Formation of national identity in cadets of military institutions of higher education

Abstract

Nowadays Ukraine is faced with the question of the role of its young people in the modern society. Therefore, the problem of understanding the concept of «national consciousness», «national identity», «self-identification»in the modern youth society, as well as the importance of forming  these concepts in the higher military educational establishments is shown in the article. In addition, the results of freshmen’s questionnaire of the National Army Academy named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi as for the understanding of such key concepts as the «national consciousness» and “national identity” are presented. The results of the questionnaire are shown.  The native language playes a key role in the formation of national consciousness.   It is emphasized that the language environment is a powerful vector in the formation of national identity which needs special attention. The scientific and pedagogical staff of the higher military educational establishments is played the important role. The language environment forms the «humanitarian aura» of the future defender of state and national interests, Ukrainians with their language, history, religion, culture and their identifications. The complex of humanitarian disciplines, organizational and educational activities, moral and psychological, spiritual content of the “humanitarian aura” are concluded in the research work. The language environment will contribute to the formation and development of national consciousness of every participant of the pedagogical process.