Pedagogy in the system of vocational education

Abstract

The article based on the analysis of curricula, manuals, scientific and methodological recommendations, archival sources, considers the genesis of the implementation of disciplines of the pedagogical cycle in the system of higher professional education at the turn of the century (XX-XXI). It has been distinguish such stages: 1st stage - according to the Soviet paradigm and the years of the XXth century), the 2nd stage - the formation of the national education system (late twentieth century), the 3rd stage - innovation (early XXI century). This semantic stage is determined by the type of educational institutions: pedagogical institutes, pedagogical universities, classical universities. It has been  established that in the 70-80s of the XXth century pedagogical disciplines, pedagogical practice were continuous, curricula were designed for all 4-5 years of study, supplemented by special courses that corresponded to the content of current issues of education and upbringing of children. The article emphasizes that significant changes in the content of pedagogical education took place in the 90s of the XXth century - during the implementation of the national educational paradigm, in particular the introduction of such disciplines as «Folk Pedagogy», «Ethnopedagogy», «Ethnology» and others. The course «History of Pedagogy» focused on the study of pedagogical ideas, theory and practice of teaching and educating children based on historical tradition. Scientific research has shown that in today's conditions in classical universities training of teachers is based on the new legal framework of Ukraine, taking into account foreign experience, the study of pedagogical disciplines as a traditional system and expanding the content of pedagogy, history of pedagogy through the introduction of a wide range of educational programs. elective disciplines.