Security as an educational category. Contemporary trends

The aim of the article is to discuss contemporary trends in the approach to security as an educational category. The article characterises what security science entails within the framework of the school subject ‘education for security’ and in the education programmes of military classes. The educational offer of higher education institutions addressing security-related topics was also presented. Moreover, the study discussed the attitudes of teachers involved in education in the field of security in the face of the challenges of modern education. Changes in the security environment generate the need to conduct scientific research on education on security, including exploratory and utilitarian studies. The acquired knowledge should constitute a trigger for evaluation of the content of security-related education and serve to develop new procedures for state security.