Readiness for Dialogue and Constructive Interaction as a Component of the Value System of Modern Higher Education Students

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the readiness for dialogue and constructive interaction as a component of the value system of modern students. The goal is realized in the following purposes: to analyze scientific approaches to dialogue as a component of the value system; based on the results of empirical research, to formulate proposals for improving the formation of readiness for dialogue and constructive interaction. We consider the formation of readiness for dialogue and constructive interaction in higher education students to be extremely relevant for modern Ukraine in connection with the prospects of post-war reconstruction. The methodology of the study includes general scientific and empirical methods. In order to study the readiness of higher education students for dialogue and constructive interaction, an empirical study was conducted with the participation of the authors at the Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University. The questionnaire developed by the authors of the study consisted of three items and was designed to find out strategies for behavior in dialogue, strategies for overcoming a conflict situation, and students' vision of post-war life in Ukrainian society in terms of understanding and reconciliation of its various parts. The empirical research has shown that higher education students are mostly not ready to listen to their opponents, understand their position, find out their point of view, and choose a strategy of confrontation, i.e. deliberate escalation of the conflict; the vast majority of them instead propose in the postwar period social punishment, condemnation and obstruction of those members of society who have evaded their civic responsibilities even in a legal way. In order to improve readiness for dialogue and constructive interaction as a basic value, the author proposes a set of various activities, including educational seminars/webinars, training sessions, and meetings of students with representatives of different social groups.