EXAMPLE METHOD AS THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE EDUCATION OF CADETS
The article examines the essence and content of social education, justifies its place and role in the process of training future officers in military educational institutions of the Russian Federation. According to the author, the social education of cadets is a large-scale socio-pedagogical process, which is characterized by the presence of a clearly defined goal, internal structure, agents of education (which are in continuous interaction with each other), methods, techniques, forms, principles and means of education. One of the effective methods used in the process of social education of cadets is the example method. The example method is an extremely important tool for influencing cadets on the part of commanders and teachers. The example method is a systematic and purposeful influence on cadets by the power of a positive example, aimed at forming an ideal in the mind of the trainee, which should be imitated. The author identifies the functions that this method performs in the educational process of a military university, points to the pedagogical conditions that ensure the high efficiency of using the example method. The article lists the main means of influence, which are most often resorted to by commanders and teachers within the framework of using the example method.