HISTORICAL-AND-THEORETICAL PRECONDITIONS OF INTEGRATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE HUMANITIES AND NATURAL SUBJECTS

Introduction. At the end of the second millennium the major factor of development and even survival of all humanity is becoming of adult education. Presently many global crises threaten humanity: ecological, nuclear, demographic, exhaustion of resources, threat of hunger, social and national conflicts. Basic danger of our epoch is a crisis of man competence, exactly grown person who executes the row of socio-economic functions in society. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze in detail the basic stages of development and becoming of andragogy as an independent area of science. Results. Principles of adult education are developed by andragogy. It is a new area of knowledge about a man, one of sciences about education which is formed. Its appearance is predefined by all process of education, and also by logic development of theory of education. Andragogy is the theory of adult education, which concentrates attention on specific conformities to law of mastering of knowledge and abilities of a grown student. At first time the notion «andragogy» appeared at the beginning of 30th of the XIX century in Germany, activating a discussion among scientists. The notion «andragogy» was entered in 1833 to denote the science which probes the problems of adult education. By then a lexeme did not get noticeable distribution, vice versa entailed doubts in relation to legitimacy of existence. Only in the middle of the ХХ century andragogy began to acquire the lines of an independent science. Originality. The development of andragogy education is thoroughly analyzed; the approaches of researchers to the problem of adult education are systematized. Conclusion. Nowadays andragogy is explained as a science about formation of a person during all life; a field of science which cognizes and summarizes practice of adult education, exposes general conformities of adult education; as a theory of adult education; science about purposes, terms, results and conformities of conscious and purposeful, organized education and education of a grown persons , and also self-education and self-education; discipline, which enables adults who are training for a social professional creation, to educate a capacity for independent and responsible thought; as philosophy and practice of adult education; as adult pedagogy; science, which examines educational problems, self-education and adult education.