Ethnic Traditions as a Means of Formation of Moral Beliefs of Seniors

Ethnic traditions as a sociocultural phenomenon allowing to comprehend the national identity of peoples and universal norms in each culture which make a methodological basis for formation of moral beliefs of a personality are studied in the work. The model of formation of moral beliefs of seniors which has a systematic character is developed and carried out through the interconnected stages consistently replacing one another on each of which purposes, contents, methods and forms of its organization are defined. The world outlook structure of formation of moral beliefs of seniors which is revealed through the interconnected components: intellectual (the content of moral belief), emotional (development of feelings, estimated judgments), activity (familiarization with cultural values of peoples, education of the norms of the correct behavior in a society, development of steady outlook according to the acquired knowledge is studied.