FORMATION OF POLITICAL CULTURE OF CADETS OF HIGHER MARITIME EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF UKRAINE AS A SUBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHES

In the thesis the theoretical generalization and reasonably new approach to solving the current problem of theoretical study and experimental verification of pedagogical conditions of formation of political culture of cadets from higher maritime educational institutions; the essence, content and components of the political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions are defined; the current state of formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions is described; the content of the key concepts of the study: "political culture", "political education", "political socialization", "political competence" is specified; the author's definition of "political culture of a cadet higher maritime education institution" is given; the factors and patterns of formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions are defined; components, criteria and indicators of formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions are defined and their level is characterized; structural and functional model and pedagogical technology of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions as a set of interrelated components: target, content, organizational and effective ones are proved, developed and tested; effective pedagogical conditions of formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions are proved; components, levels and criteria of formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions are defined and characterized. To verify the effectiveness of structural and functional model of pedagogical conditions and pedagogical technologies of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions we developed and implemented a program forming experiment that made it possible to record a positive trend and is the basis for a conclusion about the effectiveness of the proposed structural functional model and concluded software and methodological recommendations on the formation of political culture of cadets of maritime educational institutions and course "Political Culture of Merchant Marine officer".