Особливості викладання курсу «Громадянська освіта» в Україні (з 2022 р.)

Abstract

This article examines the peculiarities of teaching the «Civic Education» course in Ukraine, starting in 2022. It has been proven that after mastering this educational discipline, students of 10th grade of general secondary education institutions can acquire a valuable stock of knowledge at worldview, social science, political and legal, environmental, information and mass media levels, acquire knowledge about the main directions of European and international politics. It was found that, nevertheless, the curriculum of the academic discipline needs additions, which are related to the democratization of public life in Ukraine, the holding of democratic elections to the bodies of state power and local self-government in Ukraine in the period 2014 - 2021, permanent armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine; assistance to Ukraine by Western partners; challenges of the present and the future. The changes and additions proposed by the authors of the article cover the theoretical foundations of the course, key competencies, principles of designing the course content, a list of basic concepts, the content of directions that form integrative civics knowledge. It is substantiated that the content of the educational subject can be improved thanks to the correction of sections and topics of the course program, which have a worldview and moral and ethical character (personality and its identity, socialization of personality, self-realization of a person). The need to make additions to the sections and topics necessary for the formation of an active citizen of Ukraine in the political and legal aspect (human rights and freedoms, democratic society and its values, civil society, rule of law, welfare state) has been established. The relevance of making additions to the content of the educational subject, which are directly related to the radical change in the living conditions of Ukrainian society in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine, is emphasized. It has been determined that such additions may refer to the sections about the person in the socio-cultural space, about the world of information and mass media, about Ukraine, Europe, the world.