ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

In the conditions of functioning of modern Ukrainian society, the question of its traditional specificity of development, of the factors that shape the patriotic consciousness of modern youth is becoming increasingly relevant. Young people as a subject of social relations are included in the process of functioning and self-affirmation of Ukraine as a great state on the world stage, through participation in the formation of a new value paradigm, as well as through empathy with their national community, awareness of their own historical mission. In this regard, the topic of patriotic consciousness as a component of the value structure of Ukrainian, state spirituality is becoming increasingly relevant. It should be especially noted that the formation of patriotism in the process of educating the younger generation in modern conditions is a contradictory, ambiguous process, has significant "blank spots" and raises many questions. Patriotic education of the younger generation should be one of the key positions of the development strategy of Ukraine in general and youth policy in particular. Modern challenges of a global scale (a real threat to the military security of the country, increased activity of terrorist groups, attempts to falsify history and rethink the role of Ukraine in the victory in the Great Patriotic War, recruitment of future militants of the "Russian Federation" in the youth environment on the territory of Ukraine, high motivation of young specialists to search for work and career abroad and much more) make this work more relevant than ever. And educational institutions of higher education are given a special place in this activity. Patriotic consciousness presupposes the formation of a certain attitude towards one's homeland, one's people and culture, awareness of the historical role of one's country, its general cultural mission. Indicators of patriotic consciousness include, in particular, an attitude towards Ukraine as a homeland, a sense of involvement in the events taking place there, a sense of common destiny with one's people, and a great love for the land on which one lives and was born.