The prerequisites of students' civic standpoints development

Abstract

The article focuses on students' civic standpoints development. Modern socio-economic changes associated with the construction of civil society, put forward the requirements of the formation of an active and thinking citizen who can live in a democracy, capable of diverse and productive activities for the benefit of society, the state and his personal and the solution of problems to improve the system of training and education of University students, aimed at mastering their professional knowledge and skills, the formation of civic conviction and responsibility, a sense of civic duty, patriotism, active citizenship. The goals of the educational policy put the problems of educating students, one of the most basic social and demographic groups of the modern youth, to the forefront. Civil education in the conditions of modern Kazakhstan is objectively key to ensuring sustainable political, socio-economic development and the national country. Civil education and vocational training is a single, purposeful process of forming the humanity of a citizen, a worker, and a professional. The success of educating a citizen in a higher educational institution largely determines the spiritual space of the student body, which orients him to acquire and use the human experience of democratic relations that characterize student self-government, design and create similar space in future professional activities. The results of the definition and specification of the notion of «civic education» are also introduced in the article.