Training Teachers to Develop Spiritual and Moral Values in Schoolchildren by Means of Enlightenmental Activities

Abstract

Due to the urgency of the tasks of strengthening the value foundations of Russian education, the potential of education in the formation of spiritual and moral values among schoolchildren is in demand, the implementation of which largely depends on the readiness of teachers for educational activities. The aim is to identify approaches to the design of the content of additional professional education for teachers in the field of spiritual and moral education and the invariant content modules of the additional professional program. Analysis of the regulatory framework, theoretical sources, and practices of introducing students to cultural values, theoretical modeling of the system of spiritual and moral education for students, and designing the content of additional professional education for teachers in the field of spiritual and moral education. The results and scientific novelty consist in updating the educational activities of the school as a means of forming students’ value attitude towards Russian culture, history, and traditions.; spiritual and moral values, the development of theoretical approaches to the design of the content of additional professional education for teachers, focused on the formation of their axiological competence and readiness to implement cultural and educational programs at school; the content modules of the additional professional program «Spiritual and moral education of students in the general education system».