Value Orientations in Teaching the Disciplines of Historical and Civic Education: Socio-Philosophical and Legal Analysis

The article analyzes the concepts of “competence”, “personality”, “individuality”, “being”. The state of modern higher education and the quality of teaching subjects in the field of history and civics were comprehensively investigated. The main approaches to the training of future specialists in Ukraine in various areas of training and the difference between personality and individuality are highlighted. The influence of society on the formation of a person-personality and a competent specialist is taken into account. Present existence, its main forms (human, spiritual, states of nature, things, etc.) are examined in detail. The problems of life in modern realities, world perception are analyzed. The main attention is focused on the transformation of values in society, the appearance of stereotyped thinking. The need for changes in the relationship between the rights and responsibilities of Ukrainians, clearly prescribed in the Constitution of our country, and the values of society has been substantiated. The need of society and institutions of higher education to develop a certain document, which will contain not only competences, but also values for the education of student youth, has been studied. An analysis of the Higher Education Standards (bachelor's and master's levels) for the specialties “Law” (2022), “History” (2020), and “Philosophy” (2021) was carried out. The socio-philosophical vision of science as knowledge and its main methods are outlined, and the importance of the process of integrating disciplines in institutions of higher education is considered. Current forms, teaching methods, the use of IT technologies in Ukrainian universities and the need for their updating and improvement have been studied. Particular attention is paid to the values that teachers should have for a high-quality educational environment and their changes in students throughout their studies.