САРАТОВСКИЙ УЧИТЕЛЬ А. И. ШЕСТАКОВ – ПЕРВЫЙ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ДИРЕКТОР НАРОДНЫХ УЧИЛИЩ В РОССИИ И ЕГО ОБЩЕСТВЕННО-ПРОСВЕТИТЕЛЬСКИЕ ВЗГЛЯДЫ НА РУБЕЖЕ XVIII–XIX ВВ.

Abstract

The article shows that Saratov teacher Shestakov played an important role in the development of school education in Russia in the late XVIII – early XIX centuries. He has done much to improve the social status of a teacher. Shestakov became the first professional teacher, who was appointed principal of public schools in one of the Russian provinces. As for his public and pedagogical views, he was the supporter of class education and objected to the liberal orientation of school reforms of Catherine II and Alexander I.