Pedagogical conditions for the formation of patriotic awareness of students of basic secondary education in the process of studying social sciences

The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the investigated problem; the content of the concepts "education", "upbringing" has been clarified; the pedagogical conditions for the formation of patriotic consciousness of students of basic secondary education in the process of studying social science disciplines are substantiated. Attention is focused on the fact that the main task of the teacher when teaching the discipline "History of Ukraine" is to create a clear system of work that contributes to: the formation of the student's national self-awareness; education of an active independent personality, a conscious citizen of Ukraine; permanent systematization and integration of acquired knowledge, identification of their connections with the national idea of Ukrainian society; the formation of faith as a particularly important phenomenon of the student's national self-awareness, thanks to which knowledge acquires practical energy and realization; the formation of the student's ideology, which prompts him to actively participate in the fateful events of the history of his native people; motivation of students to constantly engage in independent research activities on the problems of history, culture, and spirituality of their native land and people. It was established that the formation of patriotic consciousness of students of basic secondary education in the process of studying social science disciplines is based on classical didactic principles (education in the learning process, the principle of scientificity, systematicity, etc.). It has been analyzed and substantiated that the following didactic principles are effective in the process of studying the discipline "History of Ukraine": general scientific; specifically historical; alternative problematic; generalizing; systemic; axiological (value); multicultural; secular, which are integrated into the unified pedagogical conditions for the formation of patriotic consciousness of students of basic secondary education in the process of studying social science disciplines.