Features of education of dignity in junior schoolchildren

The article is devoted to the topical problem of educating dignity in junior schoolchildren. Based on the analysis of philosophical psychological and pedagogical literature, generalization of the obtained empirical data, use of pedagogical diagnostics, the basic tendencies and features of education of dignity at younger schoolchildren are revealed, criteria (cognitive, emotional-value, active) are defined with the corresponding indicators, which allowed to characterize dignity in junior school students (high, medium, low). Students' understanding of the concept of "human dignity", the peculiarities of its upbringing and behavioral manifestations is considered. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that its results allow to improve the quality of the educational space of the school, to increase the effectiveness of its impact on the moral and ethical development of the younger generation, to adapt the activities of junior students to real life. The defined age features of students of grades 1-4 allow to provide a qualitatively new educational effect in solving the problems of moral education of schoolchildren, features of influence of pedagogical and educational systems on formation and development of the person are considered. Various approaches to determining the essence of moral value – dignity and factors of its successful formation, which have gained recognition in foreign pedagogical thought and spread in educational practice, are analyzed. The article reveals the state of formation of dignity in junior schoolchildren at the ascertaining stage of scientific research. The practical significance of the article is that its materials can be used in the organization of educational work of general education institutions and training of primary school teacher