Development of Pedagogical Education and Science at Nizhyn Higher School

Abstract

The contribution of Nizhyn Higher School to the development of pedagogical science is analyzed in the article. The author distinguishes four periods of this process. The first period is from 1805 to 1875. It covers the activity of Count Bezborodko’s Gymnasium of Higher sciences, Physical and Mathematical and Law Lyceums. Elaboration of the Gymnasiem’s and Lyceums’ Charters and determination of the aims, content and methods of teaching and upbringing in secondary and higher schools took place. Attention is drawn to the pedagogical views of I. C. Orlay. The second period (1875–1920) covers the activity of the Institute of History and Philology. The author analyzes training of teachers of history and language and the contribution of its lecturers and graduates to the pedagogical science (M. O. Lavrovsky, O. F. Muzychenko, M. F. Dadenkov, M. I. Demkov). The third period (1920–1991) – the Soviet period. During this time the Institute of History and Philology was reorganized into a research institute (1920–1921), then into an institute of public education (1921–1930), into an institute of social education (1930– 1933), and since 1933 – into a pedagogical institute. The department of pedagogy was established in 1922. The author shows its impact on the development of pedagogical education. The activities of the department in the pre-war and post-war periods are also analyzed. The most prominent graduates of this period were T. F. Bugaiko, Y. K. Kasianenko, I. A. Korovay, O. V. Tkanko, M. I. Burda, A. P. Gryschenko, S. V. Kyrylenko. The forth period (from 1991 to the present time). The pedagogical institute is transformed into a classical university. The author minutely analyzes the activity of the pedagogical department in this period: implementation of integrated research themes “Ways of Improving Pedagogical Mastery of Teachers” and “The Development of Pedagogical Ideas and Education in Ukraine in the 19 th –20 th ”; publication of textbooks for secondary school and university; preparation of dissertations; establishment and development of the scientific school of the history of pedagogy; organization of international and all-Ukrainian theoretical and practical conferences; establishment ofscientific cooperation with institutions of the NAPS of Ukraine, higher educational institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries.