PERIODIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUT- OF - SCHOOL EDUCATION OF UKRAINE (SECOND HALF OF the XX - BEGINNING OF the XXI CENTURY)

The author singles out and characterizes periods of the development of out-of-school education in Ukraine (second half of the XX – beginning of the XXI century) – the period of the Soviet time (1952–1990) and the period of Ukraine as an independent state (1991–2014), the differences of which are determined by socio-political and socio-economic condition of the country. The publication identifies the main types of out-of-school institutions, the content, forms and methods of out-of-school education in each of the mentioned periods of its development. The author concludes that despite all the socio-political and historical difficulties, the system of out-of-school education in Ukraine (1952-2014) had positive trends in the formation of this component of continuous learning and in the direct impact on the individual.