FORMATION OF CIVIC SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BY UPDATING THEIR MORAL GUIDELINES

Abstract

The article examines the development of civic consciousness as a pedagogical process in the context of educating students at civilian and military universities, including its characteristics, content, methods, forms, and means. In analyzing the task of developing civic consciousness, which is defined as a priority by regulatory documents, the relationship between concepts such as worldview, traditional values, and moral guidelines is explored, enabling the exploration of the semantic concepts of complex spiritual and moral phenomena and processes. The author’s approach to defining the essence, content, and functions of the process of developing civic consciousness allows for a parallel consideration and comparative analysis of concepts such as “civic consciousness” and “civic identity,” which contributes to a deeper understanding of contemporary scientific literature and the legal framework governing the goals and objectives of educating students at Russian universities. The authors conclude that the formation of civic consciousness is based on the assimilation of traditional values as the spiritual basis for the development of moral orientations of the individual. Moral guidelines actively influence the choice of profession, the algorithm of its development, and then act as an ethical “navigator” in professional activity and the choice of ways of self-realization in it.