Patriotic consciousness of educational process participants: theoretical foundations of value diagnostics

the article aims to present the author's methodological approach to modeling the process of patriotic education at school. The paper also presents the results of a pilot study on value orientations in the field of patriotic consciousness of modern school education process participants - students, teachers and parents. The study was conducted on the basis of school #305 (Frunzensky District, St. Petersburg) as part of collective experimental work. The research objective is to identify the level of emotional attitude towards the homeland among students of all ages; define in which directions and positions the formation of identity with their homeland is lagging behind; identify the areas of planning educational work to instil patriotic consciousness at school. The author uses the following methods: theoretical analysis, theoretical modeling and questionnaire (in total, 560 students from grade 2 to 11 participated in it). The author methodologically substantiates a theoretical model of patriotic education in a multi-ethnic educational environment based on: a) the interpretation of "Homeland" concept proposed by E.Baryshnikov; b) integration of identities concept proposed by I.Nabok, c) diagnostic criteria for moral development and education designed by A.Dumcheva. The article also outlines diagnostic criteria and indicators of values in the field of patriotic consciousness among students. The questionnaire results, educationally interpreted and graphically represented in diagrams, lead to the conclusion that there are risks of alienation from the Russian ethnic identity at the level of value consciousness among Russian school students. This will hinder the development of civic identity among students who are separated from the national culture. The proposed approach can be applied for the comparative studies of value orientations in the field of patriotic consciousness; for the study of patriotic education effectiveness among school students; and for the development of educational work to form patriotic consciousness among students at different levels of education.