Scientific journal
Научное обозрение. Педагогические науки
ISSN 2500-3402
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THE METHODOLOGICAL BASIS OF MENTALITY RESEARCH AND MECHANISMS OF ITS TRANSFORMATION IN THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Bogdanova A.A. 1
1 Sterlitamak Branch of the Bashkir State University
The author analyzes the concept of “mentality” in modern Humanities. It provides a historical review of the emergence of the term in the scientific circulation. The nature and content of the mentality, its role in human life and society are disclosed. The mentality is seen as a multidimensional and multifunctional phenomenon with an access to a number of related social and humanitarian subjects, determined the prospect of each of them in the structure of the investigated problem. A considerable role is devoted to culture and cultural studies. The role and place of the nationalcultural component as a cultural bearer identity is describe. Phenomenological characteristics with the selection and description of the specific features of mentality are given. Emphasis is laid at integration and interdependence of individual mindset and mentality of society. A connection of correlating types of mentality as inherited, unconscious phenomenon, on the one hand, and changing, forming, - on the other hand, are studied. In this context transformational mechanisms and criteria for evaluation of their effectiveness are describe.