SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF PROFESSOR S.T. ZOLOTUKHINA: STEPS OF FORMATION AND VECTORS OF DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article covers the theoretical achievements and experience of the Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Full Professor, Head of the Department of General Pedagogy and Higher School Pedagogy of H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University S. T. Zolotukhina; she is a founder and leader of a scientific school, whose students study various aspects of development of education and upbringing in Ukraine of the 19th–20th centuries.It has been stated that the formation of the scientific school of Professor S.T. Zolotukhina began in the 90s of the 20th century. Doctoral dissertation on the theme “Development of the theory and practice of formative education in the history of the national pedagogical thought of the 9th -19th centuries”, defended by S.T. Zolotukhina in 1995 under the supervision of Professor V.I. Lozova initiated a systematic study of historical and pedagogical problems of education and training of students and pupils at educational institutions of Ukraine and significantly influenced the formation of her own scientific school.It has been revealed that the research of creative heritage of Ukrainian socio-cultural figures and teachers of the past such as S.I Myropolskii, M.F Sumtsova, M.M. Lange et. al and their contribution to the educational practice occupies a significant place in the activity of the scientific school of Professor S.T. Zolotukhina. It has been proved that today the breadth of the problem-thematic range of researches covers the following aspects: the formation and development of higher education in Ukraine of the 19th -20th centuries; coverage of issues of upbringing and education in pedagogical periodicals; organization of pedagogical process at educational institutions of different type; the specifics of teacher training in a historical retrospective. In recent years, there has been a deeper insight into subjects of scientific research, strengthening of efforts of scientific development in solving didactic problems of training future specialists of different specialties.The main attention is focused on revealing the main aspects of its scientific and pedagogical activities as the supervisor of the dissertations, the author of numerous scientific papers, the editor of professional journals, a member of specialized scientific councils. The quantitative and qualitative indicators of long-term scientific productivity of Professor S.T. Zolotukhina and members of her scientific school have been characterized. It has been stated that 12 Doctor’s and 52 Candidate’s Degrees theses were written and successfully defended under her supervision. The analysis of the scientific achievements of Professor S. T. Zolotukhina has been done; there are about 200 scientific and methodological works, among which there are textbooks and manuals, which form the educational and methodological basis of training of future teachers to professional activity at higher educational institutions, collective monographs, and articles.