Diagnosis of moral education of students

The article highlights the important problem of a diagnosis of moral education of students, which has acquired particular significance in connection with the adoption of a number of documents, fixing main the mission of schools - to educate moral persons, citizens and patriots. It is proved that the main indicators of moral education are the formed personal moral ideals. The article specifies the notion of "moral ideal" as a pedagogical category and highlights its basic educational functions. It considers the criteria of moral ideals existing in pedagogical science and practice. Based on the essential and substantial characteristics of the moral ideal, the article identifies and describes the criteria for the formation of personal moral ideals of students. The author suggests the methods and techniques for identification of the level of the formation of moral ideals of a student. The article gives characteristics of five groups of students, depending on the level of the formation of their personal moral ideals.