The Importance of the Formation of Patriotism of Students at School

One of the most important features of a modern personality, its inner core that determines its value orientations and attitudes, is patriotism. Ideological orientation, ideological, social and moral maturity of the individual find their concrete embodiment in patriotism. Despite the importance of the formation of patriotism among young people is determined at the state level, the solution to this problem is still urgent. It is on this basis that education in a modern school should be directly related to the understanding of the essence of citizenship and patriotism.

An Analysis of the Impact of the Values Education Class Over the University Students’ Levels of Acquisition of Moral Maturity and Human Values

This study aims to analyze the impact of the “Curriculum of Values Education” over the university students’ levels of acquisition of moral maturity and human values. This study was planned as a quasi-experimental design, defined as the “Pretest/Post-test Control Group Design”. The study group of the study consisted of 77 students, studying in the Child Development Program of the Department of Child Care and Youth Services at the Vocational School of Healthcare Services of Mus Alparslan University throughout the 2019-2020 academic year. The “Moral Maturity Scale” and “Human Values Scale” were employed as data collection tools. The curriculum was administered on the experimental group for 80-90 minutes in 1 session in the training classroom, at 15:00 on Mondays for 13 weeks. The independent samples t-Test and Two Way Anova for Repeated Measurements were utilized in order to analyze the data obtained from this study. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the “Curriculum of Values Education” increased the levels of acquisition of moral maturity and human values of the students in the study group. A literature-backed discussion was held in line with the results obtained, which was followed by several recommendations on the use of the crafted curriculum of values education by the academicians to teach the values education class.

Personal and professional reliability in the structure of professional qualities of a specialist of the EMERCOM of Russia

The article considers the structure of personal and professional reliability of specialists of EMERCOM of Russia, working in the conditions interfaced to risk for life. The analysis of factors influencing the professional and personal reliability of a specialist of the EMERCOM of Russia is given. The relevance of this research is due to the need to study various parameters of reliability of the EMERCOM of Russia specialist. The author shows that the personal and professional reliability of a specialist of the EMERCOM of Russia is a characteristic of personal characteristics and qualities that determine the stability of standard normative behavior in terms of personal reliability in professional activities. At the same time, another important parameter of personal and professional reliability is the moral qualities of the specialist, his spiritual and moral maturity. In modern conditions of performing professional duties, the problem of studying the personal and professional qualities of EMERCOM specialists in Russia is of particular importance. The author conducted a theoretical and methodological analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature on the topic. The results of research conducted with the EMERCOM of Russia specialists on the study of personal and professional qualities are presented. Theoretical and methodological analysis of the reliability problem shows that it is not considered as an independent task and is not established in the traditionally existing systems of selection( selection), training, and support of specialists.

Mendelssohn, Kant, and Enlightenment

This chapter contrasts the two philosophers’ 1784 essays on the question “What is Enlightenment?” True to his faith in theoretical reason, Mendelssohn interprets enlightenment as growth in knowledge, while true to his own faith in practical reason Kant interprets it more as moral maturity, willingness to take responsibility, especially in politics, rather than being passively led by external authority. Next the dispute between Mendelssohn and F.H. Jacobi over whether reason can prove the existence of God or it can be believed only by a leap of faith is examined, and Kant’s intervention in his essay “What Does It Mean to Orient Oneself in Thought?,” published in 1786 after the death of Mendelssohn, is then considered: Kant takes the side of reason in this dispute, but only of practical reason.

Belinda

‘It is singular, that my having spent a winter with one of the most dissipated women in England should have sobered my mind so completely.’ Maria Edgeworth's 1801 novel, Belinda, is an absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title, only too conscious of being ‘advertised’ on the marriage market, grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a tragic secret, the radical feminist Harriot Freke, the handsome and wealthy Creole gentleman Mr Vincent, and the mercurial Clarence Hervey, whose misguided idealism has led him into a series of near-catastrophic mistakes. In telling their story Maria Edgeworth gives a vivid picture of life in late eighteenth-century London, skilfully showing both the attractions of leisured society and its darker side, and blending drawing-room comedy with challenging themes involving serious illness, obsession, slavery and interracial marriage.