Human pedagogy of Grigory Vashchenko

Abstract

Hryhoriy Vaschenko are prominent Ukrainian pedagogue-humanist and psychologist and writer and public leader. Vashchenko builds education on respect to inner world of personality. The teacher criticized the authoritarian system of education. Because authoritarian education is suppressing the children's will. Therefore Vaschenko was a supporter of humane pedagogy. Humane education creates all the conditions for his creative self-expression and self-affirmation of personality.

Hryhoriy Vaschenko preferred active teaching methods that awaken the student's thoughts, feelings and imagination. The game methods and research methods are basis of active teaching methods. Vaschenko created laboratories and experiment stations in school.

Hryhoriy Vaschenko paid great attention to the aesthetic development of the personality. Children admired of colorful views of native land. Pupils enjoyed singing of birds and smell of flowers and taste of vegetables and fruits. Beauty of surrounding world awakened aspiration to creativity in children. Pupils drew and singed and danced and invented. Children studied works of famous artists. Pupils revealed world of deep feelings and heroic actions. Children learned with interest and with animation under influence of art.

The love for the native land has very important place in Vaschenko School. Teacher with children take part in expedition for research of Ukrainian folklore. The folk fairy-tales and songs and dances and dumas are very interesting material for children. Study of folklore assisted for awakening in pupils interest to Ukraine culture and history of native land.

Vashchenko advocated the idea of pupil’s self-government in school. Children created pupil’s councils as alternative of pedagogical councils. Pupils expressed his vision on contents and methods of education. Hryhoriy Vaschenko aspired to education of free and independent and creative personality.