UkrainianProfessional Education

Abstract

In the article, based on the theoretical analysis of the leading groups of sources and work experience of the Communal Institution of Higher Education “Uzhgorod Institute of Culture and Arts” of the Zakarpattia Regional Council, the essence of the concept of “cultural and educational environment” of the artistic institution of higher education is investigated and substantiated, and the ways of forming such an environment are outlined.Based on the works by O. Pilevych, O. Rebrova, H. Buchkivska, E. Mertens, and other scientists, it is found that the cultural-educational environment of art institutions of higher education is a complex integrated concept. It characterizes the spiritual space of the institution and the set of educational and cultural-educational pedagogical conditions and means those develop and shape the personality of the future specialist in the field of culture. The specifics (features of an art institution, the role of the environment in the process of education and upbringing of young people, a resource that enables their professional creative growth) and characteristics of such an environment are determined, and examples of the implementation of the tasks of its formation by means of the work of vocal and choral art collectives are given. Conducting and researching the peculiarities of the formation of a cultural and educational environment in the conditions of an art institution of higher education made it possible to identify the main trends and characteristics of the development of such an environment. They are the following: the formation of the spiritual culture of youth, the assimilation of universal and national values, professional development, the formation of performing skills, the realization of individual creative abilities, and moral and aesthetic education in the conditions of the artistic collective and through the collective, readiness for active artistic and creative activity

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