Authors : Valentina V. Konstantinova, Diana L. Kolomiets, Nadezhda D. Glizerina, Valentina T. Tihomirova, Lyudmila V. Kuznetsova, Nadezhda N. Golovina, Lyudmila V. Kurochkina and Irina V. Trubyanova
Abstract: The study analyses the issues of patriotic education of schoolchildren in modern conditions. We defined the concepts of “patriotism”, “patriotic education”, “multicultural educational environment” and determined the extent of their development in scientific research. Issues of patriotism worried philosophers and teachers-educators of the past: V.G. Belinsky, E.R. Dashkova, N.A. Dobrolyubov, P.F. Kapterev, N.I. Novikov, K.D. Ushinsky. New time imposes new requirements on patriotic education. This peculiarity makes high demands on the organization of work with young generation on patriotic education. Many researchers note that today it is necessary to form a competent personality that will know traditions and cultures of other nations, who will respect their religion, be able to build good relations with representatives of different nationalities and religions. Today school is a multicultural educational environment. Schools are responsible for patriotic education of children in large extent. Patriotic upbringing of the younger generation is politically significant and urgent task of modern school, stated in state documents. The Federal State Educational Standard of General Education (hereinafter-the standard) aims at organizing the work on patriotic education.
Valentina V. Konstantinova, Diana L. Kolomiets, Nadezhda D. Glizerina, Valentina T. Tihomirova, Lyudmila V. Kuznetsova, Nadezhda N. Golovina, Lyudmila V. Kurochkina and Irina V. Trubyanova, 2016. Patriotic Education of School Children in a Multicultural Educational Environment. The Social Sciences, 11: 1923-1928.