MORAL EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN UKRAINE (THE SECOND HALF OF XX - THE BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY)

The article analyzes the experience of organizing the moral education of primary school students from the second half of the XX century up to the present time. Purpose of the article is to reveal the features of the organization, content, forms and methods, pedagogical conditions of moral education of primary school students in Ukraine in the second half of XX - the beginning of XXI century. The authors have disclosed what has already been studied on this issue as well as the conceptual and terminological mechanism of this study: features of the organization, the content, forms and methods. It is emphasized that the preparation of a morally educated person is an urgent problem at all stages of personal development. Early school age is the most favorable for learning moral norms and rules of conduct. It is important to create such pedagogical conditions that would ensure the most effective educational process. Summarizing the rich experience of schools we have identified the basic values of moral education. We focused attention on the importance of combining historical experience and modern technologies in the process moral education. Prospects for further research in this area have been identified.