National-Patriotic Education as a Part of the Professional Training of Future Teachers

The article analyzes the phenomenon of national-patriotic education of future teachers in the process of professional training. In the face of today’s acute challenges, the need to increase attention to the problems of national-patriotic education, in particular, the education of patriotism as a basic quality of the individual, is emphasized. The most relevant interpretations of the definitions of «patriotism» and “national-patriotic education” by domestic scientists are presented. The authors define patriotism as one of the deepest feelings, an integrative quality, a significant, stable characteristic of a person, which is expressed in his norms of behavior, worldview, moral values, and ideals, and is associated with the upbringing of a sense of duty, responsibility, tolerance, respect for one’s people, historical memory, native language, family, national customs and traditions, and readiness to defend the interests of the Fatherland. It is emphasized that the national-patriotic education of future teachers and their training for the national-patriotic education of students should be carried out throughout the entire period of study at a higher education institution. It has been studied that the content of national-patriotic education of future education specialists should be considered in several aspects: solving the tasks and directions of national-patriotic education; implementing professional functions in the process of national-patriotic education; mastering activities that contribute to the national-patriotic education of students; strengthening the national-patriotic orientation of all activities of applicants in higher education institutions (educational process, educational work, pedagogical practice, extracurricular professionally oriented activities, scientific research and public activities). It is recommended to introduce into the content of educational programs for the training of applicants for the first (bachelor’s) and second (master’s) levels of higher education the educational component “National-patriotic education of future teachers of educational institutions”, the purpose of which is national-patriotic upbringing, the formation of national value orientations.