An Important Problem in Contemporary Pedagogical Anthropology (The Ontogenetic Properties of Man and Their Interconnection)

Abstract

The interconnection between the education and development of the rising generation is a fundamental problem of pedagogy and psychology which, as we know, has numerous aspects. One is the differentiation of development itself according to its individual aspects, such as the way in which education is differentiated into various parts (intellectual, moral, physical, etc.). The principle of differentiation of development coincides with the principle of differentiation of education to the degree that each part of education matches the corresponding form of development (intellectual education in the process of instruction — intellectual development, physical training — physical development, etc.). of course, we take into account that such matching is relative. This principle, however, ignores the contradictions between corresponding parts of education and forms of development and pays no attention to the fact that in addition to the direct relations between the phenomena of education and development (homogeneou...