Inclusion of university students in social projects on civil and patriotic education of children and youth

 An urgent pedagogical problem is considered – the problem of including university students in social projects for the civil and patriotic education of children and youth. An analysis of concepts, interdisciplinary approaches (political science, sociological, psychological, pedagogical), legal documents (strategies, concepts, programs), best practices of organizing educational work in higher education in the civil and patriotic direction is presented. The groups of technologies of civil and patriotic education of student youth are determined: traditional, mixed, innovative. We highlight the leading technology of civil and patriotic education of student youth – inclusion in social projects. Cases and results of a qualitative assessment of students’ activities as implementers of their own projects of civil and patriotic education are shown. Testing of students’ achievements, expert assessment by employers showed the effectiveness of the project activities of students, taking into account their interests, the relationship with their future profession, the effectiveness of using the upbringing and educational potential of social partnership in the practice of civil and patriotic education, as well as the possibilities of intensification and prospects for the development of the process of civil and patriotic education students in the context of the application of innovative technologies and formats.