In the article are presented results of the theoretical and methodological analysis of the concept of “national identity”. Social significance of the national identity of youth according to the latest trends is justified. The level of formation of national identity and its characteristics are described.

The concept of national identity as a component of the civic students’ youth culture formation is revealed. It is noted that in recent decades, education is recognized as the main tool for creating a humane, equal and attentive to human needs society. The main tasks of education include the formation of values and the appropriate lifestyle for modern youth. According to the new approach, the focus is on political, legal and civic education. The article analyzes the use of the terms “national identity”, “national self-identity” and “national consciousness” as synonyms, as they express the ability to focus on objects of the external world, and at the same time focus on states of inner spiritual experience themselves as a certain community (nation), awareness of its essential features and separation of “we” from “not we”. The pedagogical bases of the students’ preparation for patriotic education in the pedagogical university are defined and include the following provisions: achievement of the purpose of preparation – the formation of readiness of the future teachers for the patriotic education of students (is carried out on the basis of interaction of public and personal interests); appropriate teaching and education forms and methods selection in order to prepare future teachers for professional activities, taking into account the new requirements and objectives of society. Accordingly, the following aspects of the future teachers’ readiness for patriotic education are singled out: moral and psychological, practical, which in their unity provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills, and form in them a value attitude to patriotism, and interest in patriotic education. The social order of modern teaching is to raise the implementation of the educational process to a higher and qualitatively new level, to make an integral part of the educational process civic education, and the formation of national identity, tolerance, and values. 

The article deals with the problems of the impact on ethno-cultural identity formation and the contemporary dynamics of such identity. The main features of ethno-cultural identity are defined. Globalization is described as a key factor in the transformation of ethnocultural identity in the conditions of modern society. Major trends in the ethnocultural identity changes in the age of globalization are pointed out: the unification and regionalization. The author states the increasing importance of the new, global, type of identity (“cosmopolitan identity”) in the context of globalization. This type of identity is interpreted as an additional level of identification of modern human. The need to supplement local identity with cosmopolitan identity is noted. The role of humanities, primarily philosophical education, in the transformation of identity processes is emphasized. The worldview and value education are seen as the fundamental features of humanities. Philosophical education is interpreted as a tool of the formation of critical thinking, as well as a means of analysis and revaluation of identity. It is concluded that liberal arts education is an effective means of broadcasting ethnocultural identity, as well as the forming of a cosmopolitan identity in contemporary society.

Key words: national identity; national consciousness; patriotic education; civic culture; civil education; civic education; civic competence; civic activity.

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