Latvian Maritime academy

the ecological point of view. The superficial cultural and medical recreation appeared on the coast from
the hodegetical point of view.
An action of the personality is raised not as a duty of the sustainable technologic interaction with the
sea and universal improvement in the society but as an implementing of egoistic benefits and demands for
well-being. The sea is recklessly and destructively exploited. It is other extreme compared with a fear of
the sea in the Middle Ages. It caused serious environmental problems.
Psycho-educational factors of the maritime self-concept development
The analysis of psycho-educational factors of maritime self-concept development and the
psychological mechanism of sea perception was made. Becoming of the maritime self-concept of
personality is characterized by the pre-interactive expression of intuitive human nature. This expression is
measured objectively and subjectively at the socio-axiological level, formed and transformed. Intuitive
and creative mythologization of marine events stimulates development of the maritime self-concept. This
mythologization promotes the personality to evaluate oneself existentially, give a sense to activities in the
natural and individual ideological context [2].
A virtual level of the contact with the sea brings psychological influence on the maritime selfconcept
from the hodegetical point of view. This level is characterized by ambivalence – ecological
values and ideal spirit of the marine documentary on the one hand, and psychological manipulations of
only mercantile marine advertisements on the other hand. The direct experience of the sea gives natural,
ontological, anthropological and psychological basis to improve the maritime self-concept of conscious
and independent personality during his / her universal, deep, phenomenological and valuable interaction
with the sea.
It is appropriate to improve the medical maritime self-concept and recognize and acknowledge a
medical effect of the sea-algae especially from the point of view of achievements of the modern science.
The health is a priority and the integral need of the human life. Marine education of the health enriches
the personality and broadens opportunities of his / her development. This education helps give a sense to
the personal life and feeling of the self-esteem.
The hypothetical model of education of the maritime self-concept was developed from the point of
view of the psychological mechanism of the sea perception. The educational idea of the maritime selfconcept
is raised. The main valuable condition of the education consists from surviving of the personal
constructive autonomy, expression of subjective self-esteem, responsible integration and self-realization
in life. The science is based on the objective categorization of the research data and processes. However
the subjective view is very important to praxis of the valuable education of the personality.
The analysis of the maritime self-concept was made at the vocational level. A condition of the
internalization of the maritime self-concept of students was researched. Seafarer’s personality is enriched,
when he / she studies at the higher school, which works under instructions of EU conventions of the
higher education. Thus the complex of one’s socio-cultural and special competencies can be improved.
The professional maritime higher education is more disintegrated in post-protestant West societies based
on IMO conventions, when only technological training of maritime students is accentuated. It is not
effective at the psycho-educational level of the creativity of seafarer’s personality because technologies
and situations at work are changing permanently.
The anthropological methodology helps maintain a correct conception of human nature and organize
education of the personal and social culture from the point of view of unchangeable needs of seafarers at
work. If the maritime self-concept is formed at the professional level in a context of the higher education,
the priority must be given to improving of the vocation of seafarer. It helps recognize main personal
ideals and develop the psychic, spiritual and partly physic health practically.
Most maritime students associate the mystery of the sea with their professionalism, self-esteem and
personal responsibility at the transcendental level of the maritime self-concept. Students recognize their
mental processes of self-development and professional commitment at existential level of the maritime
self-concept. Students see the sea as a source of life and associate it mainly with their ecological activity.
The positive social interaction, valuable commitment, creativity, mythological meaningful
aspirations, active cognitive processes and wide range of self-esteem indicators characterize the maritime
self-concept of students from the point of view of general factors of education. The experience of the
virtual sea enriches personality and improves his / her self-esteem. However the real sea influences on
students’ values and stimulates their positive emotions, cognitive aspirations and integral development of
the self-esteem.
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