THE HERITAGE OF VA SUKHOMLINSKY IN THE POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF A NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL IN VOLYNIA
Abstract
The article deals with the creative heritage of the world-famous teacher-innovator V. O. Sukhomlynskyi in the conditions of Ukrainian education modernization, especially in the regional system of teachers’ postgraduate professional development, according to the New Ukrainian School Concept. His ideas of the educational process humanization, the promotion and preservation of children’s health, the development of students’ abilities and talents and the formation of teachers’ skills are relevant and systematically used by educational authorities, scientific and pedagogical staff, methodological services in Volyn Region. The teacher-innovator heritage is introduced for consideration at the meetings of city and district departments of education, councils of methodological services, pedagogical councils of educational institutions and reflected in school principles’, methodologists’, teachers’ plans of work. Having started in Volyn In-Service Teachers’ Training Institute in 1994, All-Ukrainian Pedagogical Readings in honour of Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi are annually organized in one of the regions of Ukraine. Under the organizational participation of Volyn Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education staff, different scientific and methodological events, such as conferences, seminars, readings, round table discussions and more were held in the region to celebrate the 100th anniversary of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi’s birth. Various forms of studying and technological application of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi’s innovative ideas in the educational space of Volyn region for realization of the tasks of the New Ukrainian School concept in accordance with the requirements of state and sectoral legislation are analyzed. The training at the Institute is practically oriented on the upgrading of teachers’ knowledge and skills in the pedagogical innovations, project technologies, digital educational resources, research methods and upbringing of patriots, that is, the formation of educational process participants’ competences.
