Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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Authors: L. E. Bielovetska

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

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Authors: A. Yu. Bovt

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

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Authors: O. V. Zolotaryova

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

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Authors: V. E. Krasnopolskyi

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

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Authors: V. І. Miroshnichenko

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

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Authors: Krystyna Pankowska

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

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Authors: Barbara Sarti

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

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Authors: S. A. Siroizhko

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

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Authors: S. О. Solomakha

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

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Authors: Leslie J. Francis, Christopher Alan Lewis

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

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Authors: A. A. Chumakova

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

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Authors: T. V. Shelupakhina

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

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Authors: G. A. Antonova, T. G. Solopova

The article analyzes the current state of education in Japan. The aim of the paper is studying peculiarities of modern system of education in the country, analysis of some trends of further development of it. All stages of the country's educational system have been considered, beginning with preschool and ending with postgraduate education. It has been revealed that the system of moral education in the Japanese school brings up a natural vital necessity orientation to strict observance of the norms and laws established in the society. Universal interdependence and harmony were the basic principle of building a Japanese society, and the ability to act in harmony with other people is the main task of education (Nanivskaja, 1989, p. 71). Specific features of upbringing children in educational institutions, the stages of the formation of characteristic Japanese features – diligence, ability to work in a team, adherence to the hierarchy have been shown in the paper. It has been proved there is a keen competition in the sphere of education in Japan: university diploma is a guarantee of getting prestigious, well paid job. It is a guarantee of career growth and material prosperity. Therefore almost 98% of the country’s habitants study or graduated colleges, about 40% boys and 20% girls enter universities. The Japanese realized earlier than others that an effective education system in a country with a high level of automation was not only mandatory, it was vital. The tremendous share of the economic and social development of this country is the result of a competently constructed education system.

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Authors: L. E. Bielovetska

The article reviews current trends in the development of the spiritual and cultural values and traditions of education in American family. It has been proved that these issues were not the subject of a separate study. It is noted that the development of spiritual and cultural values and traditions of education take place against the background of the analysis of demographic changes and the growth in American society and reorientation of values. The ways of introducing the American experience of family education into the Ukrainian family are singled out. The prospects of further scientific researches in this direction are determined. Each nation has its own unique experience and formed traditions of family upbringing. It should be noted that pedagogically valuable experience in this direction has been accumulated in the USA – a country with the most advanced pedagogical concepts. Proceeding from this, in order to further use the best worldly achievements in Ukraine, it is expedient to study the achievements of the American experience of family education, spiritual and cultural values and traditions. Unfortunately, the vast majority of researchers state that modern parents for some reasons are not able to take full care of the spiritual development of their children. In most cases, parents lack basic pedagogical culture, they do not possess the means of humanistic communication, on the basis of which the child's spiritual values are developed and strengthened.

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Authors: N. A. Varivoda

The article is devoted to the problem of developing moral values and spirituality of primary schoolchildren. The author underlines that morality is the result of a personality’s acquirement of moral values, understanding their essence and readiness to act guided by kindness, justice, love and beauty. It’s pointed out that moral sphere of primary schoolchildren is more complicated than intellectual, emotional or psychophysiological spheres, for the process of moral development includes the formation of self-concept, ordering one’s motives, and thinking is aimed at solving essential problems of being. Spiritual development of primary schoolchildren and formation of their value orientations are urgent issues of modern pedagogical sciences because moral values adopted by children aged from six to ten lead to successful development of other value systems, as the period of studying at primary school is immensely favorable for the formation of value spheres. This is the age when a child actively explores the world, starts telling good from evil, truth from lies, evaluates the rightness of his or her own actions or behavior of other people. That is why there is a growing number of specialists supporting the idea that, at primary school, together with granting children access to academic education, development of such moral values as love of life, honesty, kindness, justice, responsibility, is to be provided as well.

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Authors: O. F. Grytsiuta

The article deals with the issue of raising moral values in teenagers. Actuality is explained by constant crises in society, uncertainty of moral guidelines. It is indicated that the proliferation of violence by the mass media, cruelty affects the younger generation and leads to their exclusion from morality and, accordingly, impedes the formation of moral values in them. It is noted that in today's conditions of transformational changes in society, the importance of comprehension and assimilation of moral values of teenagers for the formation of their personality is substantially increased. Indeed, modern young people’s period of infantilism is delayed. This is due to the fact that modern teens later enter the age of social responsibility. This is promoted by hyperopic parents, which is expressed in the desire to protect their children from solving domestic problems. Much for this is done by the mass media, which, along with the promotion of violence, constantly promote the «holiday of life», which does not correspond to everyday reality, and in turn causes a frustration of the youth.

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Authors: E. A. Zelenov

The article deals with the concept of the formation of interethnic tolerance as one of the bases of planetary education of student youth. The author analyzes its essence and compliance with certain criteria for determining the pedagogical foundations of planetary education (the humanistic orientation of the basic principles of the concept; the creative orientation of the basic principles of the pedagogical direction or concept; the planetary orientation of the basic principles of pedagogical theories; the optimistic orientation of pedagogical theories, that is, faith in the positive beginning of man and the effort to offer measures and ways of its disclosure and development) and the relevance for the construction of planetary civilization. The author relies on the results of research conducted by many scientists.

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Authors: О. I. Kozmenko

The article examines the situation of success as a means of up-bringing the positive qualities of a person, increasing the motivation and self-development of a student in a higher educational institution. The thorough analysis of this concept makes it possible to identify such components as success and the conditions for creating a sense of satisfaction from the obtained results, capacities and the sense of pride for the results of one’s own actions for people who receive higher education. The study of such concepts as success and achievement, which form the basis of the situation of success, allows us to consider them as synonymous and to explore them in a pedagogical and socio-psychological context. Academic achievement is a component of the success of higher education, but it is not the only goal of higher education. The importance of success for the student in achieving the goal of future career is considered. The role of the teacher in creating favorable conditions for the student is stated. The article describes the ways of creating a situation of success in the classroom, provides a strategy that helps the teacher to stimulate the student for development and increases the motivation for learning. A promising area of work is the study of the issue of creating a situation of success, taking into account the educational opportunities of individual academic disciplines of higher educational institutions.

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Authors: L. К. Lysak, V. А. Hryhoreva

In the article the structure of the research adviser’s activity is described and the role of scientific guidance in improvement of the quality of writing scientific works is substantiated. The authors mark out that the communication activity of the research adviser passes the secrets of scientific creativity, forms the motivation of students to scientific activity. They emphasize the importance of the culture of oral scientific speech of young researchers, the main communicative features of which are meaningfulness, correctness, purity, aesthetics, accessibility, accuracy, logicality, consistency, wealth, etc. Their attention is paid to the traditional language etiquette of scientific works on the use of constructions with pronouns. The authors emphasize that it is expedient for young scholars to conduct a vocabulary of scientific speech, which provides examples of phrases that are common in scientific texts. It is noted that the research adviser only helps students to orient, but does not do the work instead of them. Relationships in the «student – research adviser» system are the psychological ground where the personal self-affirmation of a future specialist is deployed for the first time. The talented research adviser creates a unique scientific atmosphere of the competition that promotes the active formation of students’ skills in research activities, and his/her successfully conducted consultations is a guarantee of efficient writing of students' scientific papers. Planning scientific consultations, the research adviser should fulfil his/her duties in the following tasks: to assist in the choice of the research topic and the development of the plan of the scientific work; to analyze the contents, conclusions and results of the research; to determine phased terms of the work; to control writing of papers.

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Authors: N. M. Matorina, M. V. Strilets

The article focuses on the ways and methods of the stimulation of the students-philologists’ cognitive activity and interest to linguistic knowledge, of the development of their intellectual initiative and the creative approach to the research by on the basis of using video technologies in the educational process. The observations show that at the universities there is no systematic approach to using video content in the teaching and upbringing process, including the classes of the linguistic cycle, although applying this technology presents great opportunities in learning, leads to a number of positive effects. Undoubtedly, using video materials makes the learning process more lively and interesting, increases the motivation of students, and promotes their activation. All the more obvious it is the need for strict adherence to certain didactic requirements for the video content used in the learning process. Attracting video materials is still an unused reserve, a real opportunity to optimize the process of teaching students and educate in them the qualities necessary for the future teacher- philologist, the most important of which is the ability of constructively critique realization of the pedagogical experience for the purpose of the most expedient and productive use. The diversity, creativity and effectiveness of using video materials in the educational process of the pedagogical university in the language classes should certainly motivate lecturers to use them widely in teaching; and the experience of organizing the classes in the linguistic cycle at the Philological Faculty of Donbas State Pedagogical University allows us to conclude that modern students are technically and psychologically ready for using video content in the educational process.

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Authors: R. V. Oleksienko

The article analyzes the tendencies of informatization of education in the Kingdom of Norway as regularities of its modernization in the period of globalization and information revolution. It is determined that informatization of education is one of the most important components of the Norwegian program for the development of the information society. Creating an educational system that combines higher academic standards and reaches the largest part of the population is a prerequisite for increasing productivity and for ensuring the well-being of the Norwegian society. Higher education in the information society is, first and foremost, an information exchange environment. Consequently, such an exchange assumes not only the assimilation, but also the transfer and generation of new information in exchange for the received, and, most importantly, the production of knowledge. The Norwegian higher education system is being reformed in line with the Bologna Process. It is ahead of a number of developed European countries on the level of education development. Norwegian teachers and sociologists have followed the two main reasons that led to reform processes in the education system. The first of these is that the educational system of the country generally assumes a major role in the upbringing of the young generation, the second reason – due to the higher social and technological level of development of Norwegian society, the need for highly educated specialists has increased. To solve these problems, rapid reforms were carried out in accordance with the requirements of the time. The rational use of the experience of Norwegian educators in informatization of education will contribute to the democratization of the domestic educational system, especially its humanization and the successful entry into the European space. For Ukraine, it is useful and interesting to know the experience of the countries that are leaders in the implementation of information and communication technologies, and who started this way, having adopted in the early 1990's its own programs for the formation of the information society.

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Authors: I. О. Safonova

In the article some acmeological aspects of the future lecturer's professionalism development are investigated. The beginnings of pedagogical professionalism in antiquity are considered: the technique of teaching and upbringing of Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, dialogical methods of Socrates, the task of Plato's teaching, the logic of Aristotle and his principle of the «golden mean», the pedagogical ideas of Heraclitus about the inadmissibility of automatic accumulation of knowledge, the reflections of Democritus on learning and education. Concepts of «acmeology», «pedagogical acmeology», «professionalism», «professionalism of the lecturer» are covered in the article; attention is paid to peculiarities of pedagogical work. It is proved that professionalism consists of interconnected subsystems: professionalism of personality and professionalism of activity, which are in dialectical unity. Attention is drawn to the disadvantages of educational standards, aimed only at gaining competencies by students. It is proved that the achievement of professional perfection is coupled with the motivation of a person, with his or her value-semantic patterns of life. The emphasis is placed on the fact that the theory of self-determination and subjectivity is a new approach to the study of motivation, the essence of which lies in psychology of freedom added to psychology of motivation through the reflexive nature of self-determination. Active participation of students in topical socially significant activities of professional orientation, passing of production practices will help to reveal natural abilities, actualize a sincere interest in the profession. Attention is paid to an important indicator of professionalism of the lecturer such as pedagogical creativity.

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Authors: V. V. Sizov

The attempt to consider the pedagogical system of A. Makarenko with the use of culturological approaches has been made in the article. The author carries out the summarised analysis of the pedagogical theory and practice of A. Makarenko in terms of nationhood principle of pedagogy, national mentality and historical tradition. The key to success and pedagogical result of his pedagogy appears to lie in the fact that A. Makarenko’s pedagogy is not contradictory to traditional character and sense of the folk pedagogy. His pedagogy is the pedagogy of people; it reflects the traits of the folk's spirit and character. The central place of the A. Makarenko's pedagogy – the collective. Collectivism (conciliarity) is a pure Slavic phenomenon originating from Orthodoxy. It explains the spirituality and attributes of great power statehood. A. Makarenko's doctrine of the collective is not a supremacy of collective over a personality, but the instrument of the personality formation and development. That is exactly what accounts for humanism of A. Makarenko's pedagogy and its social significance. Complementation of culturological values into the education system represents also the personal pedagogical experience of A. Makarenko and his pedagogical intuition. He, being brought up in the Orthodox traditions, created the educational model that corresponded to the national character. The culturological nature of A. Makarenko's pedagogy and its practical value appears also in that his pedagogy is universal – not only about the children collective. It is the pedagogy of any collective. Its universality lies exactly in its culturological nature; A. Makarenko's pedagogy represents the deep traits of the national mentality.

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Authors: O. M. Sobol

The article focuses on the theoretical aspect of formation of national and cultural identity of senior teenagers. The author analyzes scientific works of philosophers, psychologists and educators devoted to the theme. As a result, senior teenage years are considered as the most sensitive in terms of moral education, internalization of values, formation of moral qualities, understanding of one’s life, development of the self-concept. Moreover, teenagers at this age determine their national and cultural identity as a condition for further development and self-development. National and cultural identity has become a prism through which many important aspects of modern life are studied. In particular, these aspects include the problems of the nation and national self-determination. Contemporary Ukrainian society has experienced a difficult period of creating a new value system that primarily has a great impact on the educational process and should be taken into account by all its participants. It should be noted that the problem of cultural-national identity is still underestimated, at most, those issues related to the formation of the cultural and national identity of adolescents. First of all, the problem of cultural-national identity grows at the turn of times - the stages of a public crisis, when social contacts, rules, and behavioral stamps change and collapse. Adolescence is one of the most important, fragile periods of development of the cultural and national identity of the individual, the beginning of the formation of the indivisible Self, the deepening and spread of reflection, the awareness of its foundations, the compilation of spiritual self-esteem, the recognition of its internal macrocosm. Awareness of their cultural-national identity for teens is not just knowledge of oneself, but a dynamic setting, a certain attitude towards oneself.

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Authors: V. I. Azatian

The author of the article characterizes the conditions for the effectiveness of problem-based teaching and its psychological and pedagogical goals, as well as methods of problem-based teaching. In this context, particular attention is paid to medical schools, since the preservation of the doctor's ideal depends on the level of training of medical specialists. The article deals with the solutions of interdisciplinary educational problems on the basis of the problem approach. The essence of problem-based tasks, which appear to be the component of problem-based teaching, is characterized.

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Authors: G. P. Bondarenko

The article deals with the role and place of scientific linguistic and communicative competence in the professional development of a specialist, outlining the criteria for the readiness of future specialists to write a scientific work in Ukrainian; the linguostylistic features of a perfect scientific text are determined.

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Authors: N. A. Varivoda

The article examines the value aspects of moral education of the personality and examines the evolution of moral education throughout the existence of mankind. It is pointed out that in each epoch of the existence of mankind various values were proclaimed basic. The educational process was based on those values. It is noted that the content of moral education is determined by actual needs of the society. The article focuses on the importance of nurturing growing generation moral values.

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Authors: O. Grytsiuta

The article highlights the issue of the development of spirituality of a personality in Ukraine. The relevance is due to the crisis of traditional family, inflation, high unemployment rates, uncertain moral compass in daily life and politics and living standards decline. The article also indicates that promoting the cult of money, violence and cruelty by mass media greatly affects the society and consequently leads the children and youth away from morality even up to a complete denial of spirituality and morality as personally meaningful things. Moral development of personality includes the terms «ethics» and «morality» that ensure the person’s compliance with rules, norms and behavior principles existing in society. It is stated that not every moral personality is necessarily spiritual, but every spiritual man is moral. The loss of spirituality as the highest level of reflective ability of person’s consciousness is identical to the loss of humanity The person’s spiritual identity is inwardly motivated; it is connected with moral values, humanity, and views on the environment. Spiritual identity develops and undergoes changes throughout the person’s lifetime under the influence of internal factors (such as natural inclinations, character traits, values and principles) as well as the external ones (such as the family education peculiarities, interaction with adults as role models, community’s spiritual atmosphere, person’s activities and self-realization). The person’s spirituality reflects in their faith in God and the immortality of the human soul, their respect for social norms, their ability to acknowledge their own mistakes, their unselfish willingness to help others, to show charity, gratitude, forgiveness and repentance. The article proves that family and school are two important environments for personality development and moral education; in those environments the learning of ethic norms, the formation of moral feelings and virtues, the development of moral motives and behavioral skills are achieved through purposeful interaction of adult and child. The parents’ spiritual level (since they are the first teachers of the child), contributes to the children’s ability for the development of creativity, gaining their self- dependence and learning of universal spiritual, moral, ethical and aesthetic values. The revival of family’s and nation’s values and traditions, conducting the educational and preventive work among parents, creating conditions during the educational process for spiritual self-development and self-identity, encouraging the children to be involved in teamwork in schools, non-governmental organizations and at homes; all those measures should be taken in order to eliminate many negative phenomena in our society.

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Authors: A. О. Zhitnickij, А. V. Оsiptsov

This article is devoted to the investigation of the researches aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle in an effective programme of Powerlifting for older teens in sports schools; a special body of knowledge of healthy lifestyles, which is based on the use of them in the process of training in Powerlifting is formed; a program of annual racing classes for older teens is developed. The application of the special programme has improved the motivation to study and the level of physical fitness, as well as the formation of a special knowledge of a healthy lifestyle during these sessions.

106-116

Authors: O. H. Korkishko, Y. V. Palatkin

In the article it is stated that the purpose of civic education (in the narrow meaning) in extra-curricular work is to deepen and broaden knowledge about the Ukrainian people and Ukraine, to develop a sense of patriotism, to form practical skills and ideological beliefs aimed at self-development and development of the personality of a democratic civil society. It is proved that extracurricular work on civic education contributes to expanding students’ needs in political, legal, economic, socio-psychological and cultural knowledge, communication, imparting practical skills of interaction of a person with the state and society, educating civic consciousness.

126-131

Authors: B. I. Matorin

The article presents the pedagogical content of the concept a modern teacher as a manager of education. The leading ideas of the modern training of the education manager are outlined. It is proved that a manager of a comprehensive educational institution is a who is able to creatively perform professional managerial and pedagogical activities, constantly developing in it as an individuality.

140-151

Authors: V. Miroshnichenko

The article features the interpretation peculiarities of patriotism during the World War II, and in our time, the main sources of that time and modern patriotism have been compared, attention is drawn to the contribution of border guard warriors to the victory over fascism and defense of the national sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine. Patriotism is understood as a set of moral principles that characterize the relationship of a man to his land, language, history and culture and mobilize him to work and serve in the name of the people, power of the state, its territorial integrity and sovereignty. These attitudes are displayed in a complex of social emotions, attitudes, beliefs, ways of action and behavior that is commonly called a love for the Motherland. The heroic deed of officers and soldiers in green berets is the national pride of the Ukrainian people. We know from history about the feats and sacrifice of the border guards during the World War II, and the heroism and courage of the defenders of our Motherland we contemplate every day. The author emphasizes the importance of historical memory, which is the basis of culture, connection between generations and patriotic education of contemporaries.

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Authors: A. O. Parasiei-Hocher

The article analyzes the results of the ascertaining stage of the study of the psychological characteristics of the spiritual development of orphans of juvenile age. The sample of respondents consisted of pupils of juvenile age of public institutions exercising protection of the orphans and children deprived of parental care. The indexes of levels of formation of structural components of peculiarities of spiritual development of adolescents are determined. The results of the empirical research indicate the lack of formation of the main components and their criteria of the peculiarities of the spiritual development of orphans. The expediency of the organization of psychological and pedagogical support of spiritual development of adolescents living in orphanages is shown.

180-186

Authors: S. F. Rashydov, S. S. Rashydova

In the article, upbringing is viewed as the process of formation of the individual's value consciousness for the purpose of changing his worldview, cultural-behavioral and sensory sphere. The content of upbringing is a totality of values. The main essence of education is the formation of value consciousness and value orientations. And they, in turn, appear to be the determining factor that determines the motivation and behavior of an individual or group. Therefore, the formation of value consciousness and value orientations can be considered as the main goal and the task of education.

193-199

Authors: L. А. Severynchuk

The article reveals the importance of developing the value of students’ attitude to work in order to enhance their culture of family relationships. The views of pedagogues- classics and modern scholars on labor education in the family are analyzed. some aspects of the problem of forming hard work are examined. Various types of labor are described. The necessity of conscious mastering of students' skills of self-knowledge activity is substantiated.

209-217

Authors: A. Y. Skyrda

The article deals with the problem of the identification of gifted students in minority groups whose representatives may be personalities from cultural and religious groups, disabled, etc. The article highlights the idea that a gifted person may have experience or views that are beyond the prevailing social norm. This means that such students cannot achieve the same level as the students who are representatives of the dominant culture because they have no equal opportunities for the development of their personality. The article also draws attention to the fact that prejudice to the students in minority groups questions not only the very fact of the existence of gifted students in minority groups, but also the availability of equal opportunities for each person in a democratic society. Therefore, identification and recognition of gifted students in minority groups and catering for their educational needs is one of the main tasks of the modern pedagogical science of every country in the world.

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Authors: P. О. Tadeiev, Н. F. Martyniuk

The article substantiates the possibility of using international science to metric bases in scientific work of students of higher educational establishments. It is emphasized that the ability to use them opens new opportunities for young scientists, for example: to receive new information on research directions at the university, to compile ratings of scientists, students, to process statistical data on scientific activity, to make managerial decisions due to instant access to scientific information.

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Authors: M. M. Chursin

The mutual relations of religion and science are examined in cognition of the surrounding world. Their general and special lines as information systems are analyzed. The role of science and religion as tools for the survival of mankind is characterized. The insufficiency of science is noted, the necessity of the priority of spiritual values in life and cognition, taking into account both scientific and religious ideas in the formation of an adequate modern world outlook is underlined.

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Authors: O. H. Alieva

In this article, the author aims to analyze such sufficiently complex and contradictory phenomenon as the development of technology in the modern world and its impact on human life of the XXI century. The article deals with the interpretation of the phenomenon of art of outstanding scientists of the twentieth century: M. Heidegger, J. Ortega -i- Gasset, E. Toffler and others. Summarizing their scientific potential of the author tries to develop a «panacea» to save the man's own nature, the liberation of his consciousness from excessive «technocratization». Since the technological revolution that took place in European culture during the so-called New Age, human society faced with the responsible historic task - to keep their «humanity» in the technical progress that gained momentum with each passing decade, and at the end of the twentieth century - with each subsequent year. This problem, unfortunately, is not resolved and still not discovered the universal panacea against too technocratical reality. This scientific problem concerned more than one generation of scientists and is becoming increasingly important, even more can be said - needs immediate resolution. To overcome the alienation that is aggravated by excessive technocratization of our world, a person must assign» technique in psychological and social aspects by providing technical environment objects of symbolic value. This, in our opinion, one of the most effective and painless way to reconcile humanity and technology. The relevance of this work is caused, in particular, and such an interesting trend that at the present stage of development in Ukraine coincided historically active process of filling the living space of various forms of technology and the changing priorities of social development After systematical analysis of M. Heidegger’s, J.Ortega-i-Gasset’s, E. Toffler’s scientific works the author came to such conclusion: steady development of science and technology, which began in the period of the industrial type of society and is gaining more momentum in the XXI century caused to technocratization of the human world, the emergence of a true «cult of technology». Humanity has embraced the idea of any price to gain unlimited power over nature, make it a source of resources. Frank technocratization becoming more threatening rice, becomes a real threat to the spiritual life of mankind and its psychological and even mental health. Technical progress, out-of-control rights and subjected her life itself becomes a cause of alienation individual, causing loss of human relationship not only with the natural world, but even with his inner «I». The trend towards the substitution of true values by artificial ideals constant restless consumption, utilitarian - pragmatic attitude to life scare us a lot. The most effective, in our opinion, mean of individual self-preservation in modern conditions is limited clever use of technology, when a person is its owner, and not regardless slave.

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Authors: Yu. O. Bryl

The article describes the current state of the system of professional training of records management specialists in the high school of developed countries of the world. The forms of training and elements of the organization of the educational process are considered. The analysis of educational programs of their training and advanced training within the specializations that exist at university Schools of Library and Information Science has been carried out It is proved that on the basis of international experience it is possible to carry out qualitative professional training of records management specialists.

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Authors: H.V. Hloba, O.M. Zinov’yev, V.A. Afanasieva

The article substantiates the authors’ fitness program Tai Chi and the «Bodyflex» with the involvement of information technologies at the PE classes for college students. The authors selected the elements by the criteria of novelty (to increase the motivation of students to attend PE classes), efficiency, accessibility for students with different levels of physical preparation, affordability, appropriateness of the elements together in a complex, popularity among young people, informativeness and of individualization of trainings, and involvement of modern media, the possibilities of modern individualized monitoring of health status of students (to prevent the overload), and monitoring over the progress of trainings.

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Authors: E. A. Zelenov

This article defines and analyzes the main factors of leadership qualities formation among students in the globalized world (such as globalization, the information revolution, the global humanism vector in world civilization development, the process of democratization of all aspects of human life). The article defines those leadership qualities that allow the leader to be effective in new world conditions (global thinking, focus on the understanding and implementation of new technologies, focus on partnership, the ability to effectively share leadership, share authority, the integration of diversity of cultures in interactions with both its subordinates and with other leaders, tolerance, curiosity and aspiration for development).

86-93

Authors: S. V. Kovalevskyy, L. V. Kosheva

The article outlines the basic principles of individualizing physical education classes in conditions of extremely limited resources. It is shown that along with the physical and psycho-emotional aspects of the individualization of studies, the most important factor in the success of individualization of mastering competences that require intellectual loading is the intellectual culture of the individual.

100-108

Authors: N. B. Kryvosheia

The article is devoted to the relevant problem of artistic pedagogy – the future music teachers preparation for the use of information technologies in their professional activities. Studying the scientific works of the researchers, the author analyzes the current state and determines the prospects for the formation of future music teachers’ readiness for using the information technologies in the educational process. The author focuses on the fact that computer literacy is an important component of the professional competence, as well as the necessary condition of effectiveness of the music teacher's pedagogical activity.

118-124

Authors: R. S. Martynov, M. A. Bilous

The article analyzes the reasons for the dominance of the rationalistic educational paradigm, its essence, phenomenology and prospects for further development. There is a contradiction between rationalistic and humanistic education paradigms. This contradiction is manifested in the desire of rationalism to standardization and testing and striving for a humanitarian paradigm for individualism and a rejection of the truth. The reasons for the criticism of rationalism are investigated and it is shown that the violation of the measure between rationalism and humanism leads to the formation of a destructive personality.

175-181

Authors: N. М. Маtorina, V. V. Маtorina

The article presents the essential characteristics of the notion «socially significant qualities of an individual». In the work, based on the analysis of the results of our sociological survey of the respondents, socially significant qualities characteristic for the profession of a teacher are examined from the point of view of: 1) the teachers themselves; 2) the governing bodies of educational institutions; 3) students and 4) pupils.

189-194

Authors: I. V. Serheeva

The results of studying features of the emotional sphere of the teacher's personality are considered in the article. Emotional tension of pedagogical activity is underlined. The individual emotional features, which have been consolidated in teachers as a result of their emotional experience are analyzed. The complexes of stable individual emotional features are revealed. They are displayed in the predominant ways of emotional reaction. Two of these complexes are equally unproductive in the realization of the purpose of pedagogical activity, the third one is characterized by the productive orientation of emotions.

203-210

Authors: L. I. Skoropisova

The author of the article examines actual issues of forming the leadership qualities of future managers. The qualities that allow future managers to achieve quickly their goals, be professionally mobile and prepared for professional growth are defined. Managers’ main functions requirements are developed, which, thanks to the formed leadership skills, will allow them to work effectively in a managerial position. The author gives definition of the concept «leadership qualities of students», which are acquired in the process of systematic pedagogical training in the universities. The main components of the structure of leadership qualities are considered and the necessary pedagogical conditions for their effective formation among future managers are defined.

218-223

Authors: A.V.Stopkin, T.V.Turka, M.S.Kuziura

The article is devoted to the current state of the problem of usage of free software at comprehensive schools. The software, which is necessary for the conducting of web- programming lessons, is considered. The main advantages and disadvantages of usage of various software are given. The expediency of usage of specialized web-editors is proved. Popular web-editors are considered. The analysis of the expediency and of possibility of using free web-editor «Brackets» in the work of a teacher of informatics is carried out.

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Authors: H. H. Tsvietkova

The main characteristics of professional competence of a teacher training Master were outlined based on the skills approach; the general and special competences of a future high school teacher were characterized. Vocational training of the teacher training Masters from the viewpoint of skills approach is considered as building the capacity of the future specialist for committing the professional pedagogical activities based on the learned basic vocational competence through constant efforts to self-development, self- improvement and enrichment of creative personal potential.

13-20

Authors: М. O. Andreeva

The article deals with the theoretical aspects of the moral training of students – future pedagogues – in the context of forming their inclusive competence. The author analyses the normative and legal preconditions of formation of inclusive training in Ukraine and the importance of this process for children and young people with special needs. The definition of «competence» and «inclusive competence» is given, as well as the importance of moral training for the process of its formation in future pedagogues is emphasised.The author offers the filling of four directions of educational work with ideas of inclusive training and their implementation in the educational process of the higher pedagogical educational establishment.

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Authors: M. V. Bezuhla

The article is devoted to investigation of the role of spiritual and cultural values of education in the aspect of providing spiritual security of a personality. The author of the article gives definitions of the concepts «education», «upbringing», «spiritual security», «spiritual security threats», «spiritual and cultural values of education»; defines the basic spiritual security threats, which negative impact is clearly expressed in the sphere of higher education: deformation of spiritual self-reproduction system of a society due to the crisis of socialization institutions; the extinction of the creative potential of student youth due to the abolition of the «living dialogue» between the teacher and the student; the hypertrophied material values, individualism and immorality mass consciousness orientation, which led to the emergence of a modified public consciousness with «spiritual pathology», and in the sphere of education it led to the spread of the market attitude toward it, which resulted in its further commercialization and almost complete exclusion of the spiritual and cultural nurturant component of the educational process; the destruction of the core of spiritual culture through the forcible promotion of standards of behavior and life styles of Western society through the media; manifestations of spiritual, cultural and moral nihilism, which are the cause of the collapse of the importance of intellectual work and the spiritual and cultural values of education. Particular attention is paid to the necessity of inclusion of spiritual and cultural nurturant component into the educational process as one of the most effective ways to ensure the spiritual security of the personality.

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Authors: A. Y. Bovt

The article deals with the problem of aesthetic education as a key to peace building. The author describes the ways in which introducing aesthetic education into lives and studies of children can greatly contribute to building and maintaining peace. Particular attention is paid to the functions of aesthetic education concerning its peace building capabilities. The article gives practical examples of implementing the strategy of aesthetic education into the peace building process both abroad and in Ukraine.

70-77

Authors: Yu. O. Burtseva

The author reveals the psychological and pedagogical principles of spiritual education in the family. The question of the role of family in the moral and spiritual education of children and youth requires substantial research of the complex educational potential of the family: its human culture, spiritual and religious feelings, national and local traditions, family heritage of collegiality and respect for the authority of different generations. Understanding the role of the family as a factor of spiritual security of the nation is caused by its important role in maintaining the continuity of cultural and spiritual development of the personality. This is especially true in the context of the current spiritual (moral, intellectual, aesthetic) crisis in Ukrainian society.

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Authors: V. M. Vakulenko

The author of the article highlightes the role of education in the creation of the system of spiritual security of Ukrainian society, in the ensuring of the integrity and strength of the Ukrainian state. The author emphasizes the special role of liberal education in ensuring spiritual security of society. It is proved that the education performes the function of spiritual safety factor through the formation of national identity conscious and civil society. The role of national culture and language as society consolidating factors in terms of their domestic and geopolitical importance is characterized.

102-109

Authors: T. O. Grishchenko

In the article the problem of aesthetic upbringing is actualized and attention is focused on the issues connected with its implementation into the extracurricular upbringing activity of modern educational institutions. The essence, aim, structure, components, content, forms and sources are determined. The author evaluates the extracurricular upbringing activity of the aesthetic direction. It is noted that it has wide possibilities while choosing the content, methods, modes, means of being conducted, not regulated by the educational programs, time and place of implementation. Great attention is accentuated on the fact that during such an activity children not only get theoretical knowledge, but also gain concrete practical skills and abilities and develop their artistic capabilities.

117-126

Authors: M. M. Kabanets

The article is devoted to the regional approach in pedagogical studies and in gifted education. The meaning of concepts ‘region’, regionality’, ‘regional approach’, ‘regional dimension’ in different contexts are considered. The relevance of studying pedagogical problems in regional context is determined. The choice of criteria for identification of region typology in interdisciplinary research context is analysed. Two methods of using the regional approach in studying history of education are singled out.

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Authors: L. A. Кondratska

Вreeding of the heart, fully open for the questioning of Truth, and conscientious will, ready to unite and communicate with the Honored Interlocutor can be called a real education. That is why the task of the anthropological paradigm of education is to subordinate the whole man to the will of God, «that He should be glorified as a result» (1 Corinthians 10:31). Therefore, the subject of the proposed article is the disclosure of the anthropological foundations of human education from the point of view of analyzing the interaction of biological and socio-cultural preconditions, conditions and determinants of the processes of upbringing and learning that are oriented toward the realization of K. Ushinsky's well-known thesis, according to which one can educate a person in every respect only by studying it in every way. In this case, it is mainly concerned with the pedagogical anthropology, that is, the scientific basis for comprehending and solving the problems of human education. Pedagogical anthropology as a special discipline is aimed at solving the problems of not only professional training, but also spiritual selflessness of the teacher, who must have deep and complete knowledge of the person, and being involved in pedagogical relations, becomes a pupil and tutor, teacher and student. The course of pedagogical anthropology can be interpreted as helping the self-determination of a person, the knowledge of his nature, the mechanisms of revealing himself as a corporeal, spiritual and spiritual being as a person, understanding his own development problems, ways and methods for their solution, and the role and place of the mechanisms of pedagogical regulation of these processes.

157-167

Authors: G. V. Lokarieva

The article is devoted to the topical issue of forming and development of personality’s spiritual world by means of artistic and aesthetic information system of the work of art. Content features of certain types of artistic and aesthetic information and their educational material oriented on forming personality’s spiritual world are presented in the article.

207-216

Authors: V. I. Miroshnichenko

The article is devoted to the substantiation of spiritual and moral education as a condition for ensuring the spiritual and moral security of an individual in modern conditions. The author draws attention to the concept of security and the main threats to personal security. Attention is focused on the role of spirituality in the formation of personality. Spiritual and moral security of a person is defined as a person's state, when his consciousness, ideology, ideals, moral values, ability to be attracted to public life does not threaten anything. It is noted that in the formation of spiritual and moral security an important role is played by man himself (spiritual and moral self-education), features of his worldview, morality. It should be taken into account that the state of spiritual and moral security of a person is weakened if a person is not able to properly assess and anticipate the consequences of his actions. The author believes that the main problems of the spiritual and moral security of the individual in modern conditions is the underestimation of spiritual and moral principles. Therefore, it is spiritual and moral upbringing that is one of those conditions that can ensure the spiritual and moral security of the individual in modern conditions, since the result of this upbringing is the spiritual and moral culture of the individual, and a person of a high spiritual and moral culture is always in spiritual and moral security. Spiritual and moral education presupposes a careful selection of instruments of influence on the process of development and formation of personality, elimination of negative factors that can distort the personality, limit its spiritual and moral possibilities, exclude the existence of any kind of threats to the individual.

222-228

Authors: N. O. Osadcha

The causes of social and spiritual crisis of the modern family, the situation of children in different types of families and their impact on adolescents’ loneliness are analyzed in the article. Particular attention is paid to new technologies and their impact on the personality formation. The dependence of child loneliness on his family and spiritual virtues is observed.

235-244

Authors: S. S. Rashydova

The article is dedicated to the research of the problem of formation of the artistic needs of students of pedagogical specialties by means of belles-lettres. The author emphasizes that the formation of the artistic needs is the foundation of art education, which should begin with the formation of needs-motivational sphere, which, in turn, forms the value sphere. The author of the article gives characteristic of the spiritual upbringing varieties as the basis of spiritual security of the personality, namely, intellectual, moral and value. The need for search of the new approaches to development of the content of teacher education is proved in the article. It is determined that special role in the professional training of pedagogical specialties students play educational courses: «Pedagogy», «Basics of Pedagogical Skills», «Pedagogical Communication» («Communication Processes in the Educational Activities», «Culture of Interaction between Teachers and Students»), «Pedagogical Skills and Image of a Higher School Teacher», variable course «Literature in the Educational Activity». The author concludes that the formation of the artistic needs of students of pedagogical specialties by means of belles-lettres serves as a condition of spiritual security of the personality and society as a whole.

258-264

Authors: L. M. Sbitnieva

The article is dedicated to peculiarities of the development of musical culture of Ukraine in the second half of the XXth century, which left a significant musical heritage with its complicated phenomena in history. It was revealed that significant changes took place in musical life organization and in concert activity. Music faculties were opening. Not only professional, but amateur musical bands became widespread. The peculiarities of formation of musical traditions in different regions of Ukraine were found out. It was pointed that a defining characteristic of the end of the XXth century were genre diversity of musical culture, innovative searches by composers of contemporary means of musical expression and revival of interest to spiritual music.

272-281

Authors: N. S. Sidash

The article considers the problem of formation of spirituality of pedagogical consciousness of the future higher school teachers through English language teaching. Existing points of view of scientists on spirituality have been analyzed. The practical experience of forming spirituality of pedagogical consciousness of the future higher school teachers by means of English language has been considered. The potential of productive English communication in the field of English literature and art is the condition of the successful solution of this problem. The technique for the development of spirituality of the future higher school teacher has been proposed.

290-296

Authors: O. M. Sobol

The article presents an analysis of aspects of national cultural security and its correlation with the problem of intercultural dialogues. Particular attention is paid to the definitions of security, culture, national and cultural security, spiritual security, attempts to structure the problem of national and cultural security against the backdrop of globalization, as there is a fear of losing its cultural identity.

305-312

Authors: O. A. Stepanchenko

The article is devoted to the investigation of the priority problem of New Ukrainian school such as students’ spirituality forming by means of Ukrainian literature potential use that is based on axiological principles of democracy and humanism; possibilities of Ukrainian literature potential use, oriented to the ennoblement of their thoughts and actions by high senses, that is reflected in attitude toward oneself, other people, environment and Universe. It is set that students’ spiritual culture forming by means of Ukrainian literature potential use is a difficult and multidimensional pedagogical process, that is based on the system of world view coordinates, common to all mankind values, culture of behavior, assists development of their persuasions, feelings, character, freedom and high moral; the orientation of Ukrainian and literature teacher on personality of student forms its subject, spiritual necessities and interests, influences on motivation as a motive force of its behavior. Essence of human technologies that are widely used by the teachers of Ukrainian and literature and influence on behavior of students is exposed, their moral attitude toward spiritual and cultural heritage of people and assist their understanding of high vital senses and harmonization of relationships with an environment.

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Authors: V. P. Tykhyi

The article defines the concept of human security, its value, the connection with human rights, it guarantees a classification of types of human security, describes the constitutional means to ensure human security. The problem of security has always been important for the individual and society as a whole. Man is always concerned about the preservation of the rights and freedoms of various attacks, hazards, seeks security benefit because it is an eternal natural necessity condition for human life. Security is the most essential of human needs and its «production» can not stop for a moment. Therefore, Ukraine human security and is recognized as one of the highest social values (the first part of the article 3 Constitution of Ukraine) Human security is an objective condition and subjective feeling of physical property (material), social, psychological, spiritual and moral protection of human rights and freedoms. The man is safe when it is, its rights and freedoms protected (secured guaranteed). In other words, the very rights and freedoms and their guarantees and ensure its safety. After all, human rights are inherent to its nature, without which it can not exist as a human being.

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Authors: A. S. Ushakov

At the present stage of development of mankind, the main task of social institutions is the formation of an adequate worldview of a young person, which happens in a certain socio-cultural background and as a result of the complex interaction of socio-historical practices and trends of spiritual production. The necessity of purposeful influence on the process of social, cultural and spiritual development of the individual updates the task of finding an appropriate orientation that would direct the development of a modern young man in the proper direction. According to the author, such an orientation is the man of culture image as a spiritual and moral component of the worldview. The study defines the structural components and functions of the man of culture image and reveals its influence on the formation of the worldview knowledge of a person as a holistic system. The author concludes that the influence of the man of culture image on the formation of a person's worldview is made in the direction of forming the integrity of individual's system of knowledge about the essence of human development and society, the stability of his views and beliefs, forming an active life position in social activity and individual practices and acts.