Problems of Cultivating Ideological Security in the Educational Environment
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https://doi.org/10.47451/phi2025-04-03Keywords:
ideology, students, ideological security, critical thinking, open dialog, educationAbstract
In the 21st century the forgotten word combination ideological security has received a new impetus, it turned out that by creating, through modern technologies, a certain information field it is possible to perform any political decisions and change the mental attitude of the population. Accordingly, the issues of this nature have become particularly relevant in the national states. The security of the state is largely related to the creation of national ideology, which is formed in the minds of young people. The study aims to explore effective methods and approaches to creating ideological security in educational institutions, objectives, teach critical and logical thinking techniques, as well as understand what an ideologically safe environment means. The main objective of the study is to study effective approaches in teaching ideological security in educational institutions. Methodological approaches and methods are the poly-subject approach provided a deep understanding of the student as a multifaceted personality, which is most fully manifested in communication with others. The authors used thematic triangulation of data, followed by comparative analysis, as well as methods of descriptive statistics. A participatory approach to teaching ideological security to youth audiences was utilized. Surveys, questionnaires, interviews were used as research tools that helped to create a verifiable picture. In the results authors present created teacher-student parity increase the chances of creating a safe space, interactive discourse method reduces susceptibility to ideological extremism. In conclusion, this paper makes a practical contribution to the understanding of ideological security in the classroom by proposing a transformational paradigm of social consciousness within secondary and higher education.
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