FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN STUDENTS

the article is devoted to the problem of the development of national self-awareness in times of large-scale cultural and historical transformations. The concept of national self-awareness, the idea of it in the works of Western and Ukrainian scientists is studied. The article determined that the main components of national self-awareness are a caring and responsible attitude towards the environment, kindness, sincerity, justice, hard work, patriotism, interest in the history of the native land, interest in the traditions of the people, its culture, self-improvement, love for the native language, mutual assistance. The authors presented a questionnaire aimed at determining the importance of various components of national self-awareness among young people who are getting higher education in different regions of Ukraine. The results of the study are presented, which indicates that in the structure of national self-awareness, young people value the love of their native language, interest in the history of their native land and the traditions of the people, patriotism, justice, mutual assistance, caring and responsible attitude towards the environment. At the same time, they underestimate those components that are related to personal qualities, in particular: self-improvement, hard work, sincerity, kindness.