THE NEED FOR PATRIOTIC EDUCATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Abstract

Recently, a wave of calls for mass protests and riots, organized by the so-called non-systemic opposition, has swept through Russian. At the same time, the main participants in these unauthorized rallies, by and large, were children and teenagers. In conditions when social experience of the younger generation is not yet large enough, and critical thinking is in the process of its development, the younger generation becomes a convenient target for pro-Western “patriots”. The anti-patriotic attitude cultivated recently among young people is primarily aimed at weakening Russian society, at downplaying any achievements of Russia. In order to promote and consolidate liberal socio-political thought in society, attempts are being made to level out any achievements of our country by erasing the heroic past of our people from the memory. As a result, forgetting the history of our Motherland, the heroic battles of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, moving away from the basics of folk pedagogy, which contains centuries of experience in educating the younger generations, people can become absolutely malleable under the pressure of Russophobes who dream of destroying the country. This cannot be allowed, so it is particularly relevant not only to implement purposeful patriotic education, but also to strengthen the educational activities of the entire education system as a whole.