The problem of national and patriotic education of preschool-aged children in the works of Alla Bohush (for the period from 1990 to 2018)

The article is dedicated to the problem of national and patriotic education of children in the works of Alla Bogush. The purpose of the article is to carry out a qualitative analysis of Alla Bogush's scientific and methodical works and articles which were published between 1990 and 2018. The tasks of the scientific research were as follows: 1) to analyze the works of Alla Bohush in the aspect of national and patriotic education; 2) to determine the direction of implementation of the investigated problem in the scientist's works; 3) to actualize Alla Bohush's creative heritage in modern educational practical training. The scientific and methodical works of the academician Alla Bohush in the aspect of national and patriotic education can be divided into three areas: firstly, the works of the scientist in which the issues regarding the national and patriotic education of children have been revealed; secondly, the scientist's works which were dedicated to the heritage of famous educators; and thirdly, the works in which the issues of training students in implementing the national and patriotic education into preschool institutions have been revealed. The main idea of all the works of Alla Bohush is the image of the native word as one of the means of national self-identification, the concept of «speech personality» and its role in the formation of a nation-conscious citizen of Ukraine. The criteria of patriotic upbringing of the youth with their indicators (information and knowledge, motivation and society-oriented, productive and activity-based) have been given in the article.