THE MODEL OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

In this article the author analyses different approaches and models of patriotic education of schoolchildren. It was found that some of the educational models are obsolete, the others are actual, but they are based on the meaning that it is impossible for children to love their motherland without loving their hometown. This model of patriotic education of schoolchildren in the interaction with the environment simulates the internal structure of the process of partnership both teachers and children, defines the character of this process and directs to develop positive emotional attitude of children to the surrounding environment and people. This model focuses on pedagogical conditions of patriotic education of schoolchildren in the process of interaction with the environment (based on the principles of multiculturalism, personification and socialization; on understanding new approaches to patriotism and patriotic upbringing. The elementary school curriculum should contain the educational information about proximate natural and social environment of the schoolchildren; organization of patriotic activity, available for children of elementary school level and assessment of the results of this activity. This model contains different forms and methods of patriotic education based on emotionally valuable, cognitive and behavioral components.

The effectiveness of the pedagogical model of patriotic education of schoolchildren in the interaction with the environment is determined by different concepts and ideas necessary for manifestation of patriotism, typical for children of primary school level (they are: communicative, cognitive, artistically-aesthetic as well as methods of getting into patriotic actions through game and labor activities).