UDC 37.01

DOI: http://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2023.4.03

Ivanov A.V.¹ (Moscow, Russian Federation) – aivanov7@rambler.ru

¹Moscow City Pedagogical University

Abstract. This article is devoted to the problems of spiritual development of modern university youth, identification of priority areas of human spiritual development based on modern research in various fields of scientific knowledge, in the field of modern culture, information technology. The article examines the content of spiritual education as a purposeful activity of a teacher, creating conditions for the movement of young people to the idea of development and self-development of their spiritual qualities and abilities, actively participating in the process of interaction in cognition of the world and themselves, and activities based on spiritual values. Spiritual development is a process aimed at spiritual improvement, creative attitude to the improvement of qualities that ensure awareness of the Higher Self. Research objectives: to determine the relevance of the research; to identify the leading ideas of spiritual development of modern youth; to determine possible ways and conditions of spiritual development of students. The leading ways include: the idea of realizing the goal, the content of spiritual development, corresponding not only to today, but also to the Future, the idea of interaction between the teacher and the student, based on cooperation and mutual assistance. The leading approaches to the study of this problem are axiological, philosophical and activity-based approaches that allow us to consider this issue in a synthesis. The study of the problem of spiritual development on the basis of the above approaches will reveal one of the leading directions of modern education. The article reveals the basic ideas of students’ spiritual development. The materials of the article are of practical value for researchers of problems of education, students, university teachers.

Keywords: spiritual education, spiritual development, interaction, psychological harmony, psychological harmony, technologies of spiritual development, cultural and educational environment of the university.

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For citation: Ivanov A.V. Spiritual development of youth in the cultural and educational environment of the university. CITISE, 2023, no. 4, pp. 33-44. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2023.4.03