SOCIAL EDUCATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL-PEDAGOGICAL PROVISION AND RESEARCH OF І. SOKOLYANSKYI

Abstract

The article reveals the stages of practical work of I. Sokolianskyi in the field of the domestic system of education development in the 20–30’s of the XXth century in Ukraine in the context of realizing the goals of the social education concept. Particular attention is paid to the research in the field of general pedagogy, pedology, reflexology, their role and meaning in working with children with special needs.It is proved that I. Sokolianskyi is the founder of domestic studies in the field of special pedagogy, in particular, surdo-pedagogy and tiflopedagogy (blindness and education), which in the present conditions have not lost their relevance and are the subject of scientific research in the implementation of the tasks of inclusive education.The research confirmed that he developed methods that have helped to attract blind children to active life. First of all, it is the design of a reading machine for such children, and the device is used today to work with people with such visual impairments. In general, his scientific and experimental work contributed to the substantiation and implementation of the education system for children with visual impairments of different types.Being engaged in practical work, carrying out serious scientific research and covering them in scientific researches, the scientist has convincingly proved the importance and meaning of general pedagogy, reflexology, defectology in working with children, especially children with certain physical defects.Filling special pedagogy with new theoretical knowledge, he developed a methodology for working with children with special needs, its developments in the field of defectology today are extremely important, relevant and require a new assessment and implementation in the current conditions, in particular the concept of creating an inclusive pedagogical environment in the modern educational system of Ukraine. At the forefront of the article are the issues of I. Sokolianskyi involvement in the implementation of social education tasks, in particular, at the level of solving problems of “defective” childhood. Being responsible for this important area of work, he has done a great deal to create a kindergarten system for children with visual and hearing impairments. Under his leadership, the statutes and regulations of orphanages for different categories of children were developed; great attention was paid to the training of teaching staff; the medical and pedagogical component of the educational process was provided. The scientist was engaged not only in organizational and management work, but also directly provided medical and psychological assistance to children and their parents, working in the field of tiffotechnics. On his initiative, a specialized clinic was opened at the Kharkiv Institute of Defectology for the blindly deaf children, where a scientifically sound and practically proven method of teaching children with such disabilities was created. The publication proves that I. Sokolianskyi was the organizer, theorist and practitioner of the social education system of Ukraine in the 1920–30s, and left behind a great scientific and pedagogical heritage, which is still relevant today.