THE DIAGNOSTICS OF THE PRESCHOOLERS' IDEAS ABOUT THE NATIVE TOWN FORMATION

The purpose of the article is to present the methods of diagnosing the formation of the older preschoolers’ ideas about their native town and to give the recommendations on improving the preschoolers’ patriotic education in the educational environment of the preschool educational institutions.

Methodology. The authors used a set of methods of the scientific research: theoretical – the analysis and generalization of psychological and pedagogical literature to clarify the pedagogical essence of the «patriotic education» notion; the analysis of the pedagogical documentation content of the educational complexes and pedagogical experience; empirical – the survey, purposeful observation, conversation, diagnostic techniques for diagnosing the levels of the children's ideas about their native town formation; statistical – the methods of the mathematical processing of the experimental data in order to ensure the reliability and objectivity of the results of the research.

The scientific novelty. In the article the authors present the methods of diagnosing the formation of the older preschoolers’ ideas about their native town. The authors worked out the tools for the diagnostics (the criteria, indicators, the system of the tasks for determining the older preschoolers’ knowledge and attitude to their native town). The criteria of the preschoolers’ competencies in the context of their knowledge about the native town have been determined: cognitive, emotional, activity and behavioral. The system of the tasks for determining the indicators of the criteria has been worked out.

Conclusions. In modern preschool educational institutions it is necessary to develop the strategy of national and patriotic bringing up children, the basis of which should be the formation of knowledge about the small motherland. The kindergarteners must improve the formation of the older preschool children’s ideas about nature, history and culture of their native town by conducting educational classes, involving parents, well-known people and volunteers into their patriotic bringing up. It is necessary to use the innovative technologies of patriotic upbringing in the educational environment of the preschool educational institutions.