CONTENT OF VASYL LOBURETS’ SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article highlights the content of the scientific and pedagogical activities of the famous scientist-pedagogue, historian, local historian, and organizer of scientific work V. Loburеts. It is proved that the main feature of the V. Loburеts’ scientific and pedagogical activity was the harmonious integration of research and educational aspects. Based on the study of biographical, narrative literature, and archival materials, the main components are analyzed. They are the following: the development of the methodology of scientific and educational cognition (V. Loburets revealed the main principles of rational cognition of reality: objectivity in cognition, acceptance of the dominant role of practice in the process of cognition, holistic perception of science and the educational course, a harmonious combination of theoretical and practical aspects of cognition, the importance of the creative activity of the individual in cognition); improvement of the content, methods, and forms of teaching historical disciplines (V. Loburets improved the theoretical content of historical disciplines, which was based on the principles of scientific and cultural relevance, logical consistency, systematicity, integration of theory with practice, historicism, and the usage of the educational potential of academic disciplines); improvement of lecturing skills (V. Loburts’s lectures were characterized by scientific conceptuality, rational selection of material, logic and consistency, accuracy and flexibility of statements, optimal use of scientific terms, presentation of information that guides students’ self-study, and practical value for future activities at school). It has been determined that V. Loburets’s scientific and pedagogical activity had a general pedagogical and practice-oriented focus on the implementation of future teacher training.