Pedagogical Conditions of Formation of Professional Patriotism at Defense Specialties of Civil University

Abstract

The aim of the work is the experimental study of patriotic qualities of students - future engineers of the defense industry. The study was conducted with the use of observation methods, interviews, pedagogical testing, and questionnaires. Diagnosis and evaluation of personal qualities of students were carried out using the morphological life values test (modified by I.G. Senin), and the questionnaire “The need for achieving the goal” (modified by Yu. M. Orlov). The average empirical values have been obtained concerning the level of professional and patriotic education of students. It has been shown that targeted educational activities, carried out on the basis of the identified organizational and pedagogical conditions, contribute to the level of professional and patriotic education of students.