Edukacja patriotyczna uczniów szkół ponadgimnazjalnych w nauczaniu wiedzy o społeczeństwie

In the context of globalization and the denial of civic virtues the patriotic education of high school students is still an important issue. It involves not only the transmission of knowledge, but it is also combined with the formation of attitudes. Teaching civics, based on fair, universal values, plays a special role in implementation of these processes. The purpose of this paper is to show the patriotic education of students of secondary schools in the teaching of civics. Therefore, first will be shown the essence of patriotic education. Then there will be described the program assumptions and the forms and methods of patriotic education of high school students, implemented in the teaching of civics. There will also be shown – in the form of concluding observations – the areas of educational activities which a civics teacher should pay a special attention to.