THE PARTICIPATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL EMPLOYEE (TEACHER) OF THE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE IN THE FORMATION OF LEGAL AWARENESS OF EDUCATION ACQUISITIONS
Authors:   Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Ukraine, Osmolian Vitalii 
Published: April 2024

The further Ukraine goes on the path of democratic development and European integration, the more important the ability to organize the modern process of educating the younger generations, to manage this process in accordance with the requirements of the European Union and the requirements of the times, becomes more important. The purpose of this scientific work, based on the conducted theoretical analysis and own practical experience, was to consider conceptual positions regarding the influence of a scientific and pedagogical worker on the formation of legal awareness of a student of a professional college during the teaching of a number of disciplines of the legal cycle, in particular: "Theories of the State and Law", "Constitutional Law", "Criminal Law and Procedure", "Administrative Law" and "Labor Law", as well as justify the need for further research in the relevant direction, because the latter will create prospects for theoretical and practical studies, will contribute to the improvement of the domestic methodology of teaching legal disciplines, and will form a motivated and stable legal position among the population of Ukraine, in particular – young people, and as a result – will improve the innovation and legal policy of Ukraine in general. During the research, general scientific and special research methods were used: the dialectical method – aimed at bringing together the legal and pedagogical foundations of the formation of legal consciousness among students of education, analyzing the possibility of their continuous development, as a result of systematic filling with new innovative proposals of the current legislation of Ukraine; methods of analysis and generalization, which allow to determine the essence and admissibility of legal norms, which regulate the possibility of a scientific and pedagogical employee of a professional college to influence the consciousness and legal culture of education seekers; a systematic method of researching the essence and admissibility of pedagogical and legal norms and positions on the right of educational, cultural intervention in the development of a young personality, the formation of his worldview; a comparative method – to identify common and distinctive features of legal norms that regulate the ability of a scientific and pedagogical employee of an educational institution to influence and form legal awareness in the legislation of Ukraine and the countries of the European Union; functional method – to reveal the place and significance of the norms of pedagogical and legal participation of the teacher in the formation of legal consciousness of students, the possibility of their improvement and improvement during pedagogical activities in Ukraine. The task and purpose of this work is to develop and ensure a holistic approach to the upbringing and development of the legal personality of a teenager, to strive to create a single comprehensive system of educational influences of the college, family and the public, to increase the leading and organizing role of the pedagogical "family" in collective of students. The definition of general and specific tasks of legal educational work and possible options for the types of legal educational activities of those who acquire professional pre-higher education, which are recommended to the teacher when achieving the task of forming a legal-conscious personality of a minor, is based on the most important principles of the Constitution of Ukraine, such as the social and public orientation of the modern generation, the connection of legal norms with life and practical activities; unity of education and upbringing; combination of pedagogical guidance with the development of initiative, activity and legal self-development of college students; continuity, continuity and consistency of the process of legal education, the relationship between education and self-education; taking into account the age and individual characteristics of education seekers. The practical consequences of the work (results) became the possibility of dividing the directions of legal education of students of the professional college according to the following vector directions: formation of the foundations of the legal worldview; education of legal and political morality, conscious legal discipline and culture of behavior; fostering a conscious attitude to legal education and the development of cognitive activity and the culture of intellectual work; fostering a legal-conscious attitude to work and social responsibility, broadening the legal and information-technical horizons, and preparing for a conscious choice of a future profession; formation of legal awareness and education of civil responsibility; education of aesthetic culture and development of artistic features; physical improvement, strengthening of health and formation of sanitary and hygienic culture – whichh indicates the value and originalityof the conducted scientific research.