PECULIARITIES OF PATRIOTISM EDUCATION AMONG TEENAGERS

Abstract

The problems of the formation of values in adolescents, consistent with the principles of patriotic education are revealed. An analysis is made of the physiological and psychological characteristics of adolescents, which should be taken into account when choosing the means of patriotic education. Systematization of the physiological and psychological characteristics of the adolescent allowed to form a scheme of cognitive features of adolescents, which is defined as the basis for developing a model of social education of patriotic feelings. The means of popular creativity are determined by the key means of implementing the scheme, which correspond, in particular, to the principles of patriotic upbringing. Particular attention is paid to folk art as a source of an important emotional component. It is emphasized that by showing emotional feelings for the results of folk art, as a blessing created in their country, a teenager can experience a sense of belonging to a certain state-national community. The result of the study is the justification of the choice of the design method as the most effective method of using the means of folk art in the patriotic education of adolescents. The systematization of project types makes it possible to use the proposed method for the whole variety of solved problems. The result of using the project method based on the means of folk art will be the adolescent’s comprehension of the highest values, the formation of the ability to use them as life orientations, and adoption as key principles in practical activities.