Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem (Aug 2018)
SINCERITY OF MILITARY CADETS IN SURVEYS
Abstract
Purpose. The article is devoted to the application of surveys in research of the level of cadet’s patriotism, as the most common method of collecting information. The subject of the analysis is the sincerity of the respondents, on which the reliability and quality of the final data depend. Methodology. The research was conducted during the period from 2015 to 2017 to identify the level of patriotism of the youth (pupils of secondary schools, students, military cadets) in the Orel region. It was comparative in terms of goals and methodical in nature of the tasks, which were solved. The research was held in several stages, we used questionnaires, interviews, conversations. According to the results of this research [12, 13, 14, 15, 16], the level of patriotism of military cadets greatly exceeds the level of patriotism of pupils and students. The received superiority made it possible to put forward a number of hypotheses that require verification, one of which is the insincerity of military cadets, it dues to the fact that lies and deception are often perceived by people as natural phenomena, which have own reasons. A new approach to the method of application of the questionnaire methodology “Assessment of the level of military-patriotic education of youth on combat traditions” by S.N Tomilina (in the modification of M.N. Goncharova) [3, 17] was developed in the article. It allowed to use this methodology, first of all, not to determine the level of patriotism of respondents, but to control their sincerity (questions with a similar meaning in a different formulation were in the questionnaire). Note, that earlier in determining the level of patriotism of cadets, the researchers did not focus their attention on revealing the sincerity / insincerity of the respondents, in previous works on this topic there is no description of such experiments. Results. The percentage of positive answers turned out to be quite high when the results were summared, but discrepancies (contradictions) were revealed in the answers to questions of similar meaning, so we made a conclusion that not all respondents were sincere, the hypothesis of insincerity is confirmed. This allowed the authors to question the earlier conclusion [12] about the high level of patriotism of military cadets. Scope of application of the results. In order to research the effectiveness of patriotic education of military cadets, the results of the experiment make it possible to recommend including the control of the sincerity / insincerity of the respondents to the questionnaire methodologies, it will help to obtain more reliable information. It is necessary to emphasize cadets’ attention to the fact that honesty, sincerity, truthfulness are among the inherent qualities of the patriot’s personality during carrying out measures for patriotic education.
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