are determined, its features, age dynamics and potential possibilities are shown.

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Authors: I. O. Ushakova

The article is devoted to research of the process of organizing the development of cross-cultural communication in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes. The concept of "cross-cultural communication" is considered, mutual influence and interrelation of a person – his language – culture – communication are emphasized. The author focuses on the interdisciplinary, integrated approach to the teaching of ESP, which involves both the use of various types of art in their interaction, as well as other means of indirect communication (English-language resources of modern mass media); examples of communicative failures in situations of intercultural interaction. The article analyzes real-life situations of cross-cultural communication failures, giving examples of the complex of arts in the context of the topic "Ethical values". The author concludes that the achievement of mutual understanding in the process of intercultural communication is possible and depends not only on the level of knowledge of a foreign language, but also requires general cultural and specific background knowledge about life, traditions, norms, standards of behavior, which are inherent in foreign culture, and their correlation with the system of moral and spiritual values in one's own. So students learn how to carry on a dialogue in a foreign language with the representatives of different cultures on a private and professional level, taking into account personal attitudes, cultural values of the speaker in this preserving cultural identity and uniqueness

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Authors: L. E. Bielovetska

This article examines the system of cultural values and patriotic or civic education in the United States, which is the most important part of the state, public and educational policies in this country. The study of this experience is useful in terms of improving educational policy in modern Ukraine. American society is really very peculiar because people have made a unique historical experiment, creating a new powerful state from virtually nothing. The history of the USA is very interesting in terms of cultural values. The American nation was formed as an experiment in the field of self-government. This means self-regulation: a personal, economic, social, and political, cultural, oriented towards certain values. Many of the ideals of American society are rooted in the history of the country and beliefs. For example, individualism, the belief that persistent work can improve the fate of everyone; the desire to rely on their own strength - examples of traditional American values since the first settlers. These were migrants who lacked opportunities for self-fulfillment in their homeland.

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Authors: A. Yu. Bovt

The article deals with the role of spirituality as one of the key strategies for development of a harmonious personality in Canada. The definition of the concept of "spirituality", formed by both prominent national and foreign educators and philosophers, is given. Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which emphasize the importance of promoting the spiritual development of a child are presented. It is determined that in Canada, spirituality is considered in two meanings – religious and secular. The data from studies conducted in Canadian schools, which show a close relationship among spirituality, religiosity, as well as the feeling of well-being and happiness of a child are presented. There are presented some findings of the Canadian researcher Valerie Michaelson, who characterizes a spiritually educated person by the development of four groups of relationships: with oneself, with others, with nature, and with something "transcendental". Particular attention is paid to the study of Lisa Miller, the author of the book on the development of spirituality of a child, which defines spirituality as an inner sense of communication with a higher power. It is noted that the spiritual component is congenital, therefore, children’s spirituality precedes language, culture and religion and surpasses them. The functions and peculiarities of the activities of Canadian organizations dealing with the problem of formation of a personality’s spirituality are defined. Among them, there are the Canadian Society for Spirituality and Social Work, the Child Health 2.0 project at the University of Queens, and The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC), The International Association for Children’s Spirituality, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care. The activities of these organizations are aimed at attracting as many stakeholders as possible to conducting theoretical and practical research in the field of spirituality, as well as developing the most effective ways of implementing the results of these studies in the process of cultivating spirituality of the individual.

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Authors: O. V. Zolotaryova

The article analyzes the practice of developing leadership abilities as an effective modern means of nurturing gifted schoolchildren in the state of Israel. It is established that the formation of leadership in Israel is done purposefully with the goal of forming the future national elite of the country. The greatest difficulty is the development of ways for identifying such children, since even modern psychological and pedagogical tests are not always able to determine this type of giftedness. Work with gifted children involves the simultaneous development of their intellectual abilities and personal qualities. Future leaders must demonstrate high achievements not only in the academic but also in the social sphere, so the development of leadership involves a certain public work and volunteering. There are special programs in the country aimed at identifying and developing the leadership potential of schoolchildren. One of them is the innovative leadership development program "Leading for Excellence" for middle and high school students. The concept of this unique program provides the involvement of schoolchildren in a multicultural model of communication with the same as they are schoolchildren from different countries to exchange views on how to improve our world. Students’ cooperation, meetings and exchange of opinions during the work on their projects contribute to educational, scientific and cultural exchange between countries. The main goals of the program, the principles of its work and its advantages are also revealed in the article. The necessity of introduction of state programs of leadership development in Ukraine, as well as the necessity of analyzing and borrowing foreign pedagogical achievements in this direction, is also grounded.

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Authors: V. E. Krasnopolskyi

The article is devoted to the problem of forming of the sociocultural competence of students of the non-philological profile of training in a virtual foreign language educational environment. In the given article, components of the sociocultural competence (regional competence, linguistic and cultural competence, socio-cultural competence) are defined. Sociocultural competence is considered as an integral part of the content of foreign language vocational training – aims at developing understanding and interpreting different aspects of culture and language behavior in the world of work. The content of the foreign language training is standardized by means of educational software shell, and the development of the linguistic and cultural competence is achieved with specialized and non-specialized training and information electronic resources, work with reference services and search engines, publications, etc. Individual and group quests and Web- projects, participation in online games and communities of interest, intercultural contacts, etc. The necessity of using a virtual foreign language educational environment is substantiated. Specialized and non-specialized training and information electronic resources, work with reference services and search engines, publications, individual and group quests and Web- projects, participation in online games and communities of interest, intercultural contacts are considered as an effective means of forming the sociocultural competence of students. The author suggests some ways of solution to the problem by creating virtual foreign language educational environment with the purpose of formation of socio-cultural competence of students of the non-philological profile of training.

98-108

Authors: V. І. Miroshnichenko

The concept of responsibility in the context of legal and psychological and pedagogical approaches has been substantiated in the article. A comparison of the interpretation of the concept of responsibility in various dictionary publications and scientists’ approaches representing different branches of knowledge has been performed. The author draws attention to independent forms of responsibility and supports the scientific position regarding the understanding of professional responsibility as a professionally important characteristic of a specialist in any profession related to interaction with people. Taking into account the characteristics of operational activity of future officers-borderguards, the author defines the concept of responsibility in their professional activity (professional responsibility of future officers-borderguards) as a complex of moral, psychological and spiritual qualities that enables to take the responsibility for the cadet’s professional activities as his awareness. The specification of responsibility by modern researchers has been given and the author’s characteristic of professional responsibility of future officers-borderguards has been developed in the article. The legal basis for the responsibility of borderguards for illegal actions, which impede the realization of the competencies of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, has been grounded. The author refers to the definition of professionally related concepts of conscience, honor, dignity, reputation. Attention is drawn to the interconnection of duty and responsibility in the professional activity of future officers-borderguards, as well as the need to take into account the specifics of the operational activity of future officers-borderguards while forming their professional responsibility. It has been emphasized on the understanding of responsibility as a component of readiness for professional activity, a component of the education of future officers-borderguards.

124-134

Authors: Krystyna Pankowska

Drama is an educational method whose basis is to play new and difficult roles in various roles in order to understand their essence and to gain or deepen knowledge about the world, about oneself and about other people. The educational space of drama is a special experience due to the concentration of role interactions in life topics and situations. Drama, therefore, is part of this trend of thinking about human education, which draws attention to the human inner experience, its diversity, contacts between people and their influence on the spiritual maturity of a person. The techniques evoked in drama were created thanks to the observation and use of specific human development processes and the specificity of human social functioning. Therefore, even a young child is equipped with specific drama properties, which are manifested in play, in playing roles. Role plays are even a specific developmental imperative of the child. By playing roles, the child gets to know the world and its laws, and has the opportunity to test his or her skills and emphasize his or her individuality. Also in the life of an adult, the role is both potential and ubiquitous. For man does not only have specific predispositions to play roles,but in reality he plays them constantly in life. During the course of one's life each person, reaching its successive stages, learns different social roles - the role of a child, the role of a pupil, a student, etc. Looking for an answer to the question what is the phenomenon of drama, I suggest to look at one aspect, namely the ability to play roles as a specific human property. This issue needs to be looked at from an anthropological, psychological, sociological and philosophical perspective.

149-156

Authors: Barbara Sarti

In my article, I presented the special qualities of education through art in the concepts of educators such as H. Read, B. Suchodolski and I. Wojnar. In the theory of aesthetic education I refer to two educational concepts: education for art and education through art. The Art shapes the attitudes represented by man. It makes him sensitive to the world in which he is developing. Art is designed to bring the young man closer to social and cultural life and enrich it. In the drama section, I refer to the concept of B. Wey associated with the effect of drama through the senses: taste, smell, touch, hearing and vision. Senses are the basic means to stimulate the imagination. Theater and drama classes play a special role in the development of the child's spiritual security. I also present outstanding theatrical activities related to the festivals of children's theaters in Poland and their educational and artistic values. In the second part, I present examples of activities of children's theaters, which deserve special attention.

166-177

Authors: S. A. Siroizhko

In the article the problem of development of the lyceum students' intellectual potentiality in teaching and educational process is considered, concepts "intellectual potential" and "intellectual potentiality" of personality are characterized. Essential contradictions between the purposes of modern school and challenges in XXI century force to revise formation priorities and to transform the vector of intellectual development of students. Research showed that condition of intellectual potential of our society is evaluated as stagnant. Serious modern problem becomes preservation of the person's intellectual and psychological integrity. Need for a new awareness of person’s inherent value is actualized through the prism of research of his intellectual potential and intellectual potentiality. Concepts potential and potentiality, intellectual potential and person's intellectual potentiality are determined. On the basis of the research the author offers "Diary of intellectual potential and tests of the intellectual potentiality of personality" as one of the tools of the basis for development of intellectual potentiality and receipt of practical results. In "Diary" wide range of opportunities for development of intellectual potentiality in the form of "intellectual tests" and practices of the demonstration of its own intellectual potentiality is offered. "Intellectual tests", as new turn of teaching and educational process, open opportunity of realization of lyceum student’s intellectual potential in actual practice of self-determination and initiative to solve problems and task according to student’s intellectual potential. Results of research expand opportunities of teaching and educational work in general educational establishments.

187-196

Authors: S. О. Solomakha

The author of the article identifies the specifics of the organization of the educational process on advanced training courses of the teachers of the disciplines of the artistic cycle in the system of postgraduate pedagogical education, describes the set of didactically substantiated forms, technologies, methods and techniques for the development of the artistic and aesthetic worldview of listeners: problematic, active, interactive, situational and special education. An important role in the implementation of the content proposed by the organizational and methodological system is played by special methods associated with the specificity of artistic activity, contributing to the increase of the competence of teachers in the theory and practice of art education, and enriching the spiritual culture of the personality. Influencing feelings, art performs cognitive, aesthetic, and hedonistic functions that make it possible to implement a comprehensive approach to the development of artistic vision as a necessary component of the professional training of teachers and their spiritual growth. The organizational structure of the pedagogical technology for the development of the artistic and aesthetic worldview includes three consecutive stages in the process of improving the qualifications of pedagogical workers: the preparatory period, the basic courses and the intercourse period. The basis of the organizational and methodological system is the structure and components, such as: pedagogical technologies, forms and methods of implementing didactic tasks (traditional, non-traditional, interactive, problematic, artistic and pedagogical). The formation of the artistic and aesthetic worldview of the teachers of the disciplines of the artistic cycle requires the introduction of innovative pedagogical and artistic technologies, for example, the art and pedagogical workshop "Axiology of Art" within which, in the process of the pedagogical interpretation of a work of art, listeners reveal its profound meaning. During communication with art, which creates a conditional reality, transforming the artistic meaning into a field of artistic and aesthetic meanings of personality, helping it to identify new ways of developing spiritual culture. Thus, the main principled position of art education is the formation of the unity of a person's spiritual culture in the process of transition from artistic information to personality formation through understanding the art of the aesthetic attitude to the world.

209-220

Authors: Leslie J. Francis, Christopher Alan Lewis

Within contemporary psychology of religion, there has been sustained interest in examining the relationship between measures of religiosity and those measures conceptualised and operationalised from the area of positive psychology. For example, previous research that has examined the relationship between religiosity and self-esteem has provided mixed results. This lack of clarity is likely to be partly attributable to the variety of measures and samples that have been employed. To systematically examine this matter, one research initiative has employed one particular conceptualisation and operationalisation of religious affect, the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity, alongside a few selected measures of self-esteem. To extend this research initiative, a sample of 522 participants in a summer holiday programme for adolescents (247 males and 275 females) aged between 10 and 12 years completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity alongside the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. The data demonstrated a small significant positive correlation between religious affect and self-esteem, after controlling for sex and age differences (r = .14, p < .01). This finding is consistent with previous research that has examined the relationship between this particular conceptualisation and operationalisation of religious affect with other measures of self-esteem. More generally, this finding is consistent with the wider research literature that has examined the relationship between with Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity and other measures from the area of positive psychology.

230-242

Authors: A. A. Chumakova

The article deals with the functional possibilities of musical art as a form of public consciousness. The urgency of the article is dictated by the lack of a systematic approach to the study of this problem in the scientific and theoretical literature. It is indicated that at different times and under different circumstances in musical art as a form of social consciousness, the list of functions has changed, in accordance with the social order. The essence and content of approaches to the definition of the main functions of music in modern science are analyzed. It is determined that the multifacetedness and multidimensionality of possibilities of the dyad "man - music", where the latter acts as a form of social consciousness, is realized with the help of several functions. Each of the functions has its own direction and specificity, necessarily correlates and interacts with others, forming a conditionally complete system, the functional content of which depends on the aspect of use, purpose and task of musical activity, and the hierarchy of functions depends on its priorities. Analysis of the phenomenon of musical art as a form of social consciousness today proves that fundamental research, scientific theory and practice indicate the expansion of its functional content. The therapeutic potential of music, which is recognized by specialists and confirmed by fundamental research, must be taken into account when determining its basic functions in modern conditions.

257-264

Authors: T. V. Shelupakhina

Interpretation of works of art is considered in the article as an important factor in the preparation of future teachers of musical art to organize activities for the aesthetic education of students. The analysis and generalization of the methodological aspect of the process of interpretation of artistic works is carried out. It is proved that the interpretation of artistic works in the structure of the training of future teachers of musical art contributes to the development of cognitive and creative abilities of the individual. Interpretation is analyzed from two points of view: as a component of the process of artistic cognition, contributing to the development of a person-value attitude to art, enriching the experience of the world-feeling and the world-sensation; interpretation of works of art is also analyzed from the point of view of the component of the process of pedagogical communication, which activates the subjective artistic and aesthetic experience of the teacher and student. The content of the process of the general interpretation activity of the teacher and student consists in a free exchange of thoughts, judgments, artistic impressions, and aesthetic evaluations of artistic works. As a result of the general interpretation activity, there is a process of cognition, the creative mastery of aesthetic experience, aesthetic judgments and aesthetic evaluations are produced and processed. It is concluded that in the process of the general interpretation activity of the teacher and student the student acquires the status of an individual who is able not only to assimilate but also to produce aesthetic values independently; artistic work is regarded as a value with its inherent cognitive and educational potential.