TRADITIONS, INNOVATIONS AND NEW TRENDS IN THE PEDAGOGICAL THEORY AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF ACADEMICIAN I.F. KHARLAMOV

The relationship between the development of pedagogical theory and the formation of scientific-pedagogical school, the relationships between traditions and innovations in scientific pedagogy are considered, the basic principles and ideas of educational theory which formed the basis for the creation of the most important and, in fact, the only in the Republic of Belarus scientific-pedagogical school in the field of theory and practice of modern education are examined. Ivan Kharlamov (1920-2003) is doctor of pedagogy, professor, honoured scientific worker of the BSSR (1980), academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR (1990), academician of the National Academy of Belarus (1995), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Education (1999), State Prize winner of Belarus (for the textbook “Pedagogy” (2000)). Author of over 300 scientific works, including more than 20 monographs and textbooks; founder of the most powerful pedagogical theory and the most important scientific-pedagogical school in the Republic of Belarus. The comparative analysis of I.F. Kharlamov’s educational theory and J. Edelman’s theory of Neural Darwinism may lead to the discovery of many cognitive phenomena that can transform the theory and practice of modern education and personal development.

I.F. Kharlamov, academician, tradition, innovation, trends, pedagogical theory, didactic theory, education, learning, upbringing, development, scientific-pedagogical school