Guzinets O. Spiritual and Religious Education of Student Youth in the Multicultural Environment of the Transcarpathia

The dissertation investigates the problem of spiritual and religious education of student youth in the multicultural environment of the Transcarpathia. Based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical sources, the essence of the key concepts is characterized. They are "spiritual and religious education of student youth" and "spiritual and religious education".There are revealed the peculiarities of spiritual and religious education of student youth in the multicultural environment of the Transcarpathia. The criteria (spiritual and religious knowledge; experience of spiritual and religious knowledge and values; embodiment of spiritual and moral values in behavior) are developed with appropriate indicators, the levels of spiritual and religious upbringing of student youth in the multicultural environment of the Transcarpathia are characterized. The effectiveness of organizational and pedagogical conditions of spiritual and religious education of student youth in a multicultural environment is theoretically substantiated and experimentally tested. To implement the organizational and pedagogical conditions, there is proposed an experimental program of spiritual and religious education of student youth, which is based on the principles of spiritual and religious education of student youth in the multicultural environment.