Keyword: «moral education»

in the modern world of new knowledge, technologies, discoveries and achievements, the main condition remains the requirements that are imposed on all participants in the educational process, both from the student and from the teacher who carries out professional activities that include not only a set of knowledge, skills and abilities acquired in the process of professional training, but also the readiness to implement the educational function with the help of new digital educational technologies.

The upbringing of morality is a part of the whole process of moral upbringing of the individual; the article examines the importance of moral upbringing in preschool childhood.

Our article considers the current problem of education of moral qualities and moral values of children of senior preschool age. Such concepts as "morality", "education", "moral education" are considered, the purpose and functions of moral education are highlighted. To study the level of development of moral qualities of preschool children, the following diagnostic methods were selected and applied: "Finish the story" – a modified version by R. M. Kalinina, "Unfinished situations" by A. M. Shchetinina, L. V. Kirsa. The results of the study showed insufficient formation of moral qualities in older preschoolers. Methods for the assimilation of moral ideas and moral values in children are proposed.

The article reveals the relevance of moral education in modern Russian society. The normative and legal foundations of moral education in our country are given. The educational features of the formation of a child's morality are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the consideration of the role of educational organizations and families in the formation of the moral behavior of the child. The analysis of the types and functions of the family in the context of its influence on the moral education of the child is given.

The article describes effective conditions for the moral education of younger schoolchildren in Russian language lessons. The problem of moral education in modern society is urgent due to the loss of cultural and spiritual and moral values. In a modern school, the process of educating a highly developed person with his own civic position should proceed using various techniques, methods, educational campaigns, compliance with pedagogical conditions.