This article analyzes the historical and ethnographic foundations of traditional family values and religious customs formed in the Surkhandarya Oasis, as well as the processes of their contemporary transformation. It highlights the role of Uzbek family values, oral folk traditions, national customs, and the teachings of Islam in the system of family upbringing. Furthermore, the study provides a scientific analysis of the changes observed in family values and religious customs in the Surkhandarya Oasis under the influence of globalization, urbanization, labor migration, and the development of information and communication technologies. The findings indicate that family values continue to preserve their spiritual and moral significance under contemporary conditions and remain an important factor in educating the younger generation in the spirit of national and universal human values.

This article broadly analyzes the socio-psychological factors that influence the formation of career choice motivation among upper secondary school students, including family environment, peer group, educational institution, and personal-psychological characteristics. The influence of these factors on professional orientation, interests, and decision-making processes is examined. Based on observations and theoretical analysis, practical recommendations for improving career guidance work in schools have been developed.

This article analyzes the views of Abdurauf Fitrat on family and family relations. The study highlights the thinker's ideas about the role of family in social development, child upbringing, marital relations, the position of women in the family, and spiritual and moral values. The relevance of Fitrat’s ideas presented in his work “Family” for contemporary society is also scientifically discussed.

This article discusses the importance of family relationships for the upbringing and future of children, the positive or negative impact of parental relationships on the mental state of children, and the problems faced by boys and girls growing up in single-parent families. The importance of the relationship between father and mother in the formation of the family image is highlighted.

This article contains comments on the moral treatises of “Sheikh al-rais” – Abu Ali ibn Sina, who lived and worked in Transoxiana. Also is analyzed the importance of wisdom in the spiritual maturity of a person, which is presented in such treatises of the thinker as “Tadbiru-l-manzil”, “Risola fi-l-akhlok”.

The article is devoted to the comments of Abu Ali ibn Miskawayh, one of the great thinkers who left a bright mark in the history of the socio-philosophical thinking of the Muslim East, in his work "Tahzibul-Akhlaq" on the topic of moral education, collective solidarity and mutual love.

The article presents the results of the extraction of oil from safflower seeds and the study of its acid composition. Methyl esters of fatty acids were analyzed by gas chromatography on an Agilent 6890 N instrument with a flame ionization detector, and the qualitative and quantitative composition of fatty acids in seed oil of two samples of Carthamus tinctorius L. was studied.

The article reveals the chemical composition of turnip: carbohydrates (glucose, fructose), pectins, vitamins. The products of polysaccharide hydrolysis were studied by paper chromatography