The article notes the lack of elaboration of the problem of civil and patriotic education of schoolchildren and students at this stage of the country’s development. There is a special responsibility of teachers and psychologists for such education, which has noticeably decreased over the past decades of “pseudo-democratic” reforms. The problems of development of worldview pluralism in the conditions of relative stability of society and the international situation, as well as in the conditions of aggravation of international and domestic political relations are considered. Different levels of manifestation of ideological contradictions are distinguished: intrapersonal contradictions, ideological splits in the family, in communication with friends and colleagues, in organizations, in society as a whole, in communication with representatives of other cultures. A generalized model of the worldview orientations of the individual (social groups and entire peoples) is proposed, which allows a better understanding of the essence of the existing disagreements and the main reasons for the mutual misunderstanding of opponents.

The article deals with the process of civic identity formation among the country population. The emphasis is placed on primary and secondary school students, since the foundations of tolerance and moral principles are laid in primary school age. The process of globalization is considered from the economic and social processes point of view. The evolution of philosophical views on the definition of the civic identity concept. Civic identity is understood taking into account the views of teachers and philosophers of different eras. Each individual is provided with freedom of choice, including in matters of identification. The process of personality formation takes place in the biological and social planes. The civic identity formation is an extremely important and responsible process. The civic identity formation is one the key direction in the society life organization, which ensures security and defense.