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In a democratic society humane personality is the highest value. That is as well the overall aim of upbringing. At different ages diverse priorities put themselves out. What are the contemporary priorities in value education and how to realise them? In order to find motive for the task of upbringing in school, we shall analyse the experience of previous generations. The aim of the article: to find out the cognitions in value education by the distinguished teacher Janis Mencis (1914-2011) that could prove useful to contemporary teachers in teaching to children love towards their motherland, its history and culture. As it is well known, the best means for upbringing is authority, inspiring model whom to resemble and love. Likewise contemporary teachers have the necessity to become educators whom children and teenagers would like to imitate. Personality of Janis Mencis (Sr.) is the paragon of several generations of whose experience we can learn.

Research published by Eurydice in 2015"Teaching Profession in Europe: Practices, Perceptions, and Policies" indicates to the significance of teaching vocation in a sustainability-oriented learning environment, but at the same time there is an indication of a low prestige of teaching vocation in Latvia. The situation in Latvia reveals a significant problem teacher trainers need to deal with. There are very high standards set for teachers' profession, on the other side, the politics of the country is oriented towards a motivation of young specialists to choose teacher's vocation. In order to train competent teachers this is essential to explore a motivation of learners to acquire teaching profession and to make a decision to work at school and in the kindergarten. The aim of this study is to explore reasons why youth in Latvia choose to study in the educational programs and to explore changes in students' attitudes during their learning process in teacher training institutions.