The Influence of the Modern Educational Environment on the Formation of Patriotic Consciousness in Preschool Children

Abstract

The relevance of studyingpatriotic education in preschool children is driven by the specificity of modern social conditions, particularly the critical circumstances the country faces. Additionally, this issue remains insufficiently covered in theoretical sources. The aim of this article is to determine the effectiveness of modern multimedia technologies in shaping the patriotic self-awareness of preschoolers. A formative experiment was conducted to examine the impact of modern informational aspects of the educational environment on the effectiveness of patriotic education in preschoolers. Supplementary methods, such as interviews and observations, were employed. The control group comprised 75 children, and the experimental group includes 80 preschoolers. The quantitative composition of the samples was determined according to the algorithm for calculating statistical power using the G*Power software package. To test the experimental effect, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Student's t-test, and Cohen's d-test were used. The results of the formative experiment indicate the effectiveness of modern multimedia technologies in fostering patriotic consciousness among preschoolers in today's educational environment. Notably, high indicators of the cognitive component of patriotic consciousness increased in 32.5% of children, high indicators of the emotional component rose by 25%, and the high level of the activity criterion grew by 22.5%. It was found that the most pronounced positive dynamics occurred in the emotional and activity components of patriotic consciousness. At the same time, the formation of ideas about patriotic and state-related objects and phenomena does not significantly depend on the format of the program format. The study revealedan established set of knowledge about the state and patriotic aspects is combined with unstable patriotic feelings and a weak activity orientation. The results of the experimental study provide a foundation for the effective use of multimedia technologies in the educational process of preschoolers. Furthermore, the obtained data create conditions for the development of children's patriotism. Future research should focus on developing standardizedmethods for diagnosing the components of patriotic consciousness in preschool children.