Patriotic education of students: sociological analysis

Abstract

The article touches upon an important problem for modern Russian society - the patriotic education of student youth. Solving this issue, it is necessary to consider this area, taking into account various aspects at this stage of the formation of the state, namely: the level of patriotism and patriotic feelings among the students, the main sources of knowledge about their homeland, the visualization of its image by young people, identifying the most memorable events that make more young people are proud of their country. The purpose of the work is to empirically substantiate the need for patriotic education of modern student youth as an important postulate of the spiritual revival of the nation. The term "patriotism" is mentioned in many fundamental sciences, in connection with which each scientist interprets it in his own way. However, any statement is based on the following basis - pride in one's Motherland, its success in the political arena, as well as victories in the sports and scientific fields, active citizenship, selflessness and devotion to one's state in the event of a danger that has arisen for it, conscious and all-consuming love to its people, its cultural characteristics and traditions. The proof of the above is the results of a sociological study conducted at the Department of Sociology and Social Technologies of the Central Russian Institute of Management - a branch of the RANEPA on the topic "Patriotic education of youth". This study covered such categories as "patriotism", "patriotic education", "image of the Motherland", "national spirit", "historical memory", "national identity". It is summarized that the patriotic education of student youth consists of various components, but its conscious position and the knowledge about the Motherland that were laid and continue to be in its mind at various stages of personality development are paramount.