Abstract
The article deals with the pedagogical interpretation of the leading meanings of education in V. Zenkivskyi’s pedagogy. The purpose of the article is to analyze and characterize the pedagogical views of V. Zenkivskyi. The research methods used are the following decisive ones: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodical sources for the theoretical substantiation of the research problem, modelling, obtained data synthesis. Results. In the pedagogy of V. Zenkivskyi, special attention is paid to the interpretation of education and to setting the purpose and objectives of education in the light of the divine predestination, as well as the influence of the idea of the divine predestination in the development of the pupil’s personality. The providential nature of education in the pedagogy of V. Zenkivskyi subordinated both learning and all areas of child development. Thanks to the providentialist understanding of education, V. Zenkivskyi overcomes pedagogical relativism, which consists in a mistaken understanding of the «freedom» of choice presented to a student who cannot use it. The author of the article also states that orientation to providential principles in education is a necessary condition for accepting the V. Zenkivskyi’s educational concept, which cannot be separated into components and used in line with other pedagogical currents, it cannot be analyzed «biased» from the point of view of other philosophical and religious attitudes. Conclusions. The benefit of this study is rtghe author’s conclusion that the pedagogical views of V. Zenkivskyi are conductively oriented and based on the spirituality and creative potential of the individual, which helps to reproduce and philosophically understand the integrity of the pedagogical existence, as well as to comprehend the diversity of pedagogical interpretations of the history of world and national culture. Thus, the concept of education built by V. Zenkivskyi in the light of divine providence is of unconditional scientific and practical interest as one of the highly value sources of fruitful ideas, valuable methodological technologies, the creative understanding of theoretical and practical potential of which can contribute to the further development of pedagogical science
Keywords
providentialist idea of education, the principle of personal orientation of the educational process, spiritual education, hierarchical structure of personality
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