Spirituality of a Personality: Methodology, Theory and Practice

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

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

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Authors: Е. А. Zelenov

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

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Authors: N. M. Kikina

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

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Authors: N. L. Kosinska

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

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Authors: O. M. Lysenko

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

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Authors: N. I. Novykova

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

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

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

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Authors: О. О. Svitlichna

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

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

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

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Authors: K. Yu. Tushko

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

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Authors: N. O. Filipchuk

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

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Authors: Yu. М. Shevchenko

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