Process of cadets’ economic culture development in higher military educational institutions
The paper presents a study of the process of forming and instilling economic culture in cadets of higher military and technical educational institutions of the Russian Federation in conditions of uncertainty. The relevance of scientific research in this area is justified, confirmed by the results of surveys, as well as research in the implementation of educational programs in the discipline «Economics». The contradictions that justify the need to apply new slants in the formation of economic culture, a significant component of the culture of the individual, are revealed. The analysis of scientific sources on this subject is made, which allowed us to characterize the main structural elements of the economic culture of the individual, to form a conceptual apparatus, to study the interpretation of the main terminology in foreign and domestic literature. The application of innovative methods in the field of teaching the discipline, such as a personalized approach, is proposed, which can be used together with basic educational technologies in the process of training in a military educational institution. The article describes the variable resolution of problems and contradictions of a methodological and organizational nature. The use of the proposed options will create a cluster model of the gradual formation of economic culture. The paper presents the pedagogical conditions for the successful implementation of the developed model of instilling economic culture in cadets of higher military educational institutions, allowing to take into account the degree of preparedness of various groups of students, directing them to the assimilation of motivational attitudes of self-development and self-realization. The aspects of using a personalized approach in the process of forming the economic culture of cadets of a special faculty are considered. The results of the application of this approach, while providing the educational process at the special faculty of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy (St. Petersburg), are presented. Possible directions and ways of solving the identified problems are proposed, which will allow raising the content aspect of educational programs to a higher level and, as a result, the level of knowledge, skills, attainments and competencies of this area, as well as the process of forming an economic culture.