Freedom and illusions in the educational process

The article is concerned with the relationship between freedom and illusions in the educational process. The author emphasizes that individual freedom is dependent on the range of opportunities of society in the implementation of individual’s value orientations whereas public freedom - with the knowledge of the laws of natural and social development, on the basis of which it is possible to make decisions knowingly. Freedom is accompanied by illusions. The author stresses that the concept of freedom in everyday life understood as freedom of a person who can do whatever he wants, prevents a correct understanding of the goals and objectives of the educational process. The author substantiates the idea of non - breaking professional, general scientific and humanitarian training, forming a single educational process. To shape the correct science -based worldview of students it is essential to know the meaning of ambiguous illusions: on the one hand, it is a myth, deception, delusion, utopia, on the other - a manifestation of a dream similar to optimism, faith, hope. This is their existential significance.