THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FORMATION OF STUDENTS’ NATIONAL VALUE ORIENTATIONS

Abstract

This work examines the theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation of national value orientations of future teachers and presents the results of a diagnostic study of the formation of national value orientations of future music educators in pedagogical universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The analysis of scientific sources revealing the essence and content of the concept of “national values” demonstrates the multifaceted nature of its structure, which includes objective and subjective components, namely: national values, in particular, the values of the ethnic musical culture, serve as objective components, and by mastering them, the student – the future music educator – develops subjective national value orientations.

Studying the content of value orientations characterizing the mentality and lifestyle of modern students – future music educators, and identifying the factors influencing their formation are of scientific interest and have practical significance. This actualizes the problem of finding new ways to form national value orientations of students – future music educators. Among them, the values of national musical art, embodying ideas about the meaning of human life, traditions and customs, worldview positions, etc., acquire particular importance.

The work describes the stages of a formative experiment aimed at diagnosing the national value orientations of future teachers; ways and recommendations are proposed for activating the educational and cognitive activities of students, contributing to the formation of national value orientations.

The content of the diagnostic tools is revealed, which included a set of methods (questionnaires, tests, surveys, methods of comparative tasks, etc.), with the help of which cross-sectional studies of the levels of formation of national value orientations in students of the control and experimental groups were carried out, as well as a comparative analysis of the obtained data.