SHOCK-BRIGADE OF SOVIET RUSSIA’S PEDAGOGIC INSTITUTES: PREREQUISITES FOR THE CREATION AND CONTENT OF UNPUBLISHED DECREES

Abstract

The article reveals and analyses the content of unpublished decrees on the shock-brigade of higher educational institutes adopted in Soviet Russia at the late 1920s. Despite the fact that the documents were signed by the government of the country, they have been practically not mentioned in the sourcebooks of legal acts, decrees of the Soviet government and historical and pedagogic literature. At the same time, they contributed to the transformation of the Russian system of pedagogic education, defi ning a course for the centralisation of management and outlining the contours of the model of continuous professional training of pedagogues. Evaluation of the text of the resolutions, their correlation with socio-cultural and historical conditions allowed us to determine the prerequisites for the formation of a shock-brigade of higher pedagogic educational institutions. Based on the analysis of archival sources in the Upper Volga region, the article provides examples of implementing the decision on the shock-brigade of pedagogic institutes at the regional level. The research materials supplement scientifi c information about the features of the national educational policy in the fi eld of teacher training and can be used to supplement the sourcebooks of legal acts of the beginning of the Soviet period of Russian history, implement modern educational policy in the fi eld of pedagogic education, analyse the activities of supporting universities, supplement the educational literature and content of training courses on the history of pedagogy and education.