METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING EDUCATIONAL WORK WITH CHILDREN

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ASHYTOK Nadiya – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of General Pedagogy and Preschool Education Department, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko str., 24, Drohobych, 82100, Ukraine (ashytni@ukr.net)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-5840ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-6076-2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119508To cite this article: Ashytok, N. (2018). Methodological approaches to studying educational work with children. Liudynoznavchi studii. Seriia «Pedahohika» – Human Studies. Series of «Pedagogy», 6/38, 15–25. doi: 10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119508 [in English].Article historyReceived: 21 September 2017Received in revised form: 23 October 2017Accepted: 15 February 2018Available online: 5 April 2018 Abstract. The choice of concept (approach, paradigm) is an important factor in education. This choice is associated with a review of the goals and principles of the development of children in the modern world. A successful selection of approaches facilitates the search for effective innovative technologies for the upbringing and education of children. The author believes that such approaches include anthropological, culturological and axiological approaches.The article is devoted to review of these approaches in the modern scientific literature. It indicates a close link between the anthropological, axiological and culturological approaches. The article analyzes the ways of improving the educational process in the implementation of various forms of teaching on the methodological basis of anthropological, axiological and culturological approaches.The author pays special attention to the study of the problem of the formation of moral values and moral ideals of children. The moral education of children is analyzed on the basis of the mentioned methodological approaches.The author considers the peculiarities of the work of teachers working with children with special educational needs. The article analyzes important modern problems necessary for educating people with special educational needs in Ukraineon the basis of anthropological, culturological and axiological approaches. It is noted that these tasks are solved in the context of the search for ways of developing a national education system that should be formed in accordance with modern processes of integration and globalization with a view to transforming the country into a post-industrial civilization, which will ensure the stable movement and development of Ukraine in the 21st century as well as the integration of the national education system into the European and the world of learning space. Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks to pedagogical staff at Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, in particular to Maryana Kekosh, for her linguistic assistance.Funding. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding from the Department of Education of Executive Bodies of Drohobych City Council permitted this research completion.