Higher military education as a determinant for developing leadership qualities of future military specialists

Purpose: to give theoretical substantiation of the pedagogical conditions and model for developing leadership qualities of future military specialists within the system of higher military education. Method: system analysis, systematization, classification and generalization of scientific and methodological literature. Findings: within the study, we defined the organizational and pedagogical conditions for developing leadership qualities of future military specialists in the system of higher military education; on their basis, we built a model for developing military university cadets' leadership qualities; within the structure of the model, we focused on leadership components that require a balanced and interconnected development in the training process; highlighted the system-forming factors of the development of leadership qualities of military specialists. Future research: study the possibilities of enhancing the cadets' leadership qualities in the course of the extracurricular activities. Paper type: theoretical.