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Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):38-50 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.020

The Educator as a Subject of the Spiritual Development of Student Youth

Hryhorii Vasianovych1, Olena Budnyk2, Yaroslav Melnyk3, Kateryna Fomin4
1 Lviv State University of Life Safety, Educational and Research Institute of Psychology and Social Protection, Department of Social Work, Management and Social Sciences, 35 Kleparivska Str., 79007 Lviv
2 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Faculty of Pedagogy, Department of Primary Education, 57 Shevchenko Str., 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk
3 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Faculty of Philology, Department of General and German Linguistics, 57 Shevchenko Str., 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk
4 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Faculty of Pedagogy, Department of Primary Education, 57 Shevchenko Str., 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk

The article explores how spirituality determines the scientific outlook on human existence and value orientations. This is why one of the important tasks of the educator’s activity is the development of a high level of spirituality among students. To investigate this issue, the hermeneutic context, which has traditionally gained popularity in the analysis of the problems of psychological and pedagogical science and the humanities, has been chosen. The authors specified the essence of the concept of ‘spirituality’, described the principle of an individual’s inherent desire for spiritual growth, and determined the importance and function of culture and real freedom in the young person’s spiritual growth. The aspects of creativity, along with the close relationship of the subjects of the educational process during the formation of spirituality, have been subjected to scientific analysis, and the meanings of the individual’s (non)spiritual activity and behaviour have been determined.

Keywords: (non) spirituality, development of spirituality, hermeneutic approach, educator, art, culture

Received: June 29, 2023; Revised: December 22, 2023; Accepted: January 6, 2024; Prepublished online: May 28, 2024; Published: May 18, 2024  Show citation

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Vasianovych, H., Budnyk, O., Melnyk, Y., & Fomin, K. (2023). The Educator as a Subject of the Spiritual Development of Student Youth. Caritas et veritas, 13(2), 38-50. doi: 10.32725/cetv.2023.020
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