The Main Priorities of Citizenship Education Reforms in Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines the problem of reforming citizenship education in Ukraine, defines the role of pedagogical science and practice in the context of the formation of youths’ civic values. The article emphasizes on the necessity of studying the dynamics of changes in the process of citizenship competence formation in the period of society transformation. The role of the pedagogical theory and practice in the civil values formation of the Ukrainian youth was determined. It was emphasized on the creative citizenship activity of the high school students as a subject of citizenship education and a factor for the civic values formation. The author reveals the categorical apparatus of the study and investigates the relationship of citizenship competence with other key competencies, examines the aspects of citizenship education in the conditions of humanization of secondary education. The main strategic priorities are: the basic value orientation of educational development, modernization of educational content, the implementation of an adequate structure of Ukrainian school, reliance on innovative learning, the application of new methods and technologies of teaching and assessing learning outcomes, competence approach, improvement of teacher training, capable of becoming agents of change.

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O. M. Vlasenko

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O. M. Vlasenko (2018). The Main Priorities of Citizenship Education Reforms in Ukraine. Вісник Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка, 92(1), 70-74. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-551552