Development of general secondary education institutions in the context of the revival of Ukrainian independence

Abstract

The article substantiates the particular features of the development of general secondary education institutions in Ukraine at the end of the twentieth century. It is emphasized that during this period there were significant educational transformations, which were marked by general professionalization of secondary education aimed at training qualified workers in various fields of industry, the promotion of democratic practices in the use of educational innovations (pedagogy of cooperation, the priority of humane relations in teaching and student groups based on individual characteristics of each person, mutual trust, respect and love, reasonable demands, organization of the educational process on the basis of creative acquisition of social experience and modern culture). It is determined that the improvement of theoretical concepts were aimed at developing the principles and laws of the educational system using modeling technologies. The school (the educational institution) is considered to be an integral living organism, a phenomenon of pedagogical reality, which is interrelated and possesses an important function to educate the individual. It is clarified that at the end of the twentieth century, progressive ideas regarding the development of general secondary education institutions were actively developing.They concerned the prospective development of general secondary education in the context of the development of Ukrainian statehood; the creation of a national state educational policy; activation of wider participation in educational reform of public, pedagogical and cultural leaders in order to form a national education system; revival of the Ukrainian school on the basis of European values and innovative principles. The author characterizes and analyzes the normative legal sources, in particular the concepts that had a synergistic effect on the development of education curricula, on the formation of different types of educational institutions, and the system of management in general secondary education. Keywords: institution of general secondary education, types of educational institutions, functions of an educational institution, educational policy.