Ideological aspects of the educational process in schools of the Ukrainian SSR in the conditions of liberalization 1985-1991

Abstract

The need for a complete cleansing of Ukraine's socio-cultural space from Soviet ideological narratives today highlights the necessity to analyse key ideological concepts that were instilled in the younger generation through the system of general secondary education of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The purpose of the article is to analyse the ideological aspects of filling the educational process in schools of the Ukrainian SSR in the conditions of liberalization in 1985-1991, the search for an educational paradigm in the process of school reform. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, scientificity, objectivity; analytical, descriptive methods, as well as the method of systematization and critical analysis were applied in the work. The article analyses the peculiarities of the ideological content filling of the educational process in schools of the Ukrainian SSR and the features of Soviet ideological education in the conditions of the proclaimed course of “perestroika” in 1985-1991, the search for an educational paradigm in the process of school reform. The ideological and educational strategy of the initial process, the main ideological narratives of the content filling of educational subjects, which were supposed to form “Soviet” patriotism and political consciousness of Soviet citizens, are analysed. It is established that an exclusive role in the educational process was assigned to the political education of teachers, and the unity of views in strategically important directions for the communist regime was ensured by censorship, which controlled the publication of educational and other literature. It is noted that the democratization of socio-political life, which intensified after the XXVII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the liberalization of the educational sphere became irreversible. Progressive teachers introduced new methods into school education, sought means of updating the educational process, experimented with new materials in the lessons of periodical publications. The special demand and need for updating were caused by disciplines of the Ukrainian studies cycle, and the most relevant in the educational environment became historical themes and previously banned topics of Ukraine's national life. The materials of this article can be practically applied for further research of the history of general education schools of the Soviet Ukraine in the complex period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformations of the “perestroika” era