GNOSEOLOGICAL AND AXIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PEDAGOGICAL WORKERS' LEGAL CULTURE IN PROFESSIONAL (VOCATIONAL) EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article deals with the epistemological and axiological essence of the legal culture of pedagogical workers of professional (vocational) education (P(V)E) institutions. The concept of culture as a way and result of human activity is revealed. The attention is paid to epistemological understanding of culture, philosophical approaches to the definition of legal culture, issues of a modern teacher's legal culture development etc.

The normative consolidation of culture in the legislation of Ukraine is highlighted. It is established that culture is a social determinant: material achievements, spiritual and social values of a man/society while being; social rules and traditions expressed in the individuals' and society's behaviour; human characteristics in the context of good and evil social perception paradigm. The focus is on the P(V)E institutions teaching staff's legal culture as an important element of the system on establishing the rule of law in all spheres of public life, freedom, implementation of various spheres and of implementation forms for the national social and legal reform. The epistemological and axiological component of the legal culture is revealed. The broad and narrow decennial sense interpretation of legal culture is established. The attention is paid to determining the goal on pedagogical workers' legal culture forming as a system of legal knowledge and skills in combination with the personal and value component of vocational and pedagogical activities. It has been established that the epistemological and axiological essence of legal culture is considered as the legal consciousness of P(V)E institutions pedagogical workers. That is manifested through ...