PEDAGOGY OF ACTION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF V.A. LAY’S AND K.D. USHYNSKY’S PEDAGOGICAL WORK

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of the ideas of the German pedagogue V.A. Lay and the national pedagogue K.D. Ushynsky. It has been determined that didactics occupies a special place in the heritage of both pedagogues. The development of ideas of “school of action” in pedagogical theory and practice of Ukraine has been analyzed. In the result of the conducted analysis of pedagogical ideas of national scientists the authors show that the development of “pedagogy of action” in national pedagogical science in the late 19th – early 20th century was closely connected with the socio-political movement in Ukraine. Much attention has been paid to the influence of pedagogical principles of the “school of action” on the pedagogical theory and practice of Ukraine in the specified period.