Formation of the moral culture of older preschool children

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of forming the moral culture of older preschool children. Speaking about the fact that the issue of moral education is relevant to this day and has become one of the most common in research, it is one of the most important values that determine the social demands placed on the system of personal education, in which a moral culture has developed at the present stage of society development, and the need to introduce children to the system of moral values. The authors analyzed various definitions and approaches to understanding the concept of “moral culture” in various psychological and pedagogical literatures. V.A. Slastenin, I.F. Kharlamov, and other many well-known psychologists and educators understand the essence of moral culture as the assimilation and acceptance of individual moral norms, principles, categories, ideals, and also express its definite attitude to other people, to themselves, to their work, to nature. The article defines the methods of studying the moral culture of older preschool children and indicators of the levels of development of moral qualities, the final conclusions are made based on the results of the study.