On scientific approaches to organizing the activities of a university teacher to introduce students to moral values

The article is devoted to the problem of defining theoretical foundations of the university teacher's activity in introducing students to moral values, which (foundations) are scientific approaches to its implementation. It is substantiated that the scientific approach to organizing the university teacher's activity in introducing students to moral values is a set of methods, ways, means, practical tools for designing such activity, determining its strategy. The criteria for selecting moral values to which students – future technical specialists are introduced are proposed, which (criteria) are types of engineer's attitudes: attitude to technology, attitude to colleagues, attitude to society. The stages of introducing students to moral values are distinguished: 1) understanding, 2) interiorization, 3) exteriorization, in the context of which the logic of introducing students to values is built. The characteristics of the stages of understanding, interiorization and exteriorization are given and their role in the selection of scientific approaches is revealed. The choice of hermeneutic, axiological and contextual approaches to organizing the teacher's activities to introduce students to moral values is substantiated and the purpose of these approaches in introducing students of a technical university to moral values is revealed.