Socio-Educational Organization in Ukraine in the Late XIX - Early XX Century: Types and Areas of Activity

Abstract

The article is based on the directions and the content of educational activities of Kyiv social and educational organizations. Those basic types, which were active in Ukraine in the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century were identified. They were the following: scientific-educational establishments, that were intended to facilitate the development of certain types of education or the education in general; scientific and pedagogical societies, which developed the issues of pedagogical theory and their implementation in school practice, popularized their achievements in the field of pedagogy; professional teachers' organizations, that contributed to the resolution of legal, professional, ethical and financial problems of teaching and popularizing their profession. The similarities of these societies were detected: it was the desire to educate the Ukrainian people, to improve their intellectual and cultural level, to reform the imperial system of education. Keywords: social and educational organizations, scientific-educational establishments, scientific and pedagogical societies, professional teachers' organizations, educational system reform, imperial epoch,