Участь педагогів шкіл УРСР у громадському житті 1985 – 1991 роках: мовою періодики

Abstract

The last period of the USSR's existence was turbulent and ambiguous. The proclaimed "perestroika" was intended to cosmetically adjust the existing system. Its main slogans were democratization, depoliticization and publicity. Teachers joined these processes. For a long time they were a member of various organizations that regulated their activities: the Pedagogical Society "Knowledge", trade unions. The activities of the former were educational and cultural in nature. It organized pedagogical readings, meetings, reading conferences, competitions, studied and disseminated pedagogical experience. Teachers became active members of the Ukrainian Language Society named after T.G. Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Green World Association, the People's Movement, the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, etc. The intelligentsia became the founders of various organizations, which not only morally but also financially supported the school by providing them with funds, printing textbooks and other literature, established international relations. Teachers remained union members trying to "be on the wave." Their activities were more socio-economic. This was due to low, late payment of wages, high prices, inflation and shortages of consumer goods. The requirements for teachers did not coincide with their real position and status. They were faced with even greater challenges. Instead, the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR resisted democratic transformation in society. On the one hand, she understood that changes were needed, and on the other hand, she did not accept a radical reconstruction of her own foundations. From economic and cultural slogans, teachers moved to political ones. Their activity contributed to the consolidation of Ukrainians and the transition of society to a new period in its history – Independent Ukraine.