Keyword: «senior school children»

In the article the results of tentative research into senior school children and institute students´ understanding of happiness are examined. The similarities and differences in the factors in happiness in the groups under consideration are marked and also the interrelation between detailed peculiarities and stage of development which young people go through

Level of value orientations fixation is crucial in patriotic consciousness establishment. The analysis of value orientations among senior school children of Kirov, which was carried out by means of questioning, showed the low level of patriotic consciousness in young people. That indirectly demonstrates irrationally organized process of patriotic education and lack of interaction between school and family in the matter. It is offered to carry out regular diagnostics of schoolchildren value orientations among different age groups and also the correcting activities of patriotic orientation.