TRADITIONS OF FEMALE EDUCATION AND UPBRINGING IN NORTH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECT)

The valuable grounds for girls – rearing and female education in the countries of European North from the historical and pedagogical perspective are highlighted in the article. The general and specific in the content of female education in Russia (Arkhangelsk and Olonetzkaya provinces), Norway, Sweden and Germany is characterized. The ethnical and pedagogical ideal or the general character of the woman included: the concept of honour, a sense of freedom and self sufficiency, courage and fearlessness, a high sense of justice and responsibility, the ability to self-sacrifice for the sake of the family, the protection of hearth and family traditions, hard work and ingenuity. Created by northern peoples an ethno-pedagogical ideal of woman contributed to the formation of female behaviour patterns, norms of human relationships, perceptions of themselves and people living nearby, the difference between right and wrong and such basic human values as Mortherland, Person, Work, Love and Family. The most valuable principles of female education and upbringing were Christian virtues (love, compassion, patience, respect and reverence for parents and the familty, joyful perception of life, etc.), human attitudes towards people and awareness that every person is unique in his own way.