System of Continuous Agricultural Education in Precarpathia (Late XIX - early XX centuries)

Abstract

Ukrainian public communities have important achievements in development of thesystem of continuous agricultural education in Precarpathia - Ukrainian Pedagogical Society“Ridna Shkola”, “Prosvita”, “Silskyi Hospodar”, the Union of Ukrainians and others. In the lateXIX - early XX centuries, they held important educational work among adults, organized variousforms of training - courses, professional-complementary schools, agricultural schools, high schools,colleges, courses, public universities etc. All this contributed to increasing of economic culture ofthe Ukrainian land. Formation of economic culture of children and adults in Precarpathia had itsown characteristics, mainly associated with the economic, social, historical, climatic, cultural andeducational conditions of life and activities. The system of continuous agricultural educationincluded some educational institutions such as courses, vocational schools, which performedvarious levels of training. Agricultural schools became an important area of lifelong education. Letus consider, for example, the activities of two schools - one of the first established societies“Enlightenment” in the Precarpathia - schools in Mylovanya (Tlumachchyna) and Starokosivska,which was founded in 1942 during the German occupation. Thus, on condition of the absence ofstate Ukrainian professional schools in the late XIX - early XX centuries civil societies created asystem of continuous agricultural education which was aimed at improving the economic cultureof young people and adults