Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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Authors: O. O. Andryushchenko

The article reveals the relevance of the study of the problem research of development of reflexive skills of primary school teachers at the present stage of reforming the national educational system. On the basis of analyses of the scientifical researches and publications the content of the concept of "pedagogical conditions" is determined. It has been found that they: 1) act as an integral part of the pedagogical system; 2) are external and internal, subjective and objective, necessary and sufficient circumstances in which a positive educational environment arises, exists and develops; 3) relate to the goals, principles, content, methods, forms of the process of learning, education and development; 4) ensure the effectiveness of the educational process. The complex of pedagogical conditions, which are intended to ensure the success of the process of development of reflexive skills of elementary school teachers in the system of postgraduate education, is defined and substantiated, namely 1) the development of motivation and value attitude in the elementary school teachers to exercise reflective activity; 2) updating the content of education: directing the educational process to the development of reflexive skills of primary school teachers in the system of postgraduate pedagogical education; 3) creating a reflective environment in postgraduate education institutions; 4) introduction of reflexive teaching methods into the practice of the educational process of postgraduate education. The prospects for further researches in the study of the identified problem are outlined.

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Authors: N. O. Barvina

The article is devoted to the artistic and aesthetic potential of O. Wilde’s literary heritage for upbringing а comprehensively developed, educated personality. The role of the writer’s fairy tales in the process of the artistic and aesthetic students’ needs formation in the area of university drama studio is considered. The use of the literary works artistic and aesthetic potential is proved to be the necessary condition for the upbringing and comprehensive development of a young person in the modern university environment. Student drama studio is shown to be the place where the process of theatrical education occurs, it being possible through the use of arts and belles-lettres artistic-aesthetic potential. The importance of the fairy tales artistic potential use in the student drama studio performances is highlighted. The relevance of the fairy tale genre main artistic tools and techniques in the theatrical environment is stressed. O. Wilde’s literary style and artistic method peculiarities are analyzed. His role as the most famous representative of aestheticism in literature is mentioned. The basic aesthetic theses in the arts and real life as well as their practical implementation in the student drama studio performances are highlighted. The appropriate use of O. Wilde’s fairy tales artistic and aesthetic potential during the extracurricular activities in the conditions of student drama studio is noticed. It is proved that through the use of O. Wilde’s literary fairy tales artistic and aesthetic potential in the university area comprehensive art and aesthetic exploration of the world occurs.

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Authors: О. А. Biletskyi, O. V. Minaeva

Considering the major difficulties in modern education industry, such as the depreciation of the universal and national ideals, the loss of authority of the family, the authors make an attempt to contact the positive historical and pedagogical experience and to pay attention to the solution of these problems via religious morality, which has taken a worthy place in public education in pre-revolutionary Ukraine. The article analyzes the development of parochial primary schools in Ekaterinoslav gubernia in the second half of the XIX – early XX century; it analyses changes in the regulatory and legislative acts, reflecting policy of the government of the Russian Empire, and the Holy Synod, for the period 1808–1900; with matching and processing of Zemstvo institutions and statistical document lists the educational institutions in the postreform period determined the content of curricula and programs of parish schools; the position of authoritative teachers of the Democrats in the postreform period (K. Ushinskiy, N. Pirogov, S. Rachinskiy), proving the importance of education on the basis of Orthodox ethics; reflected the ambiguity of relations in education between the Ekaterinoslav diocese and provincial agencies; through the analysis determined the main vector of social and pedagogical targetting, expressed in the dissemination of free elementary education was provided by Church schools Ekaterinoslav province, and the creation of a moral and spiritual Foundation that provided the Orthodox Faith.

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Authors: K. B. Hnatyk

In the article the necessity of organization of interdisciplinary cooperation is reasonable for preparation of future foreign language bachelors as a condition of the effective forming of students’ professional identity in this area. It is set that interdisciplinary cooperation is based on integration of maintening few disciplines. The subject spheres and methodological tools are defined and scientifically grounded in the article. Using these principles educational results can be modified. Interdisciplinary cooperation envisages taking into account of various connections, including didactics potentials studied by the future bachelors. The analysis of curricula and course programmes has shown that there are some principles related to interdisciplinary cooperation defined in educational disciplines in bachelor’s programme. The foreign language (English) is an outlined form of interdisciplinary cooperation, integrated as a basic discipline that is studied by the future bachelors. Generally the effective way of forming the future bachelors’ professional identity in foreign language is applying interdisciplinary cooperation, but not only in one discipline. Therefore in the process of students’ professional preparation it is necessary to use interdisciplinary approach provided by interdisciplinary cooperation. It is underlined that the use of interdisciplinary connections will assist forming future bachelors’ professional identity in foreign language teaching. It is a key factor to comprehend and understand students’ difficulties and integral perception in their surroundings.

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Authors: M. R. Demianchuk

The article generalizes the essence of components, criteria, indicators and levels of formation of professional competence of future junior specialists in nursing. It has been established that the criterion of motivational-valuable component is motivational-axiological one with such indicators: student’s motivation to professional formation and growth in the process of study at medical college; awareness of the need for a high level of professional competence as an actual value at the present stage of development of health care field; rising interest to updating various aspects of vocational training in medical college that meet modern requirements for junior specialists in nursing. Formation of theoretical-cognitive component is determined by the knowledge criterion and indicators: formation of student’s knowledge from disciplines, which directly reflect the essence of nursing; availability of knowledge regarding the specifics of interaction of nursing stuff at different levels of professional relationships; theoretical preparedness of students to professional communication. Formation of practical-functional components is determined by the praxiological-active criterion and the following indicators: ability to use knowledge of professional disciplines in the process of performing manipulative actions in quasi-professional situations; ability to organize optimal professional interaction in simulated situation; ability to integrate results of vocational training in medical college into practice. Personal-developmental component, the main criterion of which is personal-acmeological, is determined by indicators: ability of medical college students to professional reflection in order to identify major stakes (acme) of professional growth; effectiveness of self-education activities; expanding professional outlook based on familiarity with modern tendencies in development of medical industry and, in particular, nursing. Quantitative and qualitative display of formation of all components of the investigated professional competence is determined by four levels: high, sufficient, satisfactory and low.

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Authors: M. A. Kasych

The article considers the problem of moral and ethical education of children, the education of a sense of kindness in them. The concept of kindness, as the highest, absolute universal value, is considered. The author proposes to complete the process of education using the art of literature. The article substantiates the use of fairy tales in order to foster a sense of kindness, since a fairy tale is a genre of literature with high didactic potential. The concept of fairy-tale therapy as a kind of psychological correction is considered. The author emphasizes on the preference of using the literary fairy tale to folk one for the purpose of moral and ethical upbringing. The author’s fairy tale inherits from folklore a clear division of the heroes into positive and negative, but the heroes in the author’s works are no longer types of folk tales, but are more complex characters, and the plots are not reduced to traditional schemes. Therefore, the reader’s value system is becoming more and more complex and rich, estimates are becoming less categorical, and ideas about a person are becoming many-sided. The article suggests using the literary tales of Oscar Wild, since they are dominated by reflections on the relationship between good, evil and beauty, they are distinguished by incredible imagination and humanistic mood. The author gives examples of assignments to the literary tales of Oscar Wilde, which are designed to help children adjust their behavior, develop critical and creative thinking, aesthetic tastes. The key idea of the article is the process of developing a sense of kindness in the context of aesthetic education.

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Authors: O. I. Kozmenko

Last years the problem of postsecondary student success has attracted the attention of US educators and has encouraged them to look for more effective ways to solve it. The effectiveness the institution is characterized by the level of retention and student success. Community colleges are working to improve the quality of education, but in their work they face a number of problems that are difficult to overcome on their own. Since 2010 a network of centers has been appearing in the United States of America to help community colleges to work efficiently and solve the problems of retention and student success. The work and functions of the Student Success Centers is described in this article. It was shown that the Student Success Center Network includes 16 statewide Student Success Centers, which support community colleges’ efforts to develop student-centered pathways and increase student completion rates. The Network provides opportunities for Centers to learn from one another’s experiences. It also shares information about innovations at institutions nationwide so more colleges can implement and scale promising practices. Each Center coordinates the efforts of educators and the implementation of new initiatives within a state and represents their work at the federal level. The Centers provide coherence, create a statewide framework of action, or a lens through which colleges focus their work and integrate their student success efforts; connect policy and practice: identify and pursue state and system policy changes
that support the institutional changes necessary to increase student completion; convene: create time and space for faculty and staff 
to connect and to discuss strategy and implementation and identify problems common to multiple colleges and help colleges work together to address them; improve data capacity and promote research and knowledge development. The Centers also see fundraising as a key priority, to bring new initiatives and evidence-based innovations
to the colleges and scale them across the state. Recently, the Centers have been providing expert assistance to colleges in the implementation of the large-scale educational reform “Guided pathways”. Thus, the work of these centers is useful and quite effective in achieving student success. The use of such foreign experience can contribute to improving the quality of education in Ukraine.

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Authors: O. Marchuk

The main forms of up-bringing and methods of teaching used by teachers and activists of public associations of educational and cultural institutions in Volyn (the XIXth - first half of the XXth century) are analyzed in the article. It is explained that during the independence of Ukraine there is a need to reform the education system. It has been noted that for centuries the network of various educational institutions, public and religious societies has been operating at the territory of Volyn whose members have developed pedagogical experience in the process of teaching and upbringing. It is explained that the problems of education in Volyn were investigated in the scientific works of N. Bovsunovskaya, S. Brychok, S. Kolyadenko, O. Kushpetyuk. The author stated that the purpose of the article is to analyze the basic forms and methods of education and upbringing of children and youth in educational and cultural institutions of Volyn province and Volyn voivodship and to develop recommendations for their creative using in Ukrainian institutions. In the article the definitions of "study", "education", "education", "form", «method» from the "Ukrainian Pedagogical Encyclopedic Dictionary" by S. Goncharenko are presented. The definition of "forms and methods of teaching and upbringing of children and youth in educational and cultural institutions" is given as the harmonized process of interaction of teachers, activists of public (religious) societies with the young generation with the purpose of providing knowledge, expanding the scientific world, education of values, development of natural inclinations and abilities of the person for its realization in society. According to the analysis of archival documents it is noted that the teachers had widely used individual, group, frontal, collective, classroom and extracurricular, school and extra-curricular forms of teaching. Based on the analysis of archival sources about the organization of the process of education and upbringing of children and young people it was found that among the methods of education the most common were informative, explanatory and illustrative kinds of studying, the methods of up-bringing were directed towards forming the thinking person who posesses moral, ethical and Christian virtues. The specific examples illustrate the using of a large number of teaching and training techniques are given. Recommendations for the using of the pedagogical experience of the Volyn educators in the institutions of today are given.

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Authors: М. I. Levrints (Lőrincz)

The national education policy of the USA is articulated at the state level, however, the sphere of higher education is not regulated or controlled by the Congress and is not reflected in the “United States Code”, with the exception of certain social aspects. Nevertheless, the national educational vector is predetermined by the federal government, which adopts the relevant legislation, the main being the “Higher Education Opportunity Act”. Owing to decentralization as a guiding principle of higher education, its regulation falls within the competence of the states and municipalities. American establishments of higher education are endowed with a varying degree of autonomy, ranging from partially autonomous to completely independent status of the government. The US Department of Education is not empowered to control the education system with the real authority belonging to the State Departments of Education. Meanwhile, the federal government attempts to determine the state of affairs in the education sector by providing financial support. The balance between the state and public sphere of influence on teacher education is achieved due to independent professional organizations. In the USA there is no national language policy or law regulating the use and study of foreign languages, but some of its relevant issues are addressed in by-laws, projects, governmental initiatives, and, above all, by numerous programs aimed at promoting foreign language education. Some of the salient tasks of the American education policy are the enhancement of the quality of education, effectiveness and quality of teaching, as well as the popularization of the foreign language education.

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Authors: T. V. Potapchuk

The article deals with the scientific researches on the problem of formation of aesthetic competence of the future teachers of fine art. It is noted that the authors of modern psychological and pedagogical research allocate competencies to basic (leading, key, universal) and special (specific, subject-professional), although the boundaries between them are rather conditional. In addition to subject specific knowledge and methods of action in a highly specialized activity, any type of competence necessarily includes universal human qualities and abilities, which are independent of their field of expression. These include, for example, initiative, the ability to organize activities (own or other people's), the ability to adapt to new non-standard situations, the willingness to critically analyze and adequately evaluate the results of activities not only as significant for themselves, but as having consequences for others. The above attributes of general competence are based not only on the knowledge and skills in a particular field, but on the value priorities of the individual and the characteristics of his mental experience. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the key concepts of "competence", "aesthetic competence", "competence". Methods: analysis, systematization and generalization of philosophical, sociological and psychological-pedagogical literature in order to find out the state of development of the problem under study and to clarify the conceptual apparatus. The concept of "competence" in the broad sense of the word means perfect knowledge of their business, the nature of the work being performed, complex relationships, phenomena and processes, possible ways and means of achieving the stated goals. The content of competence includes the level of basic and special education, work experience, ability to accumulate a wide life and professional experience, knowledge of the possible consequences of a specific way of influencing the individual. It is proved that systematic and purposeful acquaintance with the basics of the analysis of works of fine arts will contribute to the formation in the aesthetic competence of future teachers of fine art to reveal in an accessible form their vision of content and ideas, as well as to enrich their ideas about the various development of a variety of aesthetics.

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Authors: L. А. Rudenko

The article is devoted to the problem of future professional's readiness for professional cooperation. It is emphasized that interaction is both a process and a result. The main methodological approaches to the problem of professional interaction are listed: synergistic, axiological, competent, active, etc. The level of urgency of the problem of the ability of a specialist border guard to professional interaction is analyzed. Due to the analysis of scientific psycho-pedagogical and philosophical literature it is proved that the phenomenon of professional interaction has not been studied in the field of higher military education. Through the analysis of the scientific work of border guards and the use of a systematic approach, a system of training future border guards for professional interaction was built. The contents of the basic elements of such a system (pedagogical conditions, subjects and objects, etc.) are presented and disclosed. The vertical and horizontal structures of the mentioned system are characterized. The important characteristics of the system of training officers-border guards for professional interaction are listed: control and admission of vehicles and persons; engineering and technical equipment of the border, organization and implementation of border control; stopping the illegal movement of vehicles and persons across the state border; coherence of activities with military units and law enforcement institutions on border protection; implementation of operational intelligence activities; implementation of information-analytical and search-and-search procedures for ensuring the integrity of state borders; participation in counteracting criminal acts of various kinds.

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Authors: V. M. Synyshyna

The article deals with the conceptual basis of scientific and methodical system of vocational training of future practical psychologists in the institutions of higher education. The basic tendencies of development of modern psychological education have been specified, in particular: orientation of educational institutions on improving the quality specialists’ training; change in target orientation of the vocational training system on the formation of competencies; transition from mass, collective forms of student’s study to individual ones, to the development of creative skills on the basis of self-education, self-development, self-improvement; recognition of the priority of the psychological education humanistic orientation; appeal to scientific strategies of creative psychology and innovative pedagogy on the basis of national and international scientific and pedagogical heritage. The essence of basic regularities of training of future practical psychologists in the institutions of higher education has been revealed. Regularity as an objectively existing, essential, significant, repeatable connection of phenomena and processes, reflects the diversity of their interactions and relationships. It has been proved that modern tendencies and regularities of training of practical psychologists are reflected in the implementation of the relevant principles. For more effective and productive realization of the educational process, directed to the formation of professional competence of future practical psychologists in the process of vocational training, the necessary is to take into account some system-forming pedagogical principles, which together create the preconditions for future practical psychologists to be constantly in personal and professional development. Defining and taking into account these tendencies, regularities and principles in the process of vocational training of future practical psychologists contributes to increasing the effectiveness of the formation of their professional competence.

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Authors: K. Yu. Tushko

The article is devoted to the problems of modernization of social fundamental structures of Ukrainian society. Among the many problems of Ukrainian society, the difficulties of reforming the educational system of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine were singled out. For the purpose of revealing the purpose of the article, the corresponding scientific pedagogical literature, both domestic and foreign authorship, was analysed. Most scientific sources belong to foreign scientists, as the Western scientific field is considered to be fundamental to the method of risk analysis. It is emphasized that Ukrainian teachers do not have a method of teaching subjects that are aimed at mastering the method of risk analysis. The main content of this article presents material on the nature of the risk analysis method, and partly on the historical aspects of its occurrence. The significance and peculiarities of the application of the method of risk analysis in the professional training of specialists in the armies of the USA, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany are analysed. The author made an attempt to reveal the importance of the method of risk analysis abroad, in order to develop pedagogical bases for its further active use in Ukraine, in educational institutions of both military and law enforcement agencies. The conducted research is the basis for teaching such a course as "Analysis and Risk Assessment" for third-year students of the specialty "State Border Security". The author has highlighted those areas of pedagogical research that may be relevant in the proposed problem. An analysis of the content and genesis of the risk analysis method will enable representatives of the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Border Guard Academy to create appropriate curricula for the Risk Analysis and Assessment discipline.

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Authors: K. Yo. Fodor

The article substantiates the essence of the communication process, identifies its main components and specifies conditions of communication. It is summarized that in the process of communicative interaction, communicators use a set of language tools to organize messaging during verbal interaction (communication) that is called verbal (language) code. While using a language code, communicators are required to be aware of a variety of different types of speech activities: listening and speaking, which are used in oral communication, and reading and writing - in written communication. In the article the essence of ways to deal with a communicative partner (cooperation, partnership, domination, manipulation, conflict) is revealed, and the expedience of using interactive technologies is emphasized as the optimal learning environment in the process of preparing future bachelors of arts in foreign languages to acquire the skills to organize an effective communication process. It is established that a communicative act is a conceptually and structurally organized communicative activity within the limits of verbal contact of speakers, in which subject-sign carrier is a discourse based on a certain situation. The actuality of applying interactive pedagogical technologies in the process of professional training of future linguists is specified using simulated situations (fragments of objectively existing reality, which may include verbal action), in which students will gain practical experience of organizing optimal communication interaction. It is found that in order to participate in such situations students need to activate not only speech but also mental activity. In the article the content of category of discourse is analyzed as a verbalized speech-thinking activity of communicants within the framework of verbal contact related to cognition, comprehension and presentation of the world by the speaker (addresser) and comprehension of his linguistic picture of the world by the listener (addresee).

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Authors: O. V. Tsybulska

А definitive analysis of distinguished basic concepts in the field of health care culture is carried out, their interpretation is represented in the scientific literature. The essence of health in the system of pedagogical categories is considered as an important concept of the concept of education, dynamic, holistic formation, manifested at different levels of life: somatic, mental, moral, spiritual. It is important to take into account the different psychological and pedagogical approaches to understanding the essence of this unique phenomenon in order to determine the characteristics of the process of fostering a culture of personal health. The most common is the understanding of the term "culture" as a set of socially acquired ideas, values, customs, traditions, norms of behaviour through which people organize their activities and pass them on from generation to generation. It is stated that the semantic characteristics of basic concepts of the problem of culture of health saving are successfully introduced into the system of pedagogical categories; analysed concepts are widely used in pedagogical theory and practice, representing the essence of the basic processes associated with the preservation, strengthening and formation of the phenomenon under study. A definitive analysis of the essential characteristics of the basic concepts of the problem of health culture, represented in scientific sources, testifies to their widespread use in pedagogical theory and practice, since they reflect the basic processes related to the preservation, strengthening and formation of the investigated phenomenon. It is determined that the education of the younger generation of citizens with sustainable motivation for a healthy and creative life requires the development of scientific and practical recommendations, technologies, teacher's readiness to cultivate a culture of health care in the educational process, from the early school age.

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Authors: L. B. Adaryukova

The article is devoted to the problem of formation of axiological-motivational component of self-educational competence of future cybersecurity specialists. It is stated that the development of this component is of great importance not only for the professional success, but also for self-development in all other spheres. In this context is necessary to identify the indicators, according to which it will be possible to measure the general level of the development of the component in question. The evaluation of the initial development level of the component in question is the first stage in the research work, the aim of which is to find the efficient ways of developing the axiological-motivational component in particular and self-educational competence in general, as only by comparing the data of the initial stage and the final stage the conclusion about the success of the experiment can be made. The article presents the grounding and choice of the diagnostic materials for determining the level of formation of each of the indicators (innovative and humanistic orientation of a personality, understanding of self-educational competence as a professional value, ability to emotionally experience the values of self-educational activity etc.) of the personal criterion (which corresponds to the axiological-motivational component). On the results of the initial stage measurements of this component the article states that the main problem connected with the development of the axiological-motivational component is the lack of theoretical knowledge about and practical skills of self-educational activity. This conclusion directs further research.

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Authors: L. V. Viktorova, M. M. Roganov

The article considers the problem of socio-pedagogical support of the elderly; factors (biological and socio-psychological), features and possibilities of this group of the population for active life in old age are revealed; focuses on self-esteem as a factor in the successful adaptation of a person in old age and provides an analysis of the intellectual characteristics of older people. The role of education is revealed as an informed choice by older people on the topics of training, the development of knowledge, skills and values; emphasizes that regardless of the subject of study, education in old age helps an individual to adequately perceive a new role in society and in his own life; which helps to realistically evaluate own resources and capabilities; also master a new "toolbox", which helps to overcome the problems that arise in this life phase. Difficulties in organizing the training of older people, in particular in the selection of teachers and in the possibility of using andragogical skills, are noted; dates of training; application of the latest technologies; support (technical, administrative, organizational) in identifying core skills and core competencies. The content, methods and methods of using modern information and communication technologies through the mass involvement of older people in learning computer and Internet skills, as well as providing communication in social networks, blogs, forums, to improve their knowledge, confident communication in networks and attract to life in society, which allows the use of information and communication technologies in their daily lives.

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Authors: O. Ya. Gnydyuk

The article is devoted to the problem of training specialists in the third (educational scientific / educational creative) level of higher education in adjuncture of the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. According to the structure of the publication the author outlined the material in all its components: the introduction analyzes the degree of relevance of the presented problems in general terms; in the analysis of scientific sources the names of those scientists whose works were taken into account in studying this problem are listed; in order to prove the proposed problem, to compile the overall problem in part. In the presentation of the main material, the author emphasized that the content of the concept of "scientific competence of the Adjuncts of the Border Guard Academy" (the ability to isolate and substantiate scientific problems of current level, as well as to make a breakdown of these problems in the chosen scientific research has already been disclosed in previous scientific works to carry out scientific procedures of analysis, synthesis, comparison, abstraction and others, to translate the obtained results into practice and to formulate the necessary scientific conclusions and recommendations). The following are the key didactic features of the formation of the adjunct border guards' competence (mastering relevant scientific information; formation of the cognitive system of values in the adjuncts; formation of scientific search; promotion of self-development and self-improvement; promoting the efficiency of scientific and research activities; cognitive motives; forming the ability to resolve scientific contradictions in research; promoting high-level asset formation skills; use of innovative technologies of professional activity; formation of research skills; etc.). Summarizing the results of the work was carried out in the form of formulated conclusions and the identification of areas that may be relevant in the context of the problem of research competence of adjuncts of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

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Authors: V. V. Dyiak

The article outlines the logic of analysis of the results of experimental study of implementation of the system of socio-economic training of cadets and students in the process of continuous education in the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (NASBGSU). The results of forming stage of experimental study have been generalized; additions and clarifications to the content of concept of socio-economic training of cadets and students in the process of continuous education in the NASBGSU have been made; the author’s scientific and research materials, the purpose of which is formation of socio-economic competence of cadets and students in the process of continuous education in the NASBGSU, have been resumed. It has been summarized that in order to analyze the results of experimental study, the comparison of formation of all four components (motivational-worldview, informational-semantic, connotative-deontological, personal-reflexive) and in general socio-economic competence (SEC) of cadets and students of the NASBGSU by four levels (high, sufficient, satisfactory, law) was done. In the process of dividing experiment participants into control and experimental groups, approximately the same level of formation of all components and in general the SEC at the stage of entrance control and the possibility to reach by experimental study cadets and students in all areas of training in the NASBGSU was taken into account. Checking the reliability of the obtained results is proved by statistical indicators of calculating the Fisher criterion. It has been resumed that reaching the high level of socio-economic competence of future personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is possible provided that the process of socio-economic training of cadets and students is oriented towards the implementation of the developed system, pedagogical conditions and the structural-functional model of continuous education in the NASBGSU.

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Authors: L. V. Zadorozhna-Knyagnitska

The article identifies and discloses the most important directions for the development of ethical and deontological knowledge in the field of education management in Ukraine. The first direction of development of managerial deontology is to substantiate its problems in the sphere of managerial culture. In accordance with this approach, managerial culture is determined by researchers as the appropriateness of the manager with the requirements relating to management activities and the personal qualities of the manager. Management culture is universal. It is considered as the foundation of the professional behavior of the manager, which led to the introduction of the concept of "deontological culture" in the scientific circle. The second direction of the development of the theory of managerial deontology in the early twenty-first century is the "deontologization" of the management. Scientists consider such problems: mechanisms of value and semantic determination of the educational institution management, deontological requirements for the head of the educational institution, the essence of his professional duty and responsibility, justification of the content of deontological ethics. The third direction of the development of the theory of professional deontology is the growing interest of domestic scientists to the problems of ethical and deontological training of specialists. However, in the area of professional training of the education manager, the problem is highlighted superficially. The reason for this is the differentiation of deontological knowledge. Therefore, the problem of determination of the status of managerial deontology in the system of scientific knowledge is connected with the urgent need for their allocation from the sphere of related sciences in a separate problem field, systematization and generalization of deontological knowledge in the field of education management.

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Authors: O. I. Kozmenko

The analysis of American educators` research about the definition of success in the higher education system is given in the article. The significant increase in enrollment at the end of ХХ century was founded on new kinds of students who differed in certain ways from the "traditional" American students. The institutions faced considerable challenges getting students to complete their programs and tried to find new forms and methods of teaching, taking into account the diversity of ethnic, age and social characteristics of students, the political and socio-economic situation in the country. High quantitative indicators of student retention and graduation determined the success of higher education institutions for a long time, but the attention of teachers was attracted by other factors of success at the beginning of the XXI century. In 2004 the American Association of State Colleges and Universities with the organization “Trust in Education” and the National Association of Education Leaders set up a project to study and disseminate the positive experiences of some American universities. In this research, the factors of culture and leadership were studied in the concept of success. In 2006 the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative published the results of a student success study project. In 2007 it was published a report on the work of the Symposium on student success, which demonstrated various approaches to the definition of this concept, taking into account many factors. In order to reform higher education, the American Federation of Teachers in 2010 also conducted its own study of the success of university students. Thus at the beginning of the XXI century the concept of success acquired different meanings and it encouraged educators to develop this direction.

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Authors: I. Ya. Krivoruchko

The purpose of the article is to analyze the process of developing the communication skills of the future heads of the state border protection authorities. The introduction of the article reveals the importance of communication for the professional activities of border guards. The issues of this problem have not been investigated separately. The list of names of scientists whose scientific works are valuable for analyzing the problem of communication skills development of officers of the border service is given. The content of the communication skills of the future border guards is explained in the main material. The types of basic communication skills for border guards are listed. They include: forecasting the flow of the communication process; correct assessment of the interlocutor's personality (primarily as a partner); inclusion in the process of interaction with people on the basis of gender-gender, status, cultural, political-social and other characteristics; receiving not only verbal but also social and psychological information about the individual; understanding and interpretation of the information received; prediction of the course of communication process, determination of emotional microclimate in communication; adequate response to non-standard communication situations, resolution of conflict stages of communication; perception and evaluation of information received; overcoming communication barriers; rational completion of the communication process; designing one's position in different situations of interaction; determining the reliability of the information received, etc. The essence of the process of development of communicative skills of the future heads of the state border protection authorities and a complex of pedagogical means for its realization are revealed: interactive methods of training, training, improvement of pedagogical skills of representatives of scientific and pedagogical staff.

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Authors: V. I. Miroshnichenko

The article is devoted to substantiating the feasibility of using stem technologies in the training of future border guards. Attention is drawn to the fact that STEM education not only focuses on the natural science component of learning and innovative technologies, and also actively develops the creative component of personality and critical thinking. The feasibility of using stem technologies in the process of training future border guards on the example of studying the discipline "Fundamentals of combat support" is considered. This discipline provides the opportunity to acquire knowledge, form the skills and competences necessary for further professional activity, and therefore, are of considerable professional interest. The purpose of studying the discipline "Fundamentals of combat support" is to prepare a competent, volitional, thoroughly aware officer of the State Border Service of Ukraine, able to perform high-quality and timely tasks on the state border in emergency conditions; formation of military and professional competences in accordance with the requirements of educational programs (standard of higher military education) on the creation of favorable conditions for successful combat, effective use of units, maintaining their combat capability, preventing the enemy's sudden attack, reducing the effectiveness of his fire (strikes) in the units, creating favorable conditions for organized and timely entry into battle. Іt is important that the use of stem technologies in the training of future border guards involves the ability of educators to diagnose the individual traits and capabilities of each cadet. In addition, it is important that there is not only a link between the subject matter but also a link between the teaching of each subject with educational work in the units; second, the development of the activity of cadets in the preparation for future professional activity. A well-organized activity on the use of stem technologies in the process of training future border guards, in particular during the study of the discipline "Fundamentals of combat security" is a means of developing the professional knowledge, skills and skills of future border guards. This corresponds to the task of higher military education to promote the purpose of training as a means of developing the cognitive creative capabilities of the future officer, and of himself – to the subject of his professional development.

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Authors: V. V. Nesterchuk

Article analyzes the problem of domestic violence, against women. This topic requires increased attention of society and social services. Domestic violence is one of the main problems of the modern world, this problem has deep roots and latent nature. It has no age boundaries, as well as social and state borders. The article explores the types of violence and the degree of manifestation. Тhe experience of social services and public organizations that provide assistance to women was studied. The legislative basis of the studied issue is analyzed. A strong national legal framework for combating domestic violence has been established in independent Ukraine. Today this legislative framework requires significant changes. The new legislative framework should also address mechanisms for detecting and responding to violence. The problem of violence against women in the family does not lose its relevance. The problem of domestic violence is recognized as a very acute social problem of Ukrainian society. Violence has a negative impact on women's physical and psychological well-being and affects reproductive health. Does not allow self-realization and ensure their own financial independence. Joint efforts of the state and social structures should be aimed at rapid assistance to women. The rights and interests of women affected by domestic violence must be protected.

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Authors: M. О. Tomashevska

The paper identifies and substantiates the pedagogical conditions of training of future teachers of pedagogical disciplines in professional interaction by means of interactive learning technologies in institutions of higher education. The author proves that the conditions of implementation of this phenomenon include: the motivation of future teachers of pedagogical disciplines to the interactive communication in the educational process, creation of situation of success; the creation of a professional interactive environment based on the implementation of the special course "Professional interaction in the educational process of institutions of higher education" and the educational enrichment of the content of pedagogical disciplines in relation to the content, essence and structure of professional interaction; organization of reflective activities students for self-examination of readiness for professional engagement). Analyzed and summarized the main approaches to the disclosure of the notion "pedagogical conditions" in psychological-pedagogical and methodical literature. Defined and theoretically grounded pedagogical conditions providing efficiency of formation of readiness of future teachers of pedagogical disciplines in professional interaction. Proven pedagogical conditions of increase of efficiency of preparation of future teachers of pedagogical disciplines in professional interaction by means of interactive technologies of training are factors related to professional training of future teachers and is aimed at the formation of readiness to professional interaction in the educational process. The author presents a detailed description of each and ways to implement them.

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Authors: A. S. Ushakov

The article analyses the problem of spiritual values’ influence on the man of culture image formation. The author reveals the essence of concepts: “man of culture”, “man of culture image”, presenting the structure of personality value system, describing peculiarities of determining influence of spiritual values on personal development in general; defining the ways of pedagogical influence that provides man of culture image formation among student youth. The article gives emphasis on a man as a subject and object of culture who is a transmitter of higher (spiritual, moral, aesthetic, creative) values and at the same time the source of their generation and transformation. The feature of man of culture is the focus on individual personal development, spiritual and creative self-realization in the society. The article presents a bicomponent value system: objective values, presented by social ideals and subjective values defining man’s worldview and the motives of his/her behavior. Internalizing spiritual values, moral and ethical norms is the basis of developing man of culture image that determines further growth of a personality, actualizing the values mentioned. Studying the best samples of the world cultural heritage provides man of culture image formation perfectly combining intellectual, aesthetic, spiritual and moral development of a personality.

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Authors: V. V. Yunda

The article reveals the essence and content of the professional training of the future teacher of musical art to work with the children's choir, which is important and necessary. This is primarily due to the need to intensify children's choral performance, which is conditioned by the natural need of society in preserving and further developing the traditions of the national choral culture. It has been pointed out that children's choral singing, as the most accessible, emotional and popular kind of children's musical activity, has always been considered the most important means in the education of the emotional sphere of the child's personality. In connection with this, the responsibility of the educational institutions, whose purpose is to prepare future teachers of musical art for work with children's choir, is growing. It is proved that the specifics of work with children's choir require from future music teacher not only deep knowledge and skills of vocal and choral work but also specific qualities because he must be both the performer and teacher educator, organizer, etc. It is stated that various aspects of the professional training of the future teacher of musical art are thoroughly disclosed in the domestic pedagogical science. It is disclosed that the basis of the training of future teachers lies in the provision that the most important component is the developing component of the individual, which will shape future teachers' ability to self-education and self-development, the ability to think critically, creatively use knowledge and skills. The preparation of the future choirmaster, which combines the features of a musician, choir conductor, choirmaster teacher, is one of the actual problems. In the 21st century, the basis for the professional training of future choirmasters is the provision that the most important component is the developing component of the personality, which will form the ability of future choirmasters to self-education and self-development, the ability to think critically, creatively use knowledge and skills, the ability to achieve goals and be aware their professional responsibility to Ukrainian society. The competence of the choirmaster, who will be aware of the importance of choral art in the development of the spiritual culture of the young generation, must meet the requirements of modernity. It is proved that the professional activity of the teacher of musical art is multifaceted and includes executive, pedagogical and managerial aspects; it is impossible without vocal, instrumental and conductor-choral training, which provides for the ability to read vocal and choral scores freely, to conduct choruses, to possess a method of development singing voice, to know the peculiarities of work with children's choruses, etc. It is stressed that the success of the future work of the teacher of musical art depends to a large extent on the foundation that he will receive at an educational institution.

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Authors: A. M. Hafiiak

The article is devoted to the problem of training specialists in information and communication technologies using the business intelligence system. Today, the process of transforming higher education institutions into educational centers, where students could study topics that are more interesting individually for each, is relevant. This is possible thanks to Business Intelligence tools aimed at making effective business decisions by using software applications and technologies for the collection, storage, analysis of data with access (BI-systems). Modern education cannot be effective without the use of appropriate tools, including business intelligence tools. In general, such tools are described by the concept of Business Intelligence, aimed at making effective business decisions by using appropriate analytical tools, software applications and technologies for collecting, storing, analyzing data and providing access to them (BI-systems). The classification of BI-type software is based on the method of functional tasks, where the software products of each class perform a specific set of functions or operations using special technologies. That is why the task was to develop a software product, for this the following steps were taken: based on the finished products formed after the study, to develop a new IT solution for higher education institutions that would be flexible and able to satisfy the need for high-quality training of specialists in information and communication technologies; Test the developed product on real data. In the future, attention should be paid to the comparative analysis of developed web applications for conducting online events, with the aim of sharing knowledge, in the process of training specialists in information and communication technologies. The developed software products have a number of development prospects; the main ones should be noted: application in various fields of educational activity using information technologies; it is possible to implement a more powerful version of the developed recommendation system, based on enhanced technical characteristics of training aids.

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Authors: M. S Goncharenko, Т. P. Kamneva, V. P. Titar

Nowadays, TVs, mobile phones, and computers are widely used in daily life, which increases the load on the visual apparatus. This leads to vision impairment or even loss. Also, visual function is deteriorated due to overload in schoolchildren and students. This is also concerning the older people. Therefore, studies of the visual apparatus functioning are now an important problem. Now, there exists a hypothesis concerning existence of alternative channels for information transfer known as the skin vision channels. The staff of the Department of Valeology and Laboratory of Radio and Optical Holography of V.N.Karazin-Kharkiv National University has carried out research of the energy-informational component and adaptive health characteristics of children with vision pathologies who are studying at the V.G. Korolenko-Kharkiv Gymnasium, as well as the study of the impact of training sessions on the awakening of tactile skin-optical color perception by mechanical interaction of the fingertips of children with colored paper sheets of the same structure. The study of the energy exchange parameters was carried out by the method of screening energy-information adaptometry of a holographic matrix in the initial state and after training. The results indicate the presence of energy-informational links between the hand active points and the visual centers, as evidenced by the activation of the frontal energy center after mechanical irritation of the fingertip skin of the children with vision pathologies. These studies have confirmed the hypothesis of the skin vision phenomenon. The study revealed a harmonizing and healing effect on the state of the body and the intellectual abilities of children with visual impairments after training to awaken tactile skin-optical color perception.

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Authors: S. Yu. Gurov

Ancient literature is close to the modern reader with its humanistic content. The concept of the value of man, the harmonious development of his/her spiritual and physical powers, the understanding of the combination of human freedom and order in society, the law that establishes the standards of life of nature, man and society – all these concepts were created by European antiquity. Ancient Greece was the cradle of European civilization and culture, where spiritual and moral values were established, which found their development among many peoples of Europe, became their common heritage and the basis of all European culture. The literature of Ancient Rome appeared much later than the ancient Greek and also had its own unique identity; it enriched the world literature with qualitatively new achievements and spiritual and moral values. Ancient values in literature began to come into increasing conflict with reality, which led to the final split of the old system of values and the emergence of a new one, which determined a new purpose and meaning of life. Late ancient literature is beginning to express family values increasingly, themes private life and intimate feelings, household and family relations, reflecting in works of values love and friendship. Although Christianity borrowed much from the old system of values, the elements of ancient thought it clothed received a different meaning, and differed from the ancient system by a new worldview.

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Authors: I. M. Dubel

While undergoing a transition from an industrial model of economy to a "service economy", local education should take into account the world practice and current trends: globalization of culture and tourism of the Ukrainian space, training of specialists in local lore through a competent model of study. Understanding the multidisciplinary nature of local lore, knowledge and skills, we need to comprehensively explore the contemporary process of their formation, identify the key actors in the process, and examine their impact on each other. It is through such structural analysis that we can attempt to justify the correction of the forms and content of educational programs of local lore in higher education institutions in order to bring them in line with the current requirements of time and society. The article presents the author’s system of internal connections between educational subjects of local lore formation. Didactic blocks for local lore competences of students higher educational establishments are proposed. The concept of "local lore competency" is considered in the context of its interdisciplinary structure. The integrity and interdependence of "local core competency" as a single integrated concept is justified. The role and importance of the globalization-multicultural sector of local lore in the future development of local lore as a transdisciplinary scientific and educational direction are briefly analyzed, and the field of future research in this aspect is outlined. The article provides didactic recommendations for the organization of local lore in higher education.

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Authors: V. O. Nadtochiy, Yu. M. Lymareva, D. A. Tcherniakov

The article provides examples of the current assessment of students' knowledge in the section "Electricity and Magnetism" based on the use of computational and graphic works. The possibility of organizing a comprehensive test of knowledge in a section based on a single task is shown. Unlike other types of work, settlement and graphic works are most suited precisely to the organization of a comprehensive verification and control of knowledge. The simplest type of settlement and graphic work is work with template execution. The vast majority obey the algorithm. In turn, this ensures the active use of mutual learning of students in preliminary training and is the next step in mastering knowledge with a view to further professional development. The task without the provided execution algorithm is much more complicated and requires a detailed analysis of the conditions and an integrated approach to creating the technological chain in the implementation of a specific work option. They allow a much wider differentiation of the level of acquisition of appropriate competencies by students. Works of a combined nature are slightly different from them and provide for “stereotyped” execution on a small number of steps in their execution. The specified type of verification tasks in comparison with other types of work allows monitoring the integrity of student knowledge, skills, regardless of the form of organization of training and the territorial location of the main subjects of the educational process. This approach allows you to build the professional competence of future specialists through the integration of knowledge both within the same academic discipline, and within the complex of related disciplines.

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Authors: N. O. Osadcha

The article analyzes the issues related to the interaction of spiritual and cultural and psychological factors in modern pedagogical thinking that is relevant for the education of student youth in the era of new technologies. In the past, cultural psychology, like cultural-historical theories, drew attention to the "I-concept" and the social nature of personality. Scientists of the twentieth century approached the moral foundations of the child’s development and stopped before spiritual factors that are of paramount importance for personality formation. The article emphasizes that issues related to the spiritual development of children and adolescents remain outside the field of social and psychological research. The influence of the spiritual on the process of institutionalization of personality has not been studied. No attention was paid to the fact that the spiritual, not the psychical, shapes the inner world of man. Therefore, the author emphasizes that inner spiritual forces, combined with faith, hope and love, make a person, including adolescents, sincere, kind and just, as required by the ethno-cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people. Parents, as is the case in European countries, should be given the right to require their children to receive appropriate religious education; students should be able to choose between spiritual subjects taught in public secondary schools in Ukraine. The church, together with civil society, should also be responsible for the spiritual upbringing and content of children’s education and teacher training. They would have to work together to develop joint programs to shape the outlook of children in the face of the latest technologies. In each case, the programs must be imbued with accepted spiritual truths and build a model of a person who will live and work in the mid to late 21st century.

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Authors: Ye. Yu. Plisko

The article makes a thorough consideration of a special branch of knowledge of historical science – "historiography and source studies." The number of terms is also analyzed: "historiography", "source", "source base", "classification sources". At the methodological level their nature and relationship are determined. It is established that the source base of historical and pedagogical research is considered in the context of the historiography of pedagogical science, the same is reflected phasing of the evolution of the researched pedagogical phenomenon. Similarities between the methodology of scientific research (dissertations, monographs, scientific articles), historiography and source base on the specifics of their interdisciplinarity are identified. It is found that the majority of modern scholars (A. Adamenko, L. Berezovskaya, N. Boguslavsky, L. Vakhovsky, L. Global, E. Panasenko, N. Seiko, O. Sukhomlinskaya, etc.) use the methods of analysis and synthesis of the literature in the development of the source base of research on the history of education. When processing the literary base of their research on the history of pedagogy, they use methods of analysis and synthesis of literary sources. With the help of which a certain key integrity is created, and the scientific literature is introduced into circulation after its comprehensive study. According to the requirements of the methodology for the study of historical and pedagogical phenomena, other methods and complexes of methodological approaches and fundamental principles are used. Among them, the greatest prevelance had the following ones: systems, historical, cultural, axiological, phenomenological, biographical, hermeneutical, and interdisciplinary. Special attention is paid to the issue of the classification of historic-pedagogical sources. The methods of building a source base of research of modern scientists, who are involved in the study and analysis of pedagogical experience of the past (N. Golubnichaya, L. Stetsenko, I. Lipsky, etc.) are given. The separation of the source base into groups according to formal characteristics (form, structure, sources, method of storage) is scientifically justified. One of the variants of classification of scientific sources, which has the idea of the integrated consideration of archival materials, textbooks, monographs, theses and other scientific literature, is offered.

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Authors: V. M. Proskunin, T. V. Kodrashova

The research extends the series of author’s publications upon characteristics of teaching under the higher education reformation in Ukraine. The article delivers methodological recommendations for the course "History of social work," in the area of specialization "Social work," for regular and distance forms of higher education in Ukraine. The author discusses its theoretical and practical aspects, provides practical recommendations for teaching, emphasizes its main aspects at the Pedagogical faculty of Donbass national pedagogical university. The author defines the goal, subject and main tasks of the course "History of social work." The researcher has done the comprehensive monitoring of the contemporary qualification requirements to social workers, as well as legislative principles of their profession. The article places special emphasis of various factors that influence the work of social pedagogues and explain the changes in its conditions; problems of modern education and this field in particular. In terms of the current research, the author suggests three kinds of tasks that could be implemented in seminars and exams. First of all, these tasks are aimed for developing creative thinking and forming key competencies (professional, cultural, civic, etc.). Taking into account that the majority of contemporary students lack interest for studies, their environment and personal communication; academic staff requires alternative methods for their engagement. On the basis of own professional experience, analysis of the central Ukrainian and international pedagogical knowledge, the researcher provides the tasks that were comprehensively pretested at the pedagogical faculty, proved the author’s idea upon the exceptional necessity of individualized teaching approach, contemporary youth’s high intelligence, students’ competitiveness and broad perspectives, ability for transformation and self-development, especially during university studies.

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Authors: O. F. Sbitnieva

The article deals with the historical-genetic aspect of the problem of aesthetic development of personality by means of musical art. The author points out that long before our era in Greece, Rome, China, Byzantium and other countries of the world, music as one of the most emotional forms of art was considered the most important means of influencing the inner world of a child's personality and was used in education and training. In different historical eras, musical and aesthetic education has occupied a significant place in public life and was part of the personality education system. In ancient Greece, musical education was considered an important condition for the formation of a harmonious personality with the help of fret, rhythm and melody. In the Middle Ages, music was thought to foster morality, soften characters, prevent wrongdoing. In the Renaissance, music sang the human personality, aroused interest in the inner world. It is noted that the Ukrainian people have gained a great deal of experience in the field of music-aesthetic education. In Ukraine, every historical era has been linked to the problem of music-aesthetic education. The author of the article emphasizes the importance of creativity and pedagogical activity of Ukrainian composers in the development of musical and aesthetic thought. It is emphasized that musical art plays a special role in aesthetic education, the involvement of which not only develops artistic potential, but also mobilizes all spiritual resources of the individual. The author of the article notes that the historical review of the problem of aesthetic education by means of musical art allows us to conclude that music, with all the diversity of its genres, forms and images, has always been an important means of aesthetic education of children and young people.

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Authors: M. M. Tkach

In the article, the concept of professional world view of future of music art teachers in the context of post-nonclassics has been analyzed. It has been revealed that the integrity of this concept is attributed to a deep connection with the universals of pedagogical culture: pedagogical picture of the world, artistic worldview and self-concept of a music art teacher, and is determined by the dialectical unity of its structural components: cognitive-perceptive (self-perception), emotional-value-based (self-attitude), activity-practical (self-behavior) and professional-reflexive (self-reflection). It has been determined that the development of the concept content in the system of theoretical assertions forms a coherent dynamic pedagogical concept, the key blocks of which are: value-based-goal-oriented, theoretical-methodological and structural-technological. It has been proved that in the context of the post-nonclassical methodology the development of the pedagogical concept should be based on the approaches, principles and methods of post-nonclassical didactics. It has been substantiated that the concept of professional worldview, having a dual nature (worldview as a state and worldview as a process), on the one hand, is associated with the implementation of the basic principles of classical (universal) education, and on the other hand - acts as a kind of "designer" in the process of construction a new post-nonclassical educational model. It has been found out that professional worldview as an essential characteristic of a personality, formed as a result of educational influence, should ensure the ability and willingness of future specialists to identify the unique meanings of the profession, to project the acquired knowledge through their value-based understanding into the sphere of the future profession and to construct music-pedagogical space in accordance with the developed worldviews and ideals in the context of the post-nonclassical art education paradigm.

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Authors: O. S. Tsybulko

The article substantiates the idea of continuity of spiritual individual development. The pedagogical thought of the present would not be the basis for its own existence if the younger generation, which is constantly updating the society, changing the previous one, would have to start from scratch, without creative mastering and understanding of the experience that the previous generation had gained. The question of spirituality in pedagogical systems is a question from the category of "eternal" questions. But the practical implementation of the spiritual content of education, as well as its content, largely depends on socio-cultural, economic and historical factors. That is, every period of human development has its own vision of the idea of spiritual development of the individual. Thus, the study of spiritual and educational ideas of Soviet pedagogy as an experience of the previous epoch is of great relevance. Soviet pedagogy of the 30-90s of the XX century demonstrates regular changes in pedagogical orientations, which caused the formation of social disorientation in the minds of new generations of Soviet citizens. The church during this period could not significantly influence the educational system, and the state authorities solved the pedagogical problems, forming and giving the educational system idealized images: classics of Marxism-Leninism, the party and its leaders, the earthly paradise, the people, the history of mankind. These images allowed the people not to completely lose their cultural and historical type, but at the same time, being false, they could not contribute to the spiritual and moral protection that ultimately led to the catastrophe – the collapse of the USSR. Therefore, the question of spirituality as the content of the pedagogical system and the education of spirituality, as the main pedagogical purpose, is a pivotal point for any time and society.

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Authors: M. V. Bezuhla

The article deals with the characteristics of artistic erudition in the aspect of formation of students’ spiritual and cultural values of education. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the elements of arts education into the practice of teaching academic disciplines of the pedagogical cycle (by the example of analysing the experience of teaching several special courses). The characteristics of the most significant scientific conferences, summits and seminars, which are aimed at formation of spirituality, culture and artistic erudition of student youth, is given. Attention is focused on the characteristics of the views of modern Canadian cultural scientist D. Paul Schafer on the significance of arts education for cultural personality development as a Personality of the Age of Culture. The scientist proves its role and significance for the personality development using his own experience in acquaintance with arts education. The article contains vivid examples of works of art (pieces of music, literary works, paintings, etc.), which in their interaction are successfully used by modern scholars while teaching pedagogical disciplines with an aim to form artistic erudition of students and their spiritual and cultural values of education. The author of the article proves that implementation of arts education elements in the educational process stimulates the development of the following skills that are necessary for today's youth: multi-level problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, creative work, emotional intelligence, flexibility of mind and consciousness, active interaction with others, emotional and intellectual literacy, knowledge "from the inside" or the so-called "inner listening", self-reflection and the like.

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Authors: V. M. Vakulenko, O. P. Bodyk

The authors of the article theoretically and practically substantiate the achievements of folk pedagogy in the organization of cross-cutting education in the New Ukrainian school conditions in the Donetsk region. Today, the main task for educators is how to prepare young people for life in society, while carefully protecting and multiplying the system of norms and values, that has developed in the Ukrainian people. The value of folk pedagogy lies in the fact that it involves to hand down to the next generations social experience, behaviour norms and social traditions, it’s manifested in the directions of the functional system of folk education, in the content and principles of folk didactics, in the national and cultural traditions of the family and the public. Folk pedagogy is a cradle of scientific pedagogy, for her as many years, it’s as old as the people. It significantly influences the development and formation of modern scientific pedagogy. Donetsk regional in-service teacher training institute carries out numerous national patriotic education events, the purpose of which is to convince the participants of the educational process in the priority of intolerable (national, civic) values. The strategy of national-patriotic education of children and youth for 2016 - 2020 is developed and implemented: the revival and preservation of the historical memory of the Ukrainian people.

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Authors: A. M. Hafiiak

The article is devoted to the analysis and study of the formation of professional competence of specialists in information and communication technologies when using CRM systems to improve the level of training of applicants for higher education. Today, the requirements for the quality of training of future specialists are constantly changing, which causes the mobility of the actions of informatization of education, which is why innovative methods of preparing students in the higher education system are in the first place. That is why it is necessary to create professional competencies and abilities for higher education applicants to effectively interact in the learning process, to carry out projects, various tasks, using modern information technologies. These and other conditions are necessary when creating an open educational environment and forming the appropriate competence of students and university teachers in the field of educational information technologies. The experience of Ukrainian and foreign scientists in training specialists in the development of information technology is analyzed and ways to solve them are investigated. The ways of using information and communication technologies in the educational process are justified. Software for educational purposes is considered, the possibilities of using CRM-systems to meet educational needs are analyzed. The results of studies requiring new technologies and types of education, the improvement of the formation of professional and other competencies that support the process of continuous improvement of knowledge and skills of industry experts are analyzed. The theoretical foundations of the training of specialists using modern pedagogical tools and information technologies are investigated.

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Authors: S. Yu. Gurov

The primary task of the educational process at university is the implementation of such technologies of education that would meet modern socio-cultural and economic educational realities and would affect the formation of an active creative spiritual personality. An important place in the system of spiritual education takes the education of spiritual and moral values of students of humanities. This is what motivates teachers to create real high-ideological relationships based on moral values in the student team. The essence of fiction is deeply humanistic in nature, because the center of its interests is always a person. Fiction as well as morality has a common goal, it is the improvement of personality. A work of art is "living knowledge," the main feature of which is openness, understatement and incompleteness. Writers-masters of artistic words differently perceive life; each of them creates their own artistic world in epic – domestic form of literary art. Each of them has their own point of view on the world, on the people, their own system of values, that is, all that they try to convey in creativity. This means that the works of art reflect the phenomena that can be defined as the social dynamics of culture, that is, the study of the processes and phenomena of the movement of culture, depending on the changes, the development of society, to identify certain patterns of a certain era and understand it only when comparing different author's points of view. It becomes important to develop such forms of work that will contribute to the education of spiritual and moral values of students. Therefore, teachers should implement a modern system of spiritual and moral education of young people on the basis of fiction both domestic and world.

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Authors: L. V. Lungu

The article substantiates the pedagogical technology of formation of intellectual values as a definition of the component of the competent characteristic of a modern teacher. Formation of pedagogical culture, development of the spiritual sphere of the teacher, the main criteria of which are intellectual values, culture of thinking, feelings, humane behavior of the individual. Understanding the concept of "value" gives an answer not only to the question, which is the driving force in the life of a person, a teacher, for the sake of which activities are carried out, but also on the question of how it is implemented. Analysis of the positions of scientists in the formation of intellectual values of modern, allowed to determine the theoretical approaches that underlie the developed technology: personally oriented, systemic, competence. Personally oriented approach (since it is aimed at providing such strategies for mastering the theoretical knowledge and practical skills that correspond to the mental, emotional-volitional, physical characteristics) is the basis for the development of technology for the formation of intellectual property. The system approach requires the organization of technology for the formation of intellectual property as a phased system that allows professional development of specialists, creative skills, deepening knowledge to solve professionally important tasks. Competency approach allows to provide the complexity of knowledge represented in the context of different disciplines, the ability to effectively use them in practice.

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Authors: А. V. Osiptsov, Т. V. Korduban, I. О. Zerniy

The article substantiates the idea of value of gnosiologocal (epistemological) basics of pedagogy. The basis of quality education is the creation and research of new ideas that dominate in the educational theory. A pedagogue, a teachershould teach a new material in conjunction with the actual up-to-date problems. Epistemologically, the real «knowledge» constantly changes and develops, affecting educational systems, and therefore the status of knowledge of the «teacher» must be convincing, since it is the teacher, who forms the value orientations of the students. In this regard, teaching should become not just a work. It should be a way of the teacher’s life. According to Kant, the value of education lies in the fact that man’s courage depends on his education. Man can achieve courage through education, and man is nothing more than a result of education. The role of education is to bring knowledge to society. It is in these educational systems that hidden and potential talents are planned, and learning with the help and under the guidance of a teacher becomes a research process, through which the student will improve mentally, morally and spiritually. The debate about the reality of teaching methods and the relationship between teachers and students, factors ands circumstances, and resources for teaching and learning is difficult in epistemology, because methods based on these foundations should arouse interest in cognition of reality, in comprehension of truth and in self-improvement. It is the richness of the content of the curriculum that can provide such circumstances so that teaching methods embody transcendental wisdom. The educational environment grows and evolves as a natural phenomenon, without losing its specific and unique identity, develops at different stages and levels, and acquires multiplicity and variability, as well as strength and weakness, without which such multiplicity does not create the unity of reality, therefore the reality of education is its core and advantage based on epistemology. In the perspective of educational truths, a person is a creature that does not stop in the educational, epistemological process, but creates and improves itself in knowledge, beliefs and actions, participates in the independent formation of knowledge through such educational elements as goals, curricula, teaching methods and other training aids.

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Authors: M. М. Roganov

The article is devoted to investigation of the theoretical foundations of designing the process of forming technological culture of the future teachers of informatics based on the scientific method of modeling. The author has substantiated the creation of organizational and methodological system of the educational process for the training of an informatics teacher, the components of which include all the components of the technological culture that are structurally, meaningfully and functionally interconnected. They are the following: technological thinking, the system of motives and needs for improving pedagogical skills based on the technological worldview, the totality of professional knowledge on the use of pedagogical, information and communication technologies and interactive teaching aids in pedagogical practice, which determines the professional readiness and level of a modern teacher. The author of the article has defined the structure of technological culture of the future teachers of informatics. It is represented by cognitive, axiological, active, and self-regulatory components and relevant criteria. The criteria of the structure of technological culture of the future teachers of informatics include: information-worldview (technological thinking, technological worldview, theoretical knowledge system on the use of information and communication technologies in education); motivational-value (a system of motives for a future profession; needs for improving pedagogical skills, awareness of the value of information); instrumental and technological (the availability of information and communication competencies and technological skills to apply interactive teaching methods in pedagogical practice); and reflective-creative (the presence of reflective skills and adequate self-esteem in the formation of technological culture, the desire for professional self-development and self-realization). Based on these criteria and the analysis of scientific approaches, three levels of technological culture of the future informatics teachers are characterized. They are the following: creative, reproductive, and adaptive.

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Authors: I. О. Safonova

The article covers some aspects of personality education in the context of positive pedagogy. The traditional system of education, displaced within the framework of SOCIAL (external) determinism, coercion and necessity, skidded the internal capabilities of a man, prevented him from humanity, destroyed the interest in "self-creation" and creativity, thereby deprived him of the right to be happy. Priorities of opportunities over necessity, interests over needs, creativity over technology, self-determination over determination are new coordinates of education of a positive personality. We understand the term "positive education" in the same way as S. V. Kolesova as a scientific direction in the theory and practice of pedagogy, which develops the conditions, content, principles and technologies of education of a positive personality, which is characterized by developed positive thinking, expressed positive attitude to the world and experience of positive behavior and the construction of his / her own life. Positive pedagogy should place emphasis on the perception of reality and determine the new content of education. It should be aimed at finding something positive in a human, another person, in relationships, nature, and in the world - and this does not mean that it is necessary to accept the desirable for real, to rely on self-deception or imagination, not to notice negative phenomena, unreasonable acts, and vulnerable features of the nature of people. On the contrary, the purpose of this new science is the positive development of a man, through which he has freedom of choice, self-actualization of their potential opportunities, self-education, self-management in different life situations. Today positive pedagogy is at the stage of formation and only begins to enter the field of Ukrainian pedagogical discourse, but the spectrum of its research is extremely wide. Thus, it is necessary to study the pedagogical aspect of the positive perception of the world, positive thinking, the development of new technologies, conditions, principles of education of a positive person.

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Authors: A. Y. Skyrda

The article considers the problem of the possibility of considering spiritual intelligence as a necessary component of the model of multiple intelligences by H. Gardner, and also an important factor for the development of a gifted personality. Spiritual intelligence is the adaptive use of spiritual information to facilitate solving of daily tasks and achievement of the goal. Unlike other new types of intelligence, the literature on spiritual intelligence is not limited to the study of giftedness and is often much related to religion, especially from the standpoint of systemic religions and beliefs. Spirituality is also seen as concern for others, the pursuit of goodness and truth, forgiveness, cooperation, peace and transcendence. Spiritual intelligence implies understanding that there is no difference between real and unreal, but there are layers of realities with different ways of cognition in each level. Compassion and empathy are an integral part of spiritual intelligence. Spiritual mind and emotional intelligence are connected with each other. For the beginning of spiritual growth, you need the basics of emotional intelligence. As spiritual growth takes place, there is an increase in the emotional intelligence of the intellect, especially with regard to empathy and emotional self-awareness. However, a person can have an empathy without being a spiritual and moral person. In addition, spirituality is not necessarily determined by human religiosity. There is a list of the spiritual intelligence skills, awareness of your own world, life's purpose (mission), the hierarchy of values, awareness of your ego/higher self, interrelation of everything in your life, other points of view, width of time/space perception limit/power of human perception, spiritual laws, experience of transcendent unity, internal complexity of thought, commitment to spiritual growth, maintaining higher self control, thе life goals and values, maintaining the faith search for guidance from Spirit wise and effective spiritual teacher / mentor, a wise and effective change agent who takes wise decisions due to the compassion.

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Authors: T. D. Tkchorzhevska

The article deals with spirituality as the main value of human culture. The author analyzes whether we can speak of universal spirituality that contributes to the observance of universal culture for peace and the formation of a responsible citizen of the world, or whether a compromise on spirituality is necessary. The question is whether it is worthwhile incorporating the spiritual component into the notion of spirituality and shaping the worldview of children and youth with its account. It is argued that spirituality can not be spoken without such an essential characteristic inherent and verified by the millennia as religiousness, but religious spirituality is not an indisputable guarantee of social peace. Therefore, the education of a future man can not do without the notion of religious culture as the foundation of social dialogue, as an important value of the Age of Culture. Religious culture primarily involves a culture of mutual relationships between believers. Believes - in the broad sense of the word, since each person is the bearer of a certain faith, a certain religion in the direct and figurative meaning of the word. Ukraine should strive to become a nation of citizens who voluntarily want to live together. This will be facilitated by the formation in the minds of people of the concept of universal values. For the culture of Ukraine as a component of European culture, the concept of "universal values" at the present stage approaches the notion of "Christian values" and "democratic values". Ukraine has its unique experience, since the voluntary study by schoolchildren of universal Christian ethics is a step toward understanding, at least among children of Christians of different denominations.

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Authors: O. S. Tsybulko

The article justifies new interpretations of the spirituality fundamental foundations. The modern man constantly reflects on all aspects of his own life. Postmodernism is the denial of a single and universal image of reality, and, therefore, such a reality does not require accurate and adequate study and explanation. The world of postmodernism is deeply eclectic, with the ideas of plurality and diversity, with controversies between paradigms, with the coexistence of heterogeneous elements. The determinative place of the problem of spirituality is in the pedagogical postmodern paradigm, since the pedagogical task of the modern era not only develop, outline and define the ways, means and methods of certain competencies formation, as well as knowledge and skills, but also develop human qualities, abilities, behavior and character traits. Such ideas are realized within the framework of many postmodern educational concepts, among which the most popular are: the critical pedagogy P. Freire, the German antipedagogic, feminist pedagogy, pedagogy of critical thinking, Waldorf pedagogy. Thus, the presence of certain properties of the human soul, going beyond the preservation of the species - is a reality that is an integral part of the relationship «man - nature - society». As a rule, precisely these qualities are ensured, on the one hand, the preservation of traditions, on the other - the movement forward. Modern man develops the desire to defend and build, in the first place for himself, ideals, values, senses. Nevertheless, spirituality in it is available in the form of implicit potency. Educational opportunities can reveal this potential, but only to the extent that it is necessary for a modern person.

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Authors: V. M. Alfimov

The article reveals the experience of the lyceum at Donetsk National University on the upbringing of the student’s cultural personality. Special attention of pedagogical science to education of cultural personality through its impact on the social structure, dynamics and motivation of social behaviour of people is emphasized. One of the conditions for the effective upbringing of a cultural personality is organization of cultural practices that are integrative in content and are aimed at the holistic development of the individual. Cultural practice changes reality, including the person and the society. Cultural practice allows a person to socialize, that is, to accumulate the necessary social experience. The use of cultural practices in order to educate the cultural personality of the lyceum student at the Lyceum at Donetsk National University, which was ahead of the mass practice of teaching and educating high school students in the 90s of the twentieth century, are analysed. Cultural practices form a tolerant, self-actualizing, self-sufficient personality with self-esteem, a high level of moral stamina. The club forms of education of the high school student’s personality are analysed: the club “Intelligent”, the international club “Blue Bird”, the Euroclub “Polyglot”. The club “Intellectual” was the meeting place of the lyceum students with outstanding people of our time – the heroes of Ukraine – famous scientists, doctors, representatives of business, art, sportsmen. The Blue Bird Club united the creative youth of the lyceum, who wrote poems, prose, staged performances, held exhibitions of their own drawings and paintings. The Polyglot Euroclub provided an opportunity for lyceum students to study 20 languages, conducted a regional polyglot tournament, published the Polyglot internet newspaper, and organized participation of lyceum students in the science-art-education international project.

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Authors: L. I. Berezovska

The article deals with the communicative culture as a component of professional competence of future social worker. It is emphasized that level of speech culture of a person depends on level of formation of general culture, which contributes to the increase of intellectual, ideological, spiritual and moral development of individual. The process of mastering the language and its culture is related with acquisition of skills to speak and write correctly, to express own opinions clearly, to actively use of language knowledge, to use them competently and correctly in future professional activities. Perfect language proficiency is an important component of overall culture of individual; it contributes to professional preparation for future professional activities. The complexity of the process of communication is that the social worker communicates with people of different social status, and therefore requires a special, individual approach. An important condition of a culture of social worker communication is his ability to be the creator of communication. Whereas, from the ability to enter, to conduct, to continue, to discontinue the process of communication with different groups of clients depends on professionalism in solving the problem. One of the key in this context is an ability of future specialist of social sphere to organize speech, which corresponds to the generally accepted norms of literary language and is conditioned by expedient choice and organization of speech means, which in each particular situation of communication, under the observance of linguistic and ethical norms, allow to effectively solve communicative tasks. To assess the level of formation of the culture of communication of future social workers, we have conducted a test: "Communicative and organizational inclinations" (modification of the test from V. Ryakhovsky). Test tasks and questionnaires were developed to determine students' understanding of the concepts such as "speech culture", "vocational and speech communication". Using the method of expert assessments, it was revealed typical problems of students related to language and communication skills.

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Authors: A. O. Vitchenko

The article is devoted to the research on current problem of higher education perception and attitude towards it in modern Ukrainian society. Based on the analysis of the Bologna process history, the key European academic values are highlighted, the place and role of higher education in the system of modern value coordinates is revealed, its leading value is proved as a fundamental universal value. The focus is on the existing implementation shortcomings of axiological targets in the national higher education. It is noted the need to improve higher education standards by introducing value imperative, refining the structure of all learning outcomes without exception based on a set of leading values, which are gradually becoming more complex depending on the level and degree of higher education. Illustrated by the example of the research competence, we represent the ways and methods of system implementation of the axiological approach. The requirements are formulated regarding the preservation of the gradual expansion logic and enrichment of the young researcher’s moral and ethical qualities, reflecting the nature of his/her personal attitude to the scientific work, the performance of the research tasks, and the evaluation of the results of his/her own scientific research.

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Authors: E. A. Zelenov

This article analyses the cultural and value reorientation of human's existence that had happened in XX - early XXI century as a result of understanding the fallacy of instrumental and methodological rationalism of technogenic society, which led to сomplete estrangement from the outer environment. It is alleged that the culture serves as a model for human existence. The Man of Culture is considered to be the ideal for education. Is specially noted that the usage of cultural approach in higher education is important. A change is required in values reference points and coordinating them with the global humanity development trend - the humanism. The analysis has shown that there's no unanimity among the researchers about the definition and understanding of what the Man of Culture is. It is stated that the change in an educated person's ideal is a natural process of civilization's self-protection from both material and spiritual destruction. The purpose and content of education became complicated because alongside traditional tasks (connecting an individual to cumulative human experience, perpetuated in values, enrooting the youth in history and culture) some new tasks arise (getting the youth ready for effective operation and self-realization in changing society through developing universal culture-formative abilities like thinking, insight, reflection, creativity, social skills etc. The necessity of developing the humanitarian thinking for planetary educated person, the Man of Culture, is stressed.

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Authors: S. О. Ivanov

The article examines and analyses the problems of the social integration of young people from families with a migrant background. The main aim of the work is to reveal and analyse the conditions and problems of social integration of young people from multicultural families. In the survey, we focus on families where both parents have a migrant background, often with different nationalities and religions. The migrant background determines multiculturalism in these families and status of parents, who are sometimes different to irreconcilability and live, separated. By analysing biographical data and a series of interviews with young people placed in a sheltered home, their problems are revealed, hampering their successful social integration. Risk factors are also revealed, which lead to inability to adapt and problems in adolescent behaviour. It has been found that individual factors are overlapping and mutually reinforcing. This leads to the low self-assessment of adolescents, the feeling of insecurity, anger, aggression, a desire to escape from reality, take alcohol and drugs, and other social manifestations. In order to achieve full social integration of young people from multicultural families, they need to receive differentiated moral and social support that compensates for the deficiencies in the family environment. There are also revealed some positive perspectives for social and pedagogical support and social integration of young people from multicultural families. Integration has been found to be highly dependent on how they adapt to life, and successful inclusion in education and the labor market is a guarantee of integration and social inclusion of a new culture.

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Authors: B. M. Kaloferova

The present study, being theoretical in its nature, aims at outlining the contours of the concept and terminology apparatus of competency-based approach in the context of health education for preschool-age children in the Bulgarian educational system, as follows: "Key Competencies", which are identified as the base for the sustainable and health development of a preschool child. These are defined as a combination of knowledge and skills, attitudes and valuation relations, the lack of which makes it impossible to execute certain activity and behavior. "Expected Results" from health education as stipulated in Ordinance No. 13 of preschool education and its aspects of content: physical, social and mental health, which are deducted in the so-called fields of competence. The expected results are formulated, specified and operationalized on the basis of the existing taxonomies specifically described in three categories - theoretical knowledge, practical experience, skills and attitude of the child of preschool age. The above are a necessary condition for the achievement of positive health culture, which will cause higher levels of health literacy, as a result of health education and individual behavior of the child, which reflects mastered significant health and hygiene knowledge, as well as personal, cognitive and social skills - orientated towards communication and directed towards environmental protection. The above determine the child's motivation and ability to understand and use information in ways that encourage and maintain a healthy lifestyle as a lasting habit and a life stereotype. The tasks to be used for the achievement of the objective are as follows: To determine the nature and objectives of health education within the Bulgarian preschool educational system; To specify the ways and forms of implementation of the health education, which provide preschool children an opportunity to acquire not only health knowledge and endorsing health values, but also to adopt healthy behavior based on perceptive training; To follow the connection of the compentency-based approach and framework requirements for the results from health education, with a focus on the fields of competence at preschool age.

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Authors: N. O. Osadcha

This paper analyzes the issues related to the interaction of science and religion, which is very important in the process of educating students in the age of cybernetics and informatics, when the banks of data and knowledge bases, on the basis of which the Internet is formed, is a set of data that is the basis of intellectual evolution and systematic information that relates to various branches of science. They can be accumulated, updated and used effectively in science and in life, which leads to the isolation of people from one another, undermining the trust between personal relationships, reducing responsibility and feeling of responsibility. In such circumstances, it is not about the fact that in the process of spiritual development of one or another person, she learned something about God, and that «to have God in himself». To live by love and to test oneself in faith (Romans 3:28). If we reduce these tasks to a common denominator, then they can be called «pedagogical pastor» in the field of education and upbringing. This vision of educational activity is especially important in the context of the comprehensive crisis of society. In this regard, special attention should be paid to the independent work of the teachers with the Scriptures and the comprehension of the truths which, in spite of all the controversies, are the basis of our future, and hence the education and upbringing of the children to whom this future will belong. As for the Bible, as the basis for the spiritual development of mankind, it is stated that the person himself - the intelligence, experience and culture of the most effective ways and means of informing - are mediated by the scientific achievements of the past centuries, the measure of faith and integrity of the person.

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Authors: Mariusz Samoraj

In Our Time Education for Peace is a humanistic alert of values. Tragic events in the world, in which hundreds of people are killed, are examples of the breakdown of physical and spiritual security in recent times. We need a new pedagogy that takes into account the tragic dimension of modern civilisation. "Pedagogy of anxiety", carried out by sensitive humanists, taking care of the future of our Common Home – Earth of the Homeland. Pope John Paul II state that, today's people are facing a crisis of meaning in life. The greed of the rich and social injustice, despair fleeing war and religious persecution, Planet Earth Our Common Home is ecologically degraded and as a mother "cries out for help"; is the image of our time. We're gonna leave our kids a dumpster of civilization. In condemning the sins of humanity against nature, Pope Francis calls for a global "ecological conversion" (Franciszek Holy Father 2015, p. 12, 13). The great educational reports inspired by UNESCO provide important indications to educators, especially in terms of understanding between states and cultures in order to shape a culture of peace. Special attention should be paid to activities in the world perspective, such as the Decade of Cultural Development in 1988-1997 and the report of the Commission for Culture and Development Xavier Perez de Cuellar "Our Creative Diversity". Very important are the three links, which points out I. Wojnar: "... our, i. e., emphasizing the community, the third identity of people; creative, i. e., co-shaped by people living in the world, by the human factor, which is at the basis of all development trends the driving force and basis; finally, diversity, which refers to the issue of identity" (Wojnar, 2000, p. 107). In my text I’d like to present the most valuable educational solutions, an exemplification of cultural, artistic and animation activities aimed at "promoting the culture of peace in Poland". It was different cultures festival-forms of education through organizing cultures dialogue of cultures in Krakуw, Włodawa and Łуdź. Those Festivals are specific cultural and social experience- unusual Pedagogy of Place. I’d like also suggest an example of school educational activities serving the dialogue of regional and intercultural education cultures, and thus education for the culture of peace is my original program, "Pedagogy of travel and meetings". The above educational guidelines are a form of "cultural sensitisation." "Starting from strengthening one's own identity, shaping family, family and local-parish identity in the environment and communication with other closest ones, paying particular attention to the protection of the first, rooting cultural heritage, at the same time it points to national traditions above national, continental and planetary, developing sensitivity to human achievements. By silencing prejudices and stereotypes, conflicts and aggression it stimulates creativity and creative design of the culture of peace" (Nikitorowicz, 2005, p. 118).

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Authors: G. V. Slavcheva-Andonova

The article substantiates that globalization and Internet penetration that are taking place globally have specific cultural influences on modern adolescents. An empirical study with 340 adolescents from Bulgaria was carried out, which aimed to analyse cultural influences of globalization and the Internet on adolescents in the direction of: the attitude of adolescents towards the processes of globalization; the main concepts of adolescents for success in modern society and ways to achieve that success; Expression on the Internet and most commonly used Internet services; the role of school and the Internet as factors for building self-esteem during adolescence. The adolescents surveyed are aged between 13 and 17 and are trained in general education and vocational schools. Empirical data obtained has shown that adolescents associate the achievement of a success in modern society, both with the accumulation of professional competences and good general culture, as well as with the development of personal qualities such as perseverance, hard work, intelligence and ambition. According to the findings, the Internet and school environments are important factors in building self-esteem in adolescence. Adolescents use the Internet primarily as a means of communicating and as a source of entertainment. The obtained empirical data reveal that globalization and the Internet are perceived by adolescents mostly as positive phenomena in modern society. The data is informative with regards to the fact that in adolescence a positive attitude towards one's own personality is built through performance in both real and virtual environment.

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Authors: Leslie J. Francis, Ursula McKenna, Christopher Alan Lewis

The importance of character virtues for shaping personal and social wellbeing remain the subject for both philosophical analysis and empirical investigation. While the identification, conceptualisation, and operationalisation of character virtues remain contested, useful instruments are available. The effect of personality and spirituality on the formation of character virtues is of both theoretical and empirical concern, although the conceptualisation and operationalisation of both personality and spirituality are also contested constructs. The present study reports on the association of personality, spirituality and character virtues among a sample of 6,749 11- to 16-year-old students attending ten Christian ethos secondary schools in England and Wales, employing an adaptation of the Narnian Character Virtue Scales, the Junior Eysenck personality Questionnaire Revised-Abbreviated, and a single-item measure of spirituality. The data demonstrated the positive effects of spirituality on eight character virtues, after controlling for the effects of age, sex, extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. The eight character virtues are: courage, forgiveness, generosity, hard work, integrity, love, self-control, and wisdom