MOTIVATIONAL AND VALUE COMPONENT OF EMOTIONAL AND ETHICAL COMPETENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLCHILDREN

Introduction. The urgency of the problem is associated with a number of fundamental changes in the national education system, in particular, the reform and modernization of the education system. Currently, the problem of developing students' emotional and ethical competence is acute and controversial. In the current Ukrainian legislative framework, considerable attention is paid to the regulation of issues related to the purposeful form of the ability of primary school students to express their own opinions, creatively self-actualize, take the initiative, etc. related to the implementation of the concept of «New Ukrainian School» in the educational space of the primary school. These characteristics are relevant at each level of education (primary education, basic secondary education and specialized secondary education) in the conditions of a modern general educational institution, however, in primary school, the basis for the development of a personality with emotional and ethical competence is laid since primary school age is an adaptive and preparatory and most sensitive period for the effective development of a number of personal characteristics, properties necessary to create the basis of the phenomenon under study. However, the success of the development of this quality directly depends on the motives and value of emotions in cognitive and personal spheres, acceptance of emotional experiences and feelings, humanistic attitude to communication, interaction, motivation to improve their own emotional and ethical competence, the need to become a competent person. The definition of this problem in light of the above, the development of motives and perception of values and attitudes towards emotions in general, which are integrated into the motivational and value component of emotional and ethical competence of primary schoolchildren, is of particular importance. Purpose. The article aims to theoretically substantiate the motivational and value component of the emotional and ethical competence of primary schoolchildren, to determine the indicators and criteria of its development. Methods. Analysis and generalization of scientific literature, comparison, synthesis, systematization, and generalization of information were used. Results. In the process of identifying the structural components of primary schoolchildren's emotional and ethical competence, we relied on the analytical positions and generalization of relevant scientific ideas and positions on the combination and interdependence of various basic components of emotional intelligence, emotional and ethical competence of primary schoolchildren. Since the studied quality of personality belongs to the phenomenon of his consciousness, in its structure we distinguish personal, motivational, cognitive and active components. Originality. The essence and content of the motivational and value component of the emotional and ethical competence of primary schoolchildren are revealed. In turn, the indicators of the development of this component of the studied quality in primary schoolchildren are determined. The essence of the concept of «motive», «motivation», and «values» and their importance in the process of development of the emotional and ethical competence of a young person. Diagnostic tools for determining the level of development of motivational and value components of emotional and ethical competence of primary schoolchildren are proposed. Conclusion. In view of the above, motives and value orientations, which are integrated into the motivational and value component of primary schoolchildren's emotional and ethical competence, are important personal characteristics of primary schoolchildren when they convey their conscious attitude to the surrounding reality.