THE PARADIGM OF «PERSONALITY ‒ EDUCATIONAL SPACE»: THE FIRST CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS MADE BY G.S. KOSTYUK

Abstract

The article presents a new aspect of the scientific heritage of G.S. Kostiuk, the founder of modern national psychology: the conceptual analysis of the paradigm «personality ‒ educational space» made by the scientists for the first time in the late 40’s of the twentieth century. G.S. Kostiuk, basing on his theory of children’s mental development, created the concept of personality appearance, development and formation during education. We examined the scientists’ multi-vector panoramic vision of the duality «growing personality formation ‒ educational space» and G.S. Kostiuk’s conceptual understanding of the essence of a child’s personality formation. We argue that G.S. Kostiuk found a fundamentally original way to examine a child’s personality development during education. The scientist revealed the psychological essence of learning; here were the determinant ideas of subjectivity and development and self-development, and special attention was paid to children’s mental development, as well as formed consciousness and self-awareness. The school education was studied by the scientist via joint activities with a specific vector, namely, «pupil ‒ teacher» actions. Analyzing the «pupil ‒ team» system in education, G.S. Kostyuk developed the idea of «full development of each child’s personality». Revealing the psychological essence of learning, G.S. Kostiuk also considered one of the core educational problems ‒ personal determination for a pupil’s effective active learning. The scientist discovered a fundamental theoretical-methodological path leading toward latest research technologies for personality formation and development in the educational space.