THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS IN FORMING NATIONAL IDENTITY OF STUDENTS IN THE MULTICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF A TRANSPORT COLLEGE

Abstract

The paper is developed within the framework of the ongoing pedagogical research. The relevance of the topic is due to a complex of factors: internal (the enormity of the tasks of democratic construction; strengthening friendship between the peoples inhabiting the Russian Federation; deceleration and apolitical part of the youth; the formation of tolerance among young people to other ethnic groups and religions); external (threats and challenges of the XXI century; the need to protect the Motherland from possible aggressive actions and military conflicts). Research objectives are to study traditional and modern approaches to the problem of forming a national identity; to conduct a theoretical analysis of domestic scientific publications on the topic of research and to identify characteristic features, trends, existing problems in this area; to develop the essential foundations of formation of national identity of students of the secondary vocational education system. The task of the article is to bring to the general scientific community the essential foundations of formation of national identity of students in the multicultural educational space of a transport college developed by the author. The scientific novelty and practical significance of the research lie in the development and proposal for creative educational activity of the essential foundations of the organization and conduct of purposeful activities to form the required level of national consciousness of students in the process of studying at college.