Role of pedagogical disciplines studied by master's students in implementation of the program of patriotic upbringing of the youth

The problem of patriotic upbringing of students intensified due to the complication of political situation in the world in the past few years requires searching for new forms, methods and means used in higher education to promote patriotism and patriotic awareness of students including those enrolled in the Master’s Degree programs. Given the significant workload of Master’s students who usually combine work and study, have social roles related to family life, and are actively involved in research it is important to create the necessary conditions in the educational process without increasing the study load. The implementation of the abovementioned requirements is possible due to the disciplines studied by Master’s students of non-pedagogical majors including technical areas and the ones related to the variable part of Block 1: ‘Fundamentals of Pedagogy and Andragogy’, ‘Pedagogy and Psychology of Higher Education’, and ‘Pedagogy of Higher Education’. Significant opportunities for this are provided by the module of the abovementioned disciplines called ‘Competence Model of a Higher School Teacher’. Activities of Master’s students on studying the module ‘Assistance in Civil and Patriotic Self-Determination of Students as One of the Competences of Extracurricular Educational Activities’ are represented as a system consisting of three components: cognitive component, need and motivational component, behavioral and activity component. It presents a detailed description of behavioral and activity component that involves the creation of projects by Master’s students promoting patriotic education of Bachelor’s and Master’s students; evaluation criteria of the project are also given among which innovation and feasibility of the project can be named. Tools and instruments that enable to determine the effectiveness of this model are represented as well. The results of this study can be used in the institutions of higher education for the organization of educational process of Master’s students of non-pedagogical majors including the technical ones. The results of the project activity of Master’s students can be used to improve the system of patriotic education of Bachelor’s students and future specialists.