The influence of K. D. Ushinsky on the development of the practice of social pedagogy and social work

Abstract

This article is a brief overview of the professional activities of the great teacher and scientist K. D. Ushinsky in educational institutions, with which his labor activity as a reformer in education is connected. The author in his work repeats the well-known facts about his pedagogical work in the Yaroslavl Demidov Law Lyceum, the Gatchina Orphanage and the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens. The emphasis is on the characterization of the transformations in the system of upbringing and education of that time, which affect precisely the social component of this process. In the article, the author compares the changes that were carried out by K. D. Ushinsky, with the modern practice of social work with children and adolescents in the context of social upbringing and education. The author summarizes his thoughts by concluding that the ideas of K. D. Ushinsky, which appeared more than a century and a half ago, are of great interest to modern social specialists working with the population. The classical pedagogical heritage of the Russian scientist opens up rich opportunities for intensifying social and pedagogical activities with students today, including in the practice of psychosocial work with the population.