Formation of the Theory of Education and Development of Scientific Knowledge in Azerbaijan in the Second Half of the 19th Century and Beginning of the 20th Century

Abstract

The article discusses the process of formation of the theory of education and development of scientific knowledge in Azerbaijan in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The contribution of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia, educators to the development of the new content of the theory of education, the formation of new theoretical ideas is analyzed. The role of Azerbaijani scientists-enlighteners is considered, as well as the influence of Azerbaijani culture on the formation of new democratic trends in the theory of upbringing and education. Various ideological directions are presented that influenced the development of the theory of education and the development of scientific knowledge in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. One of the significant issues of the era of the national revival of Azerbaijan is raised - the issue of women's education. It is concluded that the upbringing of national self-consciousness and patriotism was one of the main tasks solved by the bearers of new ideas in the field of education and upbringing in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries.