ОСНОВНОЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И ВОСПИТАНИЯ ЦЕСАРЕВИЧА АЛЕКСАНДРА В XIX ВЕКЕ

Abstract

The paper covers the study of the upbringing and education of Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolayevich. The author considered the theoretical aspects of the educational and bringing-up process of the Grand Duke. The study used personal memories, letters, diaries, memoirs of the family of Alexander Nikolaevich and his teachers. In the past, the insufficient attention was paid to the training of heirs to the throne. At the new stage of development of historical science, it is necessary to return to the issue of the study of the system of education and upbringing of the heirs to the throne. In the context of the fall in the general level of higher education, the research is particularly relevant. The paper aimed at the study of the formation of the system of upbringing and education within the elite-pedagogical approach, the elite educational system in the history of XIX century. The author traces the stages of training of the heir to the throne and pays special attention to the characteristic features in the upbringing of the Grand Duke. Particularly, the author highlights the moral component of the educational process. The role of the Emperor in the education of Alexander Nikolayevich is shown. The author considers the daily routine and the syllabus of the Grand Duke. Within the educational process, three stages of training are determined: a) teaching general disciplines, b) course of basic sciences, c) training focused on practical activities; characteristic features within each of these stages were specified. The author highlights the attention of teachers to the physical and creative development of the heir to the throne. The paper presents the pedagogical views of teachers, the closest to the heir to the throne, including the guidelines of Nikolay Pavlovich to the Grand Duke.