Ideas of domestic 20th century educators on upbringing of a collective-oriented person

This article is devoted to analysis of domestic experimenter-educators’ pedagogical heritage, that has not lost its relevance now. Upbringing goals shaped by government requests, society or special social groups are considered in the article in the light of realization of specific social needs. It was noted, that domestic educators coincide that a socially oriented personality upbringing is carried out most effectively in a friendly team consisting of children and adults. In conditions of collective activity, due to purposeful pedagogical influence, a person has an urgent need to act not only for the benefit of his own team, but also for the common good. The predecessor educators’ experience showed that the educational process is generally focused on the assimilation of the full amount of knowledge of the school curriculum. However, upbringing of a socially and collectively oriented personality and formation of their civilian and patriotic ideals is even more important. It becomes obvious that the rapidly progressing development of the expected qualities of young people can be clearly observed in the implementation of socially significant collective social initiatives. Practice has shown that this approach to education and upbringing throughout the twentieth century has been successfully implemented with the collectivist attitudes. It is known that a collectively oriented personality is distinguished by willingness to voluntary be in a suitable team. It is the principle of voluntary that makes it possible to coordinate individual’s interests and solution of a common pedagogical task – the upbringing of a socially oriented personality at the local level of particular team. As a conclusion, it is emphasized that the current state of the Russian education sector was largely predetermined by theory and practice of outstanding thinkers and educators of the 20-th century.

upbringing, theoretical ideas and experiments of famous teachers, socialization, collective orientation of education and upbringing