Possibilities for Forming Students’ Civic Position under the Conditions of Educational Environment of Higher Educational Institutions
Among the strategic priorities of academic environment the authors emphasize an urgent need for forming a firm civic position, based on national identity and accompanied by thorough knowledge of the students’ national culture. The authors distinguish among the priority strategic tasks facing the educational environment, the formation of students in a solid civic position based on national identity and accompanied by a thoughtful study of the country’s culture. The authors conducted a study to test the hypothesis that the educational environment of a higher educational institution, which implements a set of special pedagogical conditions, has sufficient potential for forming students’ civic position. Based on the results of the survey involving 185 students majoring in different fields at Smolensk University for Humanities during the initial and final testing of the formation of their civic position before and after introducing into the university educational environment methods and technologies aimed at an in-depth acquaintance with the native culture, the development of patriotism and national identity, the authors note the positive dynamics of the axiological, cognitive and activity components. Therefore, shaping civic position can be performed through comprehensive and thoughtful introduction of diverse information and communication online technologies, project design, competence-based tasks and diverse extracurricular activities.