Mokshev D.P.
LEGAL DISCUSSION AS A MEANS OF FORMATION OF THE SENIOR SCHOOL PUPILS’ VALUE ATTITUDE TO LEGAL RULES ^{[№ 3 ' 2021]}
In modern conditions, the problem of educating modern youth of true patriotism, full­fledged personal citizenship, respect for national traditions and values is becoming more and more urgent. One of such values, without any doubt, is the domestic system of law and legal norms, as its primary elements. The most important component of the value attitude of high school students to legal norms is the ability to critically comprehend the content of the norms of law, formulate their subjective position in relation to it, argumentatively defend it in the context of polemics, listen to and take into account the arguments of the opposing side. All this complex of personal characteristics can be formed within the framework of educational legal discussion. The use of legal discussion in value­based legal classes reflects one of the main characteristics of modern education — its dialogic nature. A well­organized and conducted educational legal discussion contributes to the formation of the emotional and value component of the value attitude of high school students to legal norms. The author identifies the types of legal discussion (planned and improvised) and presents their comparative characteristics with specific examples. The basis for writing this article was the experimental work carried out by the author in the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic years on the basis of the State Budget Educational Institution “Kurgan Regional School of Distance Learning”. Within the framework of the additional education program “Values of Law” developed by us, we conducted legal discussions of both types in the classroom with students. As a result, it was revealed that a planned legal discussion is more effective in terms of forming the value attitude of high school students to legal norms than an improvised one.