PEDAGOGICAL SYSTEM OF ALEXANDER ZAKHARENKO

The history of pedagogy contains many good theorists, those who can generate ideas or those who successfully compile the views of others. They write books, textbooks and so, take their places in the hierarchy of pedagogy. However, their main drawback is that they have no idea of what the contemporary school is. The history of pedagogy deals with many famous practitioners who successfully run schools, deliver lessons effectively implementing improvements to solve educational issues. Still, they mainly do it based on their own empirical experience, often using intuitive forms, methods and means, without reflection on what was done. Only a few manage to deepen into the philosophical understanding of education to become both a theorist and practitioner of educational reality, and so educational phenomenon. XX century brought us many pedagogical diamonds – theoreticians and practitioners. Their ideas promote further development teaching as a science. They are: S. Shatskiy, J. Korczak, A. Makarenko, J. Pestalozzi, S. Rusova, G. Skovoroda, V. Sukhomlinsky, K. Ushinskiy. Famous Ukrainian teacher, academician, director of Sahnivska secondary school, Korsun-Shevchenkivskiy district of Cherkassy region, A. Zakharenko can easily be added to this list of outstanding persons. A. Zakharenko is a philosopher, scientist, innovator who made a significant contribution to the educational pedagogy highlighting the correlation between personal development and the resulting benefits to society. As a teacher-practitioner, he created new opportunities for hundreds Ukrainian citizens. He established a unique school, that is well-known around the world, and was in the center of attention during the 60-70s of XX century. A. Zakharenko has written more than 600 publications. A. Zakharenko was a teacher and humanist. His original educational system, based on close relationship between school, family and society, aimed to create all necessary conditions and updating materials to enable productive learning and teaching. The development of mutual respect, constant collaboration, harmonious relations are the most important factors necessary for creating the atmosphere where a child's positive abilities and skills can be developed. The main purpose of his life was to create the school where similar to fresh air in the field or at the seaside, dominates the atmosphere of creativity, happiness, confidence, inner, moral and physical health. In such environment children become healthy adults with strong psychological immunity. A. Zakharenko's ideas and experience are valuable currently and will be the leading in future. Life is the most convincing evidence of it, despite the remoteness in time, theoretical generalization and practical conclusions A. Zakharenko is relevant today, as the talented pedagogue's ideas allow us to solve problems in child's upbringing and improving the educational process nowadays.