eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2013-12-04 1 10 436 441 10.12691/education-1-10-5 EDUCATION20131105 article Gaponyuk P.N. 1 Mareev V.I. 2 Karpova N.K. karpova_nk@mail.ru 2 Dyuzhikov S.А. 2 Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia The article covers the phenomenon “spirituality” seen as ideological concept of modern education, determining its deep senses that are shaped in the form of ideologemes. The performed activity of a person and its estimation in terms of paramount values are considered to be criteria of ideologemes acceptance. Methodological aspect of personal spiritual revelation is seen by the authors as one of the basic directions in pedagogy, shifting the focus of studies to hermeneutic principles in studying spiritual experience. The core of pedagogical activity is to reveal deep inner world of an individual by applying hermeneutic approach. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/1/10/5/education-1-10-5.pdf ideologyconceptspiritual development of personalitycommunicationspirituality