Methodological Readiness of Mentoring to Spirituality & Moral Education of the Youth

Relevance. This paper presents the search for ways to actualize the problem of forming the methodological readiness of a teacher-mentor to implement the tasks in the aspect of spiritual and moral education of students carried out by the modern scientists, educators, psychologists and linguistic educators, which is being developed in the following directions: a) the influence of school education and the educational influence of teacher’s pedagogical actions, b) their importance for ensuring the safety of the educational environment in the aspect of cultivating traditional values, c) direct study of the professional growth process and formation of foreign language teachers’ linguistic personalities with the determination of their importance of the communicative and speech-making culture in the role of a teacher-mentor, d) development of meaningful, organizational, pedagogical and linguisticdidactic aspects of cultivating value dominants in the educational space of a modern school.

Aim. To substantiate the axiological basis for developing the methodological readiness of a mentor in terms of the implementation of the main principles of the spiritual and moral education of the Russian youth.

Methodology. The research methods include a critical analysis of literary sources on the studied issues, modeling of communicative situations, designing a system of events in the educational environment space, a search experiment, generalization and replication of innovative pedagogical practices, the purpose of which neutralizes the professional deficits of a teacher-mentor in the field of spiritual and moral education of the Russian youth.

Scientific novelty/theoretical and/or practical significance. The scientific novelty includes a description of the axiological approach applicability in setting parameters in the communicative space of interaction between direct participants of the regional project to ensure a safe information and educational environment in the aspect of the spiritual and moral education value dominants formation. The theoretical significance lies in clarifying the concept of methodological readiness of a teachermentor to implement the principles of psychological balance in the communicative educational environment of studying other cultures and languages. The practical significance consists in determining the foundations for the formation of the speech-creating position of a teacher-mentor in the context of continuous pedagogical education based on the results of clarifying the resource and intellectual capabilities of the regional system of continuous professional pedagogical education in the aspect of scientific and methodological support and support for a foreign language teacher to perform the functions of a teacher-mentor on the example of cultivating additional professional programs.

Results. The results of the conducted research include the definition of the axiological foundations of a three-part model of a foreign language teacher’s methodological readiness formation as a complex one – psychological-pedagogical, didactic and methodological – readiness of a teacher-mentor to implement the tasks of educating a spiritual and moral personality in the space of multi-cultures and multi-languages of modern Russian education.

Conclusions. The process of forming the methodological readiness of a teacher-mentor in the aspect of spiritual and moral education of students can take place with the scientific and methodological support of a teacher-mentor within the framework of continuous pedagogical education in case of compliance with the fundamental axiologies – communication, speech creation and leadership as a value, allowing to implement the basic humanistic principles of a personal-activity, personal-value approach in order to neutralize risks and psychological imbalance in the modern unpredictable event environment of a cross-border region.

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