FORMATION OF PATRIOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY MEANS OF ETHNOCULTURAL TOURISM WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN

Abstract

Based on the author’s pedagogical experience reflection and the analysis of special literature, the work studies the key features of the process of forming patriotic consciousness in high school students with the help of ethnocultural tourism. As an example such a multiethnic and multicultural region as the Republic Dagestan is taken. The author proves the need to modernize activities aimed at patriotic education among senior schoolchildren in modern realities. The research demonstrates what role ethno-cultural tourism can play in this process. The main types of the latter are characterized. The most significant features of such activities organization in Dagestan are described. The author observes pedagogical conditions, which are necessary for the optimal organization of work with high school students aimed at their comprehensive study of the different ethnical and cultural commonalities, living in Dagestan historical and ethnographic heritage with ethnocultural tourism extensive use.