Outlook fundamentals of the term “spirituality” interpretation by the ukrainian educators (the second half of the XIX century)

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author: Olga Tsybulko

Urgency of the research. During the period of national revival of Ukraine the special actuality is acquired the problem of spirituality. The development of spiritual qualities is one of the leading directions of reforms of the national education system that involves the use of new methodological categories. In this context, the scientific interest is the detailed study of the concept of “spirituality”. An important step towards the development and establishment of the modern education system with all its principles and moral and spiritual compass has become exactly at the XIX century.

Target setting. The reform of the socio-economic, political, educational and cultural life in Russian Empire, which included lands of the Dnieper Ukraine at the second half of XIX century, included a philosophical change in the minds of society. The question of national revival was important, prompting the person to rethink the problem of human existence. Educational and teaching activities of the communities, members of which in different time intervals were known representatives of the Ukrainian people: V. Antonovich, M. Drahoma-nov, N. Kostomarov and P. Kulish, P. Chubinsky, etc., played a significant role in the formation of national consciousness of the ethnic group, the development of Ukrainian culture, laid the foundations of national education.

 Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. A significant contribution to the development of the pedagogical thought of Ukraine carried out the M. Pirogov, P. Redkin, M. Korf, P. Yurkevich, S. Gogotsky, S. Miropolskiy, K. Ushinsky. Ideas of these scientists are summarized in the works of L. Golubica, O. Gorchakova, L. Gurenko, L. Klimczak, S. Kuzmina, S. Sapna, in the context of other pedagogical studies consider them L. Berezovskaya, L. Bondar, N. Gupan, L. Dubrovskaya, I. Zaichenko, S. Zolotukhina, T. Ilyina, O. Cerdan, O. Mikhailichenko, N. Pobirchenko V. Postolatii, T. Filimonova and others. However, at historical and pedagogical works where wasn’t the question of the Genesis of the concept of “spirituality”.

The research objective. A study of the philosophical basis of the interpretation of the term “spirituality” by Ukrainian teachers of the second half of the XIX century.

The statement of basic material. The article deals with the ideological principles of interpretation of the term “spirituality” by Ukrainian educators of the second half of the nineteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the fundamental concepts of “spirituality” in pedagogy. The article reveals the peculiarities of the national definition of the term “spirituality”.

Conclusions. Based on the above, we can distinguish the following transformations in the content of the concept of “spirituality” in the pedagogical thought of Ukraine in the second half of the nineteenth century. Remaining religious, the paradigm of spirituality is gradually changing. An important aspect of the transformation of the religious paradigm was the discourse of transcendence of the problem, resulting in the growth of pedagogical components of the change in the concept of spirituality. The concept of spirituality as the meaning of human being, and therefore the basis of education and upbringing, remains unchanged. Educators have a special role to play in defining values, such as ideas of truth, good and beauty. The notion of spirituality in a certain period is complemented by many aspects; it becomes more multidimensional, multifaceted.

Keywords: spirituality, love, existence, education, education.

 

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