Pedagogical aspects of spiritual and moral formation of a growing personality in the context of dynamic social transformations

Abstract

The content of the article includes an analysis of the psychological and pedagogical aspects of the spiritual and moral formation of a growing personality, taking into account the dynamic social transformations of today, which have a significant impact on the construction of the inner world, the system of value orientations, consciousness and spirituality of the “new” generation. The article emphasises that the priority role in these processes is assigned to education, the regulatory framework of which focuses on the spiritual and moral tenets of life, cultural and historical values of the Ukrainian people, their spiritual traditions and their role in the formation of a holistic personality. The worldview paradigms of prominent figures of the past and present, as well as the concepts of “spirituality”, “spiritual culture”, “morality”, “spiritual and moral formation of the individual”, etc. are revealed.
It is proved that an integral part of the spiritual and moral formation of the individual, his/her social maturity is the culture of communication, the culture of building relationships with other people, and this aspect includes such forms of the latter that are moral and ethical in nature: certain values, norms, customs, traditions and other ways of regulating behaviour and communication that determine the actual moral structure of intersubjective relationships. The author identifies the leading pedagogical conditions that contribute to the formation of general and spiritual culture, culture of communication and value orientations of a growing personality in the system of a specially created educational environment.
Oral and contact forms of communication (questionnaires, surveys) were used, which made it possible to study the spiritual and cultural orientations of the youth respondents – their attitude to the world, people, the system of human relations, the nature of leisure, interests, preferences and spiritual achievements of the students involved in the experiment. The results of the study of the nature and content of students’ leisure time are presented to understand their spiritual, cultural and moral orientations. It is concluded that it is necessary to purposefully manage the spiritual and moral formation and formation of the worldview of a growing personality, in particular in the context of dynamic social transformations taking place.