Pedagogical activity of the educator of the late XIX – early XX century Gabdulla Tukai and the struggle for the renewal of education

Abstract

The subject of this study is the work of the unsurpassed Tatar educator of the late XIX – early XX century Gabdulla Tukai (April 26, 1886 – April 15, 1913) on the compilation of textbooks and textbooks for elementary schools on literary reading, as well as his critical views on the system of education in old-fashioned schools and madrasas, reflected in poems. In the course of the study, his activities as a methodologist, a school teacher, as well as poems, which reflect the description of the process and results of education in old-fashioned schools and madrassas, were analyzed. The research used theoretical methods, induction and deduction, comparison and comparison, analysis and synthesis, abstraction. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the activities of the educator as a school teacher, as well as the compilation of textbooks and teaching aids are analyzed, critical thoughts about the state of education of young people in modern educational institutions and the need to update the content, methods and means of teaching are highlighted. For analysis, such poems as "What the Shakirds who came out of the madrasah tell", "Village Madrasah", "Father and Child", "Consolation" were selected, which most vividly reflect the views of the educator on the system of education of the early twentieth century in old-fashioned schools and madrasahs. The article can be used in the process of studying the history of pedagogical thought and education in secondary and higher pedagogical educational institutions, as well as interest a wide range of readers.