Abstract
In the given article the definitions of concepts that have a direct connection with value relations as one of the key categories of pedagogical axiology is considered. Despite the solid history of scientific research on this issue, the current state of pedagogical science requires the search for new solutions. In this regard, the authors of the article from the positions of exteriorization (from the outside - inward) and internalization (from the inside - outward) interpret the interpretations of the value orientation of the personality, its value attitudes and orientations, known in science. To this end, the authors conducted a content analysis of the definitions of these concepts and, through the construction of a matrix, carried out a clustering of their keywords. As a result, we came to the conclusion that value relations, holistically showing outwards the inner world of a person (attitudes, orientations and focus), reflect his value judgments about the facts and phenomena of reality. On this basis, the authors argue that these concepts are adjacent, but not synonymous. According to the authors, identifying the correlations of the above concepts will further eliminate discrepancies and extremely undesirable terminological liberty inherent in the social sciences and humanities, as well as build a compositional structure of value relations in the form of an expanded system of criteria and indicators of their formation. And on this basis, to design a pedagogical process aimed at the constructive familiarization of children and youth with the system of social/moral values.