МИХАЙЛО ГАЛУЩИНСЬКИЙ – УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ АНДРАГОГ

Abstract

Mykhailo Halushchynsky’s progressive pedagogical ideas (1878–1931) on the problems of andragogy in the western Ukrainian lands in the 1920s and 1930s are considered, and the possibility of their use in modern conditions is actualized. The teacher believed that special attention should be paid to the issues of individual approach in educational work with adults. In contrast to the nineteenth century, when the main thing was to acquire knowledge, in the twentieth century the main question for teachers was to teach everyone self-education, self-education. Adult education has become one of the leading means of national education of Ukrainians. The new appointment required a theoretical justification of the purpose, content and methods of educational work, caused the intensification of scientific research. M. Galushchynsky considered the upbringing of a person to be the main issue of adult education. As far as each individual is aware of his great vocation, it is to be hoped that in unity such people will become the driving force behind the spread of education andnational self-consciousness. Among the important factors of the general culture of man M. Galushchinsky singled out the education of economic culture, economic education, the desire of everyone to work for the benefit of the whole people. The teacher considered it an important task to teach people to think, to find means in the struggle for existence, to promote economic culture to create their own independent Ukrainian state. M. Galushchynsky is considered to be the first Ukrainian andragogue scientist for his great organizational work and promotion of adult education and writing scientific works. Nowadays, andragogy is gaining more and more popularity: every adult needs to constantly improve their skills, be aware of events and meet the growing demands ofsociety. Among the promising areas of further research include the problem of applying the andragogical concept in various types and forms of adult education.