Main directions and structural elements of civic education

author: Olexandr Prytula

Urgency of the research. Military-patriotic education of schoolchildren as a priority component of patriotic education in today's conditions should be based on spirituality and the system of values of Ukrainians, as well as should include general military-historical and applied physical training, study of the basics of military service and life safety.

Target setting is seen in the need to actualize research tasks regarding the development of such directions and structural elements of civic education as achieving physical perfection, strengthening the will and spirit, and forming moral and ethical qualities.

Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The problems of understanding patriotic and civic education are considered in the works of: I. Bekh, H. Vashchenko, P. Verbytska, V. Voloshyn, O. Kryvonos, A. Makarenko, S. Riabov, V. Sukhomlynskyi, O. Sukhomlynska, I. Turchyk, K. Chorna and other scientists.

The research objective is to determine the features of directions and structural elements of civic education of the individual.

The statement of basic materials. The article deals with the main directions and structural elements of civic education – achieving physical perfection, strengthening the will and spirit, forming moral and ethical qualities. Need-motivational function, value-normative function, aesthetic function, moral function are distinguished among others as the most necessary for the development of the spiritual sphere of a person in the frame of physical education. The spiritual and moral basis of modern civic education is analyzed, which should be based on cognitive, regulatory and behavioral norms, which include developing the skills to reason, analyze, ask questions and look for answers, think critically and consider the problem comprehensively. The above mentioned skills are formed by means of mental education aimed at the development of the pupils’ intellectual powers, their thinking, and the transfer of the mental work culture. The process of formation and development of critical thinking is considered as one of the innovative pedagogical technologies, which enables the transition of traditional education, which is focused on the acquisition of knowledge, to a new type of humanistic and innovative education, which is focused on the transformation of acquired knowledge, abilities and skills into subject competencies.

Conclusions. Modern civic education should be based on cognitive, normative and behavioral norms that help to develop the skills of an improving individual to reason, analyze, ask questions, search for answers, think critically and consider a problem comprehensively.

Keywords: civic education, physical education, sport, will, moral and ethical qualities, spiritual development, critical thinking, innovative technologies

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