Peculiarities of moral upbringing of convicts in corrective colonies of Ukraine

Abstract

The article emphasizes the multifaceted nature of the problem of moral upbringing and selfupbringing of convicts in corrective colonies. Their main tasks include: cultivation of moral consciousness; development of moral feelings; development of skills and habits of socially acceptable behaviour; bridging gaps and correction of defects of moral consciousness; eradication of negative feelings and antisocial habits. It is noted that on the way to solving the specified objectives, there arise many difficulties that are caused by the individual characteristics of the convicts (relative weakness of motivation, pronounced egocentric orientation, tendency to negative influence). It has been established that the effectiveness of moral upbringing of convicts largely depends on the pedagogical guidance in the upbringing process in corrective institutions, and one of the main tasks of educators is to create optimal psychological and pedagogical conditions for self-upbringing and moral development of convicts. There have been singled out two groups of factors (social and pedagogical) which directly affect the moral formation and personality development of convicts. Their characteristic features have been revealed. It is emphasized that social influence can be both spontaneous and organized, and pedagogical influence is always goal-oriented and planned, the most controlled and favourable to shape moral behaviour. There have been defined the stages of the convict’s moral development: getting the personality ready to reinterpret information about morality by determining its value and significance for the personality; analytic-synthetic transformation of information; developing options and choosing the right program of actions in specific situations.