Open AccessThe Ukrainian Education in Galicia (1919–1939): A Search for an Ideal
Author(s) -
Maria Czepil,
Ореста Карпенко
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
czech-polish historical and pedagogical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-1654
pISSN - 1803-6546
DOI - 10.5817/cphpj-2020-025
Subject(s) - ukrainian , ideal (ethics) , independence (probability theory) , national education , political science , state (computer science) , national interest , pedagogy , national policy , sociology , public relations , law , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , politics , computer science
The theoretical principles of the national education of children and students in the Ukrainian pedagogy of Galicia during 1918–1939 are scrutinized in the article. The approaches of the Ukrainian educators to the educational ideal, the purpose, content and tasks of the national education have been systematized. The focus on the national values (the national idea, the national unity, the national self-esteem, the national awareness), which are not innate but are formed in the process of the personal development and gaining the social experience on a qualitatively new content of education, in which the national and universal values are closely intertwined. The basis of education is the Ukrainian national idea as a desire for state independence.