Critical strategies for strengthening the patriotic education framework for youth

The study aims to analyse the strategic directions for the fundamentalisation of the system of patriotic education of youth in modern society. The article highlights the issues of the formation and development of civic competence among young people. Various approaches to the essence of the definition of patriotic education are identified. The specific factors influencing the transformation of these concepts in the current conditions of social progress are outlined. The goals, tasks, and organisational-legal foundations of patriotic education of youth are substantiated. It is established that during childhood and adolescence, an individual forms personal values and competencies, which, in synergy, will determine the individual's attitude towards themselves and the surrounding world, influencing their actions and behavioural reactions in the context of patriotism. The priorities of patriotic education of youth in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the post-war period are characterised by national orientation, consolidation and integration, preservation of national identity, social harmony, personal reflection, constructive leadership, and continuity and succession. The main methodological approaches to implementing the process are highlighted particularly axiological, personality-oriented, activity-based, and competence-based approaches. The priority strategies for the fundamentalisation of the system of patriotic education of youth are substantiated, including spiritual identification and reflection, integration of youth into everyday patriotically oriented activities and projects, development of the inner value potential of patriotic action, fostering confidence in it, positioning a historical figure or contemporary as a role model, and appropriate independence. The concept of patriotic education is proven to be a scientific-applied problem that is a component of the theory of education, functioning as a harmoniously organised whole. It is clarified that in such a coordination status, the issue of patriotic education should apply the same methodological principles, methods, and approaches as the process of youth education in general.