Olga Р. Glyshenko

In the conditions of modern hybrid information warfare, it is important to be in the right system of value coordinates for every person. Modern young people must be protected from the negative informational and psychological impact of the media by fostering their informational and psychological stability based on the developed value-meaning sphere. This article discusses the issues of the formation of spiritual and moral values and life orientations among cadets serving in the internal affairs bodies. Patriotic indoctrination is considered by the authors as the most relevant area of work with the police personnel. At the same time, one of the priority areas of pedagogy is the improvement of methods and technologies for the formation of a sense of patriotism and the spiritual and moral sphere of a person. The value and life-meaning orientations of the cadets were chosen as the object of the study. The aim of the study is to characterize the specifics of the life-meaning orientations of cadets who want to become police officers, and to provide data from experimental work conducted on the basis of traditional spiritual and moral values on the formation of a sense of patriotism as the personal value basis of police cadets. The work has practical value for the activities of the internal affairs bodies in terms of patriotic and spiritual and moral education of young police officers. The theoretical significance of the article lies in clarifying the place and role of patriotism in the value structure of a person and in analyzing current research areas in the field of spiritual and moral education of youth. The authors draw reasonable conclusions about the reasons for the assessment of certain values importance by police officers. The respondents' responses show that preservice police officers consciously made their professional choice, deciding to devote their lives to serving the community, and becoming involved in ensuring the national interests of our Fatherland. The overwhelming majority of subjects possess the necessary set of values that allow cadets to develop a patriotically oriented worldview.