DEVELOPMENT OF PATRIOTIC VALUES AMONG STUDENTS OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLEGE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The article concerns theoretical substantiation and experimental verification of the process of formation of patriotic values among students of a multidisciplinary college in the extracurricular activities. The author clarifies the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the research, concretized the essence and the structure of the definitions of “patriotic values” and “patriotic values of students” in the modern psychological and pedagogical paradigm. The paper reveals the pedagogical potential of the extracurricular activities of secondary vocational education as a significant resource of students’ value-semantic self-determination. Special attention is paid to the identification and theoretical substantiation of a set of organizational and pedagogical conditions conducive to the effective interiorization of patriotic ideals. Results of experimental work are presented, confirming the effectiveness of the developed conditions and their impact on the qualitative dynamics of the levels of formation of patriotic values among future specialists.