Reality of School Students' Moral Value Education in Lessons of Technologies

While organising the process of education, it is necessary to achieve higher level of school students' perception and implementation of moral values. Contemporary technology education integrates not only creation, technology learning and practical implementation of ideas but also individual's value education. It is important to integrate values into processes, activity principles applying teaching techniques at all levels in a complex way. The goal of the research is to conduct a survey of teachers and 5th-12th formers about peculiarities of moral values education during lessons of technologies. The research methods: analysis of scientific literature and documents, empiric research, statistical analysis of research data. The research was conducted in 2012-2013 and the sample of the research included 104 teachers and 221 school learners. The research results revealed a unified opinion about importance of integration of moral values education into lessons of technologies. The specific features of the subject are emphasised: lessons are delivered in small groups, flexible composition of subject content based on compliance between traditions and innovations. It was revealed that values of respect, honesty and responsibility are most frequently developed, whereas altruism and sensitivity are among least often developed ones. Teachers of technologies are certain that all the programmes of technologies are appropriate for development of learners' moral values.